Just look at the face of this poor Beer Soldier. Sorrowful eyes with a dashing of melancholy and depression; this is what bad beer does to man. Hats off to you my good sir, 10 out of 10 for effort, but despite soldiering on through what was clearly a foul pint, there was simply nothing good to say about this experience. The beer was expensive, poorly kept, incompetently poured, lifeless, headless and foul tasting.
It's just not on.
However for me, having predicted such travesties (and having unfortunately wasted my money in the past), the most disturbing element of this ale session wasn't the undrinkable ale, but the social championing of said undrinkable ale by certain members of our party (obviously not by our friend in the picture).
I appreciate that everyone's allowed an opinion, fair enough, that's how it should be, but that doesn't mean it has to hold much value.
After a interesting debate discussing the rancid contents in the glass, being spoken down to, and being the victim of various untrue assertions, I came to the conclusion that they clearly don't understand the difference between a 'good' pint, and a 'bad' pint.
Disturbing indeed, especially considering it comes so naturally to anyone with taste buds!
Worryingly, I fear that it's this attitude that may usurp all the hard work 'REAL' Real Ale people from all sections of the industry have made. This ignorant clique which seems to revel in it's own ignorance seems determined to ram their uninformed opinions down your throat in an attempt to force you to agree with them… which tastes nearly as bad as the beer they were promoting.
Frighteningly, this is becoming more common as Real Ale gains popularity.
It's a shame that as we move forward with the Real Ale Revolution, this kind of attitude has embedded itself into the 'trendy' side of Real Ale, and instead of listening, learning and understanding from more experienced, educated Real Ale drinkers, they're more focussed on dictating and forcing their inflexible views upon you.
And I thought CAMRA were bad, but at least they're in it purely for the beer, and no other abstruse reasons.
It's sad and it's funny. Bohemian bar dwelling bourgeois pseudo beer boffins betraying their taste buds and believing their own bullshit.
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