I once had a friend tell me a story about how he once was made fun of at the beer distributor because of the fact he was purchasing some sort of fancy beer. The culprit of the the transgression had a case of Coors Light cans tucked snugly under his arm in the check out line.
I had an incident over the weekend which was quite similar. Surprisingly, the guilty party was also a fan of the beers we deem unworthy in many cases. I brought a six pack of beer from my home collection to a social event, announced that anyone was free to take one or more and was quickly barraged by comments concerning these beers. They went as follows:
"If I had to have one of these it would be a dessert!"
"This one here looks like something I'd give to my wife."
I'm rarely one to cause a scene. Everyone has a right to express their thoughts. I didn't say anything to this individual that continued to drink Miller Lite. It struck me as ironic that someone can quickly say detrimental things towards a certain product yet still cling to a product they deem superior when it's fairly obvious that their product is made solely for the fact of being mass produced. The Miller and Coors light beers are essentially that to many of us in the craft beer movement. Yet, some of us are considered snobs.
I, along with the friend I mentioned at the beginning of this post, were always jokingly referred to as snobs. Hence the the name of my blog. With that said, I've never actually considered myself a beer snob after figuring out the existence of real beer snobs. I never realized it was such a divisive term. How ironic is it that the greater number of beer snobs could be residing on the other side of the fence?
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