Comments on: What Your Taste in Beer Says About You

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:51 +0000

I drank a few beers in Uni…never understood the appeal for it. :s

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:10:47 +0000

No “Beast Light” ? Some survey.

By: lapidus

lapidus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:58:26 +0000

…say the beer companies’ researchers.

i don’t understand bud drinkers. have they ever even tasted real beer?

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:26:36 +0000

Actually, beer in moderation, is good for you.

By: Anonym

Anonym — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:27:23 +0000

“ABSTAINERS
It probably doesn’t take a psychographic profile to discover that those people who refuse to drink beer at all don’t like to loosen up very much. They are socially conservative and see many issues as black and white. Teetotalers honor tradition and authority and prefer a less-hectic social life.”

orr,, they care about their health.

By: C.A.

C.A. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:20:00 +0000

“Corona drinkers are … 38% more likely to own three or more flat-screen TVs.”

Hahahaha! That’s just so bizarre and out of left-field.

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:53:21 +0000

[...] What your beer brand can reveal about you [...]

Seems like a lot of commenters here couldn’t understand statistics or probability to save their lives.

Nothing in the article said anything like “all Bud drinkers hate authority”, they just noticed a trend the researchers themselves didn’t expect to see.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:13:18 +0000

That really was the biggest load of dingo’s kidneys.

By: Reechard

Reechard — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:31:18 +0000

Nothing more than a campy horoscope. uggh.

By: erak

erak — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

They are dead on about Heinekin drinkers. I always called it “crappy lawyer beer” because lawyers with lots of money and no time to find a decent beer prefer it for the status.

(Yes, I’m an incredibly snobby beer drinker.)

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:00:15 +0000

I don’t drink on any regular basis.

But when I do I don’t drink beer.
A nice aged scotch, double, neat, thank you.

By: bumcakes

bumcakes — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:56:08 +0000

NO GUINNESS. THIS LIST FAILS

By: Baggy

Baggy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:43 +0000

Did the demographic create the market segments, or did the marketing make the demographic? Are we sure people don’t fit into these nice (and wrong) categories because those are what these companies have been advertising to for the past forever?

By: LisaL

LisaL — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:08 +0000

Beer drinkers= poor taste buds Kidding kidding…

Beer is just not for me though. I can’t stand the taste of it.

By: pwscott

pwscott — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:32:46 +0000

I agree this sounds like a lot of crap. When I drink beer it is usually Corona. In the past I always prefered Heineken and my favorite beer is Tiger. Tiger is nice and smooth with little alcohol content. There is no room for psychology around beer.

By: NorwegianBlue

NorwegianBlue — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:23 +0000

I thought this was about BEER drinkers.

By: JoeD

JoeD — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:05:23 +0000

This seems like a bunch of hogwash. According to that article, I should be an organic food buying, liberal democratic stiff. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just choose to drink because I enjoy the taste of alcohol and the feeling of being tipsy.

By: kristine b

kristine b — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:50:19 +0000

I found it interesting, though pretty short-sided as to what brands of beer they listed.

By: semi

semi — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:06 +0000

Uh, the article makes no mention of the fact that all beers have different marketing campaigns aimed at differing demographics. What a bunch of nonsense.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:42:30 +0000

I only know 2 of the explained beers, so … That puts me Way outside the American Box… And then- Budwiser is just non-interesting tastewise and Corona is nice on very hot summer-evenings.

My personal list-
1- Guinness Stout the Darker the better as far as I’m concerned…
2- Tripel trappist Westvleteren and other trappists in general for a nice long evening
3- Duvel on a daytime summers-terrace downtown
4- Stout Mede for special occasions
5- And for daily consumption if we do not drink wine with dinner- Palm and Grolsch lager

The rest of my list is about 40 long, so I have something to choose from. But then again- Here in the Benelux-plus-Germany corner of the world, we have plenty of interesting beers to taste.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:15:12 +0000

This seems like a bunch of hogwash. According to that article, I should be a non-organic food buying, conservative republican stiff. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just choose to abstain because I don’t enjoy the taste of alcohol or the feeling of being tipsy.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:14:39 +0000

I agree with a lot of the commenters on that site that the list is utter hogwash.