How can you drink beer?

[WindRavenX]

Beer makes me extremely ill if I drink more than one or two- and yet, I see guys (and chicks) downing pitchers of the stuff :puke:
Rum and tequila makes me ill as well.
I just don't get beer...

[Speck Tater]

1. Beer is the elixir of the gods! (nt)

[sendero]

43. Beer is proof..

... that God loves us!

[JVS]

2. It's in the genes

[physioex]

3. Fine....

Try Cognac....... :)

[tjwmason]

4. I find that lifting the glass to my lips

Openning my mouth and tipping the glass does it.

I couldn't drink much of the carbonated chilled cat's urine which passes for beer much of the time; but give me a proper British beer and I can go for several pints.

[Bok_Tukalo]

5. Other than wine, the only alcohol I can drink

I can do margaritas a bit, but that is it.

Hard liquor is like quail's eyeballs; they make me throw up, you know?

[Floogeldy]

6. I'm with you, babe

Beer takes too long and one has to drink too many to get a great buzz. Although I must say I love the taste of most Samuel Adams beers.

But I'll take Scotch whiskey over ice instead any night!

B-)

[AntiCoup2K4]

7. Ben Franklin put it best....

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." :beer:

[Sugar Smack]

36. Ben Franklin is my hero

And I "get" beer!!!


:9

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Out of a glass, a bottle, a can, an old shoe...

...pretty much out of anything other than a "beer bong." Never been able to get the hang of it.

[JVS]

10. The beer bong is for people who fundamentally cannot drink beer

It is a means to inject rather than drink the beer. A drunkard's feeding tube of sorts

[Kellanved]

14. yeah

But I have another addition for the "no" list:







http://www.stuerzer-online.de/ :puke:
...
http://www.stuerzer-online.de/Bildergalerie/bildergalerie.htm

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. Is that a penis-pump?

:o

[Kellanved]

23. close enough

It is something I have seen rather often lately. The idea is to drink a (0.5 liter) beer bottle in less than 10 seconds.

So, like the beer bong, a completely waste of perfectly good beer.

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Whatever happened to the old-school shotgun?

Jab a pen-knife in the side of a beer can, place mouth over hole, open pop-top so air pressure forces the beer down your throat. Yum. :scared:

[Kellanved]

26. I remember that one

Alas, we don't have cans any more :P

[JVS]

27. Cans are gone!

That sucks, how am I supposed to get my 49 pfennig Germania Pils?

[Kellanved]

30. Sternburg Export

Bottled, good and cheap (€0.30 - €0.40 per bottle):



The few stores still selling cans are usually far more expensive.

[JVS]

31. I thought that they were contemplating a pfand for cans, did they just tax

or something. What is the cheapest beer? Braustolz, Oettinger?

I remember once getting a case of Oettinger on sale for 5 DM

[Kellanved]

34. No, it is a deposit. (€0.25)

It was contemplated in the mid-90s; the law is one of those lovely Kohl relics.

Basically it was cheaper for the stores to stop selling cans than introducing a unified deposit system.

Yeah, Oettinger still can be as cheap as €3.50 a case.

[Magrittes Pipe]

29. Der westfalische Ziegepisse "Oettinger" kommt ins cans.

:o

[Kellanved]

32. I haven't seen it canned for quite some time

Since the introduction of a €0.25 deposit on cans, they have vanished.

And Oettinger is all-German Ziegenpisse. Originally Bavarian, they are brewing the stuff all over the country. My guess is that they are actually recycling horse piss and/or old storages from the soviet occupation army.

[Magrittes Pipe]

33. Funny thing is, everyone made fun of me for drinking the Oett...

...but I found it far better than most American beers. :cry:

[Kellanved]

35. The German brewers are catching up

"Krombacher Mild" , "Becks Gold" - just label 'em Budweiser, because I sure am not able to tell the difference

[Jeebo]

9. I agree, the stuff is vile and putrid ...

It affects me exactly the same way it affects you, WindRavenX. It makes me choke and gag, it tastes so awful, and ingesting very small quantities makes me violently physically ill (i.e., worshiping at the porcelain god).

The tolerant side of me wants to take this attitude toward our drinking relatives, friends and colleagues: "Well, some people like apples, some like oranges ... and some like watermelons, cantaloupes, bananas, pears and grapes ... "

But then the judgmental side of me takes over and says, "But the stuff really IS putrid, by definition! What does putrefaction mean? It means vegetable matter ROTTING! And how do they make beer, and wine and hard liquor as well? They allow some vegetable matter to ROT, and then they collect the vile, putrid liquid that is produced by that ROTTING process and that liquid is ... beer, wine and liquor!"

I'm with you, WindRavenX. I just don't get beer, either ... or any other alcoholic beverage. If I live to be 400 million, I never will understand how anybody could actually LIKE the foul stuff.

Ron

[hfojvt]

20. I think people start young

even though it tastes awful, they keep drinking it because it is supposed to be cool and it makes them feel grown up. After a while they get used to it, and they are still addicted to the "buzz".

[progressor]

47. I liked beer from the first moment I tried it.

About 10 or 12 years old and my dad let me have a sip and I thought it was great!

Still do. ;)

[amazona]

11. more than two is too filling for me also

I enjoy it but I have learned that most of the time one glass is my limit, in exceptional circumstances, a second glass or bottle may be consumed.

I do stand amazed at people who can drink entire pitchers. I don't know where they put it. I find too much beer quite bloating.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[ronzo]

12. Beer Good!

Here, I'll show you how it's done.

:toast:

[Freebird12004]

13. Good morning

How's your head today ?

[WindRavenX]

16. excellent

I saw my, um, drunk thread. =)
(I don't get hangovers)

[Freebird12004]

22. Good for you !

:hi: I've got years of drinking behind me but just like you I don't get hangovers either.

[48pan]

15. Only Good Stuff in Beer

Barley, Water, Yeast, Hops - All good stuff.

If your ancestors didn't drink beer, they probably would have died from the plague.

[nuxvomica]

17. I can only "handle" one or two myself

But in my youth I could suck 'em down like water. I counted 19 12-ounce cups at Freshman orientation but who knows how good I was at counting at the time. :shrug: Regardless, it's still easier to go through a six-pack of beer than a six-pack of cola. :puke:

[Longgrain]

18. Beer is like food, at least the good stuff is...

It gives you a much slower, longer lasting buzz then the quick rush of most other alcohols.

The taste must be acquired, yes. But the jolliness that goes along with beer drinking, is usually cherished.

[Baclava]

19. I'm cooking sausages in beer right now...

It's a sipping sauce.

[bif]

24. How can you NOT drink beer?

Especially the good stuff. Life is too short to drink shitty beer, I always say.

[realisticphish]

28. lebatt blue

:9

[Abelman]

37. Beer is good!

Corona and Pacifico and Bell's and Oberon and Leinenkugel's and Alaskan and Midnight Sun and Labatt's Blue and Molson and Pabst Blue Ribbon and various microbrews.

Wheat beer is tasty.

My bro-in-law and I are homebrewing this summer. Should be quite a lot of fun.

I didn't always like beer, but Corona was my starter. It's so smooth, so light, yet so good. But I can't drink it without craving nachos.

Second would be Oberon. Oh my.

[Left Is Write]

38. The secret is to drink good beer.

Don't drink swill! Beer should have some color, body and flavor.

If your beer experiences include Bud, Miller, and others of that ilk, I can understand your distaste.

[LostinVA]

39. Amen, Left

Yummy, yummy Guinness, full of nutrients and yumminess. Wonderful live ales full of yumminess. Lots of yumminess in beers, stouts, ales. You have to drink GOOD stuff -- and you can't suck the good stuff down like Coke (Bud Light, anyone?). You actually taste it, 'cause it has taste and a nice solidness to it.

I need a Guinness now. THANKS.

[Allenberg]

40. Bleh.

Beer is far too filling. Gin, Tequila, Rum, Vodka are all much better options.

[jandrok]

41. Beer. Truly a gift from God(ess)....

www.beeradvocate.com

I've been drinking beer for the better part of 25 years. I can't really see why anyone would not like beer, but I know plenty of people who don't. They'll drink malternatives all day long, or they'll drink "light" beers because they don't want something "heavy" or "dark".

Bollocks, I say. Drink quality, not quantity. Beer is a revered and time-homored drink.

But, each to their own. Drink what you like and don't worry about what other people are drinking or thinking.

[Maestro]

42. I'm drinking a Guinness Draught right now.

I suppose it is an acquired taste. The better question is how can people drink tomato juice. Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Left Is Write]

44. I can't stand tomato juice either.

[Maestro]

46. Yeah

Glad to know somebody else hates it. I'd almost rather drink Castor Oil. They both make me throw up. ;)

[lateo]

45. A better question would be...how can you drink American beer.

Most American, and Canadian beer for that matter, is crap.

[MrSandman]

48. Pop-a-top and

Chug-a-lug.

[fluffernutter]

49. wimp

;)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

50. My beer drinking family was appalled that I didn't go to a pub in London

when I was there a couple of weeks ago. However, I did manage to down puh-lenty of Wine in France! Just a matter of preference, I guess! :)

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[Radical Activist]

51. let us consume mass quantities

I usually only drink enough beers to get just a little drunk. If I'm really planning on getting drunk I prefer red wine.