However such attitudes are about status, not about what you like. -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Paul Stenquist wrote: > Yes, Coors was the thing in Chicago in the sixties. If you had a top > fuel dragster, you had to have Coors cans covering the pipes. That > showed you had been out west. > When I shot a commercial in a rural Australian farm town, I asked > some of the locals in the bar what their favorite imported beer might > be. It was unanimous. American Budweiser. No contest. Sometimes it's > all about what isn't readily available. > Paul > On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Tom C wrote: > >>> From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "graywolf" >>> Subject: Re: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? >>> >>> >>>> What? You don't think there are people who can not stand the >>>> taste of >>> beer >>>> in Ireland, or China? Also many people are not drinking beer, >>>> they are >>>> drinking alcohol and could not care less what it tastes like. >>> It could also be that certain people have decided that the >>> familiar is to >>> be >>> deemed contemptable, and the different or exotic must, therefore, >>> be good. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >> Astute observation. When Coors was only available in Colorado back >> before >> the mid-80's, it was all the rage in other parts of the US. Anyone >> traveling to Colorado, like me, was given money to bring cases of >> it back >> for friends and family. Now it occupies a rung beside Budweiser. >> >> Budweiser and Coors, Molson, etc., is kind of like McDonalds. You >> know it >> will be mediocre, but you can count on consistency. >> >> Personally I find the lighter lagers more refreshing in the summer >> than >> heavier microbrews. I also find some of the microbrews make me >> feel grouchy >> within several minutes of drinking them. I don't know if it's a yeast >> sensitvity or what, but I can feel it within the first few drinks. >> >> Tom C. >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
