Quit being a beer snob, you’re making a fool of yourself.  Sure, there are many great and extremely tasty craft beers available to the beer drinker today, however, that doesn’t make them necessarily any better than traditional macro-brewed beers.  It makes them different.  Like a treat.

Here’s where the idea of being better than someone else comes into play.  How many of you started out drinking IPA or Summer Wheat beers?  Show of hands, and be HONEST.  Maybe a couple have, but for the most part, we were all reared on the “whatever beer we could get our hands on” method of drinking.  And there’s nothing wrong with that.  You quickly learn the difference between something that’s pleasing to the palette and something that’s better suited to stripping rust off of the chrome bumper on your Grandmother’s 1968 LeSabre.

I am an avid supporter of Miller Lite beer.  Yes, it’s cheap beer.

Yes, it’s not the most robust beer in terms of flavor.  I’ll agree there are some that simply taste better.  But it’s not always about having a taste-tastic experience.  It’s about finding something that you both enjoy the taste of and can afford on a regular basis.  Typically, a craft brew costs nearly $10 per six pack.  Continue reading →