What I don't get...

[Sapphire]

I don't get why people like beer. It's bitter man. I'm drinking one right now. Can't get past it.

[Animeniax]

I don't get why people like beer. It's bitter man. I'm drinking one right now. Can't get past it.

It took me a while to develop a taste for beer. Then I mostly drank it socially due to an unspoken peer pressure to conform. Now I mostly drink it on appropriate occasions because it feels right. I try not to finish my meal with a swig of beer, as it overshadows the taste of the meal with its bitterness.

Consider yourself lucky you don't have a taste for the stuff. It's lowbrow and unsatisfying.

[Lucifus]

I don't get why people like beer. It's bitter man. I'm drinking one right now. Can't get past it.

Quoted for truth. I really feel the same way.

[Buffalobiian]

I don't know..perhaps the same reason why people all have different tastes for food/drink? I don't get how people can like seafood-sticks. I think it's disgusting.

I have to say I didn't like beer when I first tasted it. It's not even an aquired taste because I haven't tried to like it, but now I find some quite tasty. Note that you don't necessarily have to like ALL beers. There's a lot of variety out there, and they sure don't taste the same. (well, some do).

[shinta|hikari]

I absolutely agree with every single word you said.

[Edort4]

I have the exact same problem not only with beer (wich can be tolerated) but with wine. In every business lunch Ive been bosses drink wine like sponges and almost force others to do so. Some kind of social pressure. But even if Ive tasted lots of expensive wines I cant come to like em so im labeled as a rare one.

[Sapphire]

I tried Blue Moon and I tried Corona, and I like Blue Moon more because it tastes less "beer-y". I still can't get past the lingering bitter taste, though.

[Edort4]

The ones I find more bearable are the ones with high parts of lemon to the point of not being able of calling it beer any longer. At parties I use to drink half beer and half lemon fanta/kas.

[Xelbair]

Sapphi - try Corona with lime(drop 1/8 of whole lime into the bottle) it tasted really not like a beer - that combination allowed me to really enjoy beers.

You also have to try some darker beers - porters, stouts etc. they are very different from your typical lager. Plus there are some great honey flavored beers available.

The only wine that i liked was a port roso and port tawny, i can't get how someone might enjoy drinking wines.

[Buffalobiian]

If you don't like bitterness, the tasteless Extra/Super Dry beers might work.

Something like the Hahn's Super Dry that Xel posted the (awesome) ad of. (I don't like that one, it tastes like off-water, but it sells really well.) Heinekin's really light as well, but I can't remember how bitter it was.

[Xelbair]

Heinekin is not a beer. period.
Edit at post below:
it does not even deserve to be called that.

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, Heineken is.

[enkoujin]

I don't get why people like beer. It's bitter man. I'm drinking one right now. Can't get past it.

The reason why most people drink beer is for social leisure and not because it tastes good.

They're average people; high school/college students, office workers, blue-collared workers, etc. who drink alcohol as an escape from their lives just as how people would play video games. It basically provides the drinkers with a fabricated sense of happiness and activates peoples' latent personality traits. We all know someone in our lives who is cold or is unable to open up to others, but once they socialize [with alcohol], they won't stop talking.

Often, it's the businesspeople who have developed this trend - years of tradition passed down in European culture has made drinking an activity of socialization. This socialization is very important in closing business deals because a good atmosphere/environment will have a great influence on, typically, impulsive decisions. For example, in the retail world, you are less likely to impulsively buy accessories for your product if you had terrible customer service.

All in all, it comes down to primitive nature. Next to survival, all humans have an unnecessary desire to socialize with more emphasis on having common interests and acknowledgement. As you all know, when you drink alcohol, people will drop their standards. If you're drinking with someone, that satisfies the first condition of having a common interest of drinking and since people lower their standards while drinking, others will be more acknowledged and appreciated (kind of hard to explain, but hopefully, you get my message).

Incidentally, I've been sobre for a year. I've only drank about four different kinds of alcohol, but it's not that bad. I think I prefer wine, though, since it does have a richer flavour than most others and is also very classy.

[Sapphire]

That is a very disillusioning yet thorough explanation.

[XanBcoo]

The reason why most people drink beer is for social leisure and not because it tastes good.

They're average people; high school/college students, office workers, blue-collared workers, etc. who drink alcohol as an escape from their lives just as how people would play video games. It basically provides the drinkers with a fabricated sense of happiness and activates peoples' latent personality traits. We all know someone in our lives who is cold or is unable to open up to others, but once they socialize [with alcohol], they won't stop talking.

Often, it's the businesspeople who have developed this trend - years of tradition passed down in European culture has made drinking an activity of socialization. This socialization is very important in closing business deals because a good atmosphere/environment will have a great influence on, typically, impulsive decisions. For example, in the retail world, you are less likely to impulsively buy accessories for your product if you had terrible customer service.

All in all, it comes down to primitive nature. Next to survival, all humans have an unnecessary desire to socialize with more emphasis on having common interests and acknowledgement. As you all know, when you drink alcohol, people will drop their standards. If you're drinking with someone, that satisfies the first condition of having a common interest of drinking and since people lower their standards while drinking, others will be more acknowledged and appreciated (kind of hard to explain, but hopefully, you get my message).

Incidentally, I've been sobre for a year. I've only drank about four different kinds of alcohol, but it's not that bad. I think I prefer wine, though, since it does have a richer flavour than most others and is also very classy.

"Webster's defines socializing as..."

I think her question was more along the lines of "Why do people drink beer rather than other alcohol?" to which I think Animeniax and Buff summed it up pretty well. It's an easily-accessible, low-alcohol-content beverage which some people legitimately enjoy because of the taste.

[Dark Dragon]

I really enjoy hard liquor, but i absolutely despise beer.

I don't see how people can drink beer while eating a meal, that would just completely kills my appetite.

[Sapphire]

After a few beers my tongue began to get desensitized to the bitterness. Not quite sure how I feel about that. My tongue is already desensitized to spiciness. I have to ask my friends, "is this spicy?" nowadays. But I still pour red pepper on my food because it does have a nice taste to it (that's not spicy).

[Buffalobiian]

My tongue can handle spices really well too. I love it.

[Sapphire]

Oh my, looks like our tongues are compatible, kukukuku.

[rockmanj]

Mods: Why not move this to a "beer" thread? I could talk about beer all day, and I usually drink it at home (alone). I would say that my favorite type is the "Belgian Dark Ale", but there are a number of other types I enjoy as well. My current favorite is this: http://www.unibroue.com/en/beers/maudite/