Wine or Beer?

I predict Beer wins by a landslide, given the nature of this BBS.

 

Beer easily. I'm not going to sit by the pool or watch a game sipping on a Merlot.

 

I like beer. But I'm trying to drink more wine now since it's healthier.

 

Wine, specifically reisling.

 

This is a tough one for me because I love both. A lot. When it comes down to it though, beer can only be so good while a really good glass of wine can be one of life's greatest things.

 

unlimited supply of any type of wine = mucho $$$$$$$$

this poll is a no-brainer.

 

Agree with MB, as usual.

 

I'm more of a beer snob than a wine snob...so beer wins. Barely, though...

 

From the health aspect, wine is an easy choice. Did you know at one time up to 80% of all European people lives depended on wine viticulture in one form or another?

 

Beer. I dunno why, exactly.

 

I can't decide.

A great homebrew is just as good as a great wine.

 

"I like beer,
I makes me a jolly-good fellooooow.
I like beer."

 

Wine, for heath reasons.

 

Wine is not healthier than beer.

 

I like beer, but don't drink it enough for something I'd want the rest of my life...Wine, sure, it works on so many levels, dishes and such...Plus its better for you and the ladies dig it...

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1997/12/971219062019.htm

 

I let the other comment go because that's a personal preference but this is completely untrue.

 

According to Mr. Jim Anderson, wine connoisseur, "When you compare the raw ingredients that go into wine and beer, you'll find that wine, on one hand, is made purely from grapes, water and yeast. Grapes are a fine source of sugars, fiber and chromium, but few of those things survive the fermentation and filtering process. Yeast has loads of complex B vitamins, but again, they do not appear in the final product due to filtering."

Beer, on the other hand, is made from grains, water and yeast. Grains commonly used are barley and wheat (with cheaper, mass-produced beers relying on corn and rice), both of which are loaded with a variety of vitamins that survive the fermentation and filtering process. And the vitamin value of the yeast is conserved in the hundreds of unfiltered beers that are on the market -- both on tap and in bottles.

Beer provides a 30% increase in vitamin B6 into the blood plasma -- something that neither wine nor any other liquor can do.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (May 1999) reported that consuming moderate amounts of beer would lower one's chances of coronary heart disease by 30-40%, compared to those who don't drink at all. (Beer contains a similar amount of 'polyphenols' -- antioxidants -- as red wine and 4-5 times as many polyphenols as white wine).

 

http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/health/index.php/2006/06/28/beer_more_healthy_than_wine