Cameron Burton
English Comp 101
Craft Beer Drinkers vs Corporate Beer Drinkers These days its seems that just about everyone I know seems to enjoy a nicecold beer after work/school or during a social gathering. Whether it be a friend or familymember or a total stranger, beer seems to bring people together. Now that even we all agreethat beer is a fabulous drink for just about any occasion, some care more than othersabout what kind of beer they’re consuming. In my opinion, you have two types of beerdrinkers. I consider myself to be a beer snob or the way I put it beereducated/ cultured. Beer snobs love beers and typically all kinds that are of not the norm.For example, if I’m out at one of my favorite brew pubs enjoying a nice pint ofwhatever I was craving that day and I hear someone at the end of the bar giving thebartender the look of three heads because they don’t have Bud Light being served I deepdown get irritated and maybe even shout “You’re in the wrong place guy! Maybe that’sa little over the top but again I’m a beer SNOB right? I’ve even had to learn the ins andouts of craft beer the hard way. I made the mistake when I was 20 years old with a fake idand I was at brew pub called McGeary’s pub in Albany and I thought I was a big shotgoing in there and ordering a Samuel Adams Boston Lager. Nothing against Sam Adamsvery delicious beer but it certainly is not up to standards to beer snobs at a beer snob bar.I found myself getting the three headed look and was told ironically “You’re in the wrongplace guy!”. From that day forward I drank every beer that I never heard of as in smallbreweries and Craft brews. Craft beers to me, are like getting a cheeseburger at a nice
restaurant and corporate beer is like going to McDonalds. Yes they’re both the same butat the same time very very different. Craft beers give you multiple options for your pallet.For me,…