Gotmead Webwench said:
LOL......yep, they call that stuff beer! Bwahahahahahahahahahaha....NOT!
The BeerHound doesn't like to drink alone? LOL.....smart dog!
Sometimes it's a bit too scary when they act like humans.
I raised this one from a one month old puppy, after my wife found him abandoned in an alley. He likes Guinness best of all, just like me. Now, he shows proper drinking manners and won't drink alone. He's four years old and still curls up in my lap. He was doing that the last time I talked with Oskaar over the phone.
If he starts getting interested when I'm playing around with the bodhran, that's going to get *really* scary!
Beer and pretense -- an artificial dichotomy, and a cheap marketing ploy! Back in the late 1970's, someone wrote an essay (both too short on time and too lazy to look it up) commenting on USA wines, noting that they weren't "food" wines, i.e., something made to drink by itself but also mean to accompany a meal. At that time, USA winemaking styles were, for the most part, like American cars. Big, bold, and one dimensional in flavor. Kind of like the tail fins on the 1950's cars. That essay struck home. Winemakers took it to heart, and it helped fuel the revolution that pushed USA wines to world class status.
That's what the Anheuser-Busch people are calling "pretense." There's nothing pretentious about knowing about good food, and good wine, and how they work together. Beer isn't about chugging, it's about flavor and tradition. Beer has as much cultural value as French wine at its best. Homebrewers, and microbrewers know this.
Even my rescue hound knows this. He has beer tastes and beer manners. Seriously! I gave him the choice of a Pale Ale and a Guinness, he went for the Guinness. He'll take beer of any kind but when given a choice, he knows what he likes. He even has bar manners, doesn't want to drink alone.
Dare I say it? Anheuser-Busch could learn much from my rescue hound. ;D ;D ;D
. Why would there be any pretense.
