luns101 wrote:got tonkaed wrote:and how about you, what would a man of your station recommend?
I hate wine with a passion. Just give me a good beer any day. My favorite is Fat Tire or Sam Adams Cream Stout. I'm not a real sophisticated drinker. Brandy is fine.

Now your talking!
I would argue however that beer IS a sophisticated drink, unless you are one of those poor saps who only drinks bud/miller/coors. A wine drinker who only drinks Gallo from a box isn't very sophisticated either.
Although I like wine, it is subtle variations on a theme. Same ingredients, same yeast across the board. Beers have a HUGE spectrum due to the wide variations of malt, available yeasts and other ingredients within reach of the brewer.
From Double Chocolate Stout to a Belgian Framboise to an India Pale Ale (my fave) someone who claims they don't like beer has most likely been fed nothing but corn based American straw yellow lagers and just hasn't found the kind they like yet.
Not so many years ago a bar in the USA had just a few taps with the exact same styles. Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Miller Light, Coors, Coors Light and, for the adventurous, Corona in a bottle.

Thankfully that is changing and bars are installing more taps for more range.
My current favorite:
