# A Sommelier Is To Wine As X Is To Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer, wine\ **Created:** [November 23, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843 "2016-11-23T22:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/21 "2016-11-24T16:09:55Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Well, yes, I knew about budtenders, but are they actually the equivalent to a sommelier? A bartender is not and I would expect the same for a budtender. It takes a lot more knowledge to be a cicerone than a bartender. > > This idea may be jumping the gun. The legal mj market is only a few years old, and it may take longer than that to generate the base knowledge needed for a dope sommelier. But it will come sooner or later. I don’t know if there are “qualifications” for the job of Budtender besides Really Digs Weed. BUT, the Budtenders I’ve spoken to have all been extremely knowledgeable about the attributes of this strain (taste, potency, effects) vs. the attributes of that strain, and will listen to you about what you want out of your strain (pain relief, help with sleep, sparking creativity, etc.) and can make a recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/22 "2016-11-24T16:11:21Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ^yep. > > For thanksgiving dinner I am opening two $30 bomber bottles of The Breury’s _Sour in the Rye_, a sour rye ale aged in oak barrels. Interested family members will be offered teensy sips. 😉 For $30 a bottle of beer better make me cum as soon as I drink it! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/23 "2016-11-24T16:12:35Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > If beer has sommeliers or cicerones, can dope be far behind? Why do I have the feeling that there’s the equivalent for weed in Denver, Seattle and/or Portland? And then soon to be in SF and LA, of course. Don’t forget about Boston, Anchorage, Las Vegas, and the other Portland (Maine). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/24 "2016-11-24T16:49:02Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > For $30 a bottle of beer better make me cum as soon as I drink it! :eek: It is just that good. The only down side to drinking these, is knowing that I might not get the opportunity to buy any. Like Pliny the Elder, I buy a couple of bottles any time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/25 "2016-11-24T17:33:19Z")
Last year i was lucky enough to have an [Abraxas](http://www.perennialbeer.com/beer-lister/detail/the-cellar/abraxas/?back=beer) for desert with chocolate pecan pie. Truly a marriage made in beer heaven. My work is considering sponsoring me to be a Cicerone, lucky me! Any accountant types know if my beer tasting would then become tax deductible? this year I will enjoy a few “[Sagefights](https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/beer/sagefight/)” by Deschutes after serving 600 of our cities upper crusts a gourmet thanksgiving buffet. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/26 "2016-11-24T18:37:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > ^yep. So how’s the mileage on the Prius these days? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/27 "2016-11-25T12:59:53Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > So how’s the mileage on the Prius these days? > > :rolleyes: Heh, polar opposite. Jeep Wrangler, rear seat removed and passenger seat uninhabitable. A single person 18 mpg gas burner. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843/28 "2016-11-26T03:01:01Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > For $30 a bottle of beer better make me cum as soon as I drink it! :eek: Might be a real good deal depending how big the bottle is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sommelier-is-to-wine-as-x-is-to-beer/772843.md?page=1)