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2torial #0815:
Learn2 Appreciate Beer
Take one down and pass it around . . .
It's O.K. to be a little suspicious. After all,
good beer looks, smells and tastes a lot different
than that case of "light" beer you just bought.
Just be warned--as you start to like the good
stuff, the realization that you've been buying
weak, tasteless, cheaply produced swill for so long
can be pretty painful. Quality also comes at a
higher price. Bargaining with liquor store owners
won't get you anywhere, though--case discounts
rarely apply to microbrewed six-packs. So try not
to get too depressed, the best things in life
always seem to cost more, and drinking quality
instead of quantity is a decent trade-off. Once
you've finally accepted that you can't stomach
cheap beer anymore, you'll be all right--you've
opened the path towards a whole new range of
conversation with that attractive stranger at the
bar. It's just a matter of expanding your
vocabulary a bit to describe what you can now
appreciate.
When you speak of beer, you're usually talking
about how it looks and smells, as well as what it
tastes like. People's tastes may be different, but
chances are you'll be able to agree on a surprising
number of things. It's mostly a matter of
understanding a bit about what beer is made of, and
how those ingredients contribute their own
characteristics to the finished product. As you
drink more beer, you'll develop some appreciation
for the good stuff--beer that isn't brewed just to
make the most money possible in the least amount of
time.
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