Craft Beer rant by silly girl

[Bribie G]

In the Guardian, I guess she's American, plenty of interesting comments (including a couple by yours truly) as always in the Grauniad.

 

[verysupple]

I think you can condense that article down to "I don't like some beers so get rid of them". She doesn't seem to understand that people have different preferences for flavour. For instance, some of us don't have to choke down craft beer, we actually like the taste - and can (and do) drink lots of it without pontificating and whatnot.

As for the bit about buying a beer geek a **** beer and them giving a "beer education session", perhaps her beer geek friends are just dicks. If somone bought me a beer I'd happily drink it and continue the conversation. I just prefer to buy something nicer if I'm buying it myself.

 

[Hippy]

Sounds like she needs a to drink a few Carlton Colds while building herself a bridge.

 

[elcarter]

Just like saying stop ruining my Mc Donalds binge by educating me what I'm eating or introducing me to new flavors I may love or hate.

Stuff your adventure in good wholesome tasty food I don't want a paradigm shift.

Bet the bitch still watches master chef religiously with a glass of "insert crap here" that costs no less than $25 a bottle. With some awards on the label that she has no idea about either but makes the bottle look fancy.

 

[michaeld16]

She has a funny looking head

 

[elcarter]

She has a funny looking head

Beer would fix that. Craft even quicker.

Her personality... maybe not so much,

 

[gap]

I think it is really funny that at the bottom of the article are all
these related articles about the best Craft Beer Pubs somewhere.

Kind of defeats her rantings.

 

[panzerd18]

I've seen a bit of backlash for craft beer from journalists after the Budweiser Superbowl ad.

 

[madpierre06]

Doesn't matter whether they agree or disagree with my article, they're still talking about it. More than likely half the point of the article to begin with. A nobody gets themselves some airspace and pages read in the newsvendor's medium, guarantees themselves further articles.

 

[danestead]

Classic, that chik is getting troweled.

I could go on about the 'cider' revolution as I cant stand the taste of cider however I usually leave it to a smart ass comment like 'apple juice is a breakfast drink' rather than crap on for paragraphs.

Is that not a wind up? If so, shes done a great job!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Give her a glass of water and say its made with pale malt and lightly hoped

 

[danestead]

Give her a glass of water and say its made with pale malt and lightly hoped

Did you say 'Give her a glass of water and say its made with pale malt and lightly isohoped"?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

No. Its caraftwater

 

[panzerd18]

I think we're now seeing the injection of a lot of marketing funds to turn around peoples perception around the idea of megaswill.

This is all psychological, and is designed to carefully change a persons perception and preference without them knowing it.

We have to think for ourselves instead of letting marketing from these companies think for us.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

We have to think for ourselves instead of letting marketing from these companies think for us.

WTF...think for ourselves.....and put al them advertising guru's out of business.....and lets not forget what it will do to cocaine consumption...

 

[Mardoo]

650+ comments. That freelancer will be writing more informed articles. Well done girl! ******.

 

[panzerd18]

WTF...think for ourselves.....and put al them advertising guru's out of business.....and lets not forget what it will do to cocaine consumption...

Its almost black magic, inserting things covertly into our minds while we watch the TV in a dull trance, then taking those things to be our own.

 

[Crusty]

Maybe she's on the Kirrin or Sab Miller pay roll, it sure sounds like it. She's the type of chic who would really enjoy her $2.00 frozen meals & would buy nothing but home brand products. Her taste buds are obviously in her arse & she has very little knowledge of the craft beer industry. Id pay an extra few dollars for something with taste rather than toss money at flavourless crap that dominates the pub scene at the moment & the tide seems to be turning with more & more people starting to realise it. Craft beer isn't going away lady, you just need to jump on the band wagon & enjoy the ride.

 

[panzerd18]

Maybe she's on the Kirrin or Sab Miller pay roll...

We will never know for sure, but I am sure this type of thing goes on all the time.

Cash for comments.

 

[Burt de Ernie]

She's angry!....this is because craft beer cost more and therefore guys aren't getting as pissed.

Obviously she need pissed dudes to get laid.

 

[yum beer]

Lets see how this goes.

There is a LOT of really **** Craft Beer getting around.

A tasting paddle from an establishment in Manly provided me with 4 very good reasons such people get down on craft beer.....it isn't always just the writer.

 

[TheWiggman]

I wish the term craft beer would just go away.
I like some megaswill. XXXX Bitter (not gold), James Boags Draught, I can knock back a VB... but stop dividing the market and defending either side. I can understand the frustration of the 'craft' industry with the mega monopolising taps over the country, and that's a fair argument. But they didn't accidentally win through marketing alone, they make beer this country likes to drink. Unfortunately now because of their dominance it's ALL most people want to drink. They know no different.
And the whole 'pretentious snobs discussing beer' - seriously, insert any consumable there. Wine, cakes, coffee, hamburgers, bread, whatever. Bakers probably discuss bakery goods with other bakers, and bean roasters probably feel like discussing how bad coffees are at Gloria Jeans. Isn't that fair? To each their own, we don't all have coffees for the sake of spending time with one another, it's not really a sound argument. If someone else thinks the coffee I'm drinking is rubbish, yeah I'll talk about it. If I didn't that's pretty ignorant of me. Who's the real snob?
I feel like it's a disservice to the article's purpose by talking about it. It's what she would have been aiming for. Not going to remark further.

 

[jlm]

Pretty inoffensive article if you ask me. By no means journalism, just opinion put forward as click bait to get a reaction from tubby sweaty neck beards who can't have a drink with friends without making it all about themselves and what they would prefer to drink and what they would prefer others to drink by way of whining about the dullness of mainstream lagers (points finger at most on this forum).

 

[Florian]

I wish the term craft beer would just go away.

wholeheatedly agree.

this has always bugged me. what's craft beer anyway?

Koelsch, a beer that is brewed by big breweries in Cologne? or Alt, UK bitters etc.?

How are these beers anymore crafty than an aussielager or a US Budweiser? different styles, that's all.

If Belgian Wits were the beers drunk by the masses around the world we'd call it megaswill and complain about its blandness no doubt.

 

[Lecterfan]

Pretty inoffensive article if you ask me. By no means journalism, just opinion put forward as click bait to get a reaction from tubby sweaty neck beards who can't have a drink with friends without making it all about themselves and what they would prefer to drink and what they would prefer others to drink by way of whining about the dullness of mainstream lagers (points finger at most on this forum).

High five.

Also, fantastic watching all the gendered criticism also...as if I don't have to put up with enough **** on the internet elsewhere... stupid women girls are stupid.

 

[Black Devil Dog]

"David Chang, founder of the Momofuku restaurant group and cheap beer enthusiast."

He should seriously consider re-naming his restaurant Mofofuku.



As for the rest of the article.

There's a bit of truth in it, but really, people can just drink what they damned well please. Who cares what it is, what they call it and what they talk about whilst they're drinking it.

 

[peas_and_corn]

wholeheatedly agree.

this has always bugged me. what's craft beer anyway?

Marketing nonsense.

 

[verysupple]

I'm with the Wiggman and others. As I alluded to in a previous comment, I quite enjoy a megaswill every now and then*. But sometimes (actually most times) I want something different. I also don't get the term "craft beer", and I really don't use 'craft beer' interchangeably with good beer - because a lot of it is rubbish.

Having said that, I'd much rather drink the odd crap "craft beer" if it means I get a choice of varieties etc.

* C'mon, they brew the most consistent products on the market and brew it EXACTLY how they want it. I wish I could do that.

 

[Bribie G]

I'm off to t'club up t'street shortly and I'll happily drink Tooheys Old or shock horror VB if it's on happy hour. However they have recently installed Kosciusko Pale Ale so I'll drink that. It replaces White Rabbit Dark that was on for a year, then 150 lashes for a year before that, but I wouldn't describe any of them as Craft Beers, more like "Craft washed" beers... but nice to have a choice. Actually my back-stop drink if there's no Craft Washed brands is usually Hahn Super Dry. If I could make a version of that it would be an excellent lawnmower.

When they first put on the Kosciusko I ordered a schooner and the guy said "how do you find it?" and I said "Second tap from the end".

 

[Killer Brew]

She's angry!....this is because craft beer cost more and therefore guys aren't getting as pissed.Obviously she need pissed dudes to get laid.

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/85039-where-have-they-gone/