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The 5 craft beer personality types
The 5 craft beer personality types
I think I would fall under the Beer Populists category, what about you guys?
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Given everyone is different - even those who fall into the same alleged category - I think it's difficult to place people in the various slots.
My main interest in beer is its flavour - I try to drink beers with the ideal flavour for the style. So I learn about them to seek them out. A secondary interest, but one which has gained in the last 10 years, is beer and brewing history. Many craft beer fans are captivated by that side of it. This makes sense since the best imports, and craft beers in general, often advertise their adherence to tradition. So I learned about tradition to understand what should be good, or at least, interesting.
I don't feel I have to taste everything - most beers don't end up pleasing in any case - it's enough to find an excellent example of a style and stick with it.
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My main interest in beer is its flavour - I try to drink beers with the ideal flavour for the style. So I learn about them to seek them out. A secondary interest, but one which has gained in the last 10 years, is beer and brewing history. Many craft beer fans are captivated by that side of it. This makes sense since the best imports, and craft beers in general, often advertise their adherence to tradition. So I learned about tradition to understand what should be good, or at least, interesting.
I don't feel I have to taste everything - most beers don't end up pleasing in any case - it's enough to find an excellent example of a style and stick with it.
Gary
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I'm such a Geek that I'm actually going to propose a subclassification for the Beer Geek definition...
Here's a Geek Hierarchy that I find amusing:
Geek - Understands, creates & fixes 'really cool stuff'.
Nerd - Understands & collects 'really cool stuff'.
Dork - Confused by 'really cool stuff'.
And I think it works for beer.
The die-hard geek is obsessive about all the technical things. They'll dissect every aspect of a brew and take detailed notes. Think "homebrewer".
The beer nerd has a good understanding of all the different styles and is obsessive about 'ticking' as many samples as possible. Think "comic book collector".
The beer dork aspires to be accepted by all the nerds, but only has a very basic understanding of the topic. That's not to say that they're dumb, they're just very eager, but inexperienced. Think "that guy in the office that has read a short article on craft beer, picked up a few different samples, then spouted off about how crazy these wildly different beers are (though they're actually timeless classic styles)."
Here's a Geek Hierarchy that I find amusing:
Geek - Understands, creates & fixes 'really cool stuff'.
Nerd - Understands & collects 'really cool stuff'.
Dork - Confused by 'really cool stuff'.
And I think it works for beer.
The die-hard geek is obsessive about all the technical things. They'll dissect every aspect of a brew and take detailed notes. Think "homebrewer".
The beer nerd has a good understanding of all the different styles and is obsessive about 'ticking' as many samples as possible. Think "comic book collector".
The beer dork aspires to be accepted by all the nerds, but only has a very basic understanding of the topic. That's not to say that they're dumb, they're just very eager, but inexperienced. Think "that guy in the office that has read a short article on craft beer, picked up a few different samples, then spouted off about how crazy these wildly different beers are (though they're actually timeless classic styles)."
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