beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
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beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
What's the difference? not much, though I think beer snobs had more knowledge of the process. Bourbon snobs are just hoity toity snobs who want to impress their friends cuz they spent more money on some allocated bourbon no one else could find. Occasionaly my reps do me favors cuz I did one for them and I get some, but stop coming in every day and asking or calling, they were gone within 3 hoursl
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
I think you're right about beer snobs usually being more knowledgeable about the product and process. Something else to consider: most bourbon/whiskey snobs don't do very well in blind tastings which speaks to the influence of label and prestige over actual quality itself. Though truth be told, I do enjoy letting a beer snob talk themselves into a corner before ripping them apart with an actual education in fermentation sciences.
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
as a beer snob with a fairly average wage you can afford to try pretty much anything...even super heavily sort after shit is not tooooo prohibitively expensive.
this is certainly not true with bourbon....or most other booze really.
beer snobbery is the working mans snobbery.
this is certainly not true with bourbon....or most other booze really.
beer snobbery is the working mans snobbery.
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Yeah the above,
bourbon snobs *edit SCOTCH SNOBS are just the worst. They also want their veggie hamburger grilled at the right temperature.
A beer snob just asks if there is somethintg better, if not he`ll still drink it
bourbon snobs *edit SCOTCH SNOBS are just the worst. They also want their veggie hamburger grilled at the right temperature.
A beer snob just asks if there is somethintg better, if not he`ll still drink it
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
I occassionally engage in beer snobbery but I'm fast losing interest. Give me a good cold cheap beer, Genesee, any day.
Does Evan Williams qualify as the height of bourbon snobbery?
Does Evan Williams qualify as the height of bourbon snobbery?
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No, only Knobs for the snobsscream ale wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:56 am
Does Evan Williams qualify as the height of bourbon snobbery?
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
As a snob on a lot of things, I try to engage in snobbery every now and then. Sadly I fail on beer as I think London Pride is the pinnacle of beer. People tell me "try this coco vanilla latte imperial stout". I say "£8 for a 440ml can! I'll grab a doombar instead pal!"
On whisky and spirits as a whole, generally don't drink much bourbon, I think once you go over the £20 mark the returns you get on a fine spirit kind of reduced. The best whisky i've ever drank was Lagavulin 16 year old. It was pretty fantastic. I've also had a pretty good time necking a Bowmore 12 year old.
Then again I drink for the buzz. I like quality, I appreciate quality, but once that buzz starts it might as well be supermarket brand vodka.
On whisky and spirits as a whole, generally don't drink much bourbon, I think once you go over the £20 mark the returns you get on a fine spirit kind of reduced. The best whisky i've ever drank was Lagavulin 16 year old. It was pretty fantastic. I've also had a pretty good time necking a Bowmore 12 year old.
Then again I drink for the buzz. I like quality, I appreciate quality, but once that buzz starts it might as well be supermarket brand vodka.
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
Bourbon snobs are worse. It's always the same shit: Blanton's, Eagle Rare, Elmer T. Lee, etc. Yawn.
Beer snobs have an extravagant variety to raise their snoots at. They also seem to have better beards.
Beer snobs have an extravagant variety to raise their snoots at. They also seem to have better beards.
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Scotch snobs are a bunch of moldy-assed fuddy-duds and kilt sniffers.
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I am all of these and none of these. I love great beers, bourbons, and scotches. I also neck swill in those categories with equal enjoyment but for vastly different reasons. Great stuff to savor and enjoy and swill to get wrecked. Great stuff is too expensive to get bent with and swill is too shitty to savor.
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PREACH.Patchez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:52 amI am all of these and none of these. I love great beers, bourbons, and scotches. I also neck swill in those categories with equal enjoyment but for vastly different reasons. Great stuff to savor and enjoy and swill to get wrecked. Great stuff is too expensive to get bent with and swill is too shitty to savor.
that said cheap shit beer is a lot better than cheap shit whiskey.
gin I don't care too much about as i seldom drink it neat...i just get beefeater cause i always have. fuckin fan aren't i. ]
As Drunken Anglo said I drink mainly for the buzz. i'd rather have a case of shit than a can of great.
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
Oh fuck yes it is.benitobeast69 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:35 amthat said cheap shit beer is a lot better than cheap shit whiskey.
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I wanted to post "cause it is less likely you fuck up something in the brewing process" and thought: No, cheep bear tastes better but if you do something wrong, it is way worse than a mishap in the whisky-lab.scream ale wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:46 pmOh fuck yes it is.benitobeast69 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 09, 2022 9:35 amthat said cheap shit beer is a lot better than cheap shit whiskey.
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Re: beer snobs vs. bourbon snobs
would love to do a blind bourbon tasting
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I've said it before most snobs couldn't pick Evan Williams out of a line up of bourbons 10 to 40 bucks over it's price range. It just punches way over it's weight class. Elijah Craig is the same.
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