Sour beers rule
jjj turned me on to Paradox's Skully Barrel line which has varieties in it which will melt your face and others that are surprisingly quaffable.
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
i haven't had a good lambic in a while either. tart and/or sour is my fave thing. i like tart/crisp/acidic wine too.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
gose is an amazing style of beer but the US market has been swamped with awful versions of it
― marcos, Friday, February 10, 2017 9:57 AM (thirty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i always buy microbrews for like $4 from the clearance aisle of the liquor store, which has its risks
but anyway i bought a gose beer "infused" with cactus or some shit and it tasted like puke
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:33 (seven years ago) link
also i was with ez snappin and jjusten once at someone ordered a smoked beer and it tasted like an IPA that someone had put burnt piece of kingsford charcoal into
that smoked beer was so gross.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
that German one linked to above is kinda the gold standard for smoked beer and i still never want one. but i can see the appeal.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
How rude is it to suggest that this discussion be moved to a beer thread or the dads thread or ? I'm not trying to be rude but this is very similar to what it feels like to be talked over in a real life conversation.
I'm physically short and small compared to many people (tbh primarily men, a handful of women) I wind up chatting with when I go out and sometimes the convo gets steamrolled (or even driven rationally) into a direction I didn't sign up for. It feels rude to interrupt and yet I preferred the previous topic. This is why ilm is great for a person like me. I can pipe up whenever and wherever I please. People are free to ignore me but I'm also the same size as everyone else. It's weird.
I never used to talk about music with people except for two longtime friends who were also enthusiastic about stuff and were generally interested in the same things I was. After being here as long as I have, I'm way more comfortable piping up irl as well as here.
Felt kind of good to get this off my chest! Thanks ILM!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
PS I like the crew here a lot and I am a friendly person with a straightforward agenda: talking about music in a non-combative fashion <3
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, La Lechera! I'll go away. Most fun I've had on ILM in months!
― scott seward, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Not asking you to go away!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
It was just an observation I felt like sharing that was relevant to the idea of "what makes ilm appealing" -- that's why I asked how rude it would be. I honestly don't know :)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
tbh the only reason I joined in was because of the hot dog comment you made about smoked beer, which was great
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
i think it's only rude if asked/demanded rudely! your question was of course not
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Smoked beer literally turns your breath into hot dog air. I don't think it should be consumed outside the home.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
no, not rude at all. and i am mostly to blame for taking things off the path. the revive was about recruiting new (young) posters. people can get back to that. sorry again. i don't really have any thoughts on recruitment.
― scott seward, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
discussing beer is at least less soul-deadening than discussing trolling
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:01 (seven years ago) link
Lol otm
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:02 (seven years ago) link
If we're talking recruitment, I think bringing lurkers out of their shells might get some new blood. At least they know what they're getting themselves into, for better or worse. And they're already here. Is there any way of tracking lurker stats?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
maybe we could seduce them out of hiding w/ a special thread like: "Dear Lurkers Only - what are your 5 favorite albums? Don't worry you don't have to post anything anywhere else ever again." but of course once they do post then we know who they are and we can keep calling their names until they're forced to continue to participate.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine)
true but honestly i think the conversation was better when we were talking steely dan. at a certain point listening to people talking about beer is like listening to people talking about computers - too much jargon!
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
― Mordy
never work, some regular is not going to be able to resist mocking lurkers for liking "mellon collie and the infinite sadness"
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:13 (seven years ago) link
beer discussion itt hasn't really featured any jargon, just a lot of people saying whether or not they like cilantro
― wins, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
set ground rules - even if their favorite album of all time is dave's crash and their second favorite is a bootleg recording of the phish's exile on mainstream halloween show no one is allowed to mock them
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
i think i have the hate cilantro gene but i've now eaten it enough that while i don't enjoy it it doesn't ruin food for me but i have a question for ppl who do like it -- doesn't it overwhelm the taste of everything else when you eat it? even tho i can eat it without gagging it's so notable and stark a flavor that i can't taste anything else. does it taste more complimentary and less overwhelming if you have the like cilantro gene?
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
i've never felt overwhelmed by cilantro flavor, i feel like sometimes i must have a gene that makes cilantro kinda of unnoticeable to me.
― nomar, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
"No one is allowed to mock them" - in the thread or at all (no secret sniping) ?
I am somewhat concerned that asking lurkers to pipe up is akin to asking for an annoying sock puppet to be created
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
only on secret 77 companion thread
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
I'm internet pals with Jute Gyte - in my next email I'll ask what beers he likes. Others do the same with Autechre, Beyonce, Deafheaven and The Boredoms and we should be able to triangulate something
This thread is under full chaos, quite enjoying it - a haven from eponymous signification. Free jazz internet
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
flappy bird still posts
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
seem to recall that ilx has a high lurker-to-poster ratio & most read threads seems to bear that out but I suspect the vast majority of lurkers are just perfectly happy lurking
― wins, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
https://e.snmc.io/lk/l/l/580bc86dfc8f58e1056e6a16f1b7eb4d/4628164.jpg
― excitable Question Time guest (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
this has been said many times but the search function working would help a lot
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:31 (seven years ago) link
I like this idea.
― Treeship, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
When I lurked I would do so to find surprising viewpoints that I wasn't seeing elsewhere. That seems to exist less and less here now. A few new voices would shake things up I think. Most of the lurkers probably have interesting/eclectic tastes
― Treeship, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
hey lurkers: FUCK YOU... buncha wimps
― flopson, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
'hold on now, youngster' is the best album ever made, come at me dickhole dads
― devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
If the new posters who come in as a response to mordy's thread start bullying our venerable elder colleagues in that way I will personally preside over a massive purge don't worry
― Treeship, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
― devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:36 (ten minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Just when you thought it was safe to open your heart on ILM
PASSANTINO 2
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link
Lol I was gonna say, I think I'm in favor of Mordy's idea but I'm not willing to moderate or be the thread mommy in any capacity.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
xp lol I ended up here googling Passantino circa 2012 I think
― devvvine, Friday, 10 February 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link
the order of the vengeful scarf
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
could extrapolate a lurker albums thread from general poll results and yeah well
― excitable Question Time guest (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
y'all think this board is quiet, you ought a see the I HATE music forum..
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
here's my impression of ilx lurkers:
*flapping my arms and hopping on one foot in a circle, head cocked sideways* oh-tee-em
― flopson, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:05 (seven years ago) link
I think they're all great.
― Treeship, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
Just a cross-section of the most dynamic, interesting, thoughtful people who have one sadistic quirk, that is denying all of us the benefit of their perspectives.
― Treeship, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever
― excitable Question Time guest (Noodle Vague), Friday, 10 February 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
yesss thanks
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Friday, 10 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
http://www.eater.com/2017/1/18/14312686/the-rise-of-the-beer-poptimist
now fuck off back to ile the lot of u
― r|t|c, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link
a couple who lived next door to us, they worked for Budweiser/Anheuser Busch up in Van Nuys, and they were on the science end of things. Talked about how every year because of variances in crops and water and what not, they had to tweak the formula in order to maintain the consistent flavor of Budweiser that America has come to know and love.
― nomar, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link