In case there's anyone left who didn't already know...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Most beers have their places. I wouldn't say that porters (which I am not fond of) or stouts (which I am very fond of) rule the rest anymore than I'd say  that a wheat beer or a red ale or a nice crisp pilsner rules the rest. Sometimes you just want what you want and nothing else will do.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

At my last party the beverages people brought ran the full gamut from PBR to a fifth of Basil Hayden's.

I don't judge.

[LMNO]

You missed the part of my post where I mentioned that most of these people were NYU med grads...

You might have misunderstood-- even with the Jay Z quote at the end...  

Much like middle-class Afro-Americans who adopt a "street" attitude to "keep it real", Preppie Fucks will adopt a post-ironic "white trash" persona so they "don't look pretentious and fake".  It usually fails.


I was not trying to disparage the Trailer Park in any way more than is justly deserved.

[Suu]

You missed the part of my post where I mentioned that most of these people were NYU med grads...

You might have misunderstood-- even with the Jay Z quote at the end...  

Much like middle-class Afro-Americans who adopt a "street" attitude to "keep it real", Preppie Fucks will adopt a post-ironic "white trash" persona so they "don't look pretentious and fake".  It usually fails.


I was not trying to disparage the Trailer Park in any way more than is justly deserved.

Ah. I get it.

They probably pulled the, "Well, Jen's husband is a sea captain, so we should try to fit in for him."

[LMNO]

Also beware if they suddenly start name-dropping Johnny Cash.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

Most beers have their places. I wouldn't say that porters (which I am not fond of) or stouts (which I am very fond of) rule the rest anymore than I'd say  that a wheat beer or a red ale or a nice crisp pilsner rules the rest. Sometimes you just want what you want and nothing else will do.

this 

[Jenne]

...and SOMETIMES people just like to drink what they grew up with.  Or were just introduced to.  You can't always tell, till you ask them, "Hey, why you drinkin' DAT shit?"

That being said, I'm like Nigel--beers in all their forms have a time and place.  I don't judge--one side of my family is all about microbrews and importeds, the other domestic all the way and they say that the other side likes jumped-up-shit that you can only have a few of before you're full (that "drinkability factor" is something my family has been talking about vis a vis piss beer for generations).

[LMNO]

I'm an IPA guy usually, but if I'm working up a sweat, sometimes I need to go for that taste that's like making love in a canoe.

[Jenne]

I'm an IPA guy usually, but if I'm working up a sweat, sometimes I need to go for that taste that's like making love in a canoe.

  THAT is a notable quotable. 

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I love a good IPA

Lagunitas makes a tasty one

[East Coast Hustle]

For cheap beer that's OK, Miller High Life or GTFO.

champagne of beers, baby! though Busch is also decent cheap pisswater.

that said, if I get much more broke than I already am, I might just go down to the Hawthorne Freddys and wait until I see someone actually buying PBR Lite. Then I will know who the easiest person to mug will be.

[Suu]

Ugh, IPAs. I can go as bitter as an ESB, after that, pale ale and IPA damn near kill me.

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

I like wine.

StD,
pretentious snob.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm an IPA guy usually, but if I'm working up a sweat, sometimes I need to go for that taste that's like making love in a canoe.

I am so making this my tagline on another forum.

[LMNO]

Full disclosure:  I stole that from Monty Python.


The punchline -- "It's fucking close to water!"