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The main reason I drink craft beers almost exclusively is that I could never drink the more commercial stuff, way too fizzy for me, and there arent many macro b

The main reason I drink craft beers almost exclusively is that I could never drink the more commercial stuff, way too fizzy for me, and there arent many macro black beers (and I've never found a commercial scotch ale) Helping local business and the festival scene is a big plus too. (The festival's are where the major beer vendors really seem out of place, they are loud, abnoxious and they give bigger glasses, thus helping those who are only there to drink get drunk faster) So I guess that make's me a beer snob, but whatever, I'm in Quebec, we won most of the prizes in last year's world beer festival (along with brazil, which is damn good), so I'm in the right place to be a beer snob.

vinbreau 11y ago
Younger me hated beer. I thought it tasted awful but drank it as that was what kids did in the country. I gave up drinking after college because I just couldn't stand the taste of beer, the smell even made me nauseous. Fast forward to my late 30's, moved to Austin and on a whim one night tried a locally brewed stout. It was amazing. I realized I liked beer but just hated the mainstream stuff, what my father calls 'green beer'. So yeah, I guess now I am a beer snob. I look forward to pay day when I can visit the largest store in the area and become overwhelmed with the varieties available to me. I like saisons, farm ales, porters and stouts. Nothing produced by the larger breweries even comes close to a Tank 7.
- superskierpat 11y ago
  I dont know how it is in other countries, but here in Quebec we basically have a few different kind of macro/micro beers: 1. Big beer like molson, coors or imported stuff 2. Quebec macros like Boreale that are similar to the big stuff in taste but less omnipresent 3. Companies that make beers like micro but have more of a macro scale of distribution: Unibroue, alchimiste, st-ambroise 4. Microbreweries whose beer can be bought in specialised stores, specialised restaurants and (recently!) supermarkets. 5. Local microbreweries with little to no distribution As I grew up I steadily shifted from # 1 to only drinking # 4 and # 5 (with the occasional # 3 or # 2, but only if there is nothing else). So I doubt that we will be seeing our favorite beers go away, the market if just too diversified!

vinbreau 11y ago

Younger me hated beer. I thought it tasted awful but drank it as that was what kids did in the country. I gave up drinking after college because I just couldn't stand the taste of beer, the smell even made me nauseous. Fast forward to my late 30's, moved to Austin and on a whim one night tried a locally brewed stout. It was amazing. I realized I liked beer but just hated the mainstream stuff, what my father calls 'green beer'. So yeah, I guess now I am a beer snob. I look forward to pay day when I can visit the largest store in the area and become overwhelmed with the varieties available to me. I like saisons, farm ales, porters and stouts. Nothing produced by the larger breweries even comes close to a Tank 7.

superskierpat 11y ago
I dont know how it is in other countries, but here in Quebec we basically have a few different kind of macro/micro beers: 1. Big beer like molson, coors or imported stuff 2. Quebec macros like Boreale that are similar to the big stuff in taste but less omnipresent 3. Companies that make beers like micro but have more of a macro scale of distribution: Unibroue, alchimiste, st-ambroise 4. Microbreweries whose beer can be bought in specialised stores, specialised restaurants and (recently!) supermarkets. 5. Local microbreweries with little to no distribution As I grew up I steadily shifted from # 1 to only drinking # 4 and # 5 (with the occasional # 3 or # 2, but only if there is nothing else). So I doubt that we will be seeing our favorite beers go away, the market if just too diversified!