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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 09:55 PM
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I've come to a conclusion, and this might upset a few people, but here goes:
All beer tastes pretty much the same, more or less.

My sis got me the "Beers of the World" sampler pack for Christmas, and after having gone through a good number of them, I've decided that they all generally taste like, well, beer.

Sure, some might be a little stronger, some might be a little weaker, but beer inevitably will be beer. I know some of you will claim that you know that one special brew that tastes head and shoulders above the rest, but to burst your bubble, it will probably just taste like beer to me.

This is far from a slight against the alcoholic beverage that is beer, because I like beer. I like beer a lot. Beer is my friend. It's just that to me, you can slap a different label on the bottle and it will still end up tasting like beer to me.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 09:56 PM
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1. I hate beer...
It all tastes the same to me..like horsepiss...:rofl:
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:19 AM
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32. Ditto.
I never understood the attraction.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:32 PM
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40. You know what question I'm going to ask you, right?
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 02:21 PM
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47. lol....
For the same reasons Ocelot knows what goat piss tastes like...:rofl:
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:33 PM
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41. you've got that right!!!
YUCKY STUFF!
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 03:40 PM
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50. I love beer!
It doesn't really matter the brand!

:beer:

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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 03:45 PM
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51. Just goes to show
You have no taste...:P
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 04:18 PM
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53. Do I have to send you back to the toll booth with LynneSin??
:P

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Mr. Blonde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 09:57 PM
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2. Types of beer taste pretty much the same
Although I have yet to taste anything that tastes like Guiness.

Also nothing beat a Shiner Bock on a Football day.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:05 PM
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6. Guiness tastes like iquid bread with a little choclate.
Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 10:06 PM by leeroysphits
All other beers taste the same as one another.


ETA:
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:01 PM
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3. This is a generally true statement.
Except that Bud Light tastes like goat pee.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:04 PM
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4. In the frequent habit of drinking goat pee?
Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 10:04 PM by Chan790
Sorry. Couldn't resist. :rofl:
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:05 PM
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7. Only when I can't get Bud Light.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:05 PM
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5. you have tasted goat pee?
:shrug:


:P
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:09 PM
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11. Having smelt goat pee...
I'd wager that there isn't a person alive who could such a vile substance near enough to their face to drink it, not even through a straw. It smells like wet garbage left to stew in its' own fluids.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:06 PM
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24. So I was right -- it's not much different from Bud Light.
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:06 PM
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8. As a dedicated Beer snob, I have to disagree
Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 10:06 PM by jasonc
and conclude that you have not tried enough good beer of varying brew styles.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:08 PM
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9. Isn't beer snot an oxymoron? nt
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 12:19 AM
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30. Snob
I never said snot.

:P
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:08 PM
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10. maybe you suffer from an uneducated palatte
not trying to be insulting, but I have had gallons of different beers in different settings throughout the world and can tell you the difference from smells to tastes based on variances in hops, barlies, and other ingredients etc.

Now, to me all wine tates basically the same and burns
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:21 PM
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29. Really? I'm the opposite.
I can differentiate wine pretty well, beer not as much.

In the end, it's all alcohol, and alcohol is good, so I'll drink to that.
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:11 PM
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12. That's pretty much true. But here is an exception
Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 10:13 PM by LuckyTheDog
Atwater Vanilla Java Porter



http://www.atwaterbeer.com/beer.asp

It tastes like no other beer I have tried.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:12 PM
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13. Off to have a beer today.
My ancestors drank beer.
coworkers of today drank it too.

So.

I drink beer in solidarity.

I drink beer while listening to music.

I drink beer for the monks

I drink beer for the return of Oktoberfest.

I drink beer with Tomato Juice.
(because South Park got the whole vamp thing wrong!)
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:12 PM
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14. It all tastes like
crap to me.
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:13 PM
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15. that is how I feel about coffee
I can taste differences in beers, wines, and tequilas but other booze? coffee? eh I just consume those for the effects.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:13 PM
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16. Who shall I believe, my lying taste buds or your tall tale?
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:14 PM
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17. Beer = Yuck
That is all.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:15 PM
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18. False.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:17 PM
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19. I'm not much of a beer drinker so I tend to agree with your conclusion.
My beer drinking friends, however, assure me that there is a lot of difference in the taste.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:17 PM
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20. There is a huge difference it tastes
it's like saying all wine is the same. There are so many different types and qualities of beer. Clearly you need to train your taste buds and expand your horizons.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:37 PM
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21. That's like saying all cars look and perform the same.
Sure they all have four wheels and a windshield, and the all go straight and turn, but the differences are many and unique if you're looking for them.

I submit that either you do not have a "taste" for beer, or you have not tried enough variety. Mass produced beers are fairly similar, but the smaller brewries definitely produce unique tasting beer.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:39 PM
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22. When drunk, all beers taste the same!
:evilgrin:
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suninvited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 10:40 PM
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23. Try a little sherbet between beers
to cleanse the palatte.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:07 PM
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25. Bud Light with Lime tastes like a hobo's wet jockstrap.
Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 11:08 PM by rcrush
Except with Lime.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 09:23 AM
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38. How is it you came to learn what a hobo's wet jockstrap tastes like?
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:20 PM
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39. Trial and error.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:35 PM
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42. Nice.
:spray: :rofl:
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:08 PM
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26. apparently your tastebuds are attached to your sigline...
uncomplex and uneducated. :toast:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:09 PM
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27. Well, beers taste more like other beers than say meatloaf or other foods, so sure, true.
Technically.

But not in spirit.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-02-09 11:17 PM
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28. I'm pretty sure that's the case with everything
If it's beer, it ought to taste like beer. I would hope that all wine would taste like wine, all coffee would taste like coffee, etc. That's my experience, thus far. The joy comes from the differences between the beers.... differences worth exploring, because they are all beer, beer, glorious beer.
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:13 AM
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31. Wrong. I don't think a "Beers fo the World" sampler pack is a basis for judgement.
The variation between lagers, hefeweizen, bocks, stouts, porters, and ales alone is massive.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:22 AM
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33. it looks like gully water
Edited on Sat Jan-03-09 01:23 AM by CreekDog
and tastes worse. :puke:
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 03:51 AM
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34. No, it really doesn't.
Some beer has no taste at all, some beer is hoppy, some beer is chocolatety, some is malty. Beer has many different flavors.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 09:14 AM
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35. you've never had a framboise.
tastes like raspberries. And beer!
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 09:21 AM
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36. Mass produced commercial beers all taste the same.
In Europe they wouldn't feed American beer to a dog.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 09:22 AM
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37. Not true, Sam Adams beers are as good as anything Europe has to offer
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:37 PM
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44. Actually, that's not true...
...you have no idea how many people I see here in Spain drinking Budweiser.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 02:18 PM
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46. Isn't the European-brewed Budweiser supposed to taste
significantly different from the American product?
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 02:22 PM
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48. It tastes just like the Budweiser you get in the States...
...at least to me it does.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:36 PM
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43. I could be deported from Wisconsin for saying this
but I don't like beer.
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Tighelander Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 01:47 PM
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45. SNL Reported 2 years ago on $24,000 in Miller beer that was stolen
Then made the joke, "What, did they steal ALL of it?"
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 02:52 PM
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49. thats what most people with out a distinguished palatte say about things
i would have said the same about beer, because all beer does taste the same to some who cant distinguish the accents

would not say the same about rieslings or chardonnays, because i can taste the undertones

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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 03:46 PM
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52. You type pretty well for a drunk
How many Beers of The World did you get through? :rofl:


just teasin' ;)
Maybe it's like smelling perfume: You smell too many in a row, and they all start smelling the same. :D


:hi:





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