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Yep. Well balanced ipas have been around for years for good reason. Deuchars has this lovely tannin like flavour, reminds me of tea, and it's only something like 3.5% so you can drink it all afternoon
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Sagebrush posted:i've always liked Alexander Keith's IPA, which is a mass-market beer that's been around in canada forever ("gimme a keets") and doesn't taste anything like a modern hop nuclear ipa. it's old enough that the cans still have a little explanation on the back of what an india pale ale is e: i mean i'm glad you like it and all but i also feel bad that you probably pay extra for it as a "premium" oop compared to anything closer to you
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Oct 23, 2017 18:44
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every mass market brewery is a piss trash brewery that only makes terrible beer that no one drinks. everyone knows this. it's especially piss trash if they're located in your hometown how they stay in business is a mystery 
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Oct 23, 2017 18:51
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keith's is fine i've had some truly awful beers from china, greece, thailand, and other places of similar renown, and keith's is nothing like those
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Oct 23, 2017 18:53
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yeah my main point is just that keith's is the worst beer in that city. might be better than others, but it's relatively bad
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Oct 23, 2017 18:55
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i don't really get why people feel the need to point that out, though it's the same as like, people telling you taco bell "isn't real mexican" food. like do you think i go to there because i want to have an exotic dining experience? because i miss my trip to michoacan and i want to feel like i'm back in latin america? because i believe the 15 year old in the back is a master chef? or just because it's designed to be inoffensive and appealing and that's what i'm in the mood for?
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Oct 23, 2017 19:04
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i liked the ipa fad in 2008 when it meant bars at home started selling sierra nevada, but have literally noticed no improvement in the nine years since
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Oct 23, 2017 19:10
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:i liked the ipa fad in 2008 when it meant bars at home started selling sierra nevada, but have literally noticed no improvement in the nine years since Their Torpedo IPA is real nice.
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Oct 23, 2017 19:10
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Sagebrush posted:i don't really get why people feel the need to point that out, though keith's is a bit of a special example to me because it's marketed as being NOVA SCOTIA BREWERY and being one of north america's oldest brewers. well halifax has lots of breweries and if you like beer maybe it's good to know and act on that. that's a factor that isn't present in coors or rickards or w/e
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Oct 23, 2017 19:10
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if i waxed poetic about really enjoying a crisp refreshing sam adams i'm sure i'd get some boston yosposer telling me i'm a basic bitch and they'd probably be right to do so and if i really meant it their comments wouldn't affect my enjoyment anyway
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Oct 23, 2017 19:13
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Kenny Logins posted:if i waxed poetic about really enjoying a crisp refreshing sam adams i'm sure i'd get some boston yosposer telling me i'm a basic bitch and they'd probably be right to do so and if i really meant it their comments wouldn't affect my enjoyment anyway Except that their noble pils is really good though, actually?
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Oct 23, 2017 19:14
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easy to be snobbish about the boston beer company, but they were trailblazers and still make good beer. the average microbrewer can only hope to walk the line between decent quality and affordable mass production as well
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Oct 23, 2017 19:19
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i'll have a samuel jackson
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Oct 23, 2017 19:23
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Kenny Logins posted:yeah my main point is just that keith's is the worst beer in that city. might be better than others, but it's relatively bad you spelled Oland wrong
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Oct 23, 2017 19:45
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OldAlias posted:you spelled Oland wrong apparently keith's is brewed at olands brewery as well so close enough
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Oct 23, 2017 19:48
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Allagash is prob the best of Maine's larger brewers.
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Oct 23, 2017 19:52
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the old maine brew i've had is sea dog/shipyard and sebago and they were all peachy
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Oct 23, 2017 19:54
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sebagos not bad and they got a place right next to my work. not really a fan of shipyard but people love that pumpkin head
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Oct 23, 2017 20:02
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i only really drank sea dogs at their brewpubs in bangor and scarborough. sebago has one in scarborough though too, among other good dining options (portland pie, etc)
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Oct 23, 2017 20:06
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Shaggar posted:sebagos not bad and they got a place right next to my work. not really a fan of shipyard but people love that pumpkin head red hook is way better than shipyard
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Oct 23, 2017 20:13
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Captain Foo posted:red hook is way better than shipyard the Portsmouth brewery in old Portsmouth is also good but wasn't particularly great, similar to sea dog for me
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Oct 23, 2017 20:16
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that's one thing i miss about the  dollar being at par, was the trips down to new england and all the delicious beers
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Oct 23, 2017 20:17
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Kenny Logins posted:i only really drank sea dogs at their brewpubs in bangor and scarborough. sebago has one in scarborough though too, among other good dining options (portland pie, etc) that's the one near my work. i was gonna say its kind of a lovely area for food but that's really in comparison with Portland proper which has so much good poo poo.
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Oct 23, 2017 20:18
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Kenny Logins posted:I've had red hook, and it's good, but that was in Portsmouth NH (via cafe nostimo) and I thought it was based there. yeah it is, i thought that's where shipyard was too maybe i was wrong lomarf
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Cybernetic Vermin posted:easy to be snobbish about the boston beer company, but they were trailblazers and still make good beer. the average microbrewer can only hope to walk the line between decent quality and affordable mass production as well agreed
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Oct 23, 2017 20:23
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sam adams is good, wish they had never jumped on the ipa hop train and just kept to what they do well
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Devonaut posted:sam adams is good, wish they had never jumped on the ipa hop train and just kept to what they do well it's not like they stopped making other beers or that their normal beers got worse. ipas are probably the smallest percentage of their portfolio by style. i'm not sure what bars you guys are going too where there are only these crazy super hoppy beers. most of those don't see actual distribution. most beer bars i've been too lately have a well rounded out selection of ipas/pale ales, lagers, stouts/porters, and hopefully a couple of sours. if you're at a normal bar most likely they probably just have whatever normal MBC products plus a few of the MBC owned craft brands their distributor carries.
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Oct 23, 2017 23:36
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Oct 24, 2017 00:27
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Cat Face Joe posted:im fine with lagers being the next hot poo poo. i used to be big on super strong stuff like scotch ales and old/strong ales but they've become almost undrinkable lately. i had some blue moon seasonal last week and it was ultra good so who knows maybe im dying went out of my way to buy a deece lager other day coz tbh i probably couldn’t tell you what was what. it was ok. APA is my drug of choice
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Drinkin brandy after beers at Mexican Restaurant because struct 16_bit_ethernet_message_thing{ unsigned int first_part : 5; unsigned int last_part : 10; }; made my brain shits its pants for half the day.
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Oct 24, 2017 02:09
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anyone in to sake? i used to think it was pretty poo poo then i did a pairing at a very nice joint (sho in stockholm i highly recommend it). one of them was so delicate it was like drinking coconut water. now i'm trying to learn more. my conclusion is that unlike most poo poo spending more actually gets you a superior product.
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Oct 24, 2017 04:07
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coconut water that gets you drunk. what's the problem
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Oct 24, 2017 04:19
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gently caress hot sake is all i have to say
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Oct 24, 2017 04:28
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JewKiller 3000 posted:gently caress hot sake is all i have to say i'm for it
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Oct 24, 2017 04:38
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warm sake is the best sake.
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Oct 24, 2017 04:45
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warm alcohol that isn't a hot toddy can get hosed
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warm toddies are good, too.
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JewKiller 3000 posted:gently caress hot sake is all i have to say wronghaver itt hot sake owns bones when it's cold outside but use the OK stuff, not the good stuff (sho chiku bai, make it hot pls)
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why would it be cold outside, bay aryan supremacy
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