Content online is limitless, with blogs, magazine article sites, social media, and rating sites. No longer do beer drinkers have to rely on monthly beer magazines that can sugarcoat a story to appease an advertiser. Strongly opinionated bloggers provide some of the main enjoyment online, talking about beer in a way others haven't, or are too scared to. On the other hand, you may think the blog writer is weak in his or her knowledge.
Articles on topics like the best 150 places to drink beer are free to read and you can comment on their choices. This is pure beer porn pleasure: to compare your thoughts with other beer lovers. Some of the best parts of blogs are the comments from various readers who either agree or disagree. With every review or post there are going to be those who dissent and have their own opinion. Which is the beauty of the internet.
User Generated Content
The whole idea behind every website is content. Whether it is our own Blogcritics, Facebook, pr anything else, every website is looking for increased traffic through increased content. The X-rated websites have been the leaders for many years but are now being overtaken by social media sites.
Whether it is beer, food, or wine, each has a class in the "porn" genre for the pure enjoyment of consumers who love to look at that specific content.
The inspiration for this article came upon reading through some pages on 1001 Beers you must try before you die. Flipping through a book on beer, without knowing what the next page brings, is where the term "beer porn" comes from. The sheer pleasure of reading about beer and viewing pictures definitely makes this author thirsty.
Article comments
1 - Muncher
Cheers for this fascinating insight into Beer. In the South West (England) the savory snack of choice is the Cornish pasty and there have been some folks experimenting with pasty porn in a similar way - mash ups of different crusts and filling - all very mouth watering.