Bernie is winning the nomination race and here's whyFollow

My sense of taste is telling me I want a steak. His will be done.

Those poor poor people who live in not-Oregon.

Dear Lord...

What kinds of unholy places did they drag you too!?

Get something without the hops. Hops are garbage.

Hard root beer tastes vile. My childhood role models all drank cheap macrobrew stuff out of cans, usually while sitting on folding chairs in a garage and so I shall follow in their example. I'd care more but, as I come upon another birthday, I'm again reminded that one of the benefits to turning into an old man is not giving a shit if some dope thinks you're drinking beer wrong.

It's not the hops. Not that overly hopped beer wasn't the previous obnoxious trend, but if you don't like beer because it tastes like rot and decay, it's probably because beer is fermented. Which... Um.... Well... is more or less controlled rot and decay. It's probably more about *what* is being fermented though (how do you feel about stinky cheese, for example?), so it's most likely the grains themselves. Ciders, meads, and wines all involve fermentation of other things (fruits of various sorts), which I'm guessing you're ok with. Just stick with those, if you want.

All hops do is flavor the beer. Basically make it taste like you're eating herbs. The flavor can vary based on the variety of hop itself and when it's put into the mix. The earlier it's put in the more it just adds bitterness. The later it's put in, the more it'll taste like a weed of some sort. So if you like the taste of gin, for example, you'd actually prefer a heavily hopped beer more than less hopped beers. Techniques like dry hopping involve adding hops during fermentation instead of during the boil. Which adds no bitterness at all (the bitterness comes from the breakdown of the oils in the hops), but a ton of flavor. And yes, this can be taken to ridiculous lengths (and has been).

Um... But while doing this can make your beer taste like a Koala Bear's diet, it's still not going to eliminate the fermented grain taste of beer.

If I go out to eat with coworkers, I usually just go with something like Blue Moon with my meal. That's about the only time I drink, if I'm out with coworkers while on a business trip. And it's been a while since I've been traveling.

I don't exactly know what by the case swill my parents drank when I was a kid. But they let me try some during their parties once, and it effectively stopped me from drinking until I was almost 22 years old.

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My father, grandfather, uncle, etc drank Old Style (regional offering) and would try and keep me occupied by telling me to find the little frog hidden in the scene on the can (since redesigned). My mother was a proper lady and did not drink beer, preferring instead the more feminine pleasures of a box of blush wine.

Edited, Mar 24th 2016 7:30pm by Jophiel

My parents were only 17+20 when I was born. So my young childhood was when my parents were college aged kids having parties, hitting the bars and getting wasted. And I'm pretty sure my mom was the one that drank the most. Or at least she was the one that was visibly drunk the most. Maybe my father was just a quiet drunk? I don't recall ever seeing him drunk. I recall there being a lot of peach Schnapps and OJ around the house. And my uncle gave me some after accidentally sticking me in the arm with his lit cigarette.

Edited, Mar 24th 2016 9:04pm by TirithRR

My parents drank Miller before they could get imported beers, From then on it was either imported or micro brewed.

I stop drinking macro brewed beers, in my 20's, due to the fact that too many of the brand named ones, would give me migraines. My mom thought it was the rice in Stol's, but Bud and others with preservatives give me migraines. So I started to only drink imported beers until a few local micro breweries started to pop up around here.

Right now I drink Fish Head which have several great beers available around here. Though if I lived nearer to Gettysburg, I would buy growlers from Appalachian Brewing Company or the other brewery that my friends buy their growlers from.

I'm a light weight when it comes to drinking. I can't handle more then one normally due to how skinny I am. Since I can't drink wine due to my allergy to sulfites, I learn how to pick beers to go with my meals at restaurants. If they only have macro brews I drink water or maybe ice tea if it's unsweetened. If at Asian restaurants, I drink my tea hot.

As to the Democratic ballot, Clinton will win the nomination, though I hope Sanders has push the platform farther to the left. I am a realist though and realize as much as I like the idea of a Nordic socialism system, it would take a major shift in American politics to get it here.

Bud has rice, too, dear.