i think the beard's a great look for 'reke. as someone who's maintained a full beard since i was 18, i certainly prefer it to the goatee. i wish the goatee would vanish from the planet altogether. while i'm rarely one to comment on style or trend, i find goatees to be terribly outdated...
edit: and i apologize to all those goat-sporting kf.com members out there. it's just the way i feel...