Do people make Pokemon jokes when drinking or talking about 151? If they don't, they should. I would, if I drank. I would be all over that shit. Exclusively drinking nerdy drinks: Sonic Screwdriver, Incredible Hulk, etc.
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Do people make Pokemon jokes when drinking or talking about 151? If they don't, they should. I would, if I drank. I would be all over that shit. Exclusively drinking nerdy drinks: Sonic Screwdriver, Incredible Hulk, etc.
one nerd beer for my nerd friend, one normal beer for me because i am normal.
I wish I could make a Venn diagram of people who discuss Pokemon and people who discuss wine but I have to go
I found that when I quit smoking I have a tendency to vomit black puke right around the time I haven't smoked a few days, should I deign to drink. I think it's more associated with that, as opposed to any other biological process
When that event happened I had quit smoking for 5 years
Do people make Pokemon jokes when drinking or talking about 151? If they don't, they should. I would, if I drank. I would be all over that shit. Exclusively drinking nerdy drinks: Sonic Screwdriver, Incredible Hulk, etc.
one nerd beer for my nerd friend, one normal beer for me because i am normal.
Yeah, that was so obviously a silly and hyperbolic post!
Here's a tip. Next time you want to be silly and hyperbolic you might want to broadcast that by kicking up the hyperbole and then actually saying something silly to differentiate it from a post an ignorant person might make. Or just accept that you weren't really clear to begin with.
Yeah, that was so obviously a silly and hyperbolic post!
Here's a tip. Next time you want to be silly and hyperbolic you might want to broadcast that by kicking up the hyperbole and then actually saying something silly.
Dear Druhim,
Your criticism is noted and accepted as valid. Thank you for further correcting me! I will endeavor to perform better in the future on this forum.
Ah, I get it. You can only be sarcastic in response when someone corrects what they assumed was a serious post.
edit: really DL? all I said was that beer's been in a resurgence for a couple of decades now. In other words, it's not a new phenomenon. I don't see how that contradicts it being a continuing trend. In fact it would contradict me only if I'd said that it was no longer a trend.
i dunno i bet there are more microbreweries and shit now than there were twenty years ago
seems a silly thing to pick a bone about, druhim.
I think belgium really is in a resurgence--10 years ago, they were producing more and more boring lagers.
Many of their formerly high-producing regions were down greatly.
I'm planning a 2 week solo bike tour there in September, and looking into breweries, they've had 15 or so open up in the last year in a few areas that had been down to a few tiny no-export breweries.
Anyone have any advice on places to go? Particularly amazing no-export breweries? I don't know if there are any belgies here, but worth a shot...
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as a side note, I don't honestly think the "put more hops in it" trend that has characterized American beer-making for the last decade really qualifies as a resurgence. If anything it strikes me as an endurance sport or a bizarre masochistic obsession. Lately though, I've been seeing a lot of microbreweries that aren't obsessed with hoppiness shooting up around New England, and that fills my heart with joy.
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edited March 2011
Spelling aside, he's right though.
The push for quality beers as opposed to everyone drinking their country of origin's mass produces beer is a good step in the right direction.
If you want to be pedantic about it I suppose you could say resurgence of quality and variety of beer.
maybe it's the way you stated it and then the way he responded thus making both of you look like douchebags arguing over nothing that important?
i dunno
just drinking my morning oj over here and it was like "man they kinda testy this morning"
Same here, oj and everything.
I need to get back into drinking wines and ports. I have not had any in quite some time. Friends constantly drinking cheap wine put me off of it for a bit.
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edited March 2011
so did anyone already post Oz and James' Big Wine Adventure
because that's basically everything a wine newbie needs to know in tv show form
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Pax 08 we went to a wine bar in seattle called Purple and it was really fantastic. The wine-food pairings they had were just amazing. I am dying to go back
maybe it's the way you stated it and then the way he responded thus making both of you look like douchebags arguing over nothing that important?
i dunno
just drinking my morning oj over here and it was like "man they kinda testy this morning"
Sorry, I should clarify that I really was being silly--I know that doesn't translate well over the internet, but I actually wasn't offended by Druhim or trying to piss him off. I just finished getting (very correctly) corrected on wikipedia and then caught on a mistake by a co-worker, and was having a bit of fun with my response.
I actually would disagree with his assertion, but didn't take it seriously and didn't bother to write out my thoughts on beer-making.
I don't have a lot of evidence, but my general impression is that beer really is in a modern resurgence. The last decade seemed to be a big push by American micro-breweries to produce the hoppiest beers on earth, and the homogenization of European beers by large American breweries.
Actual beer pubs were awfully rare in my state, and my city just had it's first open up late last year--3 others have opened up in the same region now, which is pretty impressive, considering we had none prior.
I don't know. Maybe there is a world-wide thing I and my region missed out on, but up until the last year or so, the resurgence hasn't been here.
We have an incredible wine store that procures really unique wines from all over the world (they have 2 people on staff who just go to different countries and travel through small vineyards)--they've quadrupled their cold beer selection in the last two years, and added a whole beer cave area where you can just buy single bottles of fancy beers.
Meanwhile, the generic liquor store down the street removed a whole rack of corona/pacifico/budweiser 60 packs and replaced it with a shelf of single bottle belgians, french, and other high-quality beers.
From my perspective, the resurgence in quality and variety is new.
maybe it's the way you stated it and then the way he responded thus making both of you look like douchebags arguing over nothing that important?
i dunno
just drinking my morning oj over here and it was like "man they kinda testy this morning"
Same here, oj and everything.
I need to get back into drinking wines and ports. I have not had any in quite some time. Friends constantly drinking cheap wine put me off of it for a bit.
I have never had a good port. I don't even know how to select one. This is something I've always felt I should rectify.
However, when it comes to after-dinner drinks, I usually go cognac.
maybe it's the way you stated it and then the way he responded thus making both of you look like douchebags arguing over nothing that important?
i dunno
just drinking my morning oj over here and it was like "man they kinda testy this morning"
Sorry, I should clarify that I really was being silly--I know that doesn't translate well over the internet, but I actually wasn't offended by Druhim or trying to piss him off. I just finished getting (very correctly) corrected on wikipedia and then caught on a mistake by a co-worker, and was having a bit of fun with my response.
I actually would disagree with his assertion, but didn't take it seriously and didn't bother to write out my thoughts on beer-making.
I don't have a lot of evidence, but my general impression is that beer really is in a modern resurgence. The last decade seemed to be a big push by American micro-breweries to produce the hoppiest beers on earth, and the homogenization of European beers by large American breweries.
Actual beer pubs were awfully rare in my state, and my city just had it's first open up late last year--3 others have opened up in the same region now, which is pretty impressive, considering we had none prior.
I don't know. Maybe there is a world-wide thing I and my region missed out on, but up until the last year or so, the resurgence hasn't been here.
We have an incredible wine store that procures really unique wines from all over the world (they have 2 people on staff who just go to different countries and travel through small vineyards)--they've quadrupled their cold beer selection in the last two years, and added a whole beer cave area where you can just buy single bottles of fancy beers.
Meanwhile, the generic liquor store down the street removed a whole rack of corona/pacifico/budweiser 60 packs and replaced it with a shelf of single bottle belgians, french, and other high-quality beers.
From my perspective, the resurgence in quality and variety is new.
It's cool man, sorry for any ruffled feathers. My perspective that this isn't new comes from there being successful and popular microbreweries here in the NW that have been around for over 15 years. At least in some regions, this isn't a new phenomenon but I agree that it is expanding and that's definitely a good thing!
Their failed attempts at "chocolate milkshakes" or what the hell ever they were going for are made even worse by the realization that I am drinking protein
I realize that may be silly and neurotic of me, but I can't help it! That much protein going up a straw makes me want to gag for some reason
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I wish I could make a Venn diagram of people who discuss Pokemon and people who discuss wine but I have to go
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Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
i need to really step it up
Satans..... hints.....
I have found a printer though.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
go pro or go home
Do you think you could like sneak in like a thin piece of rope to act as a line to break up my contact details to everything else.
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Satans..... hints.....
how do you know
well when i spend $20 every time i go it makes it hard to go regularly
because the draw there is i can get a burger & fries with a free pint, and then i can continue spending 4.50 for 23 ounce beers
so i end up drinking like 3 - 4 beers a visit and leave feeling pretty good
Dark belgian beers are the best. That is my definitive statement.
Uh, beer's been in a "resurgence" for a couple of decades now.
Dear druhim,
I will cease being silly and hyperbolic at once. Thank you for correcting me on my failings.
Here's a tip. Next time you want to be silly and hyperbolic you might want to broadcast that by kicking up the hyperbole and then actually saying something silly to differentiate it from a post an ignorant person might make. Or just accept that you weren't really clear to begin with.
Dear Druhim,
Your criticism is noted and accepted as valid. Thank you for further correcting me! I will endeavor to perform better in the future on this forum.
seems a silly thing to pick a bone about, druhim.
edit: really DL? all I said was that beer's been in a resurgence for a couple of decades now. In other words, it's not a new phenomenon. I don't see how that contradicts it being a continuing trend. In fact it would contradict me only if I'd said that it was no longer a trend.
I think belgium really is in a resurgence--10 years ago, they were producing more and more boring lagers.
Many of their formerly high-producing regions were down greatly.
I'm planning a 2 week solo bike tour there in September, and looking into breweries, they've had 15 or so open up in the last year in a few areas that had been down to a few tiny no-export breweries.
Anyone have any advice on places to go? Particularly amazing no-export breweries? I don't know if there are any belgies here, but worth a shot...
--
as a side note, I don't honestly think the "put more hops in it" trend that has characterized American beer-making for the last decade really qualifies as a resurgence. If anything it strikes me as an endurance sport or a bizarre masochistic obsession. Lately though, I've been seeing a lot of microbreweries that aren't obsessed with hoppiness shooting up around New England, and that fills my heart with joy.
The push for quality beers as opposed to everyone drinking their country of origin's mass produces beer is a good step in the right direction.
If you want to be pedantic about it I suppose you could say resurgence of quality and variety of beer.
Satans..... hints.....
Aside from the fact that I said it.
i dunno
just drinking my morning oj over here and it was like "man they kinda testy this morning"
Same here, oj and everything.
I need to get back into drinking wines and ports. I have not had any in quite some time. Friends constantly drinking cheap wine put me off of it for a bit.
i mean i only got 4 1/2 hours of sleep but hell
because that's basically everything a wine newbie needs to know in tv show form
Sorry, I should clarify that I really was being silly--I know that doesn't translate well over the internet, but I actually wasn't offended by Druhim or trying to piss him off. I just finished getting (very correctly) corrected on wikipedia and then caught on a mistake by a co-worker, and was having a bit of fun with my response.
I actually would disagree with his assertion, but didn't take it seriously and didn't bother to write out my thoughts on beer-making.
I don't have a lot of evidence, but my general impression is that beer really is in a modern resurgence. The last decade seemed to be a big push by American micro-breweries to produce the hoppiest beers on earth, and the homogenization of European beers by large American breweries.
Actual beer pubs were awfully rare in my state, and my city just had it's first open up late last year--3 others have opened up in the same region now, which is pretty impressive, considering we had none prior.
I don't know. Maybe there is a world-wide thing I and my region missed out on, but up until the last year or so, the resurgence hasn't been here.
We have an incredible wine store that procures really unique wines from all over the world (they have 2 people on staff who just go to different countries and travel through small vineyards)--they've quadrupled their cold beer selection in the last two years, and added a whole beer cave area where you can just buy single bottles of fancy beers.
Meanwhile, the generic liquor store down the street removed a whole rack of corona/pacifico/budweiser 60 packs and replaced it with a shelf of single bottle belgians, french, and other high-quality beers.
From my perspective, the resurgence in quality and variety is new.
I have never had a good port. I don't even know how to select one. This is something I've always felt I should rectify.
However, when it comes to after-dinner drinks, I usually go cognac.
Definitely need to find this.
It's cool man, sorry for any ruffled feathers. My perspective that this isn't new comes from there being successful and popular microbreweries here in the NW that have been around for over 15 years. At least in some regions, this isn't a new phenomenon but I agree that it is expanding and that's definitely a good thing!
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Their failed attempts at "chocolate milkshakes" or what the hell ever they were going for are made even worse by the realization that I am drinking protein
I realize that may be silly and neurotic of me, but I can't help it! That much protein going up a straw makes me want to gag for some reason
There are a few episodes on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzPozCEt9E&feature=related