Posts by Russell Brown
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You say you 'discovered' that you like it on it's own. I put it to you that your tastes actually changed as you became accustomed to that which you originally did not like.
Sigh ... and why, pray tell, do cafes continue to successfully sell lattes and flat whites? Perhaps some people prefer them?
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Because you have drunk a lot of beer and trained yourself to like it.
No. Absolutely not. I can actually recall the point as a teenager when beer suddenly started tasting good, and it actually seemed to me at the time that something in my palate had changed. Up till that point, I had not drunk much beer at all.
I was also relieved to discover a bit later on that wine came in flavours that weren't sweet and fizzy, and that there was life beyond Liebestraum.
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Emma, unless you are a freak, you trained those tastes.
Slow down there, buddy. Someone who does not share your palate is a "freak"? That's just silly.
I too prefer savoury to sweet tastes, dark chocolate to milk. I used to drink coffee with milk, but then I discovered I liked it more, well-made, on its own. When the espresso is coming out well from our Domobar I actually get excited about drinking it, and serving it to people.
What I'm saying is that the reason so many people have trained themselves to like the taste of alcohol is for the bloody alcohol, not the inherent niceness of the tastes. It's a very simple point and I don't care how arrogant it sounds.
It's only a simple point because you have made it so.
The fact is, people taste things differently. About 20% of people are supertasters -- like my darling, who won't eat (or suffers bravely through) a number of foods I love. Her son is an Aspie -- he's got a really fussy palate ...
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Furthermore I'm only saying I don't like the tasteof 'grown up drinks'. I do like to drink them sometimes (more in the past than now), but I'm honest enough to admit the reason is for the alcoholic effects.
So explain to me why I like Mac's Light and generally have some in the fridge. Is it not possible that I actually like the taste?
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__Yeah, that'll really hit the spot...__
Well it probably would. There's a reason all those Gatorade ads have adults who need hydrating in them...
Sure, there's that weird more-quenching-than-water thing to yer Gatorades, but it also just tastes like a bunch of industrial chemicals. There is more to "refreshing" or "hitting the spot" than chemical cordial.
Compare to the way a decent lager, or good English best bitter, flows across the palate, triggering the the bitter taste receptors at the back of the tongue. That is restorative.
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but TVotR could well be this years LCD or Flaming Lips.
Or this year's Arcade Fire, given their mainstage slot.
I just wish I could get into them, but they really don't do it for me.
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To me, that is a clear indication that the alcohol is what people are in it for, and the tastes are just way of justifying that.
People talk about how wonderfully thirst quenching beer is. But there is no way on earth it really is as thirst quenching as something actually designed for rehydration, like maybe water mixed with glucose and salt.
Oh yes. When I come in from the hot sun of an afternoon, what I really feel like is ... a tall, cold glass of ... water mixed with glucose and salt.
Yeah, that'll really hit the spot ...
C'mon Ben, you don't really like grown-up drinks and you're generalising your experience to everyone else.
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Russell, Macs Light used to be 1% but still better taste than the other low beers (and damn handy for scattered xmas commitments requiring driving). When did they make it stronger?
They didn't! I'm not sure what I was thinking, because it is indeed 1% -- and, as you say, better than the others.
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And Russell, what happened to Magazzino?
I don't really know, but clearly they couldn't pay their bills last year.
It's sad: I've been buying magazines from Stuart and Megan for a long time.
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Bet you anything she was texting not twittering.
This sounds like a weird and inappropriate show to be doing that at, but I don't think it's always bad. At the Big Day Out I think it's perfectly acceptable. Everybody gotta find their peeps.
It is a funny sight, though, watching someone in the Boiler Room try and text when they've had too much E and they can't focus their eyes.
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