yospos drinking thread: post ur poison

whats ur poison
	beer (american piss)
	beer (hipster craft poo poo)
	beer (german wheat beer)
	beer (blonde)
	beer (brown (belgian)
	white wine
	red wine
	whiskey
	vodka
	other liquor
	my tears after a long day of programming
	piss
	water
	gas

SO DEMANDING: Dec 27, 2003

my bitter bi rival posted:

i think kbs is very good but the hype around it is so high it will invariably let you down a little.

i suspect several years ago it deserved that hype but these days there are aprox. 9284579387456*10^999 barrel aged stouts heavy on the coffee and chocolate flavors, and i've definitely had some on par with the KBS but more readily available and less expensive

gently caress if i can remember what beers those were exactly. todo: sign up for untapped or ratebeer or some poo poo, i need a goddamn database to keep track of everything

# ? Jul 29, 2018 00:38

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# ? May 20, 2024 01:24

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

SO DEMANDING posted:

i suspect several years ago it deserved that hype but these days there are aprox. 9284579387456*10^999 barrel aged stouts heavy on the coffee and chocolate flavors, and i've definitely had some on par with the KBS but more readily available and less expensive

gently caress if i can remember what beers those were exactly. todo: sign up for untapped or ratebeer or some poo poo, i need a goddamn database to keep track of everything

yeah thats true too. thats actually very similar to how i feel about pliny these days.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 00:45

Devonaut: Jul 10, 2001; Devoted Astronaut

I still have a few older bottles of KBS unopened in my fridge. It's reached a weird kind of nash equilibrium where they are too good to open, but not good enough to drink.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 02:11

Share Bear: Apr 27, 2004

i miss the �everyones making a barleywine� microbrew days

brooklyn and harpoon made REALLY good ones and they dont anymore

# ? Jul 29, 2018 02:36

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

two buds light

# ? Jul 29, 2018 04:14

Bouillon Rube: Aug 6, 2009

Picked up a bottle of Old Grandad 114 tonight. It�s been a while but it still does the job

# ? Jul 29, 2018 04:48

Kuvo: Oct 27, 2008; Blame it on the misfortune of your bark!; Fun Shoe

these are hard to find in CA so i am happy

# ? Jul 29, 2018 05:57

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

vinho verde

# ? Jul 29, 2018 07:19

Lyon: Apr 17, 2003

my bitter bi rival posted:

thinking about becmoing a beer cellar guy

don't, it's a path filled with shame and regret.

my bitter bi rival posted:

i think kbs is very good but the hype around it is so high it will invariably let you down a little.

SO DEMANDING posted:

i suspect several years ago it deserved that hype but these days there are aprox. 9284579387456*10^999 barrel aged stouts heavy on the coffee and chocolate flavors, and i've definitely had some on par with the KBS but more readily available and less expensive

gently caress if i can remember what beers those were exactly. todo: sign up for untapped or ratebeer or some poo poo, i need a goddamn database to keep track of everything

my bitter bi rival posted:

yeah thats true too. thats actually very similar to how i feel about pliny these days.

these are all correct. 5-10 years ago Founders KBS, Goose Island BCBS, Pliny the Elder, Heady Topper, every other famous beer, etc were all amazingly unique and high quality. now there are so many breweries making so much great beer that you can find plenty of beers that are just as good or better all over the country. i still drink these beers almost 100% of the time if they are available but i don't waste any effort or money trying to find and secure them.

the only brewery i like making the pilgrimage too is hill farmstead in vermont. usually make a long weekend out of it and hit four or five of the best breweries in the world in massachussets and vermont + do lots of hiking. i always buy way more beer than i can possibly drink though.

there's a full blown beer thread if you want to commit to the next level of beer geekdom but be warned most of them are sort of through the looking glass. they're all at step 12 in this fairly accurate representation of the stages in the hobby of craft beer (list stolen from said thread).

Whoa, there's something other than Budweiser? (NOTE: This step may not actually exist anymore. I'm not sure anyone coming into drinking age today is surprised by "craft" beer anymore...)
Discovering 9%+ ABV beers, which leads to...
A fascination with "extreme" beers, either via ABV, how loving black something is, or how bitter (again, that last one might be dead in the post IBU Wars Era)
BARREL AGED BEERS?! Which leads to...
Holy poo poo, I can age this? Time to start a cellar!
"Sours" are gros- wait. This is tasty!
So there's this bottle release on Saturday...
Packing and receiving boxes.
The Lambic Hole
Oh God, what have I done?
Drink your first pilsner in 6 years... and love it.
Better-than-thou statements about how inexpensive shelf beers are better than anything else ever brewed.

# ? Jul 29, 2018 07:28

Qtotonibudinibudet: Nov 7, 2011; Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

mods plz rename this thread "the lambic hole"

# ? Jul 29, 2018 09:57

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

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# ? Jul 29, 2018 10:35

Bulgakov: Mar 8, 2009; рукописи не горят

load hacking tools . . . ☑️

# ? Jul 29, 2018 11:04

Stringent: Dec 22, 2004; image text goes here

OldAlias posted:

vinho verde

# ? Jul 30, 2018 01:57

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

the best new trend is delicious ~4% light pilsners/lagers/kolsches

# ? Jul 30, 2018 15:16

Kenny Logins: Jan 11, 2011; EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

red racer makes a really tasty pils

# ? Jul 30, 2018 15:29

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

graph posted:

the best new trend is delicious ~4% light pilsners/lagers/kolsches

a good kolsch is so nice

# ? Jul 30, 2018 15:33

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

ive been drinking a gently caress load of dayblazer lately and i suggest all do the same

# ? Jul 30, 2018 17:00

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

SO DEMANDING posted:

i suspect several years ago it deserved that hype but these days there are aprox. 9284579387456*10^999 barrel aged stouts heavy on the coffee and chocolate flavors, and i've definitely had some on par with the KBS but more readily available and less expensive

also this year kbs had either a huge release or a second release that contained 22oz bottles and i was able to just walk into the liquor stores and buy them

# ? Jul 30, 2018 17:02

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Cat Face Joe posted:

dayblazer

this looks good

# ? Jul 30, 2018 19:05

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

Captain Foo posted:

a good kolsch is so nice

they sure are. they're just pleasant beers when done right. if they arent super boozy the better, makes them good for drinking while watching a game

# ? Jul 31, 2018 00:48

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

ive honestly never had a lager that i thought was all that great. ale supremacy

# ? Jul 31, 2018 02:14

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

death & taxes black lager is p deece, the bar & theater near me has it and it�s become my go-to there

# ? Jul 31, 2018 02:16

Stringent: Dec 22, 2004; image text goes here

fart simpson posted:

ive honestly never had a lager that i thought was all that great. ale supremacy

the big 3 japanese lagers, at least as they're sold in japan, are quite needs suiting.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 02:28

Tanith: Jul 17, 2005; _{Alpha, Beta, Gamma cores

Use them, lose them, salvage more

Kick off the next AI war

In the Persean Sector}

I just finished the bottle of Belvedere that has been here longer than most of my coworkers :toot:

# ? Jul 31, 2018 03:08

Lyon: Apr 17, 2003

lagers are great for when you just want something simple and easy. prime uses cases of the lager: tailgating/watching sports, after physical activity like yard work/moving/sports, drinking games, etc.

just drank bright, aaalter ego, curiosity 50, and single shot from tree house. they really crush the new england style ipa but i'm starting to get bored of it. they all end up tasting very similar. i still think hill farmstead is the best brewery in the us. if you guys live up in the north east definitely worth a trip. you can hit tree house on your way up, then the alchemist, foam, fiddlehead, hill farmstead, and then hit trillium on your way home. lots of great hiking up there. we usually rent a place in waterbury which has some great restaurants and an awesome little brew pub called prohibition pig. welp that's my brewery and vermont story.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 05:02

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

yeah lagers are ok, ill drink em, but none of them ive had were ever better than ok

# ? Jul 31, 2018 09:32

Stringent: Dec 22, 2004; image text goes here

This weekend I visited a friend that's got a house in the Hudson Valley and he took me to Sloop and Suarez. It was the first I'd heard of either of them, but they were both really good. Suarez had a pineapple sage country beer that was something else.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 15:17

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008

I;'m drinking Colombian rum. It's very good.

# ? Jul 31, 2018 21:28

Bulgakov: Mar 8, 2009; рукописи не горят

I;'m drinking Polish vodka. It's very good.

# ? Aug 1, 2018 11:12

roboshit: Apr 4, 2009

might do some drinking today working on the yard

# ? Aug 1, 2018 16:43

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005; DEATH TO AMERICA

alcoholism owns

# ? Aug 2, 2018 12:55

Pile Of Garbage: May 28, 2007

fart simpson posted:

alcoholism owns

you can't drink me, i'm already dead

# ? Aug 2, 2018 19:49

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

cheese-cube posted:

you can't drink me, i'm already dead

mmm, pickled liver

# ? Aug 2, 2018 20:19

skimothy milkerson: Nov 19, 2006

c happy hour s: manhattan(s)

# ? Aug 2, 2018 21:40

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Skim Milk posted:

c happy hour s: manhattan(s)

deece choice

# ? Aug 2, 2018 21:41

Kenny Logins: Jan 11, 2011; EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A WHITE WHALE INTO THE PEQUOD. IT'S HELL'S HEART AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I STRIKE AT THEE ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, ISHMAEL.

https://twitter.com/bungarsargon/status/1024763668767100928?s=21

# ? Aug 2, 2018 21:53