# Are there any real difference between cheap beer and the pricier stuff?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [June 4, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-difference-between-cheap-beer-and-the-pricier-stuff/584276 "2011-06-04T02:17:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-difference-between-cheap-beer-and-the-pricier-stuff/584276/101 "2016-09-11T19:52:16Z")

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> [@Reluctant\_A](#):
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> Out of curiosity, is it against board rules to call a banned poster a sanctimonious prick?

I’m pretty sure it’s against the rules to refer to drive-by, one-post-and-gone, information totally wrong zombie resurrectors as “douche-nozzles” as well. 😛

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**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-difference-between-cheap-beer-and-the-pricier-stuff/584276/102 "2016-09-11T23:10:32Z")

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As far as I can tell the main difference is that expensive beer is brewed by hipsters.

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