I've come to a conclusion, and this might upset a few people, but here goes:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

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.

[TZ]

1. I hate beer...

It all tastes the same to me..like horsepiss...

[Common Sense Party]

32. Ditto.

I never understood the attraction.

[SKKY]

40. You know what question I'm going to ask you, right?

[TZ]

47. lol....

For the same reasons Ocelot knows what goat piss tastes like...

[gblady]

41. you've got that right!!!

YUCKY STUFF!

[madinmaryland]

50. I love beer!

It doesn't really matter the brand!

[TZ]

51. Just goes to show

You have no taste...

[madinmaryland]

53. Do I have to send you back to the toll booth with LynneSin??

[Mr. Blonde]

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.

[leeroysphitz]

6. Guiness tastes like iquid bread with a little choclate.

All other beers taste the same as one another.


ETA:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. This is a generally true statement.

Except that Bud Light tastes like goat pee.

[Chan790]

4. In the frequent habit of drinking goat pee?

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Only when I can't get Bud Light.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. you have tasted goat pee?

[Chan790]

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.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. So I was right -- it's not much different from Bud Light.

[Pierre.Suave]

8. As a dedicated Beer snob, I have to disagree

and conclude that you have not tried enough good beer of varying brew styles.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Isn't beer snot an oxymoron? nt

[Pierre.Suave]

30. Snob

I never said snot.

[NightWatcher]

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

[Tommy_Carcetti]

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.

[LuckyTheDog]

12. That's pretty much true. But here is an exception

Atwater Vanilla Java Porter



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

It tastes like no other beer I have tried.

[RandomThoughts]

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!)

[littlebit]

14. It all tastes like

crap to me.

[Kali]

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.

[Ptah]

16. Who shall I believe, my lying taste buds or your tall tale?

[Lyric]

17. Beer = Yuck

That is all.

[flvegan]

18. False.

[Arkansas Granny]

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.

[NJmaverick]

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.

[bluesbassman]

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.

[fortyfeetunder]

22. When drunk, all beers taste the same!

[suninvited]

23. Try a little sherbet between beers

to cleanse the palatte.

[rcrush]

25. Bud Light with Lime tastes like a hobo's wet jockstrap.

Except with Lime.

[NJmaverick]

38. How is it you came to learn what a hobo's wet jockstrap tastes like?

[rcrush]

39. Trial and error.

[SKKY]

42. Nice.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. apparently your tastebuds are attached to your sigline...

uncomplex and uneducated.

[mainegreen]

27. Well, beers taste more like other beers than say meatloaf or other foods, so sure, true.

Technically.

But not in spirit.

[harmonicon]

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.

[ellisonz]

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.

[CreekDog]

33. it looks like gully water

and tastes worse.

[MrSlayer]

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.

[crispini]

35. you've never had a framboise.

tastes like raspberries. And beer!

[hobbit709]

36. Mass produced commercial beers all taste the same.

In Europe they wouldn't feed American beer to a dog.

[NJmaverick]

37. Not true, Sam Adams beers are as good as anything Europe has to offer

[SKKY]

44. Actually, that's not true...

...you have no idea how many people I see here in Spain drinking Budweiser.

[bullwinkle428]

46. Isn't the European-brewed Budweiser supposed to taste

significantly different from the American product?

[SKKY]

48. It tastes just like the Budweiser you get in the States...

...at least to me it does.

[undeterred]

43. I could be deported from Wisconsin for saying this

but I don't like beer.

[Tighelander]

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?"

[La Lioness Priyanka]

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

[Whoa_Nelly]

52. You type pretty well for a drunk

How many Beers of The World did you get through?


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