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Why Can't I Get Into Craft Beer?

post #1 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:25pm
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I don't get it. I buy all kinds of beer. All different kinds. Arrogant Bastard, Stone, Anchor Steam, and tons of other micro brews. Anytime I taste discernible hops, I pretty much can't finish the beer. I just don't get the appeal. I think maybe I'm just not a beer guy, but that sounds really gay and makes little sense to me. I enjoy whiskeys and scotches and bourbons, so it's not like I'm against the alcohol. I think Delirium Tremens is okay, and Nocturnum is good. But I keep trying different kinds of craft brews and have a hard time finding any that I actually enjoy that much. I always just keep going back to beer like Pacifico, etc. I try probably two new beers each week, and I just don't get it.

Explain to me why I'm an idiot and give me something that will get me into micro brews.
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post #2 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:34pm
Not a craft brew fan myself. Tastes like semi carbonated wet fart to me.
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post #3 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:35pm
Try more malt-heavy beers. In my experience, you are either a hop person or you arent. Much like some people just never get that into sweets some people just never really like hop bitterness. I like hops cause theres always interesting citrus/fruit flavors mixed in with piney/resin flavors. Nowhere else to really sample that flavor combo.
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post #4 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:42pm
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Not a craft brew fan myself. Tastes like semi carbonated wet fart to me.
If you drink beer, what do you drink? Or is that for phillistines, like drip coffee?
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Try more malt-heavy beers. In my experience, you are either a hop person or you arent. Much like some people just never get that into sweets some people just never really like hop bitterness. I like hops cause theres always interesting citrus/fruit flavors mixed in with piney/resin flavors. Nowhere else to really sample that flavor combo.

Yeah, just don't get the hops. Which doesn't make sense to me. I home brew with my father, and we use all three kinds of hops, but we don't use a ton of them. Or at least, I don't drink the beers that we make that have a ton of them. But even beers that aren't hop-heavy, I still just don't really "get" it.
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post #5 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:44pm
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If you drink beer, what do you drink? Or is that for phillistines, like drip coffee?
I like all sorts of beers. I guess I drink Guinness, Bass and Negra most. Really, I will drink anything not wet farty. Drip coffee is just wrong. It has no place outside a gas station.
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post #6 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:46pm
You're a 'bud' man?
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post #7 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:46pm
What do you mean all three kinds of hops? Like you have three hop additions? 1@ the start of the boil for base bitterness, 1@ towards the end of the boil for more nuanced front-end flavor, and 1 addition (dry hopping) while fermenting, for aroma? Last time I checked there are way way more than three varieties of hops.
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post #8 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:49pm
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Try more malt-heavy beers. In my experience, you are either a hop person or you arent. Much like some people just never get that into sweets some people just never really like hop bitterness. I like hops cause theres always interesting citrus/fruit flavors mixed in with piney/resin flavors. Nowhere else to really sample that flavor combo.

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post #9 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:51pm
Maybe you just like what you like and there you have it. Why force things? If you have a good beer, one that never lets you down and is there for you when you want a beer, why keep poking into other bottles? A good beer is a good beer and should be cherished.
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post #10 of 81
9/8/09 at 10:56pm
^ He's a chef, probably looking to expand his palate.
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post #11 of 81
9/8/09 at 11:00pm
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I like all sorts of beers. I guess I drink Guinness, Bass and Negra most. Really, I will drink anything not wet farty. Drip coffee is just wrong. It has no place outside a gas station.
Fine.
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You're a 'bud' man?
No whey.
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What do you mean all three kinds of hops? Like you have three hop additions? 1@ the start of the boil for base bitterness, 1@ towards the end of the boil for more nuanced front-end flavor, and 1 addition (dry hopping) while fermenting, for aroma? Last time I checked there are way way more than three varieties of hops.
Yes, I meant adding at the three different times. Obviously there are thousands of kinds of hops.
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Maybe you just like what you like and there you have it. Why force things? If you have a good beer, one that never lets you down and is there for you when you want a beer, why keep poking into other bottles? A good beer is a good beer and should be cherished.
I enjoy my good beer. But it pisses me off that I keep trying to like this shit and I can't. It's not even that I'm embarrassed about what I like, because I don't have any reason to be embarrassed. I'm just stubborn and it annoys me that I can't get into it.
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^ He's a chef, probably looking to expand his palate.
I guess that might be part of it.
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post #12 of 81
9/8/09 at 11:07pm
Since you appreciate dark liquors, try something rich like a whiskey barrel stout.
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post #13 of 81
9/8/09 at 11:25pm
I think it makes perfect sense that you might just not like beer. I don't like wine at all.

I've gotten into craft beer over the last few months and enjoy it almost as much as cigars. I've found that I like heavy, boozy, big hoppy IPA's but drank a bunch of shit before I found what I liked. Maybe you just need to keep trying? Do you like stout's?

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post #14 of 81
9/8/09 at 11:25pm
dbl post
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post #15 of 81
9/8/09 at 11:30pm
I don't know, it pisses me off that I can't get into anal sex with men

I just don't get it what should I do
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