# Is beer a generation thing? Why might that be?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beer-a-generation-thing-why-might-that-be/754802 "2016-05-14T22:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beer-a-generation-thing-why-might-that-be/754802/101 "2016-05-23T19:21:01Z")

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> [@Orwell](#):
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> I actually prefer Busch over Bud. There is an off-taste with Bud I don’t like, either. Not sure what it is.

I’m exactly the other way around. Even from my non-beer-snob days as a college student, I couldn’t stomach Busch for whatever reason, and the light version was even worse. Unfortunately, most of the frat parties tended to have that, so that’s when I turned to a preference in hard alcohol (and it’s gone back to beer long since although I very much enjoy both.) It could be the rice in Bud (I can’t remember if Busch has rice in the bill, but I’m guessing it’s probably corn, as I tend to dislike the corny beers like Miller, though I do like Old Style, so who knows.) When it comes to macro-style American lagers that I like, I think that Yuengling is the best of what I’ve had so far, although it is heavily regional. I do wish they had it hear, because of any of the beers I enjoy, they tend to be $9 a six pack or more, and I seem to recall buying Yuengling closer to the $6-$7 mark last year when I was out east.

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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:** [May 23, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beer-a-generation-thing-why-might-that-be/754802/102 "2016-05-23T20:30:16Z")

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Busch is corn. That’s why it has that appeal to my memory - cheap mid-western farmer’s beer. It’s a very distinct taste which a large number of people can’t stand.

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