What’s the best cheap beer?
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
Hamm’s
Miller High Life
Coors Banquet
Rainier
Other (comment below)
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RedRogue · 26-30, M
@SW-User well there main thing is it has to be cheap, obviously when you start getting into craft beer the game changes
originnone · 61-69, M
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@originnone and I suppose Mad Dog is real wine too
originnone · 61-69, M
@SW-User I've never heard of it, but why insult something someone else my like? It always amused me how people like to make fun of beer other people like because it's yellower or lower in alcohol than one that is darker or higher in alcohol content.
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@originnone it isn't even about color or alcohol content, it's about flavor or the lack thereof. Not all quality beer is high in alcohol, or dark. Moreover, most "bros" offset low alcohol content by just drinking cheap beer a case at a time.
... mass produced pale lagers have little flavor, in part from being made with cheap adjuncts like rice ... which is why it is best to drink them as cold as possible, as colder temperatures hide bad flavors and the absence of flavor, and bland pale lagers thus primarily become a vehicle for 1) quenching thirst, 2) cooling off, and/or 3) getting drunk. 1 and 2 can be accomplished with a glass of ice water, 3 does not even have to occur if you're drinking a beer with actual flavor, and drinking it for the purpose of actually savoring the flavor, even if it is not ice cold (which means you will taste even more flavor).
It's the same thing with people who drink low-end spirits as "shots" rather than sipping something with more quality. A shot goes by quickly so you don't have to taste it, and is often followed by the concept of a "chaser" to further get rid of the taste.
It boils down to what are your objectives when it comes to drinking beverages that just so happen to contain ethanol, regardless of whether a single serving as sold has a high or low concentration of the ethanol. Do you want to taste something great that just unfortunately has no analogue without ethanol? Are you just thirsty or hot? Or are you just trying to get drunk, and drunk cheaply?
... mass produced pale lagers have little flavor, in part from being made with cheap adjuncts like rice ... which is why it is best to drink them as cold as possible, as colder temperatures hide bad flavors and the absence of flavor, and bland pale lagers thus primarily become a vehicle for 1) quenching thirst, 2) cooling off, and/or 3) getting drunk. 1 and 2 can be accomplished with a glass of ice water, 3 does not even have to occur if you're drinking a beer with actual flavor, and drinking it for the purpose of actually savoring the flavor, even if it is not ice cold (which means you will taste even more flavor).
It's the same thing with people who drink low-end spirits as "shots" rather than sipping something with more quality. A shot goes by quickly so you don't have to taste it, and is often followed by the concept of a "chaser" to further get rid of the taste.
It boils down to what are your objectives when it comes to drinking beverages that just so happen to contain ethanol, regardless of whether a single serving as sold has a high or low concentration of the ethanol. Do you want to taste something great that just unfortunately has no analogue without ethanol? Are you just thirsty or hot? Or are you just trying to get drunk, and drunk cheaply?
originnone · 61-69, M
@SW-User The point is....if people like it, so what?
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@originnone you know it's not just the pro-crap people who get to express opinions, right?
"If people like Hitler, so what?"
"If people like Hitler, so what?"
originnone · 61-69, M
@SW-User Yeah....it's nice to finally have someone willing to talk....