re: Michelob Ultra Popularity

Serious question, why do people like craft beer?

To me, it tastes so damn bad compared to regular beer like Miller, Michelob, Coors etc.

I have given so many of them a shot and never liked the results.

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The only people I see drinking Ultra are uber douche bags and stupid vapid bitches

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Says a guy who cares enough to notice? C'mon.

I know two guys who drink it. Both are a bit rough around the edges and would kick the crap out of the pencil necks around here. Me included.

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I'm convinced it is a "cool" thing to drink among a certain subset of people and that's it.

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You could make the same sweeping generality about craft beer too.
Both statements would be silly.

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I have given so many of them a shot and never liked the results.

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Most of the brewers are tone deaf. There is no easy way to go from Miller Lite to any IPA. The brewers have too little interest in making gateway beers to get someone across the bitter barrier. Instead, they make 7 different versions of the same thing that only taste slightly different from one another.

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There is no easy way to go from Miller Lite to any IPA.

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There is a new brewery in Tucker Georgia that has 4 offerings.

Pilsener
Heff
Red Lager
Brown Lager

I was a bit disappointed they didn't have an IPA yet, but they are making really good beer that would be a gateway to IPAs.

Tucker Brewing Company

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So people just drink the bitter beer over and over until they can tolerate it?

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So kind of like everyones introduction into beer as a kid?

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So people just drink the bitter beer over and over until they can tolerate it? I’ve tried and can’t really get over the taste. It’s awful. People that say it’s delicious are delusional to me.

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I'll tell you why I was laughing at your dumb statement.

First of all, "craft beer" isn't some omnibus phrase that means something. Any style of beer can be a craft beer. There are lagers, pilsners, ales, stouts, porters, IPAs, sours etc etc etc.

Every brewery will not be the same, every beer from a brewery will not be the same. Some "craft beers" will be great, high quality products. Others will not be, just like any other product.

On a whole, the reason why people prefer "craft beers" is that, in general, they are often a higher quality product. They are not mass produced by the millions and millions of gallons. There can be more attention to detail, more quality ingredients, etc etc etc.

I don't mind a high life now and then. To me its a pretty good cheap beer. But there are definitely many craft beers that are simply a better product.

Like what you like though.

and for my inaugural question on site-

Does regular Michelob still exist? I think that was actually a good tasting beer. I never see anything but the ultra, which tastes about like CO2 water.

I see michelob light a lot, but not regular michelob