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[mcbaumannerb]

Hi and good morning. Happy drinking weekend josh!

 

[onetoeddogbrewery]

Ugh. Perhaps two RIS beers last night was a bad idea. It's gonna be a long morning. I don't know what I need more of right now coffee or water

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Breakfast

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[banesong]

Café. C'mon Friday and end the dry week!

 

[1977Brewer]

Is it pronounced "mye-not" or "minnow"?

@thatjonguy has me wondering...

Mye-not


Morning friends. Want to call in sick today and drink.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Okee dokee, QOTD
What was the beer that got you into craft?
I remember having brunch with my girl friend at the time (who is now my wife). 1030 in the morning at Cherry Hill Mall were Houlihans once was, we ordered our meals. She ordered a coke, I said you know what, I'll have a Sam Adams. They were out of Boston Lager so I said I would try the Winter Lager. I didn't realize up till that point that beer could have a taste. Prior to that it was Yuengling, cheap BMC and pints of cheap whiskey every night or so.

 

[banesong]

Okee dokee, QOTD
What was the beer that got you into craft?
I remember having brunch with my girl friend at the time (who is now my wife). 1030 in the morning at Cherry Hill Mall were Houlihans once was, we ordered our meals. She ordered a coke, I said you know what, I'll have a Sam Adams. They were out of Boston Lager so I said I would try the Winter Lager. I didn't realize up till that point that beer could have a taste. Prior to that it was Yuengling, cheap BMC and pints of cheap whiskey every night or so.

QOTD: Arrogant B@stard. Couldn't kill the 22, but it sparked my interest in things more than MGD and Miller Lite.

 

[Ridire]

QOTD: I'm not sure if you count Guiness or Killians, but those got me out of the old Bud and Miller routine. But then I discovered Sol Sun, which is now Oberon, by Bells. I lived in Kalamazoo and that beer really opened my eyes to the fact that beer could be a lot of different things.

 

[Psylocide]

Mooring.

QOTD: Besides Blue Moon getting me interested in trying other beers, Empyrean's Dark Side Vanilla Porter and Surly Coffee Bender really opened my eyes to the vast variety of beer out there that I had never heard of/thought to try previously.

I always drank Guinness, but never considered it as branching out.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I think it was Sam Adams Boston Ale. But what really clicked for me was Chimay Blue. That was when there was no turning back.

 

[TheCADJockey]

QOTD
What was the beer that got you into craft?

Good morning. Got an early start today with yoga and nice breakfast. Trying to keep the bad feels at bay, yesterday was not good.

My switch to craft was pretty gradual, I'm not sure I can pinpoint the exact beer. So many years of college were spent drinking Coors because it was cheap, Yuengling when I had an extra buck or two. I did become obsessed with Hoegaarden after the first time I had it, which led me to search out other similar beers. At that point, I found UFO and it became my absolute favorite for at least a year or two. Eventually I found SNPA and it was all over from there.

 

[BGBC]

Just so @BGBC can see it's not empty. About 15 or 16# of hops.

Still a lot of empty space on those shelves. Reported.

QOTD: Arrogant B@stard. Couldn't kill the 22, but it sparked my interest in things more than MGD and Miller Lite.

Probably this for me as well. Had a few non-Keystone light beers in college, some Long Trail, Pumpkinhead, Harpoon, etc, but I remember my first pint of Arrogant Bastard at the bar below my first apt in NYC. Probably ordered it just for the name, palate was walloped for the rest of the night.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Good morning. Got an early start today with yoga and nice breakfast. Trying to keep the bad feels at bay, yesterday was not good.

My switch to craft was pretty gradual, I'm not sure I can pinpoint the exact beer. So many years of college were spent drinking Coors because it was cheap, Yuengling when I had an extra buck or two. I did become obsessed with Hoegaarden after the first time I had it, which led me to search out other similar beers. At that point, I found UFO and it became my absolute favorite for at least a year or two. Eventually I found SNPA and it was all over from there.

This is pretty much the exact blue print I expect to see the most of. Macro to Wit to SNPA.

 

[TheCADJockey]

This is pretty much the exact blue print I expect to see the most of. Macro to Wit to SNPA.

I still have a special place in my heart for Hoegaarden. UFO is a tad on the sweet side for me now though.

 

[thatjonguy]

Is it pronounced "mye-not" or "minnow"?

@thatjonguy has me wondering...

Myenot. Although most people outside of the area pronounce it minnow like we are French.

 

[BreezyBrew]

Okee dokee, QOTD
What was the beer that got you into craft?

I was on a vacation with my father in Crested Butte, CO enjoying the atmosphere and mountain biking. I believe we were there for 3 nights or so during the summer. I was about 20 at the time, so my knowledge was BMC and pretty much every liquor ever made (PhD intoxicology Florida State University). One of the nights, my dad asked if he should pick up some beer. I said sure, and described the New Belgium Fat Tire bomber that I had seen earlier in the nearby convenience store. Since this was about 16 years ago, I doubt NB distributed outside of CO. So, we chilled it and cracked it open. Man, that was a tasty beer, and he tried it and agreed as well. We spent the next summer there the following year with my younger bro, and made the Fat Tire a tradition. I haven't been back since, but those were some great memories in God's Country, and can't wait to go back.

 

[sompls]

QOTD Sam Adams for me. Had it at a bar on the coast somewhere in Rhode Island, with a stuffed quahog too! Man oh man I had me some good times during my short stint on the east coast.

 

[thatjonguy]

Well I did marry a Swedish gal,... Guess that means I'm into Scandinavia...

I don't do the Bismarck/Minot tour to often, but sometimes have to for work. Sounds like I may have a place to spend some company money soon? Nice.

Winning!

Well if it doesn't end up working out, I can still point you in a good direction to spend it. Lol.

 

[Ridire]

QOTD: I'm not sure if you count Guiness or Killians, but those got me out of the old Bud and Miller routine. But then I discovered Sol Sun, which is now Oberon, by Bells. I lived in Kalamazoo and that beer really opened my eyes to the fact that beer could be a lot of different things.

I will add this - I still drank mostly BMC beer after being introduced to Sol Sun/Oberon (which was in the early 1990s). The beer that made it so craft beer was the staple of my beer diet was absolutely Two Hearted Ale, in the mid 00s.

Side note, what do you call the decade from 2000 to 2010? I want to start saying things like "back in aught-five..." but I'm not sure I'm doing it right. How about the current decade? Man, ****'s going to make a lot more sense in about 5 years when we can go back to saying "in the 20s" ann such.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I think it was Sam Adams Boston Ale. But what really clicked for me was Chimay Blue. That was when there was no turning back.

I remember being entirely stoked at getting a bottle of Blue as a house warming present. Popping that bottle, sitting on the floor and getting splinters will be a memory I'll hold on to for a long, long time.

 

[thatjonguy]

Mye-not


Morning friends. Want to call in sick today and drink.

Any relative of BK is always welcome.

 

[m00ps]

Yep. Just about all of them, can watch now as an adult and catch jokes I missed when I watched them originally.

Wait, i thought iijakii and I were the only toddlers here. What the he'll are all you guys watching Rocco and spongebob for?

 

[SupervisingChildren]

QOTD: Delirium Tremens was one of my first memorable craft beers. Uncle who's into good beer bought me it when we all went out for drinks over a Christmas vacation. At the time, I couldn't fathom spending $10 on one beer haha

Coffee and work.

 

[Psylocide]

Good morning. Got an early start today with yoga and nice breakfast.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

I will add this - I still drank mostly BMC beer after being introduced to Sol Sun/Oberon (which was in the early 1990s). The beer that made it so craft beer was the staple of my beer diet was absolutely Two Hearted Ale, in the mid 00s.

Side note, what do you call the decade from 2000 to 2010? I want to start saying things like "back in aught-five..." but I'm not sure I'm doing it right. How about the current decade? Man, ****'s going to make a lot more sense in about 5 years when we can go back to saying "in the 20s" ann such.

Abe Simpson calls then the dicketies, we couldn't call them the aughts cause the extremists stole that word

 

[Psylocide]

Wait, i thought iijakii and I were the only toddlers here. What the he'll are all you guys watching Rocco and spongebob for?

First off, it's Rocko.

Secondly, why are you not watching Rocko's Modern Life?

 

[WesleyS]

QOTD: Would have to be Fat Tire for me

 

[Rhetorik]

I need to stop finishing the night with a glass of rye. It doesn't help me any the next day.

QOTD: Probably Old Speckled Hen or Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Ale

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

QOTD: Delirium Tremens was one of my first memorable craft beers. Uncle who's into good beer bought me it when we all went out for drinks over a Christmas vacation. At the time, I couldn't fathom spending $10 on one beer haha

Coffee and work.

DT was my gateway beer also. Still to this day one of my favorites also.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

First off, it's Rocko.

Secondly, why are you not watching Rocko's Modern Life?

Or, Row-coco, as his weird neighbor used to call him