dude, really? wrote:
This craft beer thing is wearing me out. Thousands of small breweries all churning out pretty much the same 6-8 beers. I contend that people don't like them as much as they act like they like them but they are too embarrassed to be seen drinking a Stella. What if you're not a hop head and you want a drinkable lager...sorry, you're SOL.
I'm not sure what you mean by the same 6-8 beers. There's only so many ways to brew beer, as far as the fermentation process goes, but the flavors are pretty much infinite, especially when you consider the things brewers use other than just malt and hops; different extracts, spices, aging methods, grains, etc. Go try an imperial stout, a bud light, and a Belgian tripel and tell me that they taste anything alike at all. Coronas in the summer time are as good as anything, though, if you ask me.