I get to review the offerings from RobC, whose avatar is a beer, so you know it is going to be good. Lots of stuff from Cincy and Kentucky, that I’ve never tried so this should be fun.
The Culprit
Rhinegeist: Puma Pilsner (40 IBU, 5.2% ABV, Cincinnati, OH)
An… interesting can, this pils reminded me more of an IPA than not. Floral notes and a bit too much ‘striking noble hops’ left me a bit bitter at only 40 IBUs. 1.9/5
West Sixth Brewing: Pay it forward Cocoa Porter (?? IBU, 6.0% ABV, Kentucky)
This was a lot tastier. The chocolate was very noticeable, but in a good way. Nothing truly special about this beer, but I would drink this all the time if it was available around here. 3.8/5
Falls City Brewing: Streetlamp Porter (??IBU, 5.4%ABV, Louisville, Kentucky)
Rather tingly mouthfeel for a porter, and decent head when first poured (how’s that for a euphemism?) Very rich flavors, must be the molasses. Could be great if it had a more heavy mouthfeel (I like the feeling that I’m eating bread), though this is easy drinking for a porter, especially at this ABV. 4.2/5
Country Boy Brewing: Cougar Bait American Blonde Ale (?? IBU, 4.9% ABV, Georgetown Kentucky)
Wasn’t very impressed with this offering, I think it may just be a limitation of the style, it isn’t offensive at all, but just doesn’t do it for me. 2.5/5
Against the Grain: 35K Stout (?? IBU, 7.0% ABV, Louisville Kentucky)
Weirdest can art ever. Delicious, I got a little buzzed on this one, I don’t have a great recollection of the exact qualities that made it enjoyable, it just was. 4.5/5
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale (?? IBU, 8.19% ABV, Lexington Kentucky)
First impression: ‘I knew I shouldn’t have opened this one up. I’m sure it is expensive and probably tastes great to someone who loves bourbon. I hated it. I had that little shutter when you take your first shot of the night, barrel aged ales just don’t do it for me, unless the liquor taste is very subdued. This isn’t.’
Somehow by the time I took the second sip I found it was quite tolerable, and ended up enjoying it. I still suspect it was wasted on me. 3.0/5
RobC also sent a couple glasses and a hat! Sadly, one glass didn’t make it, but the important stuff (the beer) made it here just fine. Thanks to Rob for giving me a chance to try all sorts of beer from his region.
https://twitter.com/TrollasaurusRx/status/1068354475428143106
LOLWUT?
The one thing no one can say about the Trump presidency is that it hasn’t been entertaining.
Compare that to the tiresome proggy bullshit we had to suffer through before.
You don’t miss sanctimoniously being told you are a stupid rube standing in the way of a bright and glorious future?
That was some good stuff. Gives a whole new meaning to the term “crotch rocket”.
“There Are 328 Human People Named “Abcde” in the United States”
https://www.vocativ.com/culture/society/people-named-abcde/index.html
But what about lizard people?
Say what?
Easier to fend off when they grow up and try to kick your ass. +1 boy named Sue.
So, we have no shortage of morons.
Good to know.
It is still better than La-a. (ludashuh).
I knew 2 girls in New Orleans with the name Cassette. Well, actually, 1 girl named Cassette, the other was named Cass’ette or as she said – “C, A, S, S, Comma to the top, E, T, T, E“.
Did she have a heavier, older sister named “eight track?”
I have told this before: When my son was about 12 I bought him a shirt. On the front it said “I am special and unique”, on the back it said “Just like everyone else”
At first he was a bit confused. I explained that to me he was the most special person in the world, I am his father. To everyone else he was just another mouth to feed.
People like to talk about themselves, they hate hearing other people talk about themselves. Be nice to people. Just making the clerk at the gas station crack a smile makes the world a better place and if you are the kind of person who does that people will like having you around.
I think the advice I gave him has paid off in a big way.
Naming your kid some bizarro unique non-word does not make your kid special. It is kind of pathetic really. Just teach them to be a good person and name them John or Mary.
I tease the check out clerks, more so if they are young. Often they miss the humor. Same with wait staff but the older ones laugh, not because I’m funny but they are working towards the tip and they just humor a geezer. It works, too. The games we play…
Wait, are you saying the waitress didn’t smile at me because she likes me? That can’t possibly be true.
mine called me “Hun!”
I’m glad that the US allows for stupid. In Europe the state can prevent you from giving your child a bizarre legal name. The fact that someone can legally name their child “Abcde” makes me happy
The idea that the state would involve itself in the naming of a child is just so abhorrent and terrifying to me that I find it hard to comprehend. When one’s liberty has been reduced to that point, why are the firebombs not flying?
Baaaaaahhhh.
I think I am supposed to say something about waking up.
Or better, RC’s Iron law: If you aren’t free to be wrong, you aren’t free.
Agree but we already have laws that infringe that much and more.
i.e. Needing a permission slip to own a gun, dog, business, car,………sure many of these are state and local laws but still….
/Not minimizing how fuck up it is that your kid has to have a state approved name
I don’t disagree with any of that, but there is a sacred right to raise your child as you see fit. A right that isn’t really available in most of the West as state education is required (no option for home schooling and private schools are monitored by state authorities), names are pre-approved, and the state can take your child away more easily or act in your child’s perceived “best interest”.
Agreed. I can’t link right now, but this kind of petty authoritarianism is common in the West (primarily Western Europe). Thankfully, the US generally has more parental rights than their inferior peers (for now).
So, I’ll toast to Abcde
A lot of that is due to the church being deeply intertwined with the state everywhere else.
Western Europe?
Church of England. And I believe churches are funded by taxes in Germany?
Yes and I think if you’re not in one of the state religions you can name your kid WTF you want.
Wife just said to me while watching a movie “Who would name their kid Ophelia or Porche?” (characters in the movie). I replied that those names are more common in Europe than here, and did you know that in most countries in the world you cant just name your kid anything you choose, you have to pick a name from a government approved list? She was shocked. She did not know that and found the mere idea of that repellant.
“When people say that the US is the freest country in the world they aint kiddin’. It is the freest, and not just by a little bit.”
“Who would name their kid . . . Porche?” might even be a line from Fish Named Wanda.
If you name your kid Porche I’m pretty sure you have limited her career choices to stripper, escort, or escort who strips on the side.
Raisins
When I lived in Germany I learned about this when discussing Frank Zappa’s kid’s names. The Germans were aghast that this was legal. I said “Huh?” and they told me that names had to be from an approved list. I said that was crazy and they said “Otherwise people will chose whatever name they want” as though this was presumptively bad.
The “But people will do whatever want!” was always the response when I questioned things like govt control of house and roof color. The desire in people to be controlled is strong.
Europeans gotta Euro, brah.
Well, some Germans visiting the US were horrified that people could run around shooting each other with paintball guns.
Did you tell them that Americans are horrified that soccer matches over there regularly erupt into race riots?
Bingo.
The southern US has a reputation for being racist, yet it is one of the least racist places I have ever been to. That hasn’t always been true…when I was a kid it was a lot worse than it is now but if you want to see real, overt racism visit nearly anywhere outside of the US.
Is Adolf on the list?
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
What should frost your nutsack hairs is that there are a hell of a lot more Qtards out there frothing at the mouth about how Bush’s death was planned by the pedophile Illuminati lizard pizza people to distract from whatever they think Trump is doing in their fever dreams.
She is the gift that keeps on giving. And she’s not even sworn in yet.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialist-ocasio-cortez-compares-her-election-victory-to-moon-landing
““We went to the moon. We electrified the nation. We established civil rights. We enfranchised the country. We dig deep, and we did it. We did it when no one else thought that we could. That’s what we did when so many of us won an election this year,” Ocasio-Cortez added.”
Christ, what an asshole!
Does she realize that every election year, people win elections?
Not if Bernie is made commissar
Oh oh!
She’s acting as if she were some underdog. In her district, Dems outnumber Repubs 6 to 1. The Republican candidate didn’t even actively campaign.
But let’s treat her shoes as holy relics!
And she also seems to believe the leftist media propaganda that she is the beginning of some glorious revolution in US politics.
No, no, venerate her gourd!
*digs out dictionary, looks up the word ‘socialist’*
Socialist – 1. A person subscribing to the ideology of socialism. Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and workers’ self-management of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.
2. A slobbering moron.
* A photograph of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Over the next few years she is going to shit out more gems than ‘Peach fotty-fie!’ and Sheila Jackson Lee combined. I look forward to it.
I really want someone to ask her about stationing more troops on Guam.
I have a hard time making fun of Hank. The guy is genuinely mentally ill. He needs help.
I do find it impossible to pass on sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dP_IzmgW0s
Priceless.
Gotta station them equally on both sides so it won’t tip over!
Still one of my favorites from the economics major:
“Unemployment is low because people are working 60, 70, 80 hours a week, and can barely feed their kids.”
” …..from the economics major”
Cum Laude Graduate to you shitlord.
I bet she does cum loud. Hawt!
What does being a screamer have to do with her college degree?
If she really wanted to be daring, she’d say her election is more momentous than Obama’s.
An ocean of sanity will begin to finally recede?
She is the one we have been waiting for.
Not Adahn: Carrying over from the previous thread. Hops can impart all sorts of flavors depending on the type of hop and when they are added to the brewing process. Earthy, herbal, spicy, pine, dank, grapefruit, mango, papaya, grape, and melon area ll flavors that can be imparted in addition to the bitterness.
On topic, Rhinegeist has a huge range of great beers, and some ciders for those who prefer those. Against The Grain is located in a baseball stadium, and has some of the most unusual names and artwork I’ve seen.
I gave Rob short shrift by not including a picture off their can.