At the fresh hop festival last weekend I overheard some woman asking one of the servers if any of the beers were “very bitter.” I wanted to suggest to her that she step away from the beer, give her tickets (for samples) to someone who actually knew what a hop was, and head on over to 7-11 to pick up some bud light. But that wouldn’t have been very nice.
I can understand showing up at some random beer festival and being shocked by massively-hopped beers or other unusual concoctions, but this was a fresh hop festival! Oh well - its just a shame to waste some great fresh hop beer on a heathen.
Yeah, you have to wonder how she ended up there. But of course, dislike of bitter beers doesn’t necessarily predict lack of good taste. My best friend can’t stand aggressively hoppy brews, but he does appreciate a good hefeweizen (which I do not), and he and I really bonded since he recently discovered he likes Belgian-style ales.