On 2015-02-04 22:55:59 +0000, dsi1 said:
> On 2/4/2015 12:20 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2/4/2015 11:04 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:42:09 -1000, dsi1
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/4/2015 10:02 AM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:58:26 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 11:34:09 -0800, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Jeepers! I'm glad I don't drink beer. You guys make it sound like
>>>>>>>>>> it's the worst crap imaginable. I'll stick with Diet Dr. Pepper. :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There is beer and there is swill. Really good beer is well ...
>>>>>>>>> really good.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Whereas really good Diet Dr. Pepper is still Diet Dr. Pepper.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is one DP. There are thousands of beer recipes if not more. If
>>>>>>> you don't like beer, fine. More for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I must have put that badly. Good beer is great. Dr. Pepper is... how
>>>>>> can adults drink stuff like that?
>>>>>
>>>>> The answer is simple: caffeine. For the regular Dr Pepper, it's sugar
>>>>> and caffeine. Guess why people drink beer. Hint: it's not for the
>>>>> taste. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Also for the taste. That's why there's good and bad beer 
>>>
>>> People drink beer even if it tastes bad. I figure people wouldn't drink
>>> beer if it had no alcohol. OTOH, I'm no expert on beer.
>>
>> Anyone who likes the good stuff has no use for the likes of Bud, Coors,
>> Miller etc.
>
> That's why some folks should never stray from good old American can beer. :-)
It's all about loyalties and personal traditions. Just as with
politics: It's important to proclaim the value of the [one you picked]
but also to villify the [one you didn't pick]. People drink DP, as
well as Coke, root beer, 7-Up and all the others because they are cold,
wet, carbonated and sweet. Sure, there are distinctions between 7-up,
Sprite and Mt. Dew that make them fodder for a fight. Who cares.
Beer is the same. Yeah, I love good beers, but in the absence of good
beer at a beach party, I'll drink Miller or whatever. Why? It's cold,
wet carbonated and alcoholic. It's not like I have to give up my
passport or my job or anything. If people don't like these "American
can" beers because they are flavorless, I assume they despise water
too. Arrggh! Water is completely flavorless! (Depending on the age of
municipal water system.)
I've listened to plenty of carping about bad beer. It's waste of
perfectly good oxygen, which is contemptible too for it's lack of
flavor!
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Food good! Fire BAD!! - Frankenstein's Monster