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Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by dllthomas »

orta wrote: post #9
jlgreco wrote: post #2

I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. Granted, it should probably be classed under some yet unnamed category of beverage other than "beer", but I still like it.

I don't know if it's just my area of north England but Corona is consider quote a good drink, and you always get it with a lime.

Corona with lime is tasty on a hot day with Mexican food. Like jlgreco said, though, at that point it tastes less like "beer" and more like "Corona with lime" - good, but not good beer.

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by gruseom »

bitops wrote: post #12

A few good beers: * Delirium * Anchor Steam * Carlsberg * Negra Modelo Contrary to popular belief, Budweiser, Coors Lite, et. al. are not actually beers but rather beer-flavored water that also contains alcohol.

water

Hmm, the theme of the two best beer jokes. Monty Python's (pre-microbrew) "How is American beer like making love in a canoe? It's fucking close to water." – and the old brewer's joke which goes like this (I'll use your examples): A Budweiser salesman, a Coors salesman, and an Anchor Steam salesman meet in the hotel bar at a beer convention. The Budweiser man says, "I'll have a Budweiser." The Coors man says, "I'll have a Coors." The Anchor Steam man says, "Just water for me." The other two look at him and say "What? Just water?" "Well," he says, "since you guys aren't having beer I won't either."

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

jlgreco wrote: post #2

I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. Granted, it should probably be classed under some yet unnamed category of beverage other than "beer", but I still like it.

It's boring that's why. It's like the Toohey's New of Mexico. Same with Stella. The Toohey's New of Belgium.

So easy to do so much better.

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by nicholassmith »

orta wrote: post #9
jlgreco wrote: post #2

I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. Granted, it should probably be classed under some yet unnamed category of beverage other than "beer", but I still like it.

I don't know if it's just my area of north England but Corona is consider quote a good drink, and you always get it with a lime.

In my north east england area it is too, but a lot of the devs I know have moved onto craft (myself included, but mostly as I don't like lager much).

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by msbarnett »

jlgreco wrote: post #2

I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. Granted, it should probably be classed under some yet unnamed category of beverage other than "beer", but I still like it.

> I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona.

If you have a strong sense of smell, the skunkiness is overpowering and nauseating.

There are so many examples of decent light lagers out there that it's hard to understand the love people have for Corona

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by antihero »

bitops wrote: post #12

A few good beers: * Delirium * Anchor Steam * Carlsberg * Negra Modelo Contrary to popular belief, Budweiser, Coors Lite, et. al. are not actually beers but rather beer-flavored water that also contains alcohol.

Carlsberg?! Some fucking great beers:

* Darkstar Festival

* Darkstart Solstice

* Harvey's Sussex Best

* Langham LSD

* Green King IPA

* Hornblower

* Riptide

* Green King Abbot Reserve

* Brighton Stout

For Lagers I'd go Polish (Tyskie FTW)

But then, here in Brighton we're spoiled for choice.

Out of interest, in the USA can you get stuff like Anchor on tap? Or do you have to buy bottles? Because I much prefer casks to keg.

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by jlgreco »

msbarnett wrote: post #35
jlgreco wrote: post #2

I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. Granted, it should probably be classed under some yet unnamed category of beverage other than "beer", but I still like it.

> I will never for the life of me understand the hate people have for Corona. If you have a strong sense of smell, the skunkiness is overpowering and nauseating. There are so many examples of decent light lagers out there that it's hard to understand the love people have for Corona

Eh, I don't consider it a replacement for other beers.

Sometimes I want a nice stout or porter, sometimes I want a lighter lager, sometimes I want a glass of red wine, and sometimes I want a corona.

The skunkiness certainly comes across to me, but I don't find it particularly more off-putting than the fragrance of a particularly pungent cheese.

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by jlgreco »

jardiamj wrote: post #30
bitops wrote: post #12

A few good beers: * Delirium * Anchor Steam * Carlsberg * Negra Modelo Contrary to popular belief, Budweiser, Coors Lite, et. al. are not actually beers but rather beer-flavored water that also contains alcohol.

When somebody asks me if I want a Budweiser, Coors Lite, etc. I reply I like beer, not alcoholic water. I usually tend to go for beer in the category of porters and stouts, and ales some times. Negra Modelo is what I drink when I don't have so much choice, but I live near Portland, OR. so beer selection is usually not a problem around here.

If there is one thing I have learned in this life, it is that locals always think their region has a better than average beer scene.

The reality of the situation is that (without exception that I am aware of) if you are close enough to a major city to be able to say that you are near that city with a straight face, then your beer selection is going to be just fine.

I would say with hesitation that this applies to larger geographic regions as well. States, 'coasts', perhaps even countries and continents.

(If I have learned anything else in life, it is that you should always be gracious when someone offers you a beer.)

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by petercooper »

51432 wrote: post #10
petercooper wrote: post #3

Developers also, on average, enjoy sex, recreational activities, and going on vacation. And bacon. Never forget the bacon.

I'm vegan

Is the average developer vegan?

That said, I might suggest you like bacon even more than me, since you want it to stay alive.

Re: Do developers really love beer, or is it just a myth?

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Post by dsberkholz »

jmduke wrote: post #7

Okay, originally I was going to write this off as mere blogspam but I wanted to have some fun. Issues: 1. An ordinal scale with subjective verbiage? 2. An ordinal scale with no natural middle (there are six options!)? 3. An ordinal scale with 'select all that apply'?! How does that even work? 4. The percentages add to more than 100%! That's not how percentages work. At least normalize the scale -- or change the Y axi…

Maybe you do didn't notice, but it wasn't our survey, and we had nothing to do with its design. I agree that the design is not great, but c'mon, this is just for fun. When you can select multiple answers, the percentages no longer total 100 across options, only within each option vs all respondents.
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