You drink macro... Trust me - you do.

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by fscottkey, Apr 18, 2015.

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  1. fscottkey

    fscottkey Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2014 New York

    There are many BAs that look down their nose a "those people".
    "How can you drink that macro swill?"

    I just want to point out that you too are a macro drinker. (No this isn't another thread about Imbev buying Goose Island).

    You drink Coke or Pepsi or Folgers coffee or Meier's Wine or Borden Milk. You drink a nationally mass produced beverage and somewhere there is a group that advocates drinking locally sourced, milk, from free ranged cows, that is raw and not pasteurized (or something). They might even have a site like this. They look down their noses at us.

    I would want them to engage us in the realm of ideas and advocate for their favorite beverage while respecting that we are still in the huge majority. Not treat us like knuckle dragging morons that have no idea what we are drinking.

    I think it makes sense to do the same for our friends that enjoy beer - just not the same ones that we do. They made it to step 1. We think step 2 is "drink better beer" - but 89% of America won't. So we can just advocate and see what we can do to move the needle a bit. Castigating them is foolish. Acting superior is foolish and annoying (considering they outnumber us 9 to 1).

    Food for thought. *

    * - Note opinions expressed by fscottkey have been influenced by the beers he just drank.
     
    #1 fscottkey, Apr 18, 2015
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  2. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

    Food for thought, indeed. You make very good and valid points. However, I do not purchase macro anything. And believe me, it can be a pain in the ass.
     
    #2 PatrickCT, Apr 18, 2015
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  3. PA-Michigander

    PA-Michigander Grand Pooh-Bah (3,372) Nov 10, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Yes there are people that look down their nose. Yes some of them choose Walmart over their local True Value. Other may prefer that Chase bank over their local branch. Who cares? Drink what you like. Period. If made by ****** in Stalin's brew system and its aweosme I'd drink it all day every day.
     
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  4. Soneast

    Soneast Pooh-Bah (1,751) May 9, 2008 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    Hey, we're free to pick and choose ideals that we choose to support. Clearly it is hard to eliminate all corporatism from our life. But when it comes to something that I am passionate about, beer, I definitely do choose to remove corporate swill from my consumption habits. Sure I consume some Kraft products, some Kellogg's products and some Coke products. But at least I can feel good about the fact that my beer drinking habits are exclusive to small, craft producers.
     
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  5. fscottkey

    fscottkey Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2014 New York

    I was aware this would be an eventual reply (didn't think it would be the first). I really respect someone with that level of dedication. Drinking one for you.
     
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  6. John_Beeryman

    John_Beeryman Initiate (0) Jul 19, 2014 Virginia

    More than I see snobbery, I see people calling us out for our supposed snobbery. Who is the audience for this?
     
    #6 John_Beeryman, Apr 18, 2015
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  7. leantom

    leantom Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2011 Indiana

    I don't know who's more annoying: the snobs or the anti-snobs.
     
    #7 leantom, Apr 18, 2015
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  8. bluehende

    bluehende Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Delaware

    Very few of us can afford the best of everything. You draw the line where appropriate.
     
    #8 bluehende, Apr 18, 2015
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  9. Kuaff

    Kuaff Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2013 Alaska

    Hmm. Guess it might be so for some. I, however, just happen to be one of those who only drinks organic milk from free range cows, I don't drink ANY carbonated beverages other than beer (or any sports drinks/energy drinks for that matter), and the only coffee I ever drink I generally prepare myself from beans that were roasted here in town.

    I'm sure there is some aspect of life in which I do "buy macro," but when it comes to food and drink, I try fervently to avoid crap.
     
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  10. GetMeAnIPA

    GetMeAnIPA Pooh-Bah (2,559) Mar 28, 2009 California
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    I don't look down at anybody for drinking macros or whatever. I choose not to drink it because it just doesn't taste that good. If you like it go for it.
     
    #10 GetMeAnIPA, Apr 18, 2015
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  11. Casterbridge

    Casterbridge Savant (1,055) Mar 26, 2010 Connecticut

    As The Eagles once said, "Take it easy."
     
    #11 Casterbridge, Apr 18, 2015
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  12. Retrocentric

    Retrocentric Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2014 Missouri

    We should (and already have) get a nice range of both in here. Set up a poll? :wink:
     
    #12 Retrocentric, Apr 18, 2015
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  13. Retrocentric

    Retrocentric Initiate (0) Feb 21, 2014 Missouri


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    It's ok. It's a locally grown, non soy, non gluten free range cookie.
     
    #13 Retrocentric, Apr 18, 2015
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  14. OntheLambic

    OntheLambic Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2015 Connecticut

    Every beer has a time and place, and on a very rare occasion, for me, that is a macro brew. To each their own.
     
    #14 OntheLambic, Apr 18, 2015
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  15. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

    Cheers! And are there really BA's that drink Folger's?
     
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  16. PatrickCT

    PatrickCT Grand Pooh-Bah (3,776) Feb 18, 2015 Connecticut

    Lol.
     
    #16 PatrickCT, Apr 18, 2015
  17. wesbray

    wesbray Initiate (0) Feb 29, 2012 Canada (AB)

    I have only bought macro toilet cleaner up until this point in my life. When an artisanal alternative becomes readily available, I will be drain (not toilet) pouring my Lysol.
     
    #17 wesbray, Apr 18, 2015
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  18. ChuckHardslab

    ChuckHardslab Maven (1,251) Jan 25, 2012 Texas

    I never feel or act superior to someone drinking and enjoying macro beer. Hell, they get a 12 pack for what I pay for some single bombers. If everybody worried less about what other people enjoy and just tried to quietly be the best version of themselves, the world would probably be a brighter place. That would leave a lot of blogs pretty empty though...
     
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  19. tjumfrid

    tjumfrid Initiate (0) Jun 15, 2013 Arizona

    I'm not necessarily against the idea of macro in general. I just don't like to drink macro beers. I really don't care which kind of milk I buy. I'll drink Coke all day long. I have three Chase accounts. I do prefer craft beer, and personally despise macro beers. Mostly for the taste and for being unoriginal, not much else. It would be way too intense to be anti macro everything.
     
    #19 tjumfrid, Apr 18, 2015
  20. TheSixthRing

    TheSixthRing Grand Pooh-Bah (3,269) Sep 24, 2008 California
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    If Tropicana's grapefruit juice tasted as crap in fruit juice as Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light tastes in beer, believe me I wouldn't drink it. That, my friend, is the fatal flaw in your argument. I don't care if something is 'big corporate' so long as I feel I'm getting quality. I don't feel that way with adjunct macro brews.
     
    #20 TheSixthRing, Apr 18, 2015
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