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Sep 1, 2018 - 8:31 AM
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Thor
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To backtrack a bit:
1. I never drink more than one glass of stout per evening (whether it's Guinness, Kilkenny's or whatever). It's basically like a dessert. I tend to prefer blondes, as they say.
2. Glass is HUGELY important when it comes to beer. Each type of beer requires its own glass. And as has been previously mentioned, it's not snobberty -- it's SCIENCE! I have one glass for pilsners, one for IPAs, one for Belgian Blondes, one for weissbier and so on.
I had quite a few units yesterday, btw, and will have some more tonight. Just by myself, but that's rewarding sometimes.
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Sep 1, 2018 - 8:35 AM
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Jim Phelps
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To backtrack a bit:
1. I never drink more than one glass of stout per evening (whether it's Guinness, Kilkenny's or whatever). It's basically like a dessert. I tend to prefer blondes, as they say.
2. Glass is HUGELY important when it comes to beer. Each type of beer requires its own glass. And as has been previously mentioned, it's not snobberty -- it's SCIENCE! I have one glass for pilsners, one for IPAs, one for Belgian Blondes, one for weissbier and so on.
I had quite a few units yesterday, btw, and will have some more tonight. Just by myself, but that's rewarding sometimes.
Two beers is my limit, regardless of the type. I know your limit is no limit, or somewhere thereabouts. 
As I've discovered recently (see Graham Watt's reply to the Guinness post previous) the glasses for beer are just as important as it would be for any fine liquor. It truly makes a difference.
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I went to a local art and wine festival this past weekend, and although it was't in the title, there was also plenty of local/relatively local craft beer available. I enjoyed a few excellent IPAs.
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Sep 18, 2018 - 6:55 AM
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Jim Phelps
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Not yet. I've had Harp on draft (draught), and it was quaffable, but not transcendent. I'll take it over Stella Artois, which to my taste buds, is no better than typical American bilge like Budweiser or Coors.
The trouble with food and drink, and most everything else I suppose, is that people tend to have extreme opinions on it. I take the view that taste is subjective, so why become visibly disturbed with someone for, say, liking Brussels Sprouts?
BTW, one of those "Irish People Try..." YouTube videos shows lads and lassies enthusiastically slurping down American Budweiser...
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Sep 18, 2018 - 10:24 AM
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jackfu
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While reading up on the "piss water" I'd purchased, I couldn't help but notice the strong, FSM-like opinions expressed at the Beer Advocate website. Detcting snobbery, I conducted an Oldsmith-style search for the facts and instead found this, which contains a humorous dissection of those Beer reviewer types:
https://drunkard.com/0105-beer-snobbery/
Thanks Jim, that is a funny website! After Hurricane Florence weekend, I needed a good laugh. I’ll have to share it with my pastor. He’s as anti-alcohol as they come, but he has a great sense of humor and he’ll especially like the line about “Jesus’ first and best miracle.”
If I may be so bold, are you a beer snob? If so, I’m guessing “The Beer Lover”?
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Sep 18, 2018 - 11:47 AM
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Thomas
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Not yet. I've had Harp on draft (draught), and it was quaffable, but not transcendent. I'll take it over Stella Artois, which to my taste buds, is no better than typical American bilge like Budweiser or Coors.
The trouble with food and drink, and most everything else I suppose, is that people tend to have extreme opinions on it. I take the view that taste is subjective, so why become visibly disturbed with someone for, say, liking Brussels Sprouts?
BTW, one of those "Irish People Try..." YouTube videos shows lads and lassies enthusiastically slurping down American Budweiser...
Yes, Budweiser has been steadily popular in Ireland through the years. Heaven knows why though, I've always thought it too gassy. Miller was popular in the 90s but it seems to have died off. Very few bars seem to stock it anymore. I didn't like it at all. Is it still popular stateside?
Harp and Carlsberg are much the same to me, I don't recognise much difference between them. Carling is even worse, though it's not that popular apart from in England. I try to drink ale when I'm in the pub, but it ain't easy getting good ones here.
Also while I remember, there is a new "Irish Lager" from Guinness on the market here called Rockshore which is doing well. Light and crispy apparently, though it tastes like Coors to me ie. pointless.
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I also don't enjoy being hungover. I suppose rum would be closest during the hotter times of the year--which, here in Florida, is almost all the time. 
