tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post9137155148572022137..comments2023-11-24T10:11:57.020-05:00Comments on Musings Over a Barrel: It's Just BeerDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006015336607998634noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-65123062962601730302008-12-31T23:27:00.000-05:002008-12-31T23:27:00.000-05:00Luckily I've not run into a beer yet that I've had...Luckily I've not run into a beer yet that I've had to force myself to drink. There have been some that I knew I wasn't going to like but I finished them anyway. Sometimes it takes nearly the full bottle to figure out what the brewer was trying for. Case in point - Avery Fifteen. That was one wild but weird beer.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year btw - may 2009 be better than 2008.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144288142060736290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-2875055405901735102008-12-31T02:37:00.000-05:002008-12-31T02:37:00.000-05:00Someone telling someone else how they should enjoy...Someone telling someone else how they should enjoy their own experiences is the biggest kind of lame. I didn't exactly get tootsie roll flavors out of the Westy 12, but I can totally see how someone would, and that's cool. <BR/><BR/>David, I'm not really looking for any more, but if I find a Westy 12 and you still haven't tried it, I'll hook you up. <BR/><BR/>I got into a bit of an argument once on a beer forum (you're not alone) about drain pours. He claimed to have never EVER poured a beer (even though he clearly had) and claimed that it would be a sin to do so. But I'm not going to suffer through choking down a beer I hate when I could be using that time enjoying a different beer or not drinking at all. I don't think it's an insult to the brewer. If a brewer sees sales of a certain beer tanking, they should take the hint and make a change.Dan Kachurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089439567241077226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-59893423568655616362008-12-30T11:09:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:09:00.000-05:00Boy am I glad you brought this up. I enjoy beer. ...Boy am I glad you brought this up. I enjoy beer. I am amazed on how a brewer or brewers are able to get all different flavors with so little ingredients. I am always looking out for different things to try and definitely spend way too much money to ship beers from other countries or parts of this country simply because I want to give a beer a try. With that being said, I do find that some times people take their love of beer too far. As you put it, When do we get carried away in our "respect" for beer?<BR/>My problem stems from the beer critics. You know the one. He/she may be sitting at a bar with you and order the newest offering from Brooklyn Brewing and then pulls out their notebook. They begin to look at it in the light, smell it and taste all the while making notes about the beer. You would think some how you stumbled in on a BJCP competition and a judging was happening right there. What ever happened to just trying the beer and decided if you liked it or not?<BR/>Sure I write beer reviews myself but believe me it has to be something I have to be in the mindset to do. I've had plenty more great beers in the past two months than I have written a review. <BR/>As for pouring beer out? Yeah, I do that too. If it's bad, it's bad. If I don't like it, I won't drink it and there is no sense for it to stay in my glass. <BR/>Some times things are taken too far and some times we forget that ultimately, beer isn't made to raised to almost occult like status. Instead it's made to be enjoyed and shared.Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374920106938480040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-81783816344615951182008-12-30T10:53:00.000-05:002008-12-30T10:53:00.000-05:00Good Lord! I pour beer down the drain all the time...Good Lord! I pour beer down the drain all the time. Life is too short to drink gak. And I disrespect the brewer who foists gak upon me. And I stop buying his or her gak so they have less money to make more gak. I am anti-gak.<BR/><BR/>Alan<BR/>A Good Beer BlogGenX at 40https://www.blogger.com/profile/09691873959881169457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-14207056898059506852008-12-30T10:12:00.000-05:002008-12-30T10:12:00.000-05:00If the beer is bad, I won't finish it. Be it infec...If the beer is bad, I won't finish it. Be it infected or just badly brewed.<BR/><BR/>But there are beer styles I will taste more out of curiosity than for immediate pleasure, and I hope I still am able to develop my palate.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, I have to agree with you - it's only beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-71397900688322354292008-12-30T09:57:00.000-05:002008-12-30T09:57:00.000-05:00If the beer isn't horrible I'll usually drink it o...If the beer isn't horrible I'll usually drink it out of cheapness. I hate dumping something I paid for. It has nothing to do with respect.CODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207776957256101693noreply@blogger.com