Random Beer Thoughts

[RyanG1]

I hate myself for understanding this reference.

Such a Miranda!

edit: I have suffered through countless hours of this show and movie(s). Hate myself.

 

[sherm10161]

I hate myself for understanding this reference.

Had to Google. You are, in fact, turrible.

 

[Shakedwnst]

I hate myself for understanding this reference.

Blame it on your wife. That's what I'm telling myself at least.

 

[gregkoko]

You're wrong.

I'm moving. Period. From Houston to NYC.

In Houston money goes very far and I have a lovely luxury apartment in the best possible location and I love it.

In NYC, for the same price, I can get a lot less. So I'm contemplating whether I do a very small 1BR in a meh building that at least I'd be alone in, or if I do a nicer, doorman building with a 2BR and a roommate. Both end up around the same cost. One of the things I'm factoring in in my decision is packages. Other things are my bicycle, potential dishwasher availability, proximity to friends, work, bars, etc. Packages is just one of the factors.

Do you know where you want to live? Obviously some neighborhoods you'll be able to stretch your dollar a lot more than others.

 

[blue_bleeder]

Carrie Bradshaw faced the same predicament!

I don't even know who that is Ryan and now I realize why, because **** that noise.

 

[sacrelicio]

Miss u 2

 

[JulianB1]

Kern River Citra is a very good beer, one of my favorite IPAs actually, but the idea of having to sign up for a lottery on Brown Paper Tickets for the right to buy half a case of DIPA bombers is mind-boggling to me. Especially in this day and age with so many great hoppy beers available with a lot less work. Really the only thing that makes it not-insane is Kern River/Kernville is such a cool area that it creates a nice excuse for people to visit.

 

[RyanG1]

Kern River Citra is a very good beer, one of my favorite IPAs actually, but the idea of having to sign up for a lottery on Brown Paper Tickets for the right to buy half a case of DIPA bombers is mind-boggling to me. Especially in this day and age with so many great hoppy beers available with a lot less work. Really the only thing that makes it not-insane is Kern River/Kernville is such a cool area that it creates a nice excuse for people to visit.

Also, ride the Cannell Plunge and visit Bakersfield for some Dewar's and Moo Creamery.

 

[sacrelicio]

Kern River Citra is a very good beer, one of my favorite IPAs actually, but the idea of having to sign up for a lottery on Brown Paper Tickets for the right to buy half a case of DIPA bombers is mind-boggling to me. Especially in this day and age with so many great hoppy beers available with a lot less work. Really the only thing that makes it not-insane is Kern River/Kernville is such a cool area that it creates a nice excuse for people to visit.

It's an awesome DIPA but not appreciably better than any other top tier option. With IPAs once you get to a certain level it's just a matter of personal preference.

 

[FTowne1]

Kern River Citra is a very good beer, one of my favorite IPAs actually, but the idea of having to sign up for a lottery on Brown Paper Tickets for the right to buy half a case of DIPA bombers is mind-boggling to me. Especially in this day and age with so many great hoppy beers available with a lot less work. Really the only thing that makes it not-insane is Kern River/Kernville is such a cool area that it creates a nice excuse for people to visit.

The same could be said for literally any beer if you think about it.

 

[tennispl]

The same could be said for literally any beer if you think about it.

I refuse to think about it, and you can't make me.

 

[sacrelicio]

The same could be said for literally any beer if you think about it.

Yeah, but I hear what he's saying since IPAs are cranked out in a million iterations all over the place. No aging or bugs or barrels or blending or anything like that. Plentiful and every market has a great one.

 

[FTowne1]

Yeah, but I hear what he's saying since IPAs are cranked out in a million iterations all over the place. No aging or bugs or barrels or blending or anything like that. Plentiful and every market has a great one.

Meh.

 

[sacrelicio]

Meh.

True.

 

[Barroomhero]

Have we pretty much mastered IPAs, as a brewing nation?

Are there still any decent sized markets in the US where a number of good-to-great local-ish IPAs aren't easily available? I know there's still crap on the shelves everywhere (60 minute has national distro, right?), but the easy availability of top-tier options seemingly everywhere is damn impressive these days.

 

[boogercrack]

Check your privilege sir, fresh 60 minute is still good for what it is and better than a whole lot of other ipas on the shelves.

 

[Barroomhero]

fresh 60 minute is still good for what it is and better than a whole lot of other ipas on the shelves.

Agree to disagree.

If what it is is a malty, lightly hopped IPA, sure; better than a "whole lot" of other IPAs on the shelf?

Agree to disagree good sir, agree to disagree.

 

[sacrelicio]

Have we pretty much mastered IPAs, as a brewing nation?

Are there still any decent sized markets in the US where a number of good-to-great local-ish IPAs aren't easily available? I know there's still crap on the shelves everywhere (60 minute has national distro, right?), but the easy availability of top-tier options seemingly everywhere is damn impressive these days.

I want as many awesome IPAs as possible.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

Aside from a few local options (Daisy Cutter / Zombie Dust / Fist City) that I enjoy packaged, I almost exclusively drink hop forward options on draft / at the source where I know they are fresh.

Unless someone is bringing me back *Alpine, Russian River, Hill Farmstead, Alchemist I'm very rarely purchasing hop forward beer on a shelf at all.

*the real ****

 

[archagon]

What the heck does a horse blanket taste like? Why a blanket? Why not the horse? Does it even have to be a blanket? I'm not an equestrian, but all the GIS results for horse blanket look absolutely ridiculous. Why does a horse even need a blanket? Are the owners concerned about dents or scratches? I don't know if I want my beer to smell like that, but the designs sure do look pretty. It's like smartphone case for your horse.

Beer is complicated.

 

[Der Fuchs]

Have we pretty much mastered IPAs, as a brewing nation?

Are there still any decent sized markets in the US where a number of good-to-great local-ish IPAs aren't easily available? I know there's still crap on the shelves everywhere (60 minute has national distro, right?), but the easy availability of top-tier options seemingly everywhere is damn impressive these days.

We don't even get dfh. We do have an dipa I would put against plinnnnney or dummkopf any day.













Louisi-*******-ana.

 

[CornAndBeer]

I'm not an equestrian, but all the GIS results for horse blanket look absolutely ridiculous. Why does a horse even need a blanket? Are the owners concerned about dents or scratches? I don't know if I want my beer to smell like that, but the designs sure do look pretty. It's like smartphone case for your horse.

Beer is complicated.

I think when people say horse blanket they mean a saddle blanket not those smartphone cases lol. Blankets are complicated.

 

[LukeAleTime]

What the heck does a horse blanket taste like? Why a blanket? Why not the horse? Does it even have to be a blanket? I'm not an equestrian, but all the GIS results for horse blanket look absolutely ridiculous. Why does a horse even need a blanket? Are the owners concerned about dents or scratches? I don't know if I want my beer to smell like that, but the designs sure do look pretty. It's like smartphone case for your horse.

Beer is complicated.

Real talk: Most people talking about farmyard and barnyard and horseblanket have never even been close to a place where these things are. (Same goes for Lychee. I've eaten a crap load of lychee and the aroma isn't exactly intense... they are mostly textural - and damnit now I'm smelling lychee in the beer I'm drinking.)

The smell is really just stale animal poop, wet dirt that is drying and grass/hay. Stale animal poop is a big part of it though.

 

[archagon]

Poop and beer go together like peanut butter and jelly.

 

[cry me]

Have we pretty much mastered IPAs, as a brewing nation?

Are there still any decent sized markets in the US where a number of good-to-great local-ish IPAs aren't easily available?

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[Ziggy]

I don't want to kvetch about pumpkin beer too much, but damn I am really sick of them coming earlier and earlier every single year. Before you know it well be getting a wave after wave of pumpkin beers in January!!! But I'm kvetching again and I just said I don't want to kvetch. I'm not that big of a kvetcher if you know me and even though I'm kvetching here I promise I'm not one to kvetch often!

Anyway, I'm really excited about the new Bourbon County lineup. They recently announced this version that's been aged in Heaven Hill barrels with banana peels and coconut. Now I don't like to rave often, but damn I'm really excited about this variant.

It.
Sounds.
Amazeballs.

Kvetch.

k(ə)veCH,kfeCH/
NORTH AMERICAN informal
noun

1. 1.
   a person who complains a great deal.

verb

1. 1.
   complain.

Before i googled this phonetically russian-like word, i thought you were just making **** up, maybe some kind of new edgy hyperbolic euphemism. Alas, this is a real word. You learn something new everyday i guess.

 

[sacrelicio]

Aside from a few local options (Daisy Cutter / Zombie Dust / Fist City) that I enjoy packaged, I almost exclusively drink hop forward options on draft / at the source where I know they are fresh.

Unless someone is bringing me back *Alpine, Russian River, Hill Farmstead, Alchemist I'm very rarely purchasing hop forward beer on a shelf at all.

*the real ****

Most of my hop purchases are locals. Why **** with fresh?

 

[nathanmiller]

Do you know where you want to live? Obviously some neighborhoods you'll be able to stretch your dollar a lot more than others.

Talking to a friend about possibly moving in with him, which would be Murray Hill. If that doesn't work out, I'd really prefer Brooklyn (Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg, Greenpoint are all attractive to me).

 

[gregkoko]

Talking to a friend about possibly moving in with him, which would be Murray Hill. If that doesn't work out, I'd really prefer Brooklyn (Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg, Greenpoint are all attractive to me).

Live with your friend if you want, but dear god Murray Hill...you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

 

[nathanmiller]

Live with your friend if you want, but dear god Murray Hill...you'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Yeah... I know. That's a big downside. Nothing going on there, not a lot of positives. Would rather be in Brooklyn all around. It is a short walk from work, which is the major positive, but otherwise, it would not have been high on my list at all.