Seattle area among nation’s beer-snob capitals

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  1. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Interesting article. I was surprised to learn that beer is more popular with younger people (under age 35), as opposed to older adults. Would have thought just the opposite.
     
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    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I would not be surprised to learn that beer was less popular with the under 35 crowd now than it was 20 or 30 years ago, but I also would not be surprised to learn that as people get older they drink (proportionately) less beer and more wine.
     
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    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    I was under the impression that beer has become increasingly passe with the younger crowd. My wife and I go out a fair amount, and typically I see young people drinking cocktails, hard seltzer drinks, etc. At the beer bars I frequent, I do see younger people, but they are not a majority of the clientele. Even at Roscoe's, which gets a pretty sizeable younger crowd, Ranier tall boys with a shot back seems to to be the drink of choice with the younger crowd.

    So given just what I see around me, I figured that increasingly younger people were drifting away from beer. Apparently not.
     
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  5. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    We would have to see stats over time to know what the trend is. While younger folks still drink beer, I do think relatively fewer of them do than in the past as more opt for hard seltzer, cocktails, wine, hard liquor etc. But maybe relatively fewer older people do, too. For that we would also need per capita stats over the last few decades, broken down by age group.

    Do we know if overall per capita beer consumption is up or down relative to 10 or 20 years ago?

    Edit: I may have answered my own question. Down about 10% from 2014.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Happy to do my part! A few years ago a similar article made the rounds, and my little city of Bellingham made it as the the snobbiest. The criteria was amount AAL type brews sold, and we had the least per capita. Good job Hamsters!
     
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  7. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I believe Bellingham is also considered one of the most hippie-friendly large towns/small cities in Washington (maybe tied with Olympia from what I’ve seen)—so I assume its anti-corporate beer consumption pattern reflects Bellingham’s desire to stick it to the Man.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Tha Ham's reputation for hippies is a bit outdated these days. There's still some of that vibe around, but mostly they've been replaced folks who can't afford to live in Seattle, or Bay Area refugees who are driving up prices. The yuppies, they are here.
     
    #8 BBThunderbolt, May 26, 2023
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  9. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Now that’s a term I haven’t heard in a long time.
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    If the shoe isn't worn out, don't throw it away.
     
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  11. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    That’s definitely not something a yuppie would say
     
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    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Well, I am not young, urban, or professional, so I'm in the clear.
     
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  13. moodenba

    moodenba Pooh-Bah (2,502) Feb 2, 2015 New York
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    Kind of judgemental to call them (us, actually) beer snobs. A beer snob would choose a product based on perceived prestige. Most of the beers the Seattle "beer snobs" drink are much different in style and flavor than the traditional lagers identified in the survey. The choices of the popular imports are more likely being made on the basis of snob appeal.
     
    #13 moodenba, May 26, 2023
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    Reidrover Grand Pooh-Bah (4,886) Jan 14, 2003 Oregon
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    In dunno dude. I like pFriem immensely but to me their American: Lager is not better than Rainier.
    I think there is nothing snobby about the PNW now
     
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    ramseye4 Maven (1,392) May 14, 2010 Virginia

    I kind of skimmed through the article but if under 35 is what they consider young people that may be why. Where I live craft beer, both in terms of availability in popularly frequented grocery stores and new breweries from like 2011-2014 and folks in their early 20s who jumped on board then are now in their early 30s which may skew that stat if that’s the age bracket. I’d be interested to see it with the age being 25.
     
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