BEER!
I'm not talking about the Budcoorsmiller high light premium type of beers. I'm talking about REAL, good ol' fashioned barley pops. I'm talking about that 5% of American beer sales that Anheuser Busch and Miller/Coors are not profiting from. I'm talking about beers that are fashioned from 4 essentially ingredients:
-Malted Barley
-Hops
-Water
-Yeast
The truth is, beer can be made from any plant product with starch. For example, a significant portion of the "grains" in Budweiser/Miller/Coors is rice. A significant number portion of the "grains" in malted beverages (Mickey's, Colt 45, Steel Reserve) is corn. These substitutions save big beer companies lots of money, which, combined with a general lack of hops (more money saved!), produces the watered down junk that is brewed by those companies.
Here's a depressing game to play. You have a favorite beer out of these 3?: Bud Light, Coors Light, Miller Light. Pour 3 cups of ice cold brew, have someone label them with numbers so that only they know which is which, and try your best to guess! I'm guessing that unless you are an experienced beer drinker, you'll be wrong 80% of the time (I bet you $10).
Think that's too easy? Up the difficulty level by substituting the "cheaper than water" versions of these brews: Natural Light, Keystone Light, Milwaukee's Best.
I'm not advocating beer snobbery (which I think is highly annoying), I just think that among the many things that kids my age don't know anything about, beer ranks pretty high. Which is ironic because it also ranks pretty high on the list of things people (especially guys) pretend to know a lot about.
Todd
Beer!
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