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Dr. Light posted:I recently had a brown IPA, and it was really good (Columbus Ohio's Seventh Son brewery's 'Mr. Owl' if you're in the region). It was pretty aggressively hopped, but with a darker roasted malt. Good combination of flavors, kind of like citrus in chocolate. Not to mention, imperial brown ales aren't anything particularly new. http://www.beeradvocate.com/search/?q=imperial+brown+ale
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DrBouvenstein posted:I have to imagine they came up with the name first, and then weren't able to get space in Burlington and so ended up in Williston. That's exactly what happened. I bartend at the big pizza and beer place down the road (which makes me an impromptu VT beer tour guide for out of towners) and it's always fun explaining where the brewery is. I think even their crazier sounding beers are pretty mild tasting compared to some other stuff you'll come across. I'm partial to Summerfield and Peasant Bread, but It's Complicated Being a Wizard sounds delicious despite being named after the worst Portugal, the Man album. As far as beer style names, it's kind of a necessary evil. Sprocketbier isn't going to win any awards for being a great traditional kolsch, but the average educated beer drinker knows what a black beer is like. They know what a rye beer is like, what a kolsch is like and therefor can make a reasonable guess at what a black rye kolsch will taste like. So it's a marketing thing. Imperial Brown IPA is much more straight forward. Brown IPA is an established style and that's just the Imperial version. martinlutherbling has a new favorite as of 18:45 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Jan 12, 2015 18:35
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New bag for work/fun.
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Jan 12, 2015 18:40
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Scarf posted:What the hell is an imperial brown ipa? Why are you against minorities making beer?
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Jan 12, 2015 18:42
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colas posted:
I love craft beer, lambics, mead and weird brews, but Midas Touch is gross.
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Jan 12, 2015 18:46
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1redflag posted:I love craft beer, lambics, mead and weird brews, but Midas Touch is gross. I'm really not a big fan of anything Dogfish Head does to be honest. I do appreciate them for really jumpstarting microbrews in the east coast though.
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Jan 12, 2015 18:48
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colas posted:
If by normal you mean "to style," then yeah, that's what I'm going for. I've been in flavor overload the past year or two. I don't want overly hopped, overly alcoholic, overly malty mashups anymore. I want good beer brewed to style. And speaking of which, for content:  Sierra's 2015 Bigfoot barleywine is amazing and you should drink lots of it. Grabbed a pack on Saturday.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:01
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dreesemonkey posted:I bought 2 mugs in support of a particularly good youtube series I enjoy a whole lot. At this point why not just build a car from scratch instead of buying one and chopping just about all of it off?
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Jan 12, 2015 19:04
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Because what they're doing is actually more difficult and therefore cooler.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:09
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As the good Dr Grant said, "Where's the fun in that?"
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Jan 12, 2015 19:11
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Scarf posted:I don't want overly hopped, overly alcoholic, overly malty mashups anymore. I want good beer brewed to style. This is what probably 3/4 of craft beer is nowadays. They make a poo poo beer, and they try to cover it up by adding a ton of hops and give it a name with a pun in it.
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kannonfodder posted:This is what probably 3/4 of craft beer is nowadays. They make a poo poo beer, and they try to cover it up by adding a ton of hops and give it a name with a pun in it. People like different things!?
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Jan 12, 2015 19:12
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No, there's a difference between making a good, hoppy beer, and making a bad beer and trying to hide it with hop taste.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:13
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kannonfodder posted:No, there's a difference between making a good, hoppy beer, and making a bad beer and trying to hide it with hop taste. I can't agree with this more. I don't mind hoppy beer, but when I go out and the menu basically just seems to be a list of hoppy drinks trying to out-hops one another, it gets annoying. "Oh hey something new on the menu, oh it's 'Uncle Hoppy's Hop-head Hop-gasm with Extra Hops', gently caress."
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Jan 12, 2015 19:23
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Toronto has the same problem it's all double IPA at 9-11% jesus guys I don't WANT all that hop.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:31
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A friend rented a party bus on Saturday and we went up to Baltimore to take a tour of the Union Craft brewery. My purchase was their oatmeal stout called Snowpants. I enjoyed it but that was at like 2 PM so it was already my fourth beer and I'd have a hard time recalling the difference between every other oatmeal stout I've had. When it comes to 10% double IPA's I'm not always a fan of the taste but I find it's less wasteful to come home from work and grab a Domion Double-D IPA and be done with it rather than going through two of a regular 5% beer. I'm trying to watch my girlish figure. My purchase today was almost $200 worth of sink/shower fixtures because I've been telling myself things are "good enough" as they slowly sink into disrepair, but the girlfriend is having guests over this weekend and leaky faucets with crusty showerheads will not stand. Brushed nickel for everyone! davebo has a new favorite as of 19:39 on Jan 12, 2015 |
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Dewgy posted:I can't agree with this more. I don't mind hoppy beer, but when I go out and the menu basically just seems to be a list of hoppy drinks trying to out-hops one another, it gets annoying. "Oh hey something new on the menu, oh it's 'Uncle Hoppy's Hop-head Hop-gasm with Extra Hops', gently caress." Then don't order it? I just don't understand how something is annoying that I wouldn't buy.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:38
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davebo posted:Union Craft brewery Welcome to my city and it's great beer! Did you hit up Heavy Seas too?
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Pukestain Pal posted:Welcome to my city and it's great beer! Did you hit up Heavy Seas too? Well thanks. I mean I've lived in Maryland my entire life so it's not like I was new to Baltimore, but Union started in 2011 I think so I had never been there. We did go to the Heavy Seas restaurant afterwards and I had a delicious Cuban sandwich with fries and I don't even remember which beer because I've had most of theirs at some point and I was pretty drunk by then.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:41
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I just went on a big model building shopping spree. Ten needle files of various shapes and sizes, two jars of plastic weld, two rattlecans of primer, three 100ml rattlecans of Tamiya gunmetal paint, and a box of alligator clips. The local model store (and the only one in the state) is going under, and they're doing a fire sale of their inventory. That was all under thirty bucks, which is pretty astounding, but it still sucks that now I need to resort to Amazon in the future.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:42
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davebo posted:Well thanks. I mean I've lived in Maryland my entire life so it's not like I was new to Baltimore, but Union started in 2011 I think so I had never been there. We did go to the Heavy Seas restaurant afterwards and I had a delicious Cuban sandwich with fries and I don't even remember which beer because I've had most of theirs at some point and I was pretty drunk by then. Plank III is out this year, and it's fantastic.
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Jan 12, 2015 19:47
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Probably the best piece of knitwear I'll ever own. It weighs about 2kg.  And a phone. 
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Jan 12, 2015 19:49
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Bape Culture posted:Probably the best piece of knitwear I'll ever own. It weighs about 2kg. At 215 I'm glad you didn't include a link!
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Jan 12, 2015 20:23
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colas posted:
I love this beer. I had it for the first time at a co-workers house about 2 years ago.
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Jan 12, 2015 20:27
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Daimo posted:At 215 I'm glad you didn't include a link! As a Dane I kind feel like defending that price.  It's a lot of money, but not if you look at it over the lifetime of the sweater. You can wear their stuff until it goes out of style and then comes back into style without wearing it out.
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Jan 12, 2015 21:54
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Pukestain Pal posted:Then don't order it? I just don't understand how something is annoying that I wouldn't buy. My local bar is a brewery and their rotational is 9/10 hoppy bullshit when I know they make other, better beers. Makes it feel like wasted space. Why get defensive over the hops arms race? It seriously is the worst part of craft brewing.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:02
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I've mostly been getting rid of stuff as I just graduated with my MA and could potentially move across country/the world, but there are a few things I've bought over the last month: I picked this up during a sale because I've been using borrowed gear and really needed my own guitar:  And because I can't resist shiny gadgets with gorgeous screens:  I also got a glass screen protector but that's not really exciting. Oh I guess I also recently purchased my MA, though I haven't exactly paid that one off yet. 
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Pondex posted:As a Dane I kind feel like defending that price. This will never go out of style because it'll never be in.
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Jan 12, 2015 22:24
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Digital_Jesus posted:New bag for work/fun. Hope that's not a Saddleback
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Jan 12, 2015 22:27
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:This will never go out of style because it'll never be in. 
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Jan 12, 2015 22:32
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 Got a Fitbit Charge HR now that they're out, except in Black. Hopefully throwing money at a New Year's Resolution means I'll stick with it!
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Jan 12, 2015 22:38
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Bought this ugly thing today. Man, that faux "rock" poo poo is ugly.
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Bottom Liner posted:Hope that's not a Saddleback What's wrong with Saddleback? I don't own one but I was under the impression they were good.
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ddiddles posted:For actual content, I just bought this cause I'm...dumb... I have this, it's great. Amazon was charging double the price of other retailers when I bought it though (Canada).
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Jan 12, 2015 22:55
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PleasusChrist posted:Bought this ugly thing today. Man, that faux "rock" poo poo is ugly. Nah, the faux rock works with the style. It's the arrowslit windows that ruin it to me.
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Jan 12, 2015 23:10
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PCOS Bill posted:Nah, the faux rock works with the style. It's the arrowslit windows that ruin it to me. It's okay. The faux rock, and the windows, and the screen monstrosity, and the "landscaping," and the kitchen, and the bathrooms will all be gone very soon.
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Jan 12, 2015 23:25
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 25th anniversary edition of the Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Includes a DVD with band interviews (Jello Biafra did not participate). Punk isn't usually my genre of choice, but I liked this album.
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Jan 12, 2015 23:31
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Dewgy posted:My local bar is a brewery and their rotational is 9/10 hoppy bullshit when I know they make other, better beers. Makes it feel like wasted space. Why get defensive over the hops arms race? It seriously is the worst part of craft brewing. Seconding this, I hate going into a place that has 30 or 40 taps and 20 or 30 of them are some form of IPA or some other beer that tastes like of the contents of a ball point pen.
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:This will never go out of style because it'll never be in. Dang, son.
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PleasusChrist posted:It's okay. The faux rock, and the windows, and the screen monstrosity, and the "landscaping," and the kitchen, and the bathrooms will all be gone very soon. Lucky, I could only afford a 1970s condo and thought "well eventually they'll renovate the common areas" but no 10 years later is still looks like an English castle (Tudor style with asbestos in the stucco, yay!). UnfortunateSexFart has a new favorite as of 23:38 on Feb 11, 2015 |
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