Controversial Beer Opinions Thread

Sorry but you’re wrong here. If you are downwind of them you can be alerted to their presence by the smell of arrogance and self importance they emit.

 

Watermelon Dorado. Nuff said...

 

I simply can't stand Orval.. I just dont get the hype...

 

When people say they "forgot" about some whale in the back of the fridge, closet, cellar...

 

Shipping beer (both personal & retail) should be fully banned and enforced as such. If someone has an overwhelming need to try a beer from a particular region, go visit the region and drink it there. Make a day/weekend/week out of it. Imo many of craft beer's issues are as a result of the ease in which beer can be transported across the country/world and while I realize this would not be a panacea it would put a nice dent into them.

That breweries do not voluntarily post nutritional content for their beers (labels, website, in their social media release announcements, wherever), while certainly not responsible for, makes them enablers of poor health consequences, such as obesity & diabetes. IMO it boils down to the industry not wanting to adversely impact sales by detailing how unhealthy their beers might possibly be. And add ingredients while they are at it. I'd like to know what is in my beer - whether it is HFCS, lactose, etc.

Anyone who refers to an IPA as 'Hops' should never be allowed to drink a beer again. Their BA account should be closed, too.

 

Cellaring beer is really just collecting beer. Which I am definitely guilty of.

 

I think some may have missed the point of your post

 

I don't even really like beer. I just drink it because it's cool these days so I need to brush up on minimal knowledge that will get me through a conversation at the lokal pub.. It all tastes like bitter to me. Even Guinness, which is too heavy. I'd rather drink vodka & soda to be honest, lol.

I do like avacado toast though.

Macklemore is dope too.

 

When did Seatthole get shipped to Illynoize?

 

Way back when before I forgot.

 

My friend calls it the "whooosh factor"

 

Some beer reviews are good and spot on while some get a little too carried away for my liking: "First sip I tasted grapefruit peel, hibiscus notes, dust particles, mango, guava, freshly cut grass, notes of tree bark..... "

Just stop it!

 

The problem with this is it ignores what is already established. No simple rule of thumb will get it right, and if it isn't right then what is the point anyway?
To classify beers by whether top or bottom fermented is a bit like classifying North America with regard to the 49th parallel.As a rough guide it is OK but when you use it do define Alaska as part of Canada you become aware of the limitations. Yet people are happy to describe Kolsch as an Ale when it is actually a lager simply on this arbitrary basis.And, closer to my heart, when Stouts and Porters are called Ales. Hundreds of years of history overlooked and ignored. And the result is poor understanding of beer relationships.

 

Interesting thoughts on shipping, coming from a trader. Not sure if the poked-in-the-eye emoji was for the whole post or just the last part

 

By extension we should ignore the map makers. There is no tree line on the ground so a map is inaccurate and ignores where the trees and open spaces happen to be. (To name only one of their misrepresentations.) So maps are worse than useless.

 

I think KBS is a bad-ass barrel aged stout

 

Yes. Arbitrary demarcation lines are just that.
But Americans and Canadians,though they have much in common, do have their different origins and history. They may seem similar to many people yet deserve to be distinct.
So we allow Alaska to be American and Windsor,Ontario to be Canadian.
And Kolsch to be a lager

 

Just because a demarcation isn't exact (as is also often the case with the world), doesn't make it arbitrary. You keep confounding the two.

In addition you yourself chide others about history and origins while ignoring the fact of UK history that all those UK brewers who currently use hops in their beer (say in a first rate bitter) are actually not brewing ales at all, based on the different origins and history of ales vs. beer.

 

Marquis I suggest you take a look at Gary Gillman's blog, Beet Et Seq, it deals with the history of North American beer,wine, whiskey/whisky and food. I believe he is based in Toronto, it is very fascinating.

 

Melvin doesn't brew NEIPA. And yeah, fuck TG.