How can anyone drink soda instead of beer?

[Iron Woode]

nothing goes better with a meal than Canada Dry ginger ale, the champagne of ginger ales.

:awe:

 

[ImpulsE69]

For me, beer would ruin any meal. While I don't tend to drink soda with a meal, I would much rather drink that or a mixed drink than beer with a meal. If you're drinking beer because of the taste, you might want to re-evaluate the AA meetings.

 

[Clinkster]

Many people don't like the taste.

Soda is often sweeter, cheaper too.

If you're drinking beer because of the taste, you might want to re-evaluate the AA meetings.

Hahahaha, MADD much?

 

[KeithTalent]

For me, beer would ruin any meal. While I don't tend to drink soda with a meal, I would much rather drink that or a mixed drink than beer with a meal. If you're drinking beer because of the taste, you might want to re-evaluate the AA meetings.

You obviously have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. :thumbsup:

KT

 

[ImpulsE69]

IKR. Because beer tastes awesome (/sarcasm). I thought since we were berating peoples tastes, it was fair game

 

[tokie]

Cruzcampo is terrible. Im having tempranillo or vermouth with paella.

There are only a handful of countries that give a rats ass about brewing and spain isnt one.

I don't like weissbier, stouts, ales etc. I like light lagers. Mexico, Spain, Brasil etc all do those well.

Besides, those other types of beer are generally too heavy to be eating with a meal.

 

[ioni]

I'm talking about when you go to sit down for a meal. If you get a nice light beer (Cruzcampo, Estrella, etc) it is as sweet as Pepsi/Coke but much healthier.

Nope. Beer tends to not taste good anyway. The only reason to drink it is to get drunk. And if you are only planning to get drunk, might as well go for liquor.

 

[KeithTalent]

Nope. Beer tends to not taste good anyway. The only reason to drink it is to get drunk. And if you are only planning to get drunk, might as well go for liquor.

You're doing it wrong.

KT

 

[tokie]

Many people don't like the taste.

Soda is often sweeter, cheaper too.

Here a can of beer is the same price at restaurants as soda or bottled water (seltzer or still).

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If you think beer tastes bad, you're drinking the wrong beers. Anyone who suggests getting a Bud Light with a meal is a filthy communist and should be burned alive immediately upon making such a heinous suggestion. But a fine porter, a rich stout, an exceedingly bitter IPA, a crisp hefeweizen... They can be delicious with a meal (and they can pair with food similarly to wine). Done properly, a good beer enhances a meal in a way that soda never can.

 

[Ns1]

If you think beer tastes bad, you're drinking the wrong beers. Anyone who suggests getting a Bud Light with a meal is a filthy communist and should be burned alive immediately upon making such a heinous suggestion. But a fine porter, a rich stout, an exceedingly bitter IPA, a crisp hefeweizen... They can be delicious with a meal (and they can pair with food similarly to wine). Done properly, a good beer enhances a meal in a way that soda never can.

beer can also completely detract from a meal. An exceedingly bitter IPA to someone who is not used to drinking it will destroy a palette.

 

[lxskllr]

Huh? Where do you live that beer is scarce? I want to avoid that place, wherever it is.

You can stop in a side cafe, get a beer, and keep on walking? You can stop in a mall food court, and have several different places to buy beer, and drink it with your meal in the mall? I want to live there. Where I live, it's sinful, and must be kept from the eyes of children, and virginal women.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

beer can also completely detract from a meal. An exceedingly bitter IPA to someone who is not used to drinking it will destroy a palette.

True, in the same way that a gewurztraminer will destroy a steak. That doesn't mean that wine is inferior to soda, it means you need to consider the flavor combination of your meal and beverage and how they will pair together.

 

[KeithTalent]

True, in the same way that a gewurztraminer will destroy a steak. That doesn't mean that wine is inferior to soda, it means you need to consider the flavor combination of your meal and beverage and how they will pair together.

Aye. I was eating a pork banh mi for dinner last night and the bartender poured me a Philips Ginger beer to go with it; completely enhanced the meal. If he had given me a stout? Probably not.

KT

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Aye. I was eating a pork banh mi for dinner last night and the bartender poured me a Philips Ginger beer to go with it; completely enhanced the meal. If he had given me a stout? Probably not.

KT

Exactly. I had a Ninkasi IPA with some BBQ ribs last night and the tangy BBQ sauce paired perfectly with the bitter sweetness of the IPA; it was delicious. A stout would have overpowered it. Soda would have been almost sickly-sweet. It needed the contrast.

 

[WelshBloke]

soda = carbonated
beer = not

/thread

//edit

in this post I make myself look like a dumbass. LOL

Anyway, I get a soda carbonation burn that I don't get from beer, so soda > beer.

To be fair on you decent beer has got a ton less CO2 in than carbonated soft drinks.

 

[KeithTalent]

Exactly. I had a Ninkasi IPA with some BBQ ribs last night and the tangy BBQ sauce paired perfectly with the bitter sweetness of the IPA; it was delicious. A stout would have overpowered it. Soda would have been almost sickly-sweet. It needed the contrast.

Yep, no different than pairing wines really, though wines of the same grape can be a lot more subtle in their differences, at least to my noob palate. That sounds delicious by the way.

KT

 

[CraigRT]

I don't like pop/soda/coke either, but its mainly because I trained myself not to. It's not good for me so I don't drink it.

I have been drinking this lately..

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/flying-monkeys-smash-bomb-atomic-ipa/123892/

DELICIOUS!

 

[WelshBloke]

nothing goes better with a meal than Canada Dry ginger ale, the champagne of ginger ales.

:awe:

Ginger beer is for drinking, ginger ale is for killing the taste of really cheap whisky.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

With one's mouth...

 

[WelshBloke]

With one's mouth...

Dream With one's mouth open?

Dont talk With one's mouth open?

Why confess With one's mouth open?

I confess, I'm missing something here.


EDIT: DOH!

 

[clamum]

Alcoholics may object.

 

[WelshBloke]

Alcoholics may object.

Artificially carbonated sugar syrup is just uncivilized to drink with food.

If you dont want alcohol just drink water or carbonated water.

 

[torpid]

If you think beer tastes bad, you're drinking the wrong beers. Anyone who suggests getting a Bud Light with a meal is a filthy communist and should be burned alive immediately upon making such a heinous suggestion. But a fine porter, a rich stout, an exceedingly bitter IPA, a crisp hefeweizen... They can be delicious with a meal (and they can pair with food similarly to wine). Done properly, a good beer enhances a meal in a way that soda never can.

I disagree that soda can't. Soda pairings are available in some high-end restaurants, though juice pairings are more common. I've had n/a pairings with sodas at Next Restaurant, for example. Delicious. They don't offer beer pairings -- because it simply wouldn't work with most dishes. Of course, that's assuming you are overlooking wine pairings which are light years ahead of beer, juice, and soda as far as pairings go.

 

[zinfamous]

Damn teetotallers, that's who.

KT

fuckin' eh!