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Chinon00 Aug 26, 2007 02:24 PM  I polished off an Old No. 38
Stout by North Coast Brewing Co. last night. Good stuff. And as
many of you probably know, this (and many other stouts) have,
among other things: obvious roasted coffee and chocolate notes.
This brought to my mind again something that I've never
understood; how people who enjoy coffee (note: fairly dry with
no creme) can find beer completely intolerable. I'd find it
equally difficult to accept that anyone who enjoys tea couldn't
find anything enjoyable about for example Yards ESA, Flying Fish
ESB and others which include a certain tea character to them. So
I've concluded that for some ignoring beer is simply a
"lifestyle choice" and has nothing at all to do with how it
actually tastes. For some, beer doesn't fit their "image" of
themselves. Maybe it's beer's association with High School and/
or college parties, or maybe it's the tacky and apparently
endless marriage between sex and be