I guess she’s a little older, but we have better options these days. Our microbrewery boom was like over a decade ago now, people don’t need to drink the watered down piss anymore.
It’s easy to hate on simple beers, but honestly, they’re fine. Sometimes you want a complex experience that draws your focus; sometimes you just want “a beer” because it’s not something you want to pay attention to.
I lived in the heartland of craft brew for a very long time. I brewed, my partner brews. We went to festivals for brewing. These days, eh, a simple light lager is fine.
My buddy has a good definition of it. He says there are “experience” beers, and “session” beers. Experience beers are more flavorful, filling, complex. Session beers are beers that are easy to drink without thinking too much about it. Like, an experience beer is for an outside deck dinner at sunset. A session beer is for a bonfire or something where you’re looking to get drunk.
Exactly. And frankly, from a brewing and chemical engineering perspective, the consistency and subtle flavors of a light beer are more impressive than something like an IPA where you can just blow out the drinker’s palate with hops and win an award for it.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love big beers. It’s just that I’m almost 40 with three hyperactive, mischievous, and hellaciously smart kids under 10 (and a partner to match); there are many times where light and predictable is really nice.
Beer that comes from a small company whose owner loves its products might be better than beer from a massive multinational umbrella beer corporation. Who would have thought…?
… Miller Lite though?
I guess she’s a little older, but we have better options these days. Our microbrewery boom was like over a decade ago now, people don’t need to drink the watered down piss anymore.
It’s easy to hate on simple beers, but honestly, they’re fine. Sometimes you want a complex experience that draws your focus; sometimes you just want “a beer” because it’s not something you want to pay attention to.
I lived in the heartland of craft brew for a very long time. I brewed, my partner brews. We went to festivals for brewing. These days, eh, a simple light lager is fine.
My buddy has a good definition of it. He says there are “experience” beers, and “session” beers. Experience beers are more flavorful, filling, complex. Session beers are beers that are easy to drink without thinking too much about it. Like, an experience beer is for an outside deck dinner at sunset. A session beer is for a bonfire or something where you’re looking to get drunk.
Exactly. And frankly, from a brewing and chemical engineering perspective, the consistency and subtle flavors of a light beer are more impressive than something like an IPA where you can just blow out the drinker’s palate with hops and win an award for it.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love big beers. It’s just that I’m almost 40 with three hyperactive, mischievous, and hellaciously smart kids under 10 (and a partner to match); there are many times where light and predictable is really nice.
Start the night with a good craft IPA. End the night with Rainier.
Agreed, nothing wrong with a lager. Among simple light lagers, though, the major breweries offerings are particularly … simple.
Thank you Jimmy Carter.
Beer that comes from a small company whose owner loves its products might be better than beer from a massive multinational umbrella beer corporation. Who would have thought…?
People like what they like. Maybe she wanted a 3.2 beer, which is harder to find at a microbrewery.
3.2? The fact that you know what that is means you live in one of only a handful of states.
I’ve lived all over the country, and also have access to the internet. I know many things about many places I’ve never even been.
The point was to suggest they want the lightest beer around that isn’t an NA, not a commentary on a particular state
It wasn’t an insult by any means. But in the midwest, most people don’t even know what that is. Again, not a knock on them, just my observation.
People like what they like, and that usually stems from what they grew up with, even of it’s not the “best” option available.
You also have to take into account the costs. Poorer people are likely to settle for the cheaper stuff, especially if they do it regularly.
Yeah, all tastes can be acquired, no question. It’s just an unfortunate reality so many had to make due with vaguely beer-flavored water.
I grew up in St. Louis, home of Anheuser-Busch and I always loved this:
What does bud light have in common with sex on a boat?
They’re both fucking close to water.