Halle Berry's pet Octopus: NBS BIF 8

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  1. Victory_Sabre1973

    Victory_Sabre1973 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,445) Sep 15, 2015 Minnesota
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    Since the beers aren't going to drink themselves, and I don't have to work for a few more hours, I decided to pop open a lighter one - then a work issue came up. I did get a few sips in, and put it back in the fridge. I'll try to get it before I actually have to go to work .

    I did get a review in on what I was able to drink .

    3.99/5 rDev -5%
    look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

    Pours a lighter, murky golden color. The head is 3 finger, white, quite frothy. There's some lacing on the glass, and the retention is great.
    The nose is quite strong with citrus. Pineapple, grapefruit.
    Taste - Citrus is decent. Pineapple, seems to be the main, with grapefruit mixed in as well.
    The body is lighter. The hops do linger, but not extremely long.
    Decent beer, and a pleasure to drink.
     
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  2. FlintB

    FlintB Initiate (0) May 27, 2017 Michigan

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  3. jhavs

    jhavs Grand Pooh-Bah (3,587) Apr 16, 2015 New York
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    I got some VIP tix for the IPA Fest. I'd be more than happy to bring a ton of bottles to share the night before if any of you jokers attend!
     
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  4. jhavs

    jhavs Grand Pooh-Bah (3,587) Apr 16, 2015 New York
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    Chicago would be a great choice logistically, but are there other big beer fests in Chicago already?
    I would like that location. Same reasons Boston are great. Awesome fest plus so many other great things to do while there.
     
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  5. FlintB

    FlintB Initiate (0) May 27, 2017 Michigan

    And we can all stay with @FFFjunkie , if he ever finishes his house.
     
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  6. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    As an example, my favorite style is Tripel, and my very favorite beer of all time is Chimay White. I gave it a 4.8. Now, La Fin du Monde got a 5. I think it's a better beer, even though Chimay is my personal favorite.
     
    #4126 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2018
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  7. FFFjunkie

    FFFjunkie Initiate (0) Aug 26, 2014 Illinois

    I like this idea!

    We are very close to finally moving in. Only a couple months behind schedule lol!
     
    #4127 FFFjunkie, Oct 10, 2018
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  8. Mipper

    Mipper Pundit (986) Dec 14, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    ....LBI

    Damn Slowpoke

    LBO.....
     
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  9. Bum4ever

    Bum4ever Pooh-Bah (1,838) Jan 18, 2017 California
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    Should have a box of beer to celebrate with tomorrow!
     
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  10. kemoarps

    kemoarps Grand Pooh-Bah (3,256) Apr 30, 2008 Washington
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    As far as the ratings thing goes I'm somewhere in the middle, but lean much closer to @beertunes end of the scale (legitimately I think there's a regional element to it as well as this topic has come up before in the NW forums and more opinions tended to skew that way).
    For me if I'm rating, a '3' is neutral, average, whatever. If there's an element I DON'T enjoy that puts it below a 3. 3.5 is enjoyable but pretty standard... like forgetable but pleasant. 4 is my baseline for 'I actively enjoy this,' 4.5 is incredible and I don't encounter a perfect five very often, just on principle.
    Now that's just for how I rate. When I am reading the ratings on this site I mentally adjust for the grade inflation that Terry talks about. For other people's ratings I assume a 4 is 'pretty good' and anything in the 3.5 range is probably subpar. Hell at this point, if I see something in the 4.2 range I assume that half the raters thought it was just ok. That's why going by pure numbers is a fools errand by and large, and why I hate ratings without a review.
     
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  11. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    So to me, a 5.0 means that I can't conceive of any way that particular attribute can be better - not necessarily that it's my favorite, just that it is without flaw.

    Rating each attribute individually, I've still, to date, only given out one perfect score. That beer isn't my favorite, beer - not even in its own style! - but I honestly cannot conceive of any way to improve it in any facet. It's perfectly made.

    I apply the same line of thinking above, with the caveat that I'm not re-visiting many beers I rate under a 3.5. However, just because *I* may not want to revisit it doesn't mean it can't be an average beer, or even slightly better.

    It may look good, or smell OK, or maybe has a nice feel. That said, if something is just, "Ehh, OK," are you really going to pay $2-4 per beer on it, when you can pay the same and easily find something you enjoy more? That's not necessarily the same thing as a beer not being good.

    I also agree with Corey that people are looking at it as a 0-5 scale, when it's a 1-5 scale. 3 does not equal 60% (it's actually 50%). But the thing is: the percentage doesn't matter! Are you really saying a 4.0 beer looks 75% good (or 80% for the math-challenged)? What the hell does "75% good" mean? Does it mean you were hoping for 2 fingers of head and 2 minutes of retention, but actually only got 1 1/2 fingers of head and 1.5 minutes of retention?

    ......please tell me no one is actually doing that. :rofl: :stuck_out_tongue:

    This isn't actually a percentage scale; the numbers are markers along a path, where 3 literally means "average."

    If you do decide this needs to somehow be a percentage scale, then yes, rating a "good" beer as automatically a 4.0 or above does make a certain amount of sense. I would argue it doesn't meet the intent of the system, and it overall devalues ratings overall when there is too much inflation.

    Just me, though. Not criticizing, just offering a different point of view.
     
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  12. WesMantooth

    WesMantooth Grand Pooh-Bah (4,844) Jan 8, 2014 Ohio
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    “3 does not equal 60%” is as easy as it can be summarized. I don’t view it as a percentage, but like you said, if I did, 3 would be 50% to me too. Like I said, it doesn’t give us the option of going below 1. So that’s middle. Doesn’t mean I am right by any means, but I thought that’s how the site explained it early on too. Although they had that 0-100 thing included to make it more convoluted. :crazy_face:

    If we were to apply a %, would we use a 90,80,70,60 scale, or like it was when I was in high school; 94,83,73...
     
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  13. WesMantooth

    WesMantooth Grand Pooh-Bah (4,844) Jan 8, 2014 Ohio
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    Wait a minute, why are we doing math again???
     
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  14. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    NBS BIF 9: There Will Be Math?
     
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  15. bl00

    bl00 Savant (1,244) May 13, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Oh please god no!!!
     
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  16. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Mathballz!!!!!
     
    #4136 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2018
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  17. CanConPhilly

    CanConPhilly Grand Pooh-Bah (4,421) May 17, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Can’t blame it on me...this time.

    Although I’m already planning to do a real version of @SammyJaxxxx crazy fake math hint in the next round.
     
    #4137 CanConPhilly, Oct 10, 2018
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  18. FlintB

    FlintB Initiate (0) May 27, 2017 Michigan

    Sorry for highjacking, but this is re: BA Expo and therefore of interest to roughly everyone:

     
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  19. Victory_Sabre1973

    Victory_Sabre1973 Grand Pooh-Bah (5,445) Sep 15, 2015 Minnesota
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    Am I the only one who when I see a delivery vehicle (FedEx, UPS, USPS), around work, I get worried?
     
    #4139 Victory_Sabre1973, Oct 10, 2018
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  20. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    So I was planning on a ninja box.
    I need you lunatics to pick the target(s). Please dm me with the targets address.
    I will select based upon some yet to be determined criteria
     
    #4140 SammyJaxxxx, Oct 11, 2018
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