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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
It's beer, not a 'social justice' compitition. That's why I called out the 'mass-produced' comment. Obviously if you want unique style beers that simply cannot be produced and sold on a large scale, you have to go with craft and microbrews.
That said in the category of 'Crowd Pleasing' beers I'd take Coors Banquet straight up vs. any of the alternatives you mentioned (and I have for the most part tried them). There will be those that disagree with me, and will try and label me 'unsophisticated' for having said opinion. But to that I'm willing to assure them that I have drank enough beer in enough variety in my day to have just as valid opinion as them.
It used to be that being a beer drinker was a refuge from the world of wine drinkers where social status and faux sophistication is all wrapped up in addition to the wine itself in the bottles they drink. Seems as though now you're also judged but what kind of six pack you bring to the Super Bowl party.
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Coors Original is an unsophisticated beer as are all pale adjunct lagers. It is cheap and easy to brew as a large batch and pleasing to most because it's sweet with corn adjuncts.
It is however, a pretty good tasting example of the style but it doesn't change the fact that the style is typically the lowest rated of the various styles of beer. It's fine to like it but it is really the Big Bacon Classic of the beer world. Not quite a McDonalds cheeseburger but nowhere near an Alleyburger.
If you're being judged by the beer you drink you should probably find some new friends. If you like the style, you should be open to trying examples from local or other micros rather than worrying about promoting a faux sophistication, judgment or being labeled a hipster for drinking something not from a macro (Can we ban hipster? It means absolutely nothing nowadays.)