See I don't like cucumber's and Im sure if it was organically grown with love in somebodies back yard I still wouldnt like it! They taste like catapillars! :icon_chickcheers:
good point
as my old man used to say there no such thing as bad beer - just good beer and better beer. His drink of choice is west end draught.
i have always approached drinking in my own way, not caring what anyone else thought of what particular drink i chose to try or how i chose to drink it, if i want to buy a mid strength commercial beer my first choice will be XXXX Gold as thats what i drank in Qld even though its frowned apon in SA even by people who arent home brewers or beer snobs.
the greatest debate in SA when it comes to coopers pale ale is to invert or not before opening to disturb the sediment? being a home brewer before i started drinking pale ale i was always confused as to why people inverted, leave the sediment settled on the bottom so you dont have to drink it, but open a pale ale in front of an SA without the invert and its anarchy! even though i have read articles in which one of the coopers (i think it was tim but cant remember) mentioned that they dont know why so many people invert, he doesnt, neither did his dad or grandad etc. but still regardless of how you are "supposed" to drink why not just have an independant thought and make a decision based on what you like rather than conforming to the masses.
being a beer drinker from way back the first time i tried red wine i didnt mind it but found i could enjoy it a lot more if it was served chilled. all the wine experts or wanna be expert snobs shouted bloody murder as i drank my cold red wine, that apprently is supposed to be served at room temp. so what do i do? drink the wine the way the snobs want me to even though i enjoy it less than when it is cold am i really that desperate for the acceptance of so called cultured people that i would do something i didnt enjoy just to conform to the snobs rules, I THINK NOT!
i always hang s#$t on the old man for drinking west end, but thats where it ends, i will always offer a JSGA, home brew or whatever else i am drinking that i think is a top beer, he will often try it but usually he just drinks his west end and is happy, i mean bloody hell he's been drinking beer for 45 years give or take i think he's entitled to his own tried and tested opinion.
as it has been said in this thread already, have a few beers on tap in bottles etc offer them if they are accepted and enjoyed awesome if not than whatever, let them drink what they want, it will leave more beer in the keg for you.
hope this novel has been as fun for you to read as it has for me to write, its Australia Day and im at work on a boring late shift (sigh) thank god for AHB
Cheers
Carty
