As I found out on a car camping trip through the Utah desert last summer, my father in law and I are equally obsessive. One of the main differences in our obsessions, though, is the time of day when they start. Mine begins the second I wake up and tails off in late afternoon. His fires up about the time mine diminishes and ceases when he falls asleep.
I’m coffee, he’s beer. Equal and opposite. Dark and light. Hot and cold. Two beverages that must take their place among mankind’s greatest accomplishments, a mark of inspiration in the way we teased energy and new perspectives from nature’s gifts. And two beverages that are as entwined in the outdoor experience as sweat and stoke and joyful suffering. It might be that the passion and motivation that drive you to, say, climb a mountain, are the same character traits that lead us to gleefully embrace coffee and beer, or it might be that we need the bump of caffeine to get us going up the hill and the salve of alcohol to ease the aches when we get down, or it might be that we’re simply obsessive and beer, coffee, and the outdoors are where our tiddlywinks landed.
Now, as to our query today, it is deliberately broad, but underlying “Coffee or Beer?” are such specifics are superiority, taste, effect on the body, integration with the outdoor experience, and, ultimately, the inability to go without. Indeed, the question at the heart of the matter, I think, is if you had to pick one and only one to drink for the rest of your life, which would it be?
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Beer…what else could take it’s place for post skiing refreshment?
Both?? And I could really use those glasses, the sun is finally starting to make an appearance in Seattle
Wanted to vote both but went with beer cuz even if I don’t win the glasses I can always wear my beer goggles
Beer. No contest.
Beer in the morning
Beer at the noon
Beer in the evening
’cause it’s never too soon
Coffee for me, I think.
I like beer because it’s good
I drink beer because I should
If there was a song to sing
I’d sing it and beer you bring
A few years ago I would’ve voted coffee all the way but since I had to cut out caffeine I have moved my obsession over to beer. Drinking one now after a long ride on an abnormally hot Patriots Day.
Beer!!!
In a perfect world, both…but coffee has so many more applications, I’d have to go with it.
where’s the both vote??
Coffee yeah.
The caffeine headaches go away after about a week. As far as I can tell, the beer jones is forever.
Coffee is good cold – Beer ain’t so good hot
Porter, has that hint of Coffee
I LOOOOOOOOOOVVVVE beer but I can’t live without coffee
Drinking beer doesn’t make you fat…it makes you lean.
BEER, BEER, BEER !!
I could get through life on tea. There’s no replacing beer.
Coffee…nothing better than seeing the steam rise from the mug as the sun rises…Of course, the look of vapor escaping a bottle of beer as the cap is pulled is not bad either…
BEER – any time of day!
COFFEEEEEEE!!!
I like both cofee and beer, but I have to go with coffee for it lifts my mind from the pillow with the rising sun.
Coffee all the way… it’s so good for you.
Beer!
Beer, always and forever.
Beer – courage in a bottle!
coffee is way more important, but I am just as picky about beer.
beer.
I believe the correct answer is “Yes”
Even though i live in a country which is famous for the finest beer, I think coffee is more important for the mankind.. xD
Coffee to start the day beer to finish it!
Coffee in the morning, Beer at night.
Beeeeer!
Beer is never a must and neither is coffee. But at the beginning of a cold day a hot cup of coffee really starts things off nicely.
No contest. Coffee. Hands down!
coffee-flavored beer, the best of both worlds!
Nothing beats a warm cup of java at the trailhead or on the river.
Pick me, pick me. I just lost my sunglasses in Death Valley this weekend.
That’s a tough one. I chose beer over coffee, but if you had of said espresso I may have voted espresso.
Man it would be difficult to give up either one. Beer gets my vote though, after all substituting a beer for breakfast can get your day off to a rip-roaring good start while substituting coffee for beer before bed is never a good idea.
Coffee. I can’t climb drunk but I can climb highly caffeinated.
Caffinate till it’s time to inebriate–Both fosho!
As a former Portlander and Seattlite, and coffee industry insider (and MAN), I guess it’s coffee and whiskey for me.
Coffee to fuel the adventure!
My vote is for beer. There are so many types and most are very refreshing. Coffee gives jitters.
coffee
Coffee
Beer! http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/SimpsonsBeer.jpg
Tough choice.
The last day I went without coffee was in May of 2010, hiking the WCT. Worst. Headache. Ever.
I drink beer almost daily, but it doesn’t give me headaches if I miss a day.
So I guess coffee. But I’d be pretty choked to make the decision.
nothing like a strong cup every morning to start the day. nothing like a cold brew after a long day. hmmmmmmm, coffee.
One is a bitter drink, the other a refreshing flavorful delight. Beer!!!
Coffee
Beer makes me a jolly good fellow
Coffee is good for backpacking, lubes the pipes and burns the fog, but beer soothes the soul by the fire!
My day always begins with coffee, but beer isn’t always there.
Coffee!
Beer, most definintely.
A seriously tough call but beer (preferably a good IPA) by a nose!
Coffee!
Where is the hot chocolate option? ^^)
Beer in the morning and coffee in the evening!
Coffee.
beer will always be associated with good times
one cannot attempt a trad lead without consuming atleast 5 beers beforehand. also, beer resists freezing better than coffee, so its better for winter travel too.
Definitely a nice porter.
bavarian beer. what else?
Hooray for Beer!!!!
Beer! Don’t drink coffee
Toughie! I think I could live without beer but not coffee though!
“The best part of waking up…………….”
Beer – i can get caffeine from anything.
What a terrible question. Especially considering there’s such a thing as “Espresso Stout”!
beer. a great way to finish the day. or start it.
It’s always beer o’clock somewhere!
At the end of the day its beer for sure!
Crap! that is the HARDEST poll EVER!
Of course you have to start the day off with a hot cup of coffee – freshly roasted on the stove top and finely ground for that perfect cup.
But you HAVE to end the day with a beer! that perfect brew from my favorite pub just around the corner from my house. so I choose BOTH!
This is, like, an impossible choice. The only way I could come to a conclusion is that I *always* take coffee on my adventures, and almost never bring beer. The beer at the end is a wonderful reward, but the coffee is part of the journey.
Now, if you’d thrown whiskey into the mix, I’d be totally unable to choose.
Coffee!
Coffee! Because you can drink/eat it with ice cream and ice cream goes well with liquor. Beer, not so much.
Stout is the best of both worlds.
Wow, tough choices. Beer tastes better, but coffee is my daily fuel. Argh … I was not made for limitations … but, after having the Alltech Bourbon Beer for the first time last week, I think I will go with beer.
I’m just gonna have one more coffee and then head to bed.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…
Coffee, all day.
Coffee. Sing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw
Coffee!
Hot cup o’ coffee in the morning is just as desirable
as a cold beer that eve…It’s all relative, depends on the time of day…unless you’re roadtrippin’ …. then the answer lies solely with beer, of course!
Coffee. The poll didn’t differentiate with or without caffeine, with or without chocolate.
Fun any way!
This is a terribly American discussion. The answer is clearly tea.
beer! of course coffee is amazing, but beer adds to the fun of the adventure
Beer.
I cannot stand coffee, gotta go with Beer.
As a night owl, without coffee to get me through the early mornings, I would never make it.
I love beer but it’s all about the coffee my friend’s : )
The way the day starts dictates how it ends. Coffee is essential to the alpine start!
One is necessary, the other just nice.
Coffee!
Coffee. While almost nothing can replace a beer (see: whiskey) for a post excursion drink, I wouldn’t be able to get through a multi day trip without coffee in the morning.
Avery I.P.A. Is this really a question. Of course there is also the mountain sun Java porter, or the dales pale ale. Mmmm
Uppers and downers make the world go round…
BEER!!!
This made me think long and hard, but I can’t stop thinking of how rewarding a victory beer or six is after a long day of climbing. Beers and dinner in Hidden Valley J-Tree? That will take the prize any day.
Let’s face it caffeine is the lesser of the TWO evils!
There is NO substitute for coffee, but after the third gin and tonic, I forget what that other substance is that I could be drinking
Coffee + schnapps = win
Ah sweet elixir of life, be it my spoon stand up in the cup strong cup of black or homebrewed pale ale in the style of the west coast of these great United States. To choose one would be a biblical sacrifice of top order.
I believe I would have to choose coffee but hold the beans the monkeys eat then poop out.
Beer over coffee, but scotch over beer.
It’s all about how you end the day, not how you start it
Seeing as how I would get nothing accomplished in my life without coffee and when I have beer that goes double, my vote is coffee…
Beer!!! Way back in college someone once told you can exist entirely off of beer without starving to death. Don’t know if I believe it or not but have been doing research for 20 plus years and am yet to starve!
Hot or cold, day or night, straight black or frothed and creamed– the bean provides a the fine line feeling of wide awake relaxation-a focus, to get your outdoor adventure done right.
Beer! A pale ale preferably.
Cold glass of Hefeweizen in raw hands… doesn’t get better!
Coffee… I shake when I have too much and I shake when I don’t have enough.
That is tough, have you ever had a Java Porter?
I went with the coffee, under the premise of if I had to choose just one, otherwise its both!
cerveza
coffee doesnt make the fish you caught bigger, the air you caught higher, or person you shared a tent with prettier. ill’ take a beer
coffee… but of course
These are two of my favorite things in life, but I’m going with coffee. It makes my soul smile.
brew… i guess that could be both tho
Bell’s Java Stout? Might just be the best of both worlds
Beer.
Beer doesn’t give you bad breath, destroy your arteries, is so much more fun and flavorful, is available in so many more colors and flavors; inspires OCTOBERFEST everyear here in Breckenridge…the packaging is so much cooler; all those beautiful artistic labels; the packaging is in fact 100% recyclable; coffee packaging is not! Coffee wires you, beer mellows you….dogs love beer too! When spilled it does not burn the holy crap outta ya, hop plants are sooooo much sexier than coffee bean plants….
xxoo
tom the powderpig!
Beer! Specifically IPAs and Stouts.
Coffee! Nothing beats a cold beer in the afternoon but I cannot function without my caffeine.
Were’s the Question??? Start your succesfull day with an energizing coffee and end it with a refreshing beer!
Beer is the only choice after a long day climbing
Beer because it just makes the end of a ride or a day on the slopes that much better
This is like choosing between two of your kids…but for a nice pair of sunglasses, one of you kids has gotta go!
Thta’s tough! But I agree with your Dad. Nothing beats hiking most of the day and then sitting back with boots off having a cold beer. Preferably still outside with a view…
Hard, hard choice, but beer has to win out.
Sabrina… “Coffee! Because you can drink/eat it with ice cream and ice cream goes well with liquor. Beer, not so much.”…. needs to try a Guiness float!
BEER YOLO
Mr. Casimiro, you have posed the lifeboat scenario. How wicked of you to make us choose between these two. Does one have to choose which child to keep and which one to discard? With that said, coffee would have to be my answer. Sure a beer is great after skiing, biking, climbing, hiking, ect, but good luck getting up to do any of those without coffee to get me out of bed.
beer. not even a question. Coffee is awesome but if I could only have one … it’s the brew.
does this mean i can never have an espresso stout or a coffee porter again?
Beer after a long day of skiing is like liquid gold.
My vote, beer. Only because I’ve never been a fan of coffee
Hello.
As Homer said” Beer..now there is a temporary solution!”
coffee
There was a time I would have said beer, but that time has passed, and now I can’t wait to get up morning and brew that sweet nectar. mmm…mmm “The best part of waking up”
Coffee – Do stupid things faster with more energy!
I’m beer that aspires to be coffee…
But perhaps that’s another case of the grass being greener?
Beer. Nothing is good like an IPA, after a bike ride
I can’t imagine finishing a great mountain bike ride and/or ski tour without a cold, refreshing beer. I could get by with Red Bull in the morning. It would suck a little, but I could do it
I would have voted both if that was an option, but I had to make a choice and went with beer. In the instance that you really need the taste of coffee, you can get a beer for that as well.
Beer. Nothing is good like an IPA after a long hike
Cold beer
What do you want after a long hike, bike, climb, ski, or Monday? Beer, not coffee.
I really really hate to choose. But the only reason I need coffee at all is because I drink to much Beer baby.
Well I’ll wear the glasses
On a terrace
Drinking coffee
Beer and coffee, mixed.
Bier!
COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE
Lets go beer!
Java Porters
Beer
Coffee! Gives me a headache if I don’t drink it, unlike beer when I have too much.
Coffee Stout if you please.
I’m a morning running, so I gotta go with the coffee.
beer beer beer
coffee for sure. never won one yet.
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee I love Coffee
Very TOUGH, indeed!!! I’m drawn to both, but you CAN have beer for breakfast, but can’t wind down with coffee.
Deffinately coffee. only thing that’ll get me up in the morning.
coffee and tea in the morning and cold beer after the day has wound down.
I drink black tea in the morning, and love beer after a long day in the mountains, so beer was the obvious choice. Coffee, as delicious as it is, makes me feel terrible.
Many of us probably have beer to thank for being here….born, conceived or whatever and while I enjoy coffee as much or more than most my skis or bike can generally bring me to the same level of wakefulness pretty damn quick. That said, coffee has never transformed a walking Haddock across the room into the girl of my dreams….
While I like a cold beer now and again, without coffee I do not function.
I started by clicking coffee, then beer, then back to coffee. They are equally delightful in their own way, but I settled on coffee because I can drink coffee every day and my body starts to hate me if I drink too much beer.
Alta Gracia Coffee Porter, please.
Beer
Tough….beer wins after a hard day of climbing.
Beer can be good in the morning…
If only they could mix both…. until then, I’d choose the cool, crisp, bubbly one.
Beer, but really I’ll take both.
Beer – and not just ‘cuz I prefer tea to coffee.
mmmmmm… Beeeeeeer
Beer. No contest.
mmmmm beer….
but I do enjoy coffee too.
Coffe never made a girl pretty at last call.
Burr for the win.
Coffee!
Are you sure you can choose just one??? What a gruesome world, one without coffee; equally so, one without beer! One of the hardest choices I’ve made all day…
Beer all the way.
Beer me!
Day of adventure + evening campfire ÷ nonsense = beer.
A delicious cup of coffee. Yes, please!
coffee!
Tough choice, but I went beer. Can’t beat a few beers around a fire after a day of climbing/biking.
I’m split between beer and coffee. Coffee for mornings is absolutely critical, but beer in the evening is clutch. But less animosity is directed toward beer. I choose BEER!
Love both!!! Love drinking both w good pals!! But beer makes me happier
Coffee is imperative.
No question, it has to be beer.
Coffee gets you started! ! !
Beer flavored with coffee “Surley Bender” but if I have to pick then just beer
Black coffee!
Coffee
Coffee: Caffeine and underage
Gotta have the coffee! It’s good in the morning, and it’s good right before a long bike ride.
Beer, but coffee will always have a place
Both is best the bookend a day perfectly, but to get going you gotta get started, Coffee wins
BEEEEERRRRR!
Coffee is easier to pack, jus’ sayin’.
Coffee, h2o, and beer are really the only things I drink anymore!
Both? Tough choice, but I say coffee…nothing like an early start.
Coffee gets me functioning for the day,
beer takes it away!
I’m not sure if I should be proud, or embarrassed to say just how long it took me to pick only one!! If I can’t have beer there’s always vodka. If I can’t have coffee, no fucking way am I gonna sit around drinking a cup of tea! So, coffee it is! Still, sucks having to pick.
Beer is better.
beeer
coffee yo
coffee until 4pm, beer till bed.
If I had beer, but no coffee, how would I recover from too much beer? And, whiskey is lighter than beer, so I will have whiskey and then coffee.
Def coffee if I had to stick to one for the rest of my life.
Coffee wakes me up, takes care of my headaches, and can even put me to sleep (with enough cold milk blended in). And while it can be costly, it can always be found for free at work or at the express oil change stations. So yes, coffee for me, please.
beer and weed in the evening.
Why don’t you just ask whether I’d rather stomp in the heads of puppies or kittens? The answer is neither.
beers all around!!!!!!
coffee in the am beer in the pm
Coffee or beer? Climbing or fishing? I choose climbing (and coffee!)
Coffee!
Beer, sweet nectar of life.
i love beer… a lot. still i think the harder one to go without would be coffee.
Coffee in the morning says “this could be a good day”. Beer anytime says “this is a good day”. Point for beer.
Beer- I have never enjoyed the flavor of coffee and the caffeine makes me have heart palpitations. I love the complexities of beer- the craft and variations. Beer any day.
Beer is for celebrating a good day outside!
Beer > coffee
Sunglasses!!! I mean, Beer!!!!!
Nobody celebrates the accomplishment of an epic line with a cup of coffee!
this was a hard decision but coffee won out in the end since I drink coffee every day verses a beer every other or so.
Well, I am training for a triathlon and I gave up beer for 6 months. I tried to give up coffee recently and I only lasted about 12 hours. I love my coffee!!!!!
if it was beer or tea, that might have been a question.
Beer, I always choose tea over coffee anyway.
this is a really tough one. i drink coffee every day but beer is so wonderful and there are so many more options. i chose beer, but it was a tough call.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm….Coffee
had to flip a coin because both are awesome
Beer. No doubt.
Beer is more satisfying, but coffee I can’t live without.
beer no coffee no beer no coffee no beer no coffee no beer no coffee
Great poll.
For the rest of your life, it’s beer.
I have dreams about coffee, not beer. Although I do love both…
It’s a tough choice but nothing beats a cold beer after a long ride !!
I hate these kinds of decisions! I can’t handle the stress! I would have to go with beer if forced to choose
Beer for sure. Multiple varieties.
Even though I do enjoy both, I enjoy coffee daily so solely based on usage I’ll have to go with coffee.
coffee. has anti-oxidants. no need for the extra beer—belly.
Just Coffee Coop is the best. Trying out their Dia Del Sol blend this am. My dog’s name is Barley. If it came down to it, biking will energize me, but nothing bets cerveza at the end.
Beer!
9 AM… Coffee
both
coffee until noon and then beer. the best day is when one of them is in you hand at all times
coffee coffee coffee
Beer. I’d rather drink tea than coffee.
Uh….both. Where the hell is that option!?
“Both” completely misses the point.
Both would have been my answer, but if I had to pick, it would be coffee.
I <3 Coffee
I like both, but prefer beer.
Thats a tough one. Feels like giving up one of my own children, but I’ll go with beer.
I love coffee, but if i had to choose only one for the rest of my life. Beer takes the cake
Beer for breakfast
coffee. hands down.
how can you pit one against the other, when one is to start your day, and the other is to end it.
coffee
because coffee does not have an insidiously insipid doppelganger like three-two beer
If I may, these poll results are surprisingly refreshing. I would have thought beer by a landslide.
beer!
Tough choice – but nothing is better than starting or finishing a day around a camp fire with freshly fire-brewed coffee.
beer…i am from wisconsin after all
I even take a beer to class with me, in a McDonalds cup of course, and I’ve found beer just makes half-marathons a lot more fun, though maybe slightly sickening.
On liberty in the Navy we never asked “Wheres the nearest coffee shop”. Beer, Beer wonderful beer!
I had to vote coffee, though it pained me to do so. Oh I love beer, I love it dark and foamy, mysteriously hiding its goodness, I love it see through golden teasing me with its lack of humility, showing me all it has to offer. Oh beer I love thee!!
But – coffee has stolen my soul. It rules over me. Without beer I am sad. Without coffee I cant get out of bed and would quickly loose my job and ability to buy beer.
Damn you Coffee!! Damn you!!!!!!
Beer!
Upper over Downer. Coffee it is.
Beer!! In all kinds and colors.
I am going to go with coffee…what else will help you wake up?
Coffee!
BEER
I make my own beer, but I still choose coffee.
Both if I could…
Beer. No question!
I brew both, I like brewing beer more, but have to go with Coffee.
Life is too short for cheap beer, wine or coffee! But beer is number One!
BEER! I can survive a morning without a coffee but a hot afternoon in a camping chair without a beer? impossible.
Wow, what an impossible question
Beer
Such a hard call. I feel like I’m being asked to choose between two of my own children. I’m going with coffee, but I’m not happy about it.
After a hard day on the trail, or in the mountains, a beer is the only satiating beverage…period!
I love beer so much, but I need coffee everyday.
I won’t abide by any other way of caffeine ingestion, alcohol comes in many forms though.
mmmm coffee
Both smell like rot, but I’d take coffee if I had to.
I think it was Ben Franklin who said, “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”.
Need we say more?
BEER.
I can’t believe I really picked Coffee over Beer…
Well, both actually. Just beer more often than coffee.
I like a beer at the end of the day more than a cup of coffee. Although I do like a good hot drink (non specific) on a cold morning with my bookk.
Honestly I wish I could pick both because I am equally a fan of coffee AND beer. Coffee starts my day and beer ends it so it’s a toss up. I would however I like to point out that I was first introduced to coffee when I was a kid by my Italian grandfather. He would let me take sips of his espresso while he was shooting the breeze with his fellow Italian fishermen buddies. So, if I had to give a slight edge it would be coffee just for my nostalgia and to my heritage.
Beer.
Definitely a trip that I’ve gotten to that point where I would have more difficulty living without coffee than beer. that sucks, but whadaya gonna do? Coffee for me
I love my beer (Chimey Bleue), but I would take coffee over it any day. There is nothing like having a cup of Rwandan (Equal World Coffee) Dark Roast just before a long morning run.
coffee is glorious.
Beer, for sure, because it means that I have done something beforehand to earn it!
this was tough, I love both- but while camping I can drink bad beer, but bad coffee, no way
How about hot chocolate?
COFFEE. PERIOD. but they’re both great!!!
Beer. I start my caffeine fix with diet coke, followed by about a gallon or so of water throughout the day and finally capping it off with some tasty home brew or new craft beer I haven’t tried. To me coffee tastes like burnt tree bark. I’ve even given coffee the benefit of the doubt by trying it in several countries around the world, trying different types of beans, and even in different forms – it still tastes like burnt tree bark. Although, I’ve never eaten burnt tree bark, that’s just the taste image it gives me. Ironically though, I enjoy bitter flavored beer.
Coffee in the morning, beer anytime after lunch
Coffee goes with cycling better than any other beverage besides gatorade
Gotta go with the Java. Its my JetFuel.
Both are critical to my well-being and happiness, but beer is that which is enjoyed after a glorious adventure when the various stories of each adventure are shared, while coffee is enjoyed with the anticipation of an epic adventure (or simple ski day or ride). It’s a close one, but beer wins out.
Beer!
Coffee isn’t necessary when your all hyped up on adrenaline.
Niether.. Just wanted a pair of the best sunglasses of all time, mine are in bad shape after years of use.
Gotta vote for the beer!
After a long day hiking, nothing is better than a beer cooled in a icy creek
Beer can be replaced with wine or whiskey, depending on circumstance, coffee is always the foundation
Beer, sem dúvida!!
Cheers from Brazil
Beer!!! Never liked coffee…
I just closed my eyes and clicked. How could you ACTUALLY pick?!
beer. cools you off on a hot day, warns you up on a cold night.
Beer….then coffee in the morning to cure the hangover
Coffee. A tough call, but the art of making it (at home, or on a campsite) wins for me.
It’s cruel to have to choose!! I can’t survive without coffee so I went with that. I figure I could survive without beer, but my life would be sad… and probably full of substituted margaritas.
Just think what an après ski would be if it didn’t have a nice cold BEER…… It wouldn’t!
Nothing beats a cold beer after a day of hard climbing.
I love beer and coffee equally. But I can’t live without coffee!
Beer for sure. I’ve still never had a cup of coffee and don’t plan to start.
coffee is tasty
Coffee for me.
To quote the inimitable Homer Simpson:
DO…… the stuff… that buys me beer…
RAY….. the guy that sells me beer…
ME…… the guy… who drinks the beer,
FAR….. a long way to get beer…
SO…… I’ll have another beer…
LA…… I’ll have another beer…
TEA….. no thanks, I’m drinking beer…
That will bring us back to…
(Looks into an empty glass)
D’OH!
Beer is great at the end of the day, but coffee will get me up and going for an epic day.
Beer
Like I always say “god gave the working man two gifts…coffee to start him up…beer to shut him down.”
Coffee, can’t beat a good expresso
Hardest question I have had to answer in a long time. I think unwinding with a beer is just better than starting with a coffee, I love doing both, mind you. Beer is clearly the best genre of liquid in the world.
Coffee. Not too long ago my vote would have been for beer, but alas, I’ve developed some sort of allergy to hops. It is a shame, because I really do love beer…but love of coffee has always been on equal footing…so I agree with others who say both, but just not for me.
Just had an expresso stout. YUM!
Coffee wins, but it’s a close race.
Good craft beer is great, but I can only drink it after something or at night and not when I’m going to drive … whereas coffee can be had everyday and many times … My vote, coffee
How do you choose????I guess I would have to go with coffee, but I would never pass on a good beer.
I have never had coffee and rarely drink beer. So this poll was easy!
Beer….Then coffee
Beer me. Any time.
Beer bro. Beeeeer.
beer. end of the day is always better than the start
coffee, mang, cooffeeeeeeee.
beer is better for you
Beer me!
I drink coffee alone, I drink beer with others. Beer.
without beer, I wouldn’t be in this world.
The coffee out here in Costa Rica is insanely good, and the beer here is insanely disgusting, so this year it’s coffee for me por favor
Beer good.
Beer
coffee of coarse, but nothing beats a good espresso-stout…
definitely beer!
both are good coffee in the morning beer at night but had to with the coffee for the vote.
Do I have to choose? I love both coffee and beer and am always looking for better products. If I had to choose I may have to pick coffee as I use it daily, while beer is less frequently.
I’m drinking a beer right now. Cheers!