Bourbon County Stout day was yesterday. My yearly tradition of opening one of the bottles the night of continues. The rest are put away for 3-5 years 
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Welp, I turned 21 yesterday. Still have no idea what y’all are talking about. 
Maybe I have to be 35+ to really get it…
See you in 14 years then!
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It’s okay, I’m 27 and still don’t get craft beer at all. It all kind of tastes the same to me. Give me a Karhu or PBR or Asahi any day if I’m out with friends because my opinion on all of them will be “Yup, it’s beer all right, it’s fine.”
I’m an absolute coffee snob though so I say this with no offense to beer enthusiasts. I do find it funny too though that this is a popular thread here. Not in a bad way, it’s just mildly amusing that there’s an overlap between beer enthusiasts and yoyoers.
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reposting b/c i posted a pic that doxxed my home address.
Drink some craft beer and maybe you’ll see. you’re in California which has tons of great breweries. I’m sure there’s some place local that would take you through tasting their offerings as beer has a wide range of flavors across the various styles; lots of places offer “flights” (where you get to pick X beers to try small glasses of instead of having to commit to a full glass) because of this. Just open up your city in google maps, click “Nearby” to search within it, and search for “brewery”.
It could also turn out that you just don’t like beer or thinks it all tastes the same and that’s totally okay, not everybody is into it, but at least you’ll know for sure one way or the other. I don’t get or understand wine for example, aside from bottom barrel jug wine / stuff like Mad Dog 20/20 it all just tastes like the different kinds of wine to me whether it’s a $5 bottle or a $30 bottle.
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Yes, I am a coffee snob too, but I can somewhat function without beer, coffee is more like a necessity.
I didn’t learn about the beer beyond the domestic section until I was in my 50s and a mechanic started working at the shop who is an excellent home brewer. After hanging out with him a couple years and doing lots of lunch time research missions to the local micro breweries, I really started to develop a taste for good beer.
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Yeah, I get the impression that its an acquired taste. As far as alcohol, I’ve been super straight and narrow, so I never drank at parties or anything. So when I had my first sip of beer, I really didn’t like it, haha. Like I said, maybe an acquired taste…
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Glad I’m not the only one! Did you get any of the special release bottles? I only managed to get the Cola stout and the Cherry Wood because I was out of town until yesterday.
I only got the Blantons this year. Wasn’t interested in the others this year. The Elijah Craig variant sounded interesting, but I’ve never been a fan of toasted cask finished bourbons so I passed. The regular this year is great!
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Curious to see how the Blanton’s is. Only ever had a pour of the bourbon but I remember liking it. Not enough to pay aftermarket prices for it though.
Remind me to let you know in 3-5 years 
All my Bourbon County gets stashed. I’m drinking 2016 and 2017 Bourbon County’s right now
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Fair enough! I’ve got a few aging as well. My stash only goes back to 2019 though
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I’ve never really understood the notion that it all tastes the same. That usually that means you haven’t had any good craft brews or at least haven’t had any experience with many varieties. I’ve talked to many folks in person and on forums and that almost always seems to be the case. They’d try a super hop bomb and wonder why it tastes like a jar of pine nuts and hate it and never try anything else.
Like Mable was saying about being a coffee snob, it’s very very similar. Being able to pick out subtle nuances between various beans (from different origins), roasts and blends is exactly the same for beers with different hop varieties and grain bills or even from different regions around the world. It’s so vast and there’s so much out there you’re missing out on, you have to find what’s out there and what makes your palate dance, just like coffee or rum, bourbon, cigars, etc.
When I see people talking about not liking craft brews it always seems like they think that IPAs are the only thing out there (this isn’t directed at anyone on here) and it’s crazy to me because if you think about beers of the past, it wasn’t weak rice water like Budweiser. The big corporate beer conglomerates defined what cheap beer was “supposed” to taste like based off of how cheap they could make it. I like to taste the beer when I drink it. I do enjoy a PBR from time to time or even a nice coors banquet, fosters, sapporo, etc. I’m not a complete snob about beers. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t also enjoy seeking out new stuff that I’ve either never had before or I at least know what I really like and know it’s going to be enjoyable. It’s a fun journey and I would encourage anyone who says they don’t like craft beer, try a different variety, you might be surprised at what’s out there.
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Looking for craft beer is almost like looking for a yo-yo. If you know what you like, you can always find something good. If you don’t know anything, the options are dizzying. The difference is that you can actually get a bad beer without trying, and you can’t find an amazing beer for less than a quarter of the price of the “best” beer. Finding a bad yo-yo is actually harder than finding a good one from my year and a half of recent experience.
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Riip was my old watering hole when I lived in hb
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We’re so lucky to have Riip and Beachwood. I went to Noble Aleworks on Saturday. Fine, but it kind of tasted like I went in a time machine back to 2008.
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So hear me out here. How about off topic on topic posts…
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXFYkvCpm5g/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Go on… 
I guess it is a weird oversimplification to just say “it all tastes the same.” But it’s just such a common thing to say when you mostly mean that you don’t have the palette for it and aren’t interested in expanding it.
My parents drink tons of craft beer. They live in the US Midwest and love traveling around to different local breweries and bringing back things. I feel like I’ve gotten to try lots of different craft beers from things they’ve shared with me. I don’t really know terms for most of what I’ve had since I’m not into it, but I do know the difference between a stout and an IPA and anybody with taste buds should be able to tell there’s a huge difference. It would probably be more accurate for people like me to just say they have zero preference in beers, and just don’t care to develop a palette for it. I can certainly taste when something is different, but the only opinion I ever have on a beer is “yeah it’s fine I guess.”
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Haha I was at a favorite local spot of mine and they let me throw in their brewery. Unfortunately I had already sampled a few of thier Lost Flip Flop Saisons so I was only able to nail a matrix combo for the gram. Also dont let your tippsy friend film you they will inevitably miss half of your trick. Shout out to Endeavor Brewing. If your in St Albert, Alberta Canada they have excellent beer and are super nice people.
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