So I rarely drink. But tonight I decided to have a beer.

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aplefka

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Originally posted by: pontifex
I'm rarely drink also and I've never found a beer or really any alcoholic beverage I really like. Beer is always so bitter to me. The only things I can really stand are like the fruity drinks like the Mike's stuff.

I don't know what that means but I think you meant to say I rarely drink. In which case I thank my lucky stars. I also wonder if you rarely drink simply because you are only 14, or at least act like it.

Originally posted by: Jhill
Here is some advice for some of you.

People don't drink beer for the taste of it.


/thread

Wrong. Most people with a developed palette do drink beer for the taste. Most high school/college students don't drink beer for the taste of it because they a) can't afford good beer all the time and b) don't have a developed enough palette to enjoy a truly good beer.
 

arrfep

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
I'm finishing off my last Smithwicks of the 6-pack :(

Its too cold out to get more :(

:thumbsup: I just tonight learned that it's pronounced "Smit-icks" Glad I never ordered it at a real pub.
 

compuwiz1

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Heh, I definitely don't drink to taste bear. I drink to get drunk lol.

Last time I tried to taste a Bear it tried to claw my eyes out. :shocked:

 

VanTheMan

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Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Heh, I definitely don't drink to taste bear. I drink to get drunk lol.

Last time I tried to taste a Bear it tried to claw my eyes out. :shocked:

You forgot to shoot and cook it first. That's the key to successfully tasting a bear.
 

dawp

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Heh, I definitely don't drink to taste bear. I drink to get drunk lol.



didn't know you were into beasteality :shocked:


now for beer, i like Blue Moon, Guiness, some Spaten brews, and most anything from a micro-brewery.
 

compuwiz1

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Originally posted by: VanTheMan
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Heh, I definitely don't drink to taste bear. I drink to get drunk lol.

Last time I tried to taste a Bear it tried to claw my eyes out. :shocked:

You forgot to shoot and cook it first. That's the key to successfully tasting a bear.

True that. I do, however like the taste of raw bare. ;)

 

clamum

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Originally posted by: pontifex
I'm rarely drink also and I've never found a beer or really any alcoholic beverage I really like. Beer is always so bitter to me. The only things I can really stand are like the fruity drinks like the Mike's stuff.
I couldn't stand beer when I first had it, but drink plenty now. Have you tried amy light beers like Bud Light? Still though, I find Guinness easy to drink and it's a dark beer. Prob not the norm though cause if it has alcohol in it, odds are I'll drink it. Killians would be a good one to try IMO and it's pretty cheap. Then there's mixed drinks... gin in tonic is a good one.
 

clamum

Lifer
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Originally posted by: pontifex
I'm rarely drink also and I've never found a beer or really any alcoholic beverage I really like. Beer is always so bitter to me. The only things I can really stand are like the fruity drinks like the Mike's stuff.
I couldn't stand beer when I first had it, but drink plenty now. Have you tried amy light beers like Bud Light? Still though, I find Guinness easy to drink and it's a dark beer. Prob not the norm though cause if it has alcohol in it, odds are I'll drink it. Killians would be a good one to try IMO and it's pretty cheap. Then there's mixed drinks... gin in tonic is a good one.
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: Jhill
Here is some advice for some of you.

People don't drink beer for the taste of it.


/thread

Uh, yes they do. The oatmeal stout I had tonight was delicious.
QFT because I love love love delicious cold beers.

edit: i agree the n00b is strong in this one but the nerd is way stronger.
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: QueBert
nobody drinks beer for the taste? lol unless your weight is 100lbs it would take a lot of beers to get drunk. Not liking the taste of beer and drinking it to get tore up is a dumb idea, I can't imagine anyone doing it
Never been a teenager?
 

silverpig

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<-- is going to a brew pub tonight for the sole purpose of drinking wonderful beer. That and it's cheap night and the pizza is half price.
 

xavier es

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micro brewery beer is definitely much better than most of the run of the mill commercial beer, and draft beer is so much better than canned or bottled beer, but if you want good tasting beer find someone who makes their own beer. homemade is so good if the brewer knows what they are doing and the alcohol content can be higher depending on how its brewed.
My cousin makes beer at home, sometimes with fruit or other flavors. some of his beer has as much alkie as wine. lucky for me he doesn't know diddly about computers and every time he has computer problems i get beer in return for fixing his computer.
 

Nitemare

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Heh, I definitely don't drink to taste bear. I drink to get drunk lol.

pretty sure you need to get the bear drunk as well before he will let you get that far with him/her
 

phreaqe

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Originally posted by: pontifex
I'm rarely drink also and I've never found a beer or really any alcoholic beverage I really like. Beer is always so bitter to me. The only things I can really stand are like the fruity drinks like the Mike's stuff.

i agree. i think beer tastes nasty. but if you give me a fruity drink odds are i will like it. i like the mikes stuff as well as the Smirnoff's ice fruit stuff to.
 

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I love beer, but lately been drinking other stuff. For instance, last night I was drinking Gin and Raspberry lemonade, and when that ran out I switched to Gin and Cranberry juice (carbonated). Tasty tasty....and I usually HATE gin.
 

Scarpozzi

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Originally posted by: Tiamat
I'm finishing off my last Smithwicks of the 6-pack :(

Its too cold out to get more :(
When it's cold outside, you're supposed to use that to your advantage.

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