The Beer Thread

shemptiness wrote:
Find the Best Nearby Cities for Craft Beer and Microbrews With This Tool

this is a very cool site

the lifehacker is just link to https://pudding.cool/2017/04/beer/
very cool "Visual Essays" on random stuff that he can use data sets to explain what actually happens not what the actual quality is
Crowdsourcing the Definition of "Punk"

Classic line..
I?m reducing its definition to what a broad, young, digital audience thinks it entails, ignoring whatever historians, music critics, or Wikipedia believe.

BrewDog Gives Its Staff A Week?s Paid ?Pawternity? Leave

come on 'merica, the Scotts are making us look bad

just wrote:
BrewDog Gives Its Staff A Week?s Paid ?Pawternity? Leave

come on 'merica, the Scotts are making us look bad

I'm an animal loving vegetarian, but it's disgusting how some people put animals on the same level as children.

Space wrote:
I'm an animal tolerant vegetarian, but it's disgusting how some people put animals on the same level as children.

EDITED slightly, but agree 100%.

I lost a friendship a few years back when someone said "I would swerve and hit another car before I hit a dog in the road" and I could not keep my disgust off my face or shut my mouth when called out on it.

Some folks certainly go overboard with their pets but I think that's a great idea.

The mutternity, that is.

sweetcell wrote:
WF foggy bottom has sip of sunshine on tap.  it may or may not be amazing, because i may or may not have had some with lunch.

Good to know!

https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-purchase-wicked-weed-brewing


Looks like we all have to hate wicked weed now.

i am not sure . . . is that a "ugh, fuck" story line, or a "nice, i can finally get all their stuff now" storyline.  i tend, to favor the former.

herman wrote:
i am not sure . . . is that a "ugh, fuck" story line, or a "nice, i can finally get all their stuff now" storyline.  i tend, to favor the former.

herman, it's very admirable of you to come back and face your demons as well as owning up to your old idenity… unlike some legends who return and try to act like they're some random new boardie that just stumbled upon the forum.

Re: your question above, most people will probably say ,"ugh, fuck." Also, WW is already pretty easy to find through the DMV area.

even though i don't drink, i will have some excellent beer now and again.  i worshipped wicked weed when i was in NC last time and found a town where nice restaurants served it, beer stores had shelves of it, and the things i tasted were incredible.  but lately, i tried a couple of things, like napoleon complex and French toast and freak of nature . . . which i thought were ok.

Yada wrote:
herman, it's very admirable of you to come back and face your demons as well as owning up to your old idenity… unlike some legends who return and try to act like they're some random new boardie that just stumbled upon the forum.

To be fair, if Walkie was trying to conceal his identity, how long do you think that'd work? He's pretty distinct. I feel we'd know within 10 posts.

Yada wrote:
https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-purchase-wicked-weed-brewing


Looks like we all have to hate wicked weed now.

Considering that the current taps at the Red Porch err Bud Light Loft are all InBev, maybe this means we?ll see some Garçon De Ferme on tap at Nats Park soon #wishfulthinking

I had some Bell's Mars which apparently is the one thing in that planet series that Bell's decided to re-release (or so I'm told) and that is Goooooooooood.

Yada wrote:
https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-purchase-wicked-weed-brewing


Looks like we all have to hate wicked weed now.

herman wrote:
i am not sure . . . is that a "ugh, fuck" story line, or a "nice, i can finally get all their stuff now" storyline.  i tend, to favor the former.

this definitely gets an "ugh, fuck" from me.

even if (and it's a big if) the quality of WW's beer remains the same, AB has just acquired another marquis "craft" brand.  they now have more ammo for muscling out all other craft beer brands.  they can strongly incentivize and/or force retailers to carry only AB products - "you don't need those other small craft breweries, we have WW!  and GI, and Elysian, and…  plus, we'll give you a discount on Bud Light if you take that other independent beer off your shelves…"  the little guy can't compete with that.

craft beer is paying the price for its popularity.  it was gaining market share, the giants were losing, this is how they're fighting back… it was inevitable.

dollars-to-doughnuts that in 13 months, the Dickinson brothers will be moving on to "another project."  it's scripted at this point: upon sale to Big Beer, the founders of the purchased brewery claim that this deal is the best thing ever, it will open new doors for their company, and OF COURSE they will stay on because they believe in this sale and the future of the brewery.  and just a little over a year after the sale, they skip away because sticking around for 12 months was all they were contractually bound to. 

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
herman, it's very admirable of you to come back and face your demons as well as owning up to your old idenity… unlike some legends who return and try to act like they're some random new boardie that just stumbled upon the forum.

To be fair, if Walkie was trying to conceal his identity, how long do you think that'd work? He's pretty distinct. I feel we'd know within 10 posts.

Oh I agree… just like I knew killsally was back after approximately one post.

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-purchase-wicked-weed-brewing


Looks like we all have to hate wicked weed now.

herman wrote:
i am not sure . . . is that a "ugh, fuck" story line, or a "nice, i can finally get all their stuff now" storyline.  i tend, to favor the former.

this definitely gets an "ugh, fuck" from me.

even if (and it's a big if) the quality of WW's beer remains the same, AB has just acquired another marquis "craft" brand.  they now have more ammo for muscling out all other craft beer brands.  they can strongly incentivize and/or force retailers to carry only AB products - "you don't need those other small craft breweries, we have WW!  and GI, and Elysian, and…  plus, we'll give you a discount on Bud Light if you take that other independent beer off your shelves…"  the little guy can't compete with that.

craft beer is paying the price for its popularity.  it was gaining market share, the giants were losing, this is how they're fighting back… it was inevitable.

dollars-to-doughnuts that in 13 months, the Dickinson brothers will be moving on to "another project."  it's scripted at this point: upon sale to Big Beer, the founders of the purchased brewery claim that this deal is the best thing ever, it will open new doors for their company, and OF COURSE they will stay on because they believe in this sale and the future of the brewery.  and just a little over a year after the sale, they skip away because sticking around for 12 months was all they were contractually bound to. 

I think I've made this post somewhere in this here thread at some point, but the easiest solution is to just not buy beer at local stores. Other than High Life/Rolling Rock, I can't really recall the last time I purchased beer at a market. I try to buy direct from the source if at all possible.

Yada wrote:

Julian, wrote:

Yada wrote:
herman, it's very admirable of you to come back and face your demons as well as owning up to your old idenity… unlike some legends who return and try to act like they're some random new boardie that just stumbled upon the forum.

To be fair, if Walkie was trying to conceal his identity, how long do you think that'd work? He's pretty distinct. I feel we'd know within 10 posts.

Oh I agree… just like I knew killsally was back after approximately one post.

Yeah, agreed. It'd require a Julian-esque level of intelligence, wit, commitment, and pure boarding skill to carry off a duplicitious, concealed account for a long period of time. The average boardie – hell, the average Hall of Fame boardie – just simply doesn't have the goods.

Yada wrote:
I try to buy direct from the source if at all possible.

while I try when I can, that is seriously a difficult thing to do for the average beer nerd
While some seriously good options exist in the DMV area, doing a 90 min round trip to get 3 crowlers is not really an option for a Working/Family man


But with that said, I'm glad there are shops like Dominion Wine and Beer and the Arlington Brew shop with drive-able access to get some fresh tasty suds (both also get great rotating stuff on their growler lines too)

Yada wrote:
https://www.brewbound.com/news/anheuser-busch-purchase-wicked-weed-brewing


Looks like we all have to hate wicked weed now.

I only got to wear my t-shirt once. $20 for one wear. That's as bad a value as their overrated sours.