Beers a new fashion statement?

[SteveC]

I also reckon it depends on "where your drinking" as well. Some places should be banned from trying to sell real ales as they don't keep them quite right and they end up tasting funkier than swamp-water half the time.

Certain Wetherspoons pubs in London (not all of them) are particularly guilty of this.. I've had some awful London Pride from one or two of them.

[Moby-Dick]

You mean there is such a thing as a good pint of pride ?

In my dictatorship I'd replace the pump sign with a big warning 'Other Nicer Beers are available to the left and right of this pump'

EDIT: scratch that - I'd make pride illegal and replace it all with spitfire

[SteveC]

You mean there is such a thing as a good pint of pride ?

In my dictatorship I'd replace the pump sign with a big warning 'Other Nicer Beers are available to the left and right of this pump'

EDIT: scratch that - I'd make pride illegal and replace it all with spitfire

We'll have to agree to disagree there IMO, Pride seems to really vary depending where you get it. I used to think exactly the same, until I was recommended the Pride in several pubs where it turned out to be much better. I think a lot of it could be a temperature thing, but I'm really no expert in that area.

[SteveC]

There is so much psychology and human behaviours in advertising it would too easy to simply say everyone wants what is most advertised.

You're exactly right there. I was looking at the general correlation that suggests that 'advertising works to a large extent', rather than discussing specifics.

But I do believe that carefully targeted advertising can be very successful, particularly when dealing with the subjectivity in the selection of goods such as alcohol products. I'd agree that it works very much by the mechanisms you've described, and definitely that not everyone is susceptible.

[Moby-Dick]

We'll have to agree to disagree there IMO, Pride seems to really vary depending where you get it. I used to think exactly the same, until I was recommended the Pride in several pubs where it turned out to be much better. I think a lot of it could be a temperature thing, but I'm really no expert in that area.

Real Ale is a living product , and does need a bit of care for it

I've had pride in Fuller's pubs that kept on winning awards etc. and it just didn't do it for me. Its just far too generic , with no personality unlike Spitfire.

[finlay666]

I have drank cider for a fair few years now, from frosty jack (the hobo's choice as it doesnt taste of chemicals) to magners

I think the next big thing will be the jack daniels bottles with stuff mixed in, you can get it in the USA....that reminds me i need to ask someone to bring me back some lol

[badass]

(which right is right there?)

the one you are after is write

[Bazzlad]

Yeah I had a thick moment - as I did when I wrote the subject.....

Beer'S a new fashion statement?

[finlay666]

Yeah I had a thick moment - as I did when I wrote the subject.....

Beer'S a new fashion statement?

yeah, fits in right next to your iPod

[Agent]

yeah, fits in right next to your iPod

He's not that stupid

[charleski]

All of a sudden, in late 2005/early 2006 (iirc) everyone was drinking Corona. With Lime.

Wasn't this an early 90s thing? It tasted crap back then and it still does, it needs the lime to hide the disgusting flavour .

On the subject of pints, the allround worst pint of guiness I've ever had was in an 'Irish' bar in New Jersey in the late 90s, tasted like pig swill that had been filtered through used cat litter. I didn't dare say anything as the week before I'd been to a Gerry Adams meeting and had felt very conspicuous at being the only one not to give him a standing ovation, heh.

[Moby-Dick]

Wasn't this an early 90s thing? It tasted crap back then and it still does, it needs the lime to hide the disgusting flavour .

Wasn't it Sol then ?

[charleski]

Wasn't it Sol then ?

LOL, true, but could you tell the difference without looking at the label?