I admit I've never "liked" the taste of beer the way I like the taste of an orange pop. but that's because the orange pop has like 10 spoonfuls of sugar in it... beer is definitely an acquired taste, as is any alcoholic beverage -- because the main point of EVERY alcoholic beverage (except the ones hobos drink) is to MASK the taste of the alcohol.
to quote The Matrix, alcohol is "good for two things, de-greasing engines, and killing brain cells"
it's a fucking chemical solvent... plain and simple. the fact that it increases our feelings of well-being is an unrelated side-effect of what alcohol is best at.
BUT -- even knowing that, to suggest that all beers are alike in their piss-tasting quality -- to me that is an absolute fallacy...
http://www.jackulator.com/chat/heisenberg/MP3FILES/TWATHAMMERSONG.mp3yes, all beer (like every other drink containing alcohol) has an element to it that tastes gross... but we all sort of agree when we discuss alcoholic drinks to overlook that part. it factors out, to use an old grade school fractions idea... I mean, there's only two ways we can make alcoholic beverages -- boiling stuff with alcohol in it until the concentration of alcohol is really high (distillation) or by simple fermentation -- and everyone knows what fermented stuff is -- it's basically yeast shit...
so yeah...
anywho. I've always hated beer. I've very rarely drunk a beer and thought, "gee, that was as tasty and satisfying as a Dr. Pepper"...
that having been said -- some beers CLEARLY stand apart from others. I had this shit called "Bitches Brew" by the Dogfish Head brewpub... holy fuck was that good. and Old Rasputin still knocks my socks off with all the flavor.
beer is basically just fermented tea -- what you put in the tea before you let the yeast get at it -- that's what determines the flavor
if we could figure out a way, as a mature intelligent species, to produce alcoholic beverages that didn't taste like alcohol we WOULD have already... so get over it -- all you little ladies on the bodybuilding site. the alcohol taste is always gonna be there. so the conversation is really about who does it best? who makes the tastiest drink, given that it's gonna taste like yeast shit when you're done.
I figured bodybuilders would know this.
it does bring me comfort to know, thanks to comments like those from Buster, that bodybuilding sites are not necessarily populated by people who can overlook minor inconveniences in their search for a greater truth...
I, personally, am drunk right now. I'm drinking Milwaukee's Best Ice -- out of a wine glass. Why am I drinking Beast Ice out of a wine glass? Because I drank a $15 liter bottle of Bitches Brew yesterday, and I figured I'd level the playing field by drinking them both out of the same glass and compare the taste. It's not fair to Beast Ice to drink it warm out of the can if I drank the Bitches Brew chilled in a wine glass.
And all I can say is, Beast Ice doesn't do nearly as good of a job of hiding the alcohol -- but, as much as I loved the Bitches Brew, I could still taste the alcohol...
so drink alcoholic drinks or don't.... but don't complain that your alcoholic drink tastes like fucking alcohol... posers...
P.S. the main reason I'm not a fan of sugary drinks with alcohol is they give me heartburn... but they do definitely taste 'better' than a regular drink. hell, a $0.75 Orange Crush goes down much easier than two fingers of 36-year-old Scotch... but that's not the point.
