eh, i guess there's a certain pride in bud or other mass-produced american beers. its like rooting for a losing team with all of your friends...
you can make fun of them, but if someone
else does... "hey, thats my team!"
bud is really the starter-beer. kids love the commercials (they
are generally funnier than most tv shows), get ingrained with the brand name, and then its the first thing they think of once presented with a drinking opportunity, be it at college or high school party, etc.
and its cheap, making it even more appealing.
but, of course, you get what you pay for.
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Originally posted by backwards7:
I always find it really hard to get drunk on Bud and when I do it's not a very satisfying drunkenness. I've never thrown up on a Bud drinking session or woken up in a strange place with no memory of the previous evening. That's the most damning thing I can say about that beer.
heh.
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Originally posted by backwards7:
There seems to be more of a beer drinking culture in England, and in parts of Europe, than there is in The States.
i'd probably agree to that.
yes, there are the football-watching types over here that could drink the globe under the table, but... at least from what my cousin tells me (the beer conosier mentioned above has worked for year-long stints in england), beer is so much more social in england.
with lunch? beer. after lunch? beer. after work with the colleagues? beer. at dinner with the wife? beer.
i think, at least now, in the states, there are so many different tastes that have created so many different drink varieties.
in the nyc metro area where i live, there are beer bars, martini bars, margherita bars, vodka bars, malt bars, etc. beer is just a portion.
in europe, especially england, belgium, germany, amsterdamn ... there are whole towns known for and identified by their flavor of beer.
thats a hefty difference.
