The beer question for the holidays.
12-14-15, 01:38 PM
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I can help, though. I'm setting up a gofundme campaign to raise seed money for my new mail-order organic vintage mustache grooming products box delivery service.
You pay a monthly fee, and we send a delightfully quaint wooden box that is artfully charred and branded on the outside with our nifty logo, full of new and varied types of mustache wax from free range bees, tiny hand-made recycled metals mustache combs, and a leatherbound book of styling tips on 105% recycled vegan paper product written in "Pacific Northwest" typeface.
Sound intriguing? Some hipster out there is reading this and opening his checkbook.
12-14-15, 01:41 PM
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I'm a mustache wax snob, so no, you did a terrible job.
I can help, though. I'm setting up a gofundme campaign to raise seed money for my new mail-order organic vintage mustache grooming products box delivery service.
You pay a monthly fee, and we send a delightfully quaint wooden box that is artfully charred and branded on the outside with our nifty logo, full of new and varied types of mustache wax from free range bees, tiny hand-made recycled metals mustache combs, and a leatherbound book of styling tips on 105% recycled vegan paper product written in "Pacific Northwest" typeface.
Sound intriguing? Some hipster out there is reading this and opening his checkbook.
I can help, though. I'm setting up a gofundme campaign to raise seed money for my new mail-order organic vintage mustache grooming products box delivery service.
You pay a monthly fee, and we send a delightfully quaint wooden box that is artfully charred and branded on the outside with our nifty logo, full of new and varied types of mustache wax from free range bees, tiny hand-made recycled metals mustache combs, and a leatherbound book of styling tips on 105% recycled vegan paper product written in "Pacific Northwest" typeface.
Sound intriguing? Some hipster out there is reading this and opening his checkbook.
12-14-15, 01:43 PM
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Thanks for asking. It's faux leather, of course. Same material that we use to make this popular product-
https://www.amazon.com/Hipster-Vegan-.../dp/B01285C7SC
https://www.amazon.com/Hipster-Vegan-.../dp/B01285C7SC
12-14-15, 01:48 PM
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Thanks for asking. It's faux leather, of course. Same material that we use to make this popular product-
Wine Hipster Vegan Leather Crossbody Bag: Handbags: Amazon.com
Wine Hipster Vegan Leather Crossbody Bag: Handbags: Amazon.com
12-14-15, 01:51 PM
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I love the vast variety of beers available. But, some of my "go to's" are Berkshire Brewing Co. offerings like Steel Rail, Lost Sailor IPA and Cabin Fever Ale.
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"...paper product written in "Pacific Northwest" typeface."
12-14-15, 02:19 PM
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My absolute favorite year-round beer is Heady Topper IPA, it's a very hard to find 16oz can-only brew from Waitsfield, VT. Fortunately for me, my mom lives nearby and regularly secures large quantities of it for shipment to her loving sons. Some beer snobs may think it's over-hyped given the outrageously high ratings, but they probably just haven't ever tried it.
Heady Topper | The Alchemist | BeerAdvocate
2nd place is another Vermont IPA called Sip of Sunshine by Lawson's brewing. For how small that state is, the amount of good beer that they produce is almost unbelievable.
Heady Topper | The Alchemist | BeerAdvocate
2nd place is another Vermont IPA called Sip of Sunshine by Lawson's brewing. For how small that state is, the amount of good beer that they produce is almost unbelievable.
12-14-15, 03:14 PM
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Magic Hat is probably the state's most famous brewery, but ironically it's also my least favorite. How hipster of me. Being ironic about craft ales.
12-14-15, 03:45 PM
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Actually,
anything (beer) bottled is barely worth bothering with IMO.
It all pales compared to what's available on tap.
My father enjoyed beer, & at one time had a collection of cans in the hundreds.
He brewed some in college as well.
I feel sorry for him that he missed out
on the current 'golden age' of beer.
Those hundreds of cans were almost all the equivalent of Hamm's.
anything (beer) bottled is barely worth bothering with IMO.
It all pales compared to what's available on tap.
My father enjoyed beer, & at one time had a collection of cans in the hundreds.
He brewed some in college as well.
I feel sorry for him that he missed out
on the current 'golden age' of beer.
Those hundreds of cans were almost all the equivalent of Hamm's.
12-14-15, 03:58 PM
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bakes, bakes, bakes...me thinks you just don't want to spend the dough for something a little more interesting 
, but that's okay with me.
Best beer I can recall right now? A French beer called Psychedelia-it was spectacular, but don't tell bakes! Don't worry, it's not available here in the states
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, but that's okay with me. Best beer I can recall right now? A French beer called Psychedelia-it was spectacular, but don't tell bakes! Don't worry, it's not available here in the states
.That sounds lovely. Interesting is such a fun word to describe beer.
We must meet up some time to discuss the subtle complexities of the various wheats used in your favorite brews. If that ever gets boring we can move onto the ph levels of the water used by those same brewers.
Born too late to be an uneducated wine snob so settled on craft beer. It must be tough lol.
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You seek out and drink interesting and spectacular beers?
That sounds lovely. Interesting is such a fun word to describe beer.
We must meet up some time to discuss the subtle complexities of the various wheats used in your favorite brews. If that ever gets boring we can move onto the ph levels of the water used by those same brewers.
Born too late to be an uneducated wine snob so settled on craft beer. It must be tough lol.
That sounds lovely. Interesting is such a fun word to describe beer.
We must meet up some time to discuss the subtle complexities of the various wheats used in your favorite brews. If that ever gets boring we can move onto the ph levels of the water used by those same brewers.
Born too late to be an uneducated wine snob so settled on craft beer. It must be tough lol.
12-14-15, 04:33 PM
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One of my favorites.. though have always liked a lot of scotch ales.
12-14-15, 09:00 PM
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there are 5 solid beer pubs within 3 miles of my place...one of which i will usually hit on the way home after a longer ride on a day off.
a few san diego/so cal beers i can't say no to if i encounter them on draft:
alesmith .394 pale ale
alpine ale
alpine duet ipa
craftsman 1903 pre-prohibition lager
craftsman hefeweizen
societe coachman session ipa.
a few san diego/so cal beers i can't say no to if i encounter them on draft:
alesmith .394 pale ale
alpine ale
alpine duet ipa
craftsman 1903 pre-prohibition lager
craftsman hefeweizen
societe coachman session ipa.
12-15-15, 11:10 PM
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Schlafly Winter ESB and SN Celebration are the two beers I most look forward to this time of year.
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Just tried some Lagunitas for the first time, really like their Brown Shugga and their Sucks... good stuff. 
Some of my favorite breweries are Stone, Great Lakes, and Ommegang.
Here is one that is in season right now...
Took that pic a couple winters ago, but it came out nice so I like to use it a lot!
Cheers!
Some of my favorite breweries are Stone, Great Lakes, and Ommegang.
Here is one that is in season right now...
Took that pic a couple winters ago, but it came out nice so I like to use it a lot!
Cheers!
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12-16-15, 09:34 AM
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My lager tastes run to Stella, Moretti, Perroni and a few others. Just wondering what lagers are your favorites. I will have to try them if I haven't already.