In article <lIMlf.13580$Qf5.4284@trndny07>, Barb > wrote:
>I agree with your taste dgs, but that doesn't mean that we have to be snobs!
>To each his own!

Exactly. That's why we love dgs so much. He's his own
person. Why tell to not be hisself?

>Maybe Jim will start experimenting and expand his
>repertiore!

Maybe Jim will realize he's the worst kind of faux snob,
running down what he doesn't like while revealing his
ignorance.

As for food and wine being the pinnacle of pairings while
beer and food are mere acquaintances (who said that? Douglas?),
I say I have had wonderful food/beer pairings. I've also
concluded that for the most part chefs just aren't familiar
enough with beer to make the effort to make such pairings.
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