The great BEER VS. WINE fight!

[Mr. Tea]

This one's for Craner. So which couldn't you go without: grain or grape? Let's have at it!

 

[craner]

I'll have a Perrier, s'il vous plaît.

 

[Mr. Tea]

FINE THEN.

 

[luka]

craner only drinks mad dog 20/20 which he mixes with tizer.

 

[viktorvaughn]

Beer by a million miles, i haven't got much beyond 'dry', 'fruity' etc for wine.

 

[craner]

I prefer milk.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Theorem:

beer : wine = Stark : Lannister

 

[Slothrop]

Beer.

I like wine, and I'd love to get into it properly, but it seems like too much of an investment of time / money / liver damage. Beer has the two advantages that it comes in smaller portions so you can try a lot more variety in a short space of time, and that even the most expensive and unobtainable beers are basically accessible if you can be arsed, whereas you'd be lucky to try (say) a premier cru Bordeaux in your lifetime. Also, at the moment, it just seems more diverse and interesting.

 

[paolo]

BEER

 

[crackerjack]

Beer up to a point (generally about 2 pts), V&T for anything beyond that. Ice & a slice too, please.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I like the idea of drinking spirits but I only ever really drink scotch at home. Outside of 'happy hour' in the most low-rent McPub they're just insanely expensive.

 

[luka]

When I was an aussie I wouldn't touch aussie shiraz but I've changed my mind the good ones are mind expanding

 

[luka]

The 1st wines I fell in love with were light fresh fruity or floral things chinons and flueries and that but I've moved on

 

[Leo]

this poll need a "both" button. it's beer when out or sitting around at home but addicted to a glass of fresh, crisp portuguese vinho verde with dinner, or a malbec on rare (!) occasions when serving meat. mostly inexpensive wines, usually in the $10-12 per bottle range (about $7 for the vinho verde).

the only other thing i drink is campari and tonic, in the summer.

 

[luka]

I think I prefer expensive wine

 

[woops]

Or...

this poll need a "both" button.

...a "neither"

 

[comelately]

I think I prefer expensive wine

This. A bottle of Oakham Citra (4.6%) is £1.50 at the moment in Waitrose and you're not going to find an equally good bottle of vino for £6. A third of some ludicrous craft triple IPA in Brewdog costs about the same as a glass of random red in any pub that's not a Spoons.

I like a nice red wine from time to time but I'm generally going to spend at least a tenner, at Lidl.

 

[luka]

Just had an extraordinary bottle of sangiovese from 2000 ad

 

[luka]

From seahorse in Dartmouth

 

[Woebot]

beer. wine is too acidic.