tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post3447456531142033961..comments2024-02-29T11:54:28.419+00:00Comments on Ed's Beer Site: How do people choose which beers they drink?Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-69396695961799059072014-09-26T22:28:56.286+01:002014-09-26T22:28:56.286+01:00As a ticker if its new and from a decent brewer th...As a ticker if its new and from a decent brewer that's the one, cheers johnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-86053585777670146902014-09-26T10:00:38.496+01:002014-09-26T10:00:38.496+01:00Are you asking which beers people choose on a give...Are you asking which beers people choose on a given night in a given pub, or which styles and brands of beer people choose to patronise over a lifetime? They're two very different questions.<br /><br />The latter is a mixture of taste, upbringing, image, cost. <br /><br />The former is a question of what you recognise, what you fancy, how flush you're feeling and how adventurous you're feeling.<br />pynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-18345390935059901292014-09-25T20:46:10.542+01:002014-09-25T20:46:10.542+01:00On entering an unfamiliar pub for the first time I...On entering an unfamiliar pub for the first time I will inevitably scan the hand pumps (assuming there are any), for something which takes my fancy. Almost without fail I will go for cask, and this is where I fit into the same mould as the “creatures of habit” described above by Pivni Filosof. I tend to overlook the fact that many pubs now carry a selection of interesting bottles, as well as genuine imported continental lagers such as Budvar and Pilsner Urquell.<br /><br />Unfortunately we tend to go for what we are familiar with, almost afraid to step out of our comfort zones. Having said that, given the opportunity, I will normally opt for an unfamiliar cask brand (should be plenty to choose from these days, given the 1,300 breweries the UK now boasts). Looking at this from a broader point of view though, I am still selecting from within the cask “comfort zone.”<br /><br />A good, thought-provoking piece, Ed, and I’ll certainly give the selection process a lot more consideration the next time I walk into a strange pub.<br />Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-58212192568136990342014-09-25T20:31:47.810+01:002014-09-25T20:31:47.810+01:00This is leading on to another of my ponderings, I&...This is leading on to another of my ponderings, I'll try and get my thoughts written down. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-17747771383720149792014-09-25T20:18:48.015+01:002014-09-25T20:18:48.015+01:00I still buy CDs, Cookie. I prefer to own a physica...I still buy CDs, Cookie. I prefer to own a physical product that I can actually hold, rather than some ethereal electronic download. I also like reading the sleeve-notes!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-72941659802251597222014-09-25T16:39:32.104+01:002014-09-25T16:39:32.104+01:00The imprinted ur-beer is an interesting thought. S...The imprinted <i>ur-</i>beer is an interesting thought. Sometimes when I'm thinking of opening a bottle in the evening I think <i>I really fancy a...</i> and can't quite put a name to the style - recognisably bitter, but not silly-IBUs bitter; a bit of aroma, but not in your face like contemporary IPAs; not a pale beer, in fact, but not sweet like Old Peculier or cloyingly heavy like Landlord... It's frustrating - sometimes so frustrating that I give up and don't have anything.<br /><br />Anyway, at lunchtime today I had <b>exactly that beer</b> - I nearly cried out when I tasted it. Nice to know that I haven't been making it up. The point is, when I actually tasted a beer that was just right I immediately made a link back to my own formative beer experiences - London Pride out of a polypin circa 1976 (when London Pride <b>was</b> London Pride, you understand) and Buckley's Bitter on draught the following summer. Great big, hoppy, flavourful brown bitters. They're coming back, I tell you (although they'll probably call them 'red' this time round).<br /><br />As for what it was, annoyingly it was a one-month seasonal special - the September iteration of Burton Bridge's Gold Medal series.Philhttp://ohgoodale.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-84463446206224717622014-09-25T13:58:09.897+01:002014-09-25T13:58:09.897+01:00For most people, I believe, it's habit. Here y...For most people, I believe, it's habit. Here you can see it, for example, at a supermarket, where they will pick a case or a few bottles of their usual brand with hardly a second look at what else is available. That is a behaviour you can see even at some pubs. Not far from Prague, there's a brewpub that makes really solid classic Czech lagers, which they even sell cheaper than the mass market brand they also have available on tap, and yet, at least last time I was there, most of the patrons were drinking that mass market brand, even though they had something cheaper, and, in my opinion, better than that right under their noses. I also believe that most people will choose a pub not so much for the beer, but for the place.Pivní Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-25578944067289887812014-09-25T10:28:20.476+01:002014-09-25T10:28:20.476+01:00Pubs? that's a bit last century, mate. You'...Pubs? that's a bit last century, mate. You'll be wondering how people buy CD's next.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-47775625687563030972014-09-25T09:19:32.579+01:002014-09-25T09:19:32.579+01:00I was trying to stick to pubs with this one as spe...I was trying to stick to pubs with this one as special offers in supermarkets are a bit too strong an influence on choice. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2558050635605413616.post-52046431168715685822014-09-25T08:59:22.466+01:002014-09-25T08:59:22.466+01:00Well I walk to the beer aisle of Tesco then I look...Well I walk to the beer aisle of Tesco then I look through the special offers.<br />Then I do some mental arithmetic on the combinations. Bottles per box, size of bottles or cans. I remove from consideration those brands I don't like, however cheap they are, then I ponder the price value of the brands I like the taste of. Then I fill my trolley up.,<br /><br />If a new beer is out and I fancy trying it then I may if it's not a rip off, guessing in someways whether I think I'll like it before deciding what size unit to purchase.<br /><br />I may pop to the cordial aisle and pick up a bottle of lime cordial if I think a gamble might go wrong and I get stuck with a few cans of something not up my street.<br /><br />Hope that explains the process.Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com