Random Beer Thoughts

[tennispl]

worse than this was the actual article

first world problems have never been so first worldy than complaining about one-off specialty beers which only 200 people have purchased

You're kind of dumb, huh?

 

[thunderbirdesq]

yes

 

[furley]

yeah, i'm not familiar at all with the don'tdrinkbeer shtick

maybe it's just not funny, though


eta: in my defense i quit reading about 20 words in.

 

[furley]

You're kind of dumb, huh?

a little'ish

 

[steimie]

yeah, i'm not familiar at all with the don'tdrinkbeer shtick

maybe it's just not funny, though


eta: in my defense i quit reading about 20 words in.

No, it's funny. This particular DDB piece is really funny.

If you read slower, it might not hurt as much.

 

[BuckTuckian]

What was he trying to drink? I don't recognize the label. Was laughing too much.

 

[regularjohn]

worse than this was the actual article

first world problems have never been so first worldy than complaining about one-off specialty beers which only 200 people have purchased

 

[furley]

how i feel about not being in on the TB inside joke

 

[2plums4one]

I had a taste of the beer in the article. I don't really remember it being crazy good. I remember D3 being several untappd stars higher imho. (I don't use untappd)

 

[Hookemhops13]

I had a taste of the beer in the article. I don't really remember it being crazy good. I remember D3 being several untappd stars higher imho. (I don't use untappd)

Several? Bollocks, everything is rated between 3 and 5 stars. That is unpossible.

 

[Wino1]

read the comment section for lolz

 

[SeaWatchman]

tosh

 

[Snarf1]

Pretty amazing that kettle soured beers that spends a couple months in a barrel with some fruit puree are selling out in no time at almost $20 a bottle.

 

[regularjohn]

read the comment section for lolz

it's pretty incredible how everyone goes apeshit for this can craze now....it was heady topper a few years ago now its every ******* beer. people don't know if its good or bad if its a new beer, but that obviously doesn't matter they want it regardless...seriously its so pathetic.

 

[Wino1]

The fact that people take a day off work to buy beer absolutely baffles me. Talk about lost priorities.

 

[regularjohn]

The fact that people take a day off work to buy beer absolutely baffles me. Talk about lost priorities.

who wants to get paid when you can just stand in line for cans? #priorities

 

[stupac2]

it's pretty incredible how everyone goes apeshit for this can craze now....it was heady topper a few years ago now its every ******* beer. people don't know if its good or bad if its a new beer, but that obviously doesn't matter they want it regardless...seriously its so pathetic.

What's weird to me is that people are going apeshit for ******* IPAs. There are hundreds of good IPAs, who the **** cares if you get these particularly ones?

 

[tikk]

It's all about the trade equity. I can trade like 4 of these for 2 treehouse cans, then I flip those for some stouts or sours.

Winning.

 

[lambandtunaphish]

The fact that people take a day off work to buy beer absolutely baffles me. Talk about lost priorities.

You realize that people take days off to do all sorts of ****, right? Is it baffling that someone would take a day off to play a round of golf/see a movie/insert some other time wasting thing here?

 

[regularjohn]

You realize that people take days off to do all sorts of ****, right? Is it baffling that someone would take a day off to play a round of golf/see a movie/insert some other time wasting thing here?

so what you're saying is i can hit golf balls while watching a movie and waiting to get beer? sounds like a winning combo..someone get on that

TNGabe

 

[Wino1]

You realize that people take days off to do all sorts of ****, right? Is it baffling that someone would take a day off to play a round of golf/see a movie/insert some other time wasting thing here?

to each his own; I will never understand it.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

The fact that people take a day off work to buy beer absolutely baffles me. Talk about lost priorities.

How about people who take a day off to drink at a fun event with friends?

Because that will be me on Friday at Lions, Tigers and Beers 2016 (fundraiser for a large cat sanctuary that happens to feature a lot of crazy drafts), and I guess I've done that before for traveling events like Hunahpu Day.

 

[jivex5k1]

Pretty amazing that kettle soured beers that spends a couple months in a barrel with some fruit puree are selling out in no time at almost $20 a bottle.

Wakefield?
Oh wait, he doesn't even bother with the barrels.

 

[Wino1]

How about people who take a day off to drink at a fun event with friends?

Because that will be me on Friday at Lions, Tigers and Beers 2016 (fundraiser for a large cat sanctuary that happens to feature a lot of crazy drafts), and I guess I've done that before for traveling events like Hunahpu Day.

big difference between what you're saying and driving somewhere for the sole purpose of waiting in line, buying some cans, and leaving.

 

[PepeSylvia1]

The fact that people take a day off work to buy beer absolutely baffles me. Talk about lost priorities.

I think doing something you enjoy over going to work is not a case of lost priorities. I think we focus too much on our jobs, live life to it's fullest, if your job is your version of living life to it's fullest that is fine. Spend more time with your family, your hobbies, things you love. **** work Priorities in check, now I just need to tell this to my boss.

 

[lambandtunaphish]

who wants to get paid when you can just stand in line for cans? #priorities

What if you get paid to wait in line for cans? #mulelife

big difference between what you're saying and driving somewhere for the sole purpose of waiting in line, buying some cans, and leaving.

leaving and presumably doing something else with their day off?

If I got days off to burn, nothing else to do, and go buy some beer - what's so outrageous about that? Obviously I'm coming at this from the perspective of someone who is not an hourly worker and has paid time off.

 

[Wino1]

Last comment I make on this as we're getting into semantics:

I don't understand using PTO to buy beer as I don't have vacation days laying around that are easily accessible. I also can't just pick up and go on a random day some week; it needs to be scheduled well in advance, usually end or beginning of the week. Thus, my PTO is saved for extended periods of time rather than single days here and there, especially days mid week. Ultimatley my career reputation (dependability, network, etc) is one of, if not the most important focus in my life currently; I'd never jeopardize it to get some random new beer.

Resting my point of view with that. Moving on...

 

[jivex5k1]

Last comment I make on this as we're getting into semantics:

I don't understand using PTO to buy beer as I don't have vacation days laying around that are easily accessible. I also can't just pick up and go on a random day some week; it needs to be scheduled well in advance, usually end or beginning of the week. Thus, my PTO is saved for extended periods of time rather than single days here and there, especially days mid week. Ultimatley my career reputation (dependability, network, etc) is one of, if not the most important focus in my life currently; I'd never jeopardize it to get some random new beer.

Resting my point of view with that. Moving on...

Some people probably make more money selling beer on the secondary market than they do at their normal job.
Let's see, the Cycle bottle set is selling for around 900 bucks, subtract 125 from the cost, that's 775 bucks in a week for a single set, that's already more money than I make in a week.

When you start factoring in more than one set, well, there ya go.

 

[jmarce]

it's pretty incredible how everyone goes apeshit for this can craze now....it was heady topper a few years ago now its every ******* beer. people don't know if its good or bad if its a new beer, but that obviously doesn't matter they want it regardless...seriously its so pathetic.

I was gonna say can't these people losing their minds just get growler fills if they need TH that badly this week but then I remembered growlers probably don't have the same trade value.

 

[quirk6]

I was gonna say can't these people losing their minds just get growler fills if they need TH that badly this week but then I remembered growlers probably don't have the same trade value.

Or carb.