oldviolin wrote:

Whiskey is distilled beer... stick to that. How did they crank up the alcohol content? Removing water? Freezing?

 oldviolin wrote:

The council will decide your fate. 

Hold my beer...

 Beez wrote:

Yup. Pure ganja!
ok no. No cbdb gimmicks. No alt malt. No prisoners. Just stiff hops. Yum.

 lily34 wrote:



Well anyway it's  better than anything that needs a flavor packet...lol

 Beez wrote:

 lily34 wrote:

I would try it but only if it doesn't have weed in it.

But I don't even drink beer anymore, so I don't even know why I said that.  
I'm just going to sit over here and drink my bourb. 

 Beez wrote:

i want some. and i don't even like beer much. if i do, i have to be able to see through it, too. 

 oldviolin wrote:

Does it have real weed in it?  

 ptooey wrote:

I just don't trust beer I can't see through.  God only knows what's swimming around in there. 

 Beez wrote:


Damn straight. 

 Beez wrote: 
get u somma dat

 ptooey wrote:

Bingo

 ptooey wrote:

I can't be your friend anymore.  I bet you drink the ones you can't see through, too.  

How researchers, farmers and brewers want to safeguard beer against climate change

Anchor Not Dead Yet?

The New York Times reports that Anchor Brewing Company, which owner Sapporo said it would shut down, may get a lifeline.

Unionized employees at San Francisco-based Anchor, the oldest craft beer brand in the US, "want to buy the 127-year-old company and run it as a co-op to save it from shutting down, a union official said."

According to the story, "employees, who were given 60 days’ notice and promised severance packages, have proposed a way to keep the beer flowing.

"The workers have 'decided to launch an effort to purchase the brewery and run it as a worker co-op,' according to a proposal letter from the Anchor employees. Pedro de Sá, the business agent at International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6, whose members include workers at Anchor, sent the proposal on Wednesday to Mike Minami, the president of Sapporo USA, which owns the company.

"'All we want is a fair shot at being able to continue to do our jobs, make the beer we love, and keep this historic institution open,' the letter said. 'We do not want the brewery and brand we love to be sold off before we even had a chance'."

All the discussion of IPAs, etc. inspired me to have a Lagunitas with a rye whiskey in the backyard lounge after work yesterday. It was a chilly 94°, thus the little fan.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I missed the Brew Fest here, too. So far, 2023 has been kind of an off year.  But, still. Mmmmm...beer.

 steeler wrote:
I'm not sure if they're declining in popularity; some of the hazy IPAs and session IPAs are very popular, as well as the older IPA stand-bys - well, in bars around here anyhow.  The Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA (9% ABV) is apparently the largest selling IPA now.

 ptooey wrote:
Yellowstone Beer Fest is next Saturday and last year I went to try to find the best micro-lager summer beer. (Bayern)
This year I was going to compare a bunch of Pale Ales vs IPAs and see if I could come up with a way to tell which is which without reading the label.

But a friend is coming to town that day and we're having dinner. <<grump>>