Let's be honest - most craft beer is crap
Aug 19, 2016 | 4:45 am
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one other "issue" with craft beers. One can't drink them all day.
For instance, every Labor Day weekend Mrs Willie & I hold a party at our lake cabin in N Wisconsin. Folks drink Miller Lite throughout the day, can't do that with craft beers as they just are too rich or heavy.
For instance, every Labor Day weekend Mrs Willie & I hold a party at our lake cabin in N Wisconsin. Folks drink Miller Lite throughout the day, can't do that with craft beers as they just are too rich or heavy.
A few examples that I've tried and found to be a definite upgrade over your standard 'sex in a canoe' lager - All Day IPA by Founders, Dead Pony Club by Brewdog, Go To IPA by Stone, Easy Jack by Firestone Water, Table Beer by Kernel.
Aug 19, 2016 | 11:40 pm
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Two more craft beers that went straight down the drain after one gulp last night.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
Aug 20, 2016 | 12:11 am
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Two more craft beers that went straight down the drain after one gulp last night.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
Wasting beer is a felony in some states.
Aug 20, 2016 | 11:02 am
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Two more craft beers that went straight down the drain after one gulp last night.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
Pabst Blue Ribbon is named so because it had won some awards.
The palmares for beers is like those for photographers or lawyers....there's a million fictitious awards so everybody gets a prize.
Aug 20, 2016 | 4:20 pm
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Two more craft beers that went straight down the drain after one gulp last night.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
I asked Mrs Clint to pick up a couple of strong Belgian beers last night with our Friday night takeaway.
She came back with:
O'Hara's Hop Adventure
St Austell's Proper Job
Amazingly the Proper Job claimed on its label to be a Champion Bottled Beer of Britain.It was truly awful.Not because it was Powerfully Hopped as it also said on the label but because it lacked any subtlety and taste.Really dreadful.
Aug 20, 2016 | 6:25 pm
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So...you hate hoppy beer and you ask your wife to buy you some Belgians, she instead she comes home with two IPAs, one of which has the word "hop" in the name? Rather than venting about craft beers, maybe you should be venting about your wife's inability to pick beers that in any way, shape or form are the type you prefer to drink.
And you think I'm going to mention to my wife she brought the wrong beer home for me ?
Are you mad ? It's taken me years to train her to bring beer home.I'll take the rough with the smooth rather than mess up that hard-won arrangement.
Sheesh,some people ...
Aug 20, 2016 | 7:15 pm
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I agree with the OP insofar as 1) I personally dislike strongly hopped, high ABV beers, and 2) this style of beer is currently all the rage in the US, where it is crowding out other styles of beer. There are other beers out there, though. At bars and restaurants that serve craft beers I'm almost always able to find something that's not a punch-you-in-the-mouth IPA.
Aug 22, 2016 | 12:33 pm
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I agree with the OP insofar as 1) I personally dislike strongly hopped, high ABV beers, and 2) this style of beer is currently all the rage in the US, where it is crowding out other styles of beer. There are other beers out there, though. At bars and restaurants that serve craft beers I'm almost always able to find something that's not a punch-you-in-the-mouth IPA.
Sep 17, 2016 | 8:04 pm
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Sep 18, 2016 | 2:56 am
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Sep 19, 2016 | 11:19 am
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Glad to hear Mrs. Bint successfully changed your mind about something since those of us in this thread could not!
Sep 19, 2016 | 12:36 pm
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However I am still open to persuasion on the whole craft beer discussion and,indeed,do as much research on the subject as I can....
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