The Session #83: Against The Grain

The Session is a monthly event for the beer blogging community which was started by Stan Hieronymus at Appellation Beer . On the first Friday of each month, all participating bloggers write about a predetermined topic. Each month a different blog is chosen to host The Session, choose the topic, and post a roundup of all the responses received. For more info on The Session, check out the Brookston Beer Bulletin’s nice archive page . This month’s session is hosted by Rebecca at The Bake & Brew and is all about if our perception of a beer is changed by what friends or influencers think. Do they like stuff I don’t and vice versa? Well the short answer is that no, I don’t think we like things just because other people do, not like pretending not to like albums because my friends hated them back when I was 14 just to fit in. I can imagine some people do but they're total cockgoblins. Sure, there’s stuff that other people rave about and I dislike. A pr...