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Not really beer?
13 years ago
Yesterday I did a thing on Facebook where you were supposed to see how many out of 100 beers listed you've tried. I didn't score as high as some of my beer-loving friends and relatives.
But one of the others (a high school friend whom I haven't seen in forever) posted a comment to the effect that he thinks some of the ones listed aren't really beer. They all looked like beers to me so I asked him to elaborate on his comment. He said he doesn't consider stout or lambic to be beer, and doesn't really consider ale to be beer either. Say what? That's like saying anything other than beef isn't really meat.
It reminds me of one friend, a beer enthusiast himself, who had a couple of extra tickets to the Great Taste of the Midwest beer fest in Madison, WI (a great fest, by the way, which I highly recommend - if you can get tickets). He invited along a couple of his buddies. When they got there, the buddies were like, "What's all this stuff? Where's the Budweiser tent?" Even now, when the whole home/craft/microbrewing revolution has been going for more than 30 years, there are still people who think the only real beer is Bud/Miller/Coors.
But one of the others (a high school friend whom I haven't seen in forever) posted a comment to the effect that he thinks some of the ones listed aren't really beer. They all looked like beers to me so I asked him to elaborate on his comment. He said he doesn't consider stout or lambic to be beer, and doesn't really consider ale to be beer either. Say what? That's like saying anything other than beef isn't really meat.
It reminds me of one friend, a beer enthusiast himself, who had a couple of extra tickets to the Great Taste of the Midwest beer fest in Madison, WI (a great fest, by the way, which I highly recommend - if you can get tickets). He invited along a couple of his buddies. When they got there, the buddies were like, "What's all this stuff? Where's the Budweiser tent?" Even now, when the whole home/craft/microbrewing revolution has been going for more than 30 years, there are still people who think the only real beer is Bud/Miller/Coors.
Keep encouraging people to properly enjoy and appreciate the beverages they consume instead of just getting drunk. And know when to say when.
Now, I'm poor enough that I tend to stick with Rolling Rock for my house beer, but otherwise I'll probably have a Scotch Ale, Guinness, Stella, or maybe even one of those crazy Lambics.