Wine or Beer?

Research increasingly indicates health benefits of beer could surpass wine

More current stuff here: http://news.google.com/archivesearc...=2007&as_hdate=2007&lnav=d0&ldrange=1992,2006

Love 'em both, personally. Chose beer because it fits in with a wider range of my activities.

 

I dunno. I think floating the Guadalupe with a nice Cab would be sublime.

 

Beer. Tons and tons of imported beer from all over.

I love wine with a meal, but that's the only time I drink it.

 

It's sooooo hot! Milk was a bad choice!

Plus...some riverwater in your wine, boooo. Some riverwater in your can of beer, whatever.

 

I would've picked beer 1 month ago. But I've become a wine guy ever since, because I don't want to grow a belly.

 

?That? article has ?way too many? question marks ?for? me to ?take it? seriously.? ? ? ? ? ??? ?

 

Since I already work for a wine importing company, the choice is obvious:

BEER!

 

12 oz beer = 150 calories
12 oz lite beer = 110 calories
5 oz wine = 90 calories

http://www.dietitian.com/alcohol.html

 

I choose wine. It's so versatile. You can cook a meal with it. Poach some pears in it for desert. Plus it's loaded in antioxidants and fights heart disease.

But i like it coz it lends a certain air of pretentious snobery.

Nothing like drinking a glass of vintage Romanée Conti and thumbing one's nose at the beer drinking redneck peasants.

 

wine because the ladies seem to like it

 

Hmm, from looking on the internet, beer may not be as bad as I thought. I wouldn't say that it's healthier but from a lot of the articles I looked through, a lot seem to say that it is could be as healthy.

One theme that I did see was that people who drink wine typically have healthier lifestyles and eat healthier food.

 

Typically, you can drink a lot more beer than you can wine. It is pretty easy to polish off a pitcher of beer while it is a lot tougher to drink an entire bottle of wine. I've done it, don't get me wrong, but not often. I can regularly knock out a pitcher of beer and then some.

 

Thought I'd mention: Shiner 99 is out now. German helles style. Tasty.

 

Outstanding. Thanks for the heads up.

Thought I'd mention: I'm jonesing for a river trip. May can't get here fast enough. Hell, the first weekend the temperatures are in the 90s, I may head up there.

 

Exactly.

What would you rather have when having a cheeseburger, pizza, fried chicken?

Beer goes more with American food...(and German)

 

Merlot? I've never heard of it. Did they just invent it?

 

Beer for me...

Wine gets me drunk fast so no bueno.

 

That's a tough one...........I love wine and consider myself a bit of a snob, but I'd hate to be deprived of beer. Thank goodness I don't have to make this decision.

I love to tout the health benefits of either to anyone who ever raises their eyebrows at my consumptiveness.............but my guess is that all these health "studies" are either pandering to a very influential industry or are outright being paid for their findings.

 

Oh! But should we really trust a Dietitian when it comes to our diet?

True!

 

I agree, I prefer beer with those foods absolutely. I'd still take a great glass of wine over a great beer because to me, there's no comparison.