Beer Snob

Just don't...Don't be a beer snob!

Look, you might have strong opinions about a beer.  You might like this that or the other, but its important to try beers and then have what you like.  Two big points:
One: Don't be a Sheeple
Two: Don't spread your beer choice by the sword.


First off lets talk about sheeple.  Just because everyone else likes a given beer, style, brewery or what have you, don't assume it will be your favorite beer.  Right now it seems that West Coast IPAs are big and most people like them.  Personally I'm not that big of a fan of the style.   Does it mean that I won't drink them, no, I'll try them now and then.  But I'm not gonna suck down these IPAs and tell everyone that they are the greatest thing ever.  Sample beers people talk about, but form your own opinion.  If a beer rating website gave a flavourless beer a perfect score, would you tell everyone that it was the best beer ever?

Second is after your made your opinions.  Lets say after sampling beers you've determined that you really like Gruit.  Lets also say one of your beer drinking friends will drink nothing but Light American Lagers.  Are you right?  Is he right?  Listen, there is no right!  You like what you like, he likes what he likes.  You shouldn't make fun of someone for the beer that they like, well within reason.  (If you are dealing with a big beer snob that will only drink dark lagers made by indigenous people in 3rd world countries brewed from ingredients hand picked by monkeys that were trained by Buddhist monks go ahead and give them a hard time).  By all means talk to your beer drinking friends about why they like their chosen beer preferences.  Explain what you like about your choice.  Take them out and have them sample other beers, but be open to sampling their styles too.  But don't force your choice on anyone.  Craft beer has a wide field of options, as people have a wide range of tastes.  If you are going to spread craft beer to your friends make your aim be to having your friends sample a range so they can make their own choices.

And you know, don't be a beer snob, don't believe your beer choices are better than someone elses.  Don't be to proud to sample a different beer, perhaps multiple times before making a decision on it.  And if you haven't tried a beer in a number of years, consider sampling it again, your tastes may have changed.