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What BEER(s) have you been drinking?
Corn is cheaper because of asinine US domestic policy protecting farmers. You can thank the US senate for that one.
Truth. (And he's done a lot of other great articles besides.)
Unfortunately, "eat organic!" is a lot catchier than "if it doesn't look basically like it did when it came out of the earth, don't eat it!", and that kind of sloganeering leads us into hair-splitting arguments about organically- versus commercially-grown produce when the real issue should be teaching people to eat fresh fruits and veggies instead of TV dinners.
It's easy to tell folks to stop eating junk food and a little more complicated to explain why they should avoid being suckered by "health" food. But teaching people to eat real food - and it's a travesty that "real food" isn't an oxymoron in U.S. culture - is tricky. Tell the average American to stop consuming anything that comes from a restaurant or out of a package, box, or bag, and he's going to have no clue what to eat. (And "eating organic" can be as damaging to our diet than no dietary advice at all.) Who's picking up that slack in the food advisory channels, eh?
Michael Barnes wrote:
I don't think anyone with a lick of intellegence eats organic/natural because of the assumption that nutritional quality is higher.
That said ...
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It's not your congressperson you should be upset at, but your senator. Most of the most absurd policies in the United States originate from the institution where a minuscule proportion of Americans' reps in rural states can hold any bill hostage.
"Congresspeople" was meant to be a lumping together of both, not another term for Representative. Being from a state that's waaaay down there in the population density index, I'm going to have to disagree. If it wasn't for the non-proportional representation of the Senate, we'd never get jack shit. It's only recently that our House Reps outnumbered our Senators.
My issue isn't that Midwest Senators are sticking up for Farmer Ted in his overalls, it's that ADM and their ilk are paying for them to vote their line, which is effectively bad for everyone, including and especially Farmer Ted.
Also, with half the country upset at my Senator (hint, he's the Majority leader at the moment), I'd have to get in a very long line to register any disapproval. (the other is no better, he got caught in an affair while running on a family values/morals religious hardliner ticket...)
edit: on second thought, I have plenty of hate to go around, no time to be stingy. Although I'm pissed off at the corporate goons for pissing their moneystream in government, I suppose I should also dish out a helping to the bastards that are taking it, too. I guess Ted Stevens shows just how cheaply you can buy one.
Fuck this, I'm going home to get a BEER.
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Don't get your hopes up for the Shipyard Pumpkin Ale....very watery tasting.
They make one called Pumpkinhead Ale which is commonly found and not great (I've had it too), but also another called Smashed Pumpkin that's supposed to be a lot better.
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I have tried Schafly and been underwhelmed. I used to go predominantly Goose Island but Two Brother brewery did a tasting down in Champaign Urbana and they had great stuff.
I have since switched to drinking predominantly Two Brothers. My current preferences are Bitter End and Domaine DuPage.
I used to enjoy a light crisp wheat but now the citrus notes bug me for some reason. I have come round to wanting a more bitter and hoppy beer than I used to prefer.
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Too bad they didn't have any darker or stronger beers though, they were all around the 5% mark. Their fall seasonal beer Night Marzen was a nice amber and I'm looking forward to having some more this season in local pubs.
Their one offs:
Happy Pils, self explanatory, brewed with local hops and 25 % local grains and
Opa's Gose, a german style wheat beer with sea salt and coriander, very nice
Late Night in Sleepy Dunkel, a darker wheat beer (6.3%), good malty taste
and their Lug Tread WTF? for wheat fermented, a variation on their flagship Lug Tread lagered ale. Bought a 4-pack if this one (in 600 ml bottles).
There were some tasting kegs brought from BarVolo in Toronto (from their wide selection of kegs for their upcoming Cask Days in late october) with some other micros from the province.
Church Key's Like Water for Chocolate Porter (8%) was unfortunately not so good, with a sour finale. Too bad, as it was the strongest beer and only porter on site.
Ottawa's own Clocktower brewpub had a seasonal light pumpkin ale (4.5%) which smelled great, tons of spices, however the taste didn't hold up and was kind of watery. St-Ambroise's seasonal pumpkin ale which I bought last week is a lot better.
Flying Monkey's Smash Bomb IPA (7.5%) was a highlight, lots of citrus flavours, I should have gotten some more of that.
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Also it was 3 weeks ago but attended our second annual UP Beerfest. My pick of the lot: Short's Brewing Rich's Rye. Second place was Dragonsmead's Double Black. Short's is seemingly becoming my favorite MI brewery.
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For the Superbowl I picked up a growler of Kuhnhenn's DRIPA. Which is insanely easy drinking for how strong of a beer it is making it a good choice to bring to a party, although not sure what the rice adds to it. Overall I'll stick to Hopslam as my DIPA of choice, more so since it's available right now.
What caused me to seek this out this thread was finding that one of my favorite bars right outside of school just put Lagunitas Sucks on tap. I had tracked down two 6 packs when it was released last month and figured that was all I was gonna get my hands on this year as stores around here now seem to be all out and tell me they could get about one case each. I've read they plan on making this a year round beer, but if you have some available near you and you enjoy IPAs at all go pick some up. Just a fantastic beer.
Also I've been thinking about delving perhaps into the beer trading world to get my hands on some things that are tough to come by here. Anyone have any experience (or even perhaps an interest) in that realm?
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