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**Homercidal** · 01-11-2012, 06:28 PM

This thread has gotten me seriously thirsty for a beer!

But I don't want any of that DFH garbage. I only want to drink the RAREST and MOST EXCLUSIVE beer.

I won't tell you what it is, though or it wont' taste as good. (sniff)

**unionrdr** · 01-11-2012, 06:35 PM

Yeah,$1,000 a glass,served in Austrian crystal crusted with diamonds & pure gold scroll work. Served by a nude model that lap dances while I drink it,or it's absolute crap.

danorocks17 · 01-11-2012, 06:54 PM

I'm glad he called people out. I think MOST home brewers have a better appreciation for beers because they know how much effort it takes to make a great beer. I was always looking for a new and exciting beer, but when I started home brewing, I gained a better appreciation for beer in general. I feel that I can now say "this is a good, quality beer, but I personally don't care for it."

Zak · 01-11-2012, 07:16 PM

I haven't really paid attention to what people say about a beer online after an interview I read with a bar tender from one of the local beer bars

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...You also get people who'll pay for sample glasses -- they'll get eight little samples with a different beer in each one, then get online and rate each one, presenting it as if they've had that beer. Yeah, you've tasted an ounce of it, but it's not the same as drinking that beer...

can't trust people who are judging beer just by sampling. (full interview if anyone is interested)

As far as DFH, I've never had a beer from there that I've really "liked" but that doesn't mean I don't have great respect for Sam and the rest of the company for what they've done and how they do it.

**GilaMinumBeer** · 01-11-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by unionrdr

Yeah,$1,000 a glass,served in Austrian crystal crusted with diamonds & pure gold scroll work. Served by a nude model that lap dances while I drink it,or it's absolute crap.

Yeah, those stripper club drinks for the girls are expensive.

rexbanner · 01-11-2012, 07:31 PM

I don't think he should have responded. BA is full of bad attitudes, pretty much everyone knows it. Also, people are allowed not to like the direction a brewery takes. I for one don't really care for any special beers DFH makes, and I think that making beers just to be different only works if they also taste good. That's just my opinion and the market is free to disagree with me, though. Obviously they have been very successful doing what they do, and their flagship beers are good, so Sam Calagione shouldn't care what me or 1000 more bitter people think. He's doing what he wants to do and generating success.

weirdboy · 01-11-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Zak

...You also get people who'll pay for sample glasses -- they'll get eight little samples with a different beer in each one, then get online and rate each one, presenting it as if they've had that beer. Yeah, you've tasted an ounce of it, but it's not the same as drinking that beer...

I am not sure I agree with his statement, even though I understand his sentiment. I mean, BJCP judges judge beer based on a 2-4 ounce pour. Does that mean all the comments (and scores) they write on scoresheets are useless or inaccurate?

**GilaMinumBeer** · 01-11-2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by weirdboy

I am not sure I agree with his statement, even though I understand his sentiment. I mean, BJCP judges judge beer based on a 2-4 ounce pour. Does that mean all the comments (and scores) they write on scoresheets are useless or inaccurate?

Yes!

JJL · 01-11-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rexbanner

BA is full of bad attitudes, pretty much everyone knows it.

This is exactly why I don't spend any time on BA anymore. I used to get on there when I travelled to get an idea of the breweries and pubs in an area, but now I don't bother. Just too much complaining by wannabe brewers and critics.

Although I did find the comments kind of funny. The OP starts out with "DFH is over rated." Then everyone jumps in and says "Yeah DFH is over rated, and so are these other breweries." Then Sam calls them out and all of the posts after that are "Way to go Sam." "You're the best." "I've always been a fan."

Lennie · 01-11-2012, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by weirdboy

I am not sure I agree with his statement, even though I understand his sentiment. I mean, BJCP judges judge beer based on a 2-4 ounce pour. Does that mean all the comments (and scores) they write on scoresheets are useless or inaccurate?

The ones I write are, but I'm only in it for the 2-4oz free pours. Last contest I got 40 of them.

And its "palate" people, not pallette, not pallet.