Nemesis and Buddy Redux

[LMNO]

Does not count for Newport Storm!

Please note I didn't say that just because it was local, it wasn't crap.

Just look at Magic Hat #9.  Apricot beer.  Blargh.

[East Coast Hustle]

I hear from sources that some of the smaller breweries (if they are indeed any left) that don't ship international can be pretty good if you know the market..

unfortunately, the reality is that most of the smaller microbreweries have been bought out by/contract their brewing out to larger microbreweries, which in turn are usually owned primarily by the major conglomerates.

for example: here in Maine, Geary's and Gritty's (2 of our more popular micros) are actually brewed by Shipyard (our most popular "micro") which is, in fact, owned by Miller.

the upshot of this, obviously, is that it's all mostly still crappy beer, you're just paying twice as much for a 6-pack of it.

[LMNO]

Well, you might want to compare it to record labels like Mute, which while owned by EMI, still puts out quality music.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Yiddish joke about beer:

So there's this poor Jewish shtetl that's kind of down on it's luck, you know? The young people are all moving out, and there's not much in the way of job opportunities or anything to bring money into the place. So the the community elders convene, and decide that they should give brewing beer a shot. Not mass production or anything, but they know that beer snobs will sometimes go for something that sells itself as a "local" variety.

So they borrow the brewing equipment from one of the guys in the shtetl who brews as a hobby, and make a batch. They send it off to a large brewing company nearby, because they need someone who has the resources to produce enough of it to sell. They send a cask of the stuff with the following letter:

"Dear Schweitzhoffen Quality Brewing Company:
Please try a sample of our poor community's locally brewed stout. We would be honored if you let us know what you think of it, and most especially if you would be willing to help us produce and sell our local variety, blah blah blah etc."


A couple days later, they get a letter back:





"Your horse has diabetes."

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

"Your horse has diabetes."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

question - does this nemesis/buddy thing apply to only this thread, or can i round up an internet posse and jump nigel in some digitally-shaded corner when shes least expecting it?

a/s/l?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

One of the many things I like about Portland (and there is a lot to like) is the proliferation of really good independent microbreweries and microminibreweries.

[Jenne]

Ok, fuck all y'all:  there are PLENTY of Amurrican breweries out there that kick mo fo ass.

Pete's Wicked Ale
Stone Pale Ale and IPA
Karl Strauss

...those are just 3 that I know of, 2 here in CA.  They are awesome, and I won't hear NUFFIN' different.

:P

[Cainad (dec.)]

Ok, fuck all y'all:  there are PLENTY of Amurrican breweries out there that kick mo fo ass.

Pete's Wicked Ale
Stone Pale Ale and IPA
Karl Strauss

...those are just 3 that I know of, 2 here in CA.  They are awesome, and I won't hear NUFFIN' different.

:P

STFU! It's only an "Amurrican beer" if it's produced by Real Amurrican Capitalists, who can afford to buy Superbowl ads!

[Jenne]

 

[Not Red Ame]

question - does this nemesis/buddy thing apply to only this thread, or can i round up an internet posse and jump nigel in some digitally-shaded corner when shes least expecting it?

a/s/l?

Professor!  My nemesis is broken!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I am currently very enamored of a little brewer called "Captured by Porches".

[Jenne]

Wussit like?  I've found most microbrews are quite herbsie and hopsy.

Fat Tire is like the "new-er" microbrew du jour...it's all over the fucking place atm.

S'ok...I like Stone's IPA better.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's kind of like Mirror Pond but not as hoppy.

NW beer tends to be crazy hoppy, though, so I'm pretty acclimated. There's some sort of unfathomable obsession with IPA.

[Jenne]

It's...perfumey.  I have to be in a mood (quote/unquote) to drink it.  And even then, I don't DRINK drink it, I sip it.

I love going to beer tastings--it's always amazing to me the differences between stouts, ales and blondes of all sorts.