Smokers drinking beer

I think he means jersey shore tan. I think Eastwood tan is more accurate though if you take texture into account. It definitely does I can pick out the off flavors from tobacco. I wash my hands a lot, try not to smoke before tasting or until after inebriation is attained. I've quit for three months and did notice a difference, not a huge one but three months isn't exactly a long time.

I can't help it cigarettes keep me from choking people.

 

I quit smoking and dipping before I really got into beer, but I'm heading to the store right now for a pack and a can of Cope to do an experiment.

 

Moderation in everything. Nothing wrong with a smoke every now and then. I love a cohiba and single malt together, one of life's little pleasures

 

I'm not a smoker, but I am more interested in what is this metallic taste the OP found? I'm familiar enough with the Duchesse to say that I've never noticed anything akin to sucking on pennies, as someone else put it. Any other brews where this is a dominant flavor / sensation? Or is a cigarette+sour beer reaction, something like how toothpaste will make orange juice taste horrible?

 

Your smell and palate really open up once you quit smoking. I could only imagine how it COULD have been if I never had a smoke. I quit over ten years ago and wow what a difference it makes! Oh. to effectively quit smoking, you HAVE to quit drinking first (gasp). REALLY helps! ok. it worked for me.

 

The menthol ones are much better. Still not as good as the real thing, but they actually taste OK.

 

you ex smokers are all so knowing.......you make me sick

 

I wish. I get "metallic" from breads/baked goods all the time. I'm assuming it's from baking powder that didn't get incorporated properly, or from certain blends of gluten-free flour. Might be a different kind of metallic as I don't have much experience in sucking on pennies. (At least not recently.)

 

Like habitually drinking alcohol?

 

Just for you, buddy.

http://bit.ly/14KgU6Q

 

I am a bit of a cigar conisseur and enjoy one every now and then but I never mix smoking them with my enjoyment of beer. I find when I do I may as well just be drinking a Bud as all I taste is crap. And I make sure I never smoke a cigar within 24 hours of going out to Papagos or any place to drink good beer as it absolutely destroys my ability to enjoy the beer to its fullest.

 

Agree that cigarettes are disgusting, but having said that, I enjoy pipes and cigars on occasion and find that they do not interfere with my enjoyment of craft beer. I have found that cigars go wonderfully with bourbon barrel aged stouts and pipes filled with tangy Virginia tobacco goes well with IPA's. Also, I have never ever ever gotten a complaint from anyone while smoking a pipe.

I think it's all about moderation and totality of one's lifestyle. This is coming from someone who has never touched a cigarette, but in today's nanny society, I can totally respect someone else's choice and right to do so. The late great beer writer Michael Jackson once wrote that there's nothing like a Thomas Hardy Ale with a nice cigar after dinner......who am I to argue with MJ? :-)

-Scott

 

Yup, I hear ya. Enough tools around here to open a Home Depot

 

I really like IPAs, but I find most of the single IPAs have a metallic taste that comes from cigarettes probably.. I like almost any imperial IPA (except Sucks). I smoke when drinking IPAs too, but it doesn't affect big stouts, barleywines, Belgians, or sours. Or a good old bmc for that matter.