Re: "Bad" beers that I like

"Tom Wolper" <bleemer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> But beers can be judged according to quality, which is different. Quality
> comes from the types of ingredients and brewing know-how used in the
> process. You can say that you have a taste for Rolling Rock and nobody can
> fault you for it. But if you assert that Rolling Rock is a higher quality
> beer than craft brewed beer, you will be called on it.

Define "quality." Is it brewing to a taste that you like? Is it brewing with
certain ingredients and recipes? Is it brewing a beer that's free of
infection, mistakes and flaws in the brewing, fermentation or
bottling/canning/kegging processes?

Quality is *every* bit as subjective as taste, and you can't pass it off as
some sort of objective standard.

If "quality" equals brewing a beer that tastes like you think beer should
taste like, that's a question of taste.

If "quality" equals brewing with certain ingredients or not certain
ingredients, it takes little to no effort at all to find a well-regarded
beer that brews using the recipe you would otherwise pan.

If "quality" equals brewing beer that's free of flaws and mistakes, the
likes of Bud and Rolling Rock kick a great deal of craft breweries' scrawny
little asses all over the countryside.

So, what's quality? And how does that become objective enough to "call
someone on it"?

-Steve


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