Looking For a Cheap Beer
Tuesday January 30, 2007
Somebody buy this guy a beer!
Mike Seatte of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has decided that fine beer has no place in our society. In a recent article, "Beer snobs forget the true meaning of beer," he attacks good beer and those that love it by focusing on the pronunciation and cost of imported beer.
He begins his rant by complaining about the wide selection and apparently friendly staff who took the time to tell him all about the available beers at Sharp Edge. Was he confused about the nature of this establishment? If you go into a Starbucks it is clear that they sell coffee and have a wide selection of coffees and coffee drinks available. The same is true for wine stores, cheese stores, book stores, grocery stores, auto parts stores, office supply stores, art galleries, and chocolate stores. But have you ever once heard someone complain about a wide selection and friendly staff at any of these? If Mr. Seate's dream is a bar with a limited selection of American lager that mostly tastes the same then he should have very little trouble finding it in his area and, if he asks, I'm sure that the bartender would be glad to be rude to him. If you don't want many, interesting beers to choose from the solution is very simple, don't go to establishments that sell them.
Another complaint that Seate seems comfortable laying at the feet of good beer lovers is the price of imported beer in restaurants and bars. Somehow he's put it together that beer is cheaper at package liquor stores than by the serving at a restaurant. Of course it's cheaper. So is everything else!
His conclusion is that beer has always been and should remain a working man's drink. Fine. But can't beer be more, too? Why does it have to remain cheap and boring which, apparently, is the sort of beer that he assigns as "working-man's?" There are plenty of beers out there that fit both of those requirements but why can't we also have good beer?
I wonder if Mr. Seatte tried any of the $5 - $10 beers that so offend his common man sensibilities. If he had, he probably wouldn't be complaining so loudly. I looked over Sharp Edge's beer menu and they have some pretty incredible beers available. I'd love to stop in and have a few. Over course I can't afford to eat and drink that way every night.
Like Mr. Seatte, I often enjoy a beer at home. It does cost less and, unlike him, I drink from it from a glass.
Mike Seatte of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has decided that fine beer has no place in our society. In a recent article, "Beer snobs forget the true meaning of beer," he attacks good beer and those that love it by focusing on the pronunciation and cost of imported beer.
He begins his rant by complaining about the wide selection and apparently friendly staff who took the time to tell him all about the available beers at Sharp Edge. Was he confused about the nature of this establishment? If you go into a Starbucks it is clear that they sell coffee and have a wide selection of coffees and coffee drinks available. The same is true for wine stores, cheese stores, book stores, grocery stores, auto parts stores, office supply stores, art galleries, and chocolate stores. But have you ever once heard someone complain about a wide selection and friendly staff at any of these? If Mr. Seate's dream is a bar with a limited selection of American lager that mostly tastes the same then he should have very little trouble finding it in his area and, if he asks, I'm sure that the bartender would be glad to be rude to him. If you don't want many, interesting beers to choose from the solution is very simple, don't go to establishments that sell them.
Another complaint that Seate seems comfortable laying at the feet of good beer lovers is the price of imported beer in restaurants and bars. Somehow he's put it together that beer is cheaper at package liquor stores than by the serving at a restaurant. Of course it's cheaper. So is everything else!
His conclusion is that beer has always been and should remain a working man's drink. Fine. But can't beer be more, too? Why does it have to remain cheap and boring which, apparently, is the sort of beer that he assigns as "working-man's?" There are plenty of beers out there that fit both of those requirements but why can't we also have good beer?
I wonder if Mr. Seatte tried any of the $5 - $10 beers that so offend his common man sensibilities. If he had, he probably wouldn't be complaining so loudly. I looked over Sharp Edge's beer menu and they have some pretty incredible beers available. I'd love to stop in and have a few. Over course I can't afford to eat and drink that way every night.
Like Mr. Seatte, I often enjoy a beer at home. It does cost less and, unlike him, I drink from it from a glass.
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