Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' drinking glasses

Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by panick21_ on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @10:01AM (#41181574)

Beer drinking being casual isn't a counter argument. Even if its a minority, there are a lots of beer 'nerds' who take drinking beer seriously. And those are usually the people who have some amount of influence threw various mechanisms.

As a Guinness fan I gladly go to a pub that does it correctly, compared to one that doesn't.

So the idea that there is a business impact to having lower quality experience even visiaul can not just be ignored by saying 'drinking is causal'.

As a pub you have to try to offer something that you can't get from aluminum cans in the park.

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Re:Smashing idea: how East Germany invented 'unbreakable' dr... by lo_zamoyski on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @10:47AM (#41182035)

I suspect the controversial proposition, whether intended or not, is that everyone in countries with a notable beer tradition is a snob who will refuse to drink anything but the best served according to the most exacting standards.

Clearly, this is false, and it is enough to visit such a country or look at beer sales to know that this is the case.

At the same time, I will agree that the average beer and what is considered "drinkable" in probably any European country is significantly better than the swill that passes as average in the US.

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