Beer in the new era

maybe it's a weird work proxy thing? it does seem to work from my home connection

your work is spamming sites that reference w33d

nah, usually it just says BLOCKED with a notice that repeated attempts will bring the long arm of HR down on you or something

yea the page is fine for me. i'm at work but universities don't block anything afaik

had the boulevard smokestack series dark truth stout, man what a good stout! just incredibly balanced, rich and complex throughout, sometimes i feel like there are not a ton of heavy (9% ish or more) stouts that are this balanced. no desserty sweetness overwhelming you, no burnt barley bitterness, no alcohol hotness dominating.

Went to rattle and hum, now at torst. Good times. Nice that they do rather generous 5 oz pours here.

Best beer I've had tonight: crooked stave Surette

Brooklyn is too big. I would walk to hops hill but shit is like 3 miles away.

Oh Ian, I tried the Beat it Nerd. I loved it, but didn't get a whole lot of funk from it. Just the right amount, actually.

my neighbor was nice enough to share a bottle of Pliny the Elder last night, my first. it was...fine? like, a really nice & balanced IPA, nothing crazy. i guess i don't understand the hype, do they not have a selection a of great IPAs in Cali?

I agree, I think it's just that it's "more limited"/harder to find

yea definitely. same goes for alchemist, which is a great fucking IPA but not miles better than some other widely available ones

heady topper that is

Pliny the Younger is the harder to find one. I had a glass of each last year and neither blew me away, but maybe drinking them more often, in different contexts, would make one appreciate their qualities better.

imo real hard to be blown away by an IPA. Would certainly love it if my local bar was Toronado or Prohibition Pig and I could get one of these regularly, but not really worth seeking out so much as just real good drinkin' beer.

also I chuckled at

do they not have a selection a of great IPAs in Cali?

― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Friday, January 9, 2015 12:38 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

speaking of West Coast IPA, I bought a 6-pack of the Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' earlier this week. Probably around ten years ago this was my go-to beer. Now it seems really heavy and malty to me, more like Dead Guy and less like the kind of lighter, crisper IPAs that have won me over in recent years (Hop Valley, 10 Barrel (RIP)). I dunno if the recipe changed, or my tastes. More likely the latter.

my neighbor was nice enough to share a bottle of Pliny the Elder last night, my first. it was...fine? like, a really nice & balanced IPA, nothing crazy. i guess i don't understand the hype, do they not have a selection a of great IPAs in Cali?

― virtuoso thigh slapper (Jordan), Friday, January 9, 2015 9:38 AM (7 hours ago)

Hahaha, awesome. That new brew on the block Pliny sure don't taste anything like those good old west coast double IPAs our grandfathers enjoyed.

lol yeah there is some history and context that should be appreciated here.

Does anyone in PDX know if Upright's Fantasia has sold out yet?

I was being facetious dudes, but for real, there are so many great IPAs available now that it seems silly to go to great lengths for one.

And, they're back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JR3TQ0_d70

Getting pretty high concept here.

http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/are-you-beer-snob-1743

I have had a beer in 8 days! If any era.

Of any era.

rip Jeff

Ovalde Farms The Auroch's Horn: Boozy hazy golden sweet bomb.

I hate all the ovalde stuff. It makes me sad, and I've tried hard but yeah just not in any way a beer for me.

My BIL got me 3 bottles for Xmas, this was the first. Ode to a Russian and Brynnldgyryryr's Gift are next.

why isn't narragansett a cultish hipster beer like pabst blue ribbon? it's cheap, it tastes better than pabst, and the can design is more attractive.

I didn't hate the horn but if not in gift form I'd regret spending what I'm guessing it cost. Xp

maybe "hi neighbor!" is too cutesy to have been appropriated, even ironically, back when people were still doing that. xp to my own post/continued monologue

http://www.porchdrinking.com/2015-craft-beer-release-calendars/

Update, haven't had a beer in 10 days. Will it ever stop????

jeff, this is an unexpected development. Who would've thought it would come to this?

Will it ever start? Is this change in habit for a reason? Winter cleanse?

Damn it, where's the Central Waters release list?

I had the Pipeworks Lebowski beer last night. Weird.

For the first time ever, as far as I can tell, the central waters Bourbon Barrel stout was a behind the counter deal at Binny's, rather than just sitting on the shelf for weeks.

That's wild. I could have bought at least two cases of it when I was in MN just before Christmas.

Just taking some time off to get out of the 2 beers a night to relax habit. Will drink again on Friday for this: http://localoptionbier.com/2015/01/09/catalina-wine-mixer-part-1-beer-event-012315-3pm/

Good luck! It's honestly hard for me to determine how much drinking could be a problem, even potentially. I don't drink that much, and it's not in my blood, and I didn't grow up drinking a lot, but I do wonder: one a night? Two a night? Two glasses of wine a night? A beer and then a sip of bourbon several hours later? Other times I wonder, can a beer a night be a problem? Isn't that better than a couple of cookies a night, or at least on par? The fact that you run regularly should more than ameliorate any problems, but then, just because one works to counter bad habits, does that make a habit any less bad? I dunno.

My kids have been trained enough by society that when they see me drinking a beer they sometimes complain that I'm always drinking a beer, without making the distinction that more often than not I'm drinking a beer, over the course of a long time.

CDC says 2 a day max

For men, heavy drinking is typically defined as consuming 15 drinks or more per week.

i have no problem with a beer a night 5-6 nights a week, and then maybe on a weekend having a couple more in a night

Yeah, I don't think I had a huge problem, but there were negatives. 2 beers would be a light buzz (unless it was 2 bourbon county's or 2 whole bombers), so it's not like I'm getting wasted every night. But it does make me feel sloth like, especially when I'm not running as much because of this foot injury I have now. I don't need those calories either or the questionable food choices that the 2 beers would lead to. It does save some money too.

Certainly NOT eliminating it all together, I enjoy beer too much.

I think I have more than 15 drinks a week most weeks. Been drinking more whiskey than beer lately though.

I should pull my data to see exactly how much I was drinking.

OK, since December 2010, I've averaged 13.57 beers a week. If I just look at the last year, 18.3 per week. Last year it was 13.6 a week.

I meant:

2014 - 18.3 a week
2013 - 13.6 a week

there are four drinks in a bottle of whiskey, right

two pints, so four drinks in two bottles.

approx