Do you know what I hate. Well I'll tell you. I hate all these style nazis cramping my style. I work hard brewing beer that I think it tastes great. My friends come over and they love it. I think it is good, they love the hooch. But then I bring it to my local beer club meeting to share with my friends who know about beer the evil style nazis put on their SS caps and start to destroy the uniqueness of my beer.
One or two people who always sit at the same table start to comment about how this beer is not to style. Oxidation this or diacytel that. They start in all nice, with that I just want to help you out attitue, but end up bad mouthing my beer and swaying the whole beer club to into thinking that my beer sucks. I can see that the rest of the club may have loved it at first, but were easily convinced otherwise once the "experts" spoke up. I then feel all put out after the 6 hours of brewing, keg time, and great comments from my friends and all that. I hate those style nazis.
Not to style. What the crap? It’s beer man. Drink it and be merry.
Now I know how all the dogs at the dog show feel that aren’t to style. They try so hard to be like the rest of the dogs. Put up with the cropping of ears and tails. Get haircuts that all the other dogs make fun of. All for the sake of style. What makes a dog or beer good? Is it the straight back, strong hindquarters or the color of the coat? I am from America, the land of diversity. How dare you say that my beer isn’t good because it is different. I want a dog that is ugly as sin, has a huge overbite and a belly that drags on the ground (I know mine does). I don’t care. What really matters to me is that the dog can bring me a beer from the fridge, find me a date online and file my taxes for me. So what makes a beer good? A beer that gets the job done. And what’s the job of beer? To get me and my buddies drunk! New BJCP rules. Fill a room full of 5-gallon kegs and a butt load of people with cups. Which ever keg gets emptied first is the best beer. Simple and to the point.
Don’t let the style nazis trick you into beer genocide. Don’t let them tell you to choose the blond ale, blue moon clone. Choose the caramel colored raspberry, peanut, peppermint stout. Freedom for beer and freedom for America. Remember every time a beer is ridiculed Osama Bin Laden smiles.
