Westbrook hates: Beer Snobs and Hipsters with their stupid goddamn IPAs

[NoCalMike]

I love a good IPA, will be tasting a bunch tomorrow at the West Coast Brew Fest, however I like plenty of non-IPAs as well.

One misunderstanding is people associate Craft Beer solely with IPAs because of their current popularity, but there are so many excellent craft beers that have nothing to do with IPAs or hops.

[DButz65]

Very true NoCalMike

[ajlaird82]

Stone all day!!!!!!

[Busch1724]

Of course, I can't imagine anyone preferring a miller lite to a Sierra Nevada pale ale or ipa. Madness, I say!

I'm one of those guys. I'd much rather prefer a Miller of any sorts, Busch, Bud, Michelob, etc. Have tried a bunch of microbrews and IPAs and just can't acquire the taste.

[dfitzo53]

I'm one of those guys. I'd much rather prefer a Miller of any sorts, Busch, Bud, Michelob, etc. Have tried a bunch of microbrews and IPAs and just can't acquire the taste.

So do you enjoy the taste of Miller/Bud/etc., or do you just find them easier to drink in order to get a buzz?

[grego]

I'm one of those guys. I'd much rather prefer a Miller of any sorts, Busch, Bud, Michelob, etc. Have tried a bunch of microbrews and IPAs and just can't acquire the taste.

IPA's and some other types of beer are strong tasting, no doubt. but there are other types that arent as bitter, etc. honestly, drinking a typical domestic beer to me is like drinking carbonated water, especially with the alcohol content of some of these beers- 8%+. yowza!

i will say this, i love strong, bitter IPA's, i like stouts, but i cant drink a wheat beer. makes me gag. and i hate the taste.

i used to hate wine, specifically red wine, and now i love a good red wine. you just never know.

[Busch1724]

So do you enjoy the taste of Miller/Bud/etc., or do you just find them easier to drink in order to get a buzz?

I just like the taste better...don't really drink to get a buzz, although it happens on occasion.

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i will say this, i love strong, bitter IPA's, i like stouts, but i cant drink a wheat beer. makes me gag. and i hate the taste.

See if I'm at a bar with just IPAs and microbrews, I'll only drink the wheat beer. It's just a matter of preference. BTW, I can't stand wine.

[Dan T.]

I see parallels between extreme hop heads and those guys who are always looking for the hottest hot sauce. At some point the quest moves beyond taste into ridiculousness.

That said, I do enjoy hoppy beers now and again, though I don't go out my way to get the most heavily hopped brew available.

[Parlett316]

One beer I have a love/hate relationship with is Guinness. Sometimes I really like it, other times it will taste way too bland or something. I can't put my finger on it. A couple of years ago they put out their 250 Anniversary Stout. http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/guinnes...-stout/101769/

Holy crap, one of the best beers I have ever had. Of course I will probably never have it again >:^(

[DButz65]

^^^^ Guiness Black just came out not too long ago, got to taste it at total wine and beverage one weekend, i like it better

[GoSkins561]

that's because sour beer is a terrible idea! i've had about 5 and hated em all. Vintage50's was the closest to being enjoyable i guess, but it was still like ... whyyy would i choose to do this to beer? i'm not so insecure in my manhood that i'm afraid of chocolate or coffee or maple or spices or fruit or WHATEVER in my beer (in fact i like it). but i don't really have much desire for my beer to have notes of pickle juice.

Love sour beers, Petrus and Monks Cafe are really good, LaFolie by Lips of Faith and Sour on the Rye by the Breuery are my two favorites, unfortunately a 22 oz bomber is usually $20.00.

My mouth is watering just thinking about one, I swear I could Chug these things, so Yummy.

[Skinsfan1311]

You like what you like. It's as simple as that.

[dfitzo53]

You like what you like. It's as simple as that.

Yeah, but if you adopt a rational position like that then there's nothing to argue about. For some people that's unsatisfying.

[Darrell Green Fan]

I have always maintained there are 3 classes of beer drinkers:

NASCAR Guy. You know what he drinks: Bush Lite, Bud; Coors Light etc. He drinks them by the 12 pack and the beer makers are well aware of this.

Beer Snob Guy: Kind of like the guy described in the opening post but more so. He thinks Bud is for snake bites and Heineken or Sammy Adams are for posers. No he insists that the only beer worth his valuable time is made from some obscure micro brewery in New Hampshire that nobody has ever heard of.

Middle of the Road Guy: Most of us are in this group. I drink mostly Dogfish IPA or Becks/Heineken but I won't turn my nose up at an ice cold Budweiser.

[mboyd784]

Natty Light to Coffee Stout and everything in between!