Random Beer Thoughts

[MikeJones]

Should I post to the FB that we have been bought out by Beer Advocate?

 

[BadJustin]

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Odd, I don't see that either on phone or PC

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Does this mean we have to Respect Beer now? If so how come brewers don't and we have to?

 

[Lutter]

Does this mean we have to Respect Beer now? If so how come brewers don't and we have to?

DISRESPECT BEER

 

[FoudreGuy]

https://www.newschoolbeer.com/2019/...ion-lawsuit-against-millercoors-ab-inbev.html

Fort George Brewery Claims the mega-beverage companies have caused irreparable harm to corn syrup brewing

[Astoria, Oregon] It began as a sophomoric attack ad but soon fermented into a multi-million dollar lawsuit between the world’s two largest beer producers. Bud Light fired the first sticky shot during the Super Bowl, blasting Miller Lite and Coors Lite for using corn syrup in their products. MillerCoors shotgunned back with a cease and desist order. But while MillerCoors and AB InBev engage in the tasteless name calling and showy lawsuits, it’s the brewing industry that’s not feeling so sweet.

And Jack Harris, co-owner of Fort George Brewery, is definitely not amused.

“These guys have it all,” Harris cries from his tree fort office atop the Fort George Lovell Building. “From your ten barrel breweries to your hoppy valleys, there is nothing they can’t buy. But it’s never enough. Do they really need to attack these time-honored brewing processes too? And right as we’re about to launch Fort Lighte.”

Fort Lighte is a new low-cal lager that the brewery expected to compete in the ultra-competitive domestic beer aisle. This all barley, rice meal, and corn syrup liquid uses the highest-quality ingredients from the world’s finest fields.

“Our brewers spent days studying their rigorous quality assurance processes,” Harris continues. “We boiled up countless batches of rice meal, we never took consistency lightly, and we committed ourselves to excellence and the spirit of innovation. We even flew to Iowa to sample the highest fructose corn syrup we could find. Iowa. Do you know what that’s like?”

Based on a brief statement by their lawyer, Fort George will look to recoup the development costs of the Fort Lighte brand, $2,891.89 in actual costs from the 1,000 barrel test batch, and $500 Billion in compensatory damages — or what they are calling the spoiled fruits.

“It’s no secret that we started a well publicized push to buy AB InBev a few years back,” Harris explains.

In 2015, Fort George began an online campaign to raise $250 Billion in cash to purchase the international conglomerate. As of this story, their GoFundMe sits $250 Billion short of its goal.

[Fort George Looks to Purchase Anheuser-Busch InBev – The New School – April 1st, 2015 https://www.newschoolbeer.com/2015/...-for-investors-in-the-preliminary-stages.html]

“I can only imagine that the top brass at AB InBev is hoping to devalue their business, so we won’t push forward with our hostile takeover,” Harris continues.

What happens next with this added layer of legal drama is unknown. However, Harris remains cautious.

“I’m sitting on vats of beechwood aged corn syrup. What the hell am I supposed to do with it now?”

 

[Lutter]

https://www.newschoolbeer.com/2019/...ion-lawsuit-against-millercoors-ab-inbev.html

Fort George Brewery Claims the mega-beverage companies have caused irreparable harm to corn syrup brewing

[Astoria, Oregon] It began as a sophomoric attack ad but soon fermented into a multi-million dollar lawsuit between the world’s two largest beer producers. Bud Light fired the first sticky shot during the Super Bowl, blasting Miller Lite and Coors Lite for using corn syrup in their products. MillerCoors shotgunned back with a cease and desist order. But while MillerCoors and AB InBev engage in the tasteless name calling and showy lawsuits, it’s the brewing industry that’s not feeling so sweet.

And Jack Harris, co-owner of Fort George Brewery, is definitely not amused.

“These guys have it all,” Harris cries from his tree fort office atop the Fort George Lovell Building. “From your ten barrel breweries to your hoppy valleys, there is nothing they can’t buy. But it’s never enough. Do they really need to attack these time-honored brewing processes too? And right as we’re about to launch Fort Lighte.”

Fort Lighte is a new low-cal lager that the brewery expected to compete in the ultra-competitive domestic beer aisle. This all barley, rice meal, and corn syrup liquid uses the highest-quality ingredients from the world’s finest fields.

“Our brewers spent days studying their rigorous quality assurance processes,” Harris continues. “We boiled up countless batches of rice meal, we never took consistency lightly, and we committed ourselves to excellence and the spirit of innovation. We even flew to Iowa to sample the highest fructose corn syrup we could find. Iowa. Do you know what that’s like?”

Based on a brief statement by their lawyer, Fort George will look to recoup the development costs of the Fort Lighte brand, $2,891.89 in actual costs from the 1,000 barrel test batch, and $500 Billion in compensatory damages — or what they are calling the spoiled fruits.

“It’s no secret that we started a well publicized push to buy AB InBev a few years back,” Harris explains.

In 2015, Fort George began an online campaign to raise $250 Billion in cash to purchase the international conglomerate. As of this story, their GoFundMe sits $250 Billion short of its goal.

[Fort George Looks to Purchase Anheuser-Busch InBev – The New School – April 1st, 2015 https://www.newschoolbeer.com/2015/...-for-investors-in-the-preliminary-stages.html]

“I can only imagine that the top brass at AB InBev is hoping to devalue their business, so we won’t push forward with our hostile takeover,” Harris continues.

What happens next with this added layer of legal drama is unknown. However, Harris remains cautious.

“I’m sitting on vats of beechwood aged corn syrup. What the hell am I supposed to do with it now?”

 

[Lutter]

This is sorta lame... but also hid in there is that Pinthouse Pizza is actually going to open a 4th location (in South Austin).

I've heard through the grapevine that Pinthouse Pizza Electric Jellyfish is actually the #2 beer sold in kegs through the local Bud distro (Brown Distribution), only behind Bud Light... so apparently they're printing money over there. It's only tap literally everywhere in town right now.

 

[Lutter]

First thing today that actually made me laugh.

 

[Lutter]

This is sorta lame... but also hid in there is that Pinthouse Pizza is actually going to open a 4th location (in South Austin).

I've heard through the grapevine that Pinthouse Pizza Electric Jellyfish is actually the #2 beer sold in kegs through the local Bud distro (Brown Distribution), only behind Bud Light... so apparently they're printing money over there. It's only tap literally everywhere in town right now.

Heh.

 

[JulianB1]

That this is what can pass for an April Fool's post says a lot about beer in 2019, none of it good:

 

[JCastle1]

That this is what can pass for an April Fool's post says a lot about beer in 2019, none of it good:

Wish more places were making smoked beers

 

[tosh1]

Brewers (and mods on beer websites) need to stop trying to do April Fools. It is just sad at this point.

I mean most breweries are fulfilling the requirements with the dumb **** they are actually producing every ducking day of the year.

 

[Moondog1]

Brewers (and mods on beer websites) need to stop trying to do April Fools. It is just sad at this point.

I mean most breweries are fulfilling the requirements with the dumb **** they are actually producing every ducking day of the year.

Top 5 negative poster

 

[tosh1]

Top 5 negative poster

No#1. That has never been in question.

 

[andrewdrinks]

That this is what can pass for an April Fool's post says a lot about beer in 2019, none of it good:

The joke is that Moksa don’t have any brewers talented enough to brew those styles

 

[stupac2]

The joke is that Moksa don’t have any brewers talented enough to brew those styles

Talk about breweries whose hype I just Do. Not. Get. Their stouts are mediocre and their IPAs range from bad to meh. Never had anything legitimately impressive from them. Yet somehow they were making hypewalez right out of the gate? Sure.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Talk about breweries whose hype I just Do. Not. Get. Their stouts are mediocre and their IPAs range from bad to meh. Never had anything legitimately impressive from them. Yet somehow they were making hypewalez right out of the gate? Sure.

Aren't the Moksa brewers from Abnormal? Does Abnormal have the same hype:quality ratio?

 

[FoudreGuy]

Talk about breweries whose hype I just Do. Not. Get. Their stouts are mediocre and their IPAs range from bad to meh. Never had anything legitimately impressive from them. Yet somehow they were making hypewalez right out of the gate? Sure.

People like to have a local hypebeast brewery so everyone just runs with it. That was the vibe here in Seattle with Holy Mountain right from the get go before they had proven themselves (****, it was like that even before they opened), and I'm sure there are numerous other breweries around the country doing the same thing.

 

[coach1]

Aren't the Moksa brewers from Abnormal? Does Abnormal have the same hype:quality ratio?

I can't answer those questions, but I can tell you I've had a couple Abnormal IPAs and they were garbage. To be fair though, I also had an imperial pastry porter from them (Cafe Dino), and I thought it was pretty good.

 

[litheum94]

Brewers (and mods on beer websites) need to stop trying to do April Fools. It is just sad at this point.

I mean most breweries are fulfilling the requirements with the dumb **** they are actually producing every ducking day of the year.

As a member of the Top 5, I co-sign this statement.

 

[BadJustin]

Brewers (and mods on beer websites) need to stop trying to do April Fools. It is just sad at this point.

I mean most breweries are fulfilling the requirements with the dumb **** they are actually producing every ducking day of the year.

awwww did someone piss in your blood pudding and spotted dick? Be a little more cheeky, mate.

 

[stupac2]

Aren't the Moksa brewers from Abnormal? Does Abnormal have the same hype:quality ratio?

I don't know, but a friend of mine was obsessed with them for a while and I never got it with them either.

Maybe I just don't like pastry stouts.

 

[BadJustin]

I don't know, but a friend of mine was obsessed with them for a while and I never got it with them either.

Maybe I just don't like pastry stouts.

Yeah it’s Derek from Abnormal, I only know because years ago we were regular east/west trading partners. Good dude but I doing particularly like the beers either.

 

[Lutter]

Aw man. Gimme some sugar.

 

[furley]

Aw man. Gimme some sugar.

sugar

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[WhalezB4Rarez]

This was an April Fool but also...would it fit in the MegaSnifter?

 

[spewlanders]

Brewers (and mods on beer websites) need to stop trying to do April Fools. It is just sad at this point.

I mean most breweries are fulfilling the requirements with the dumb **** they are actually producing every ducking day of the year.

Man I’m glad it’s over. April Fools Day, when the witless try to be funny.

 

[tosh1]

Man I’m glad it’s over. April Fools Day, when the witless try to be funny.

BadJustin you see what he called you?

 

[BigFrank]

Man I’m glad it’s over. April Fools Day, when the witless try to be funny.

No way, I do it every day.

 

[sacrelicio]

This was an April Fool but also...would it fit in the MegaSnifter?

Wait how is this an April Fool's joke? Do a giant 120 Minute, someone will buy it.