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Cybernetic Vermin posted:wine tastings with people who know their poo poo is awesome, to the point where i actually don't really consider it in the same category as other drinking, despite getting drunk off my rear end on the regular by going to such tastings how would you classify "knowing your poo poo"? this guy definitely told us stuff that i didn't know before or properly understand, which i guess counts it was also mostly not in English but he kept on occasionally switching to English for my benefit (but i understood the other language) so this was decidedly confusing but i actually got it all. harder to remember stuff in another language tho
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god drat ive just missed 2 snipes in a row
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:white port is a gift from god ive never heard of such a thing
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graph posted:ive never heard of such a thing it might be one of those things they can't actually call port because port is strictly defined and a protected term etc etc but it is definitely a thing and can be pretty tasty my favorite liquor store does awesome free tastings, one of the best is their yearly port and stout tasting, had some white port at the last one. also got to taste a port from 1967 ![]()
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graph posted:ive never heard of such a thing i hadn't either until my boss brought me back a bottle from his trip to Portugal blew my loving mind.
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Mr SuperAwesome posted:how would you classify "knowing your poo poo"? this guy definitely told us stuff that i didn't know before or properly understand, which i guess counts i mean, i am in (affordable and quite good) wine country here myself despite not being hugely knowledgeable on wine. the pattern here tends to be someone intimately familiar with the wines and farm, who is also a huge drunkard, drinking along with you and having extensive discussions on the specific terroir and how the guys owning the next farm over are shitheads. which is *huge* fun, but i suspect that as long as the person can sort of casually throw out smells, tastes, and random facts, which are all plausible, it is a fun experience
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more like #dranksgiving amirite ![]()
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Chris Knight posted:more like #dranksgiving amirite i am drinking cranberry wine from muskoka winery
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we got gifted the new blade runner 2049 whiskey and also the statesman bourbon from the new Kingsmen movie. the bourbon is actually really nice, the 2049 whiskey is very black label and too peaty for me.
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got that roast cooking tonight boys, gonna get some delicious beer flowing
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that beer has more things in it that aren't beer than it does beer ![]()
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reinheitsgebot. it is the law.
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it actually isn't the law anymore, not even in bavaria. but it does lead to proper beer
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JewKiller 3000 posted:it actually isn't the law anymore, not even in bavaria. but it does lead to proper beer the bavarian reinheitsgebot from 1516 omits yeast, so technically it doesn't lead to beer at all. it is correct in prohibiting wheat as an ingredient, however, because weizen is bad.
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5% seems high for a gose
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Babies Getting Rabies posted:the bavarian reinheitsgebot from 1516 omits yeast, so technically it doesn't lead to beer at all. it is correct in prohibiting wheat as an ingredient, however, because weizen is bad. well they could have used wild yeast, and not considered it an ingredient? even though i know they didn't a nice hefeweizen on a hot day is great, maybe not a 6 pack of em though
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is there a resource that is about the different kinds of beers, but from a sense thats actually interesting to drinkers of beer, rather than producers of beer. like I just read someone said IPA was invented because they needed tons of hops to make the beer last the boat trip from england india. idk if tat is true but thats actually an interesting piece of beer information. i want more of those
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echinopsis posted:is there a resource that is about the different kinds of beers, but from a sense thats actually interesting to drinkers of beer, rather than producers of beer. there is a book called "beer is proof god loves us" that at one point was free for amazon prime subscribers. idk if it still is..
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echinopsis posted:is there a resource that is about the different kinds of beers, but from a sense thats actually interesting to drinkers of beer, rather than producers of beer. i'm medium sure that's not actually true. i used to be really into beer, but i don't remember that much now ![]()
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Kuvo posted:current drink status ![]()
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echinopsis posted:is there a resource that is about the different kinds of beers, but from a sense thats actually interesting to drinkers of beer, rather than producers of beer. The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth is a fairly standard recommendation. It is not meant to be read front to back (although you certainly can) but rather flip to whatever section you are currently interested in. It's basically a beer encyclopedia that starts with the history of beer and brewing, then goes through all the different styles of beer with historical anecdotes about specific beers/breweries, then how to enjoy/store/pair beer, etc. https://www.amazon.com/Beer-Bible-Jeff-Alworth/dp/0761168117
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graph posted:5% seems high for a gose nah
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Kuvo posted:current drink status Pro tier single, the distillery is worth a visit if you're ever in Scotland Babies Getting Rabies posted:because weizen is bad.
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currently drinking: tito's vodka which i think of as "tito santana's vodka" because i am a mental child
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wild turkey 101 here, since the local shop started carrying it again. what a great bottle for the price
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Kenny Logins posted:wild turkey 101 here, since the local shop started carrying it again. what a great bottle for the price last time i tried to drink wild turkey, i almost threw up at the smell of it (because i had drunk something like fifteen shots in rapid succession one time in college, and it did not go well for me)
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prefect posted:last time i tried to drink wild turkey, i almost threw up at the smell of it
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balvenie doublewood or booker's tonight, friends?
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Glans Dillzig posted:balvenie doublewood or booker's tonight, friends?
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Kenny Logins posted:101 is much better than the normal stuff but probably not different enough for your purposes also on my never-drink-again list: sambuca ![]()
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prefect posted:also on my never-drink-again list: sambuca
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prefect posted:also on my never-drink-again list: sambuca Same but malibu
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Lyon posted:The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth is a fairly standard recommendation. It is not meant to be read front to back (although you certainly can) but rather flip to whatever section you are currently interested in. It's basically a beer encyclopedia that starts with the history of beer and brewing, then goes through all the different styles of beer with historical anecdotes about specific beers/breweries, then how to enjoy/store/pair beer, etc. kindle version is only $1.13, neato
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prefect posted:last time i tried to drink wild turkey, i almost threw up at the smell of it same but Christian Brothers
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prefect posted:also on my never-drink-again list: sambuca same but all alcohol because it's a scourge
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the tendency to divide the world into good/evil categories, where a good thing can only be good and never do wrong, and an evil thing can never be good and there's zero nuance, is a psychological aberration called "splitting"
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Sagebrush posted:the tendency to divide the world into good/evil categories, where a good thing can only be good and never do wrong, and an evil thing can never be good and there's zero nuance, is a psychological aberration called "splitting" alternatively, you could call it "manicheanism", which has more syllables ![]()
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 08:21 |
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look at the big brain on woodhouse!
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