So, always bean a ratebeerian since 2006, but still a rookie rater, and yea, I'm really from Beaver County, Pennsylvania USA, the land of taxes; sincerely, we have the highest taxes in the nation; gas, tolls, real estate, sales, you name it; go fact-check it on politico.
But anyway, I just like saying the word China, the way the trump-train says it: chiy-nah. You know, like cheap china, china cheap, like inexpensive dishes. Do we want to live in china? Its a perfect real world application example of how communists interpret socialism. Not how its always presented with glowing reviews on paper, REAL LIFE. CHAI-NAH; Accent second syllable. BIG WORLD POWER, SCARY!
Heheheh, if I say I'm from chiy-nah, maybe those leftist ratebeerian progressives won't bother me, or perhaps, even more importantly, can't find me! I'm not advertising, but go to the forums and see how they respect the president in OTM! Go see how much they feel they're blessed to live in dah USA.
( not potus, btw ;~) )
They are not classic liberals, in the historic sense; but they claim to being so. It is the conservatives who are really classic liberals, go ask the founders.
Leddem think yer one of them, you know; get to know your enemy better than your friend kindah thang? After all, the quran says its OK to use deception & lies, right? Besides, I AM AN INFIDEL, A SINNER, so are YOU ! ! !
In my other life, I question the worth of any round (bullet, beer, drink or lottery ticket, you know, round?) over $1, beer, cigar or golfball over $2, gun or fishen rod over $5, sporty over $2K, shovel over $4K, contemporary no-leaker big twin over $7K and especially anything labeled IPA.
JMHO; IPA, its happy BS, IPA is not natural or real beer. Again, JMHO.
HAH! There, you have it, put that in in yer politically correct pipe and smoke it, I mean vape cigarette; ........oops, for a moment there I forgot those snowflakes don't smoke or drink so, they wouldn't even be reading this! ........ snowflakes aren't on RB??
LOL (If you are far right, thats what is meant but......... if you are an American leftist, and can't admit it, LOL stands for Left-leaning ____?____ Liberal, you fill in the blank and be proud of it!)
Back to beer: Much to the chagrin of my colleagues, cheap beer is beer and I like it! Its cool when my local beer store has a case of 30/12 oz on sale for $7! Or, possibly a case of 24 for $11 and a rebate of $6! LOL!
Please be aware that RB says: "This isn't about how well the beer conformed to its style definition -- its about a measurement of my own appreciation."
So; I am by no means a beer expert, nor am I qualified to rate by style; my rating numbers are for my personal review of enjoyment only, a rating of 0-5 is based only on how much I enjoyed it and my own feeling about it.
IMHO/JMHO, purposefully bitter hops are adjuncts which were originally used as a preservative, on long ship deliveries; in a land long long ago and far far away. They add an unnatural bitter flavor and hide the real complexities of fine, fresh, well made, beer. We don't need preservatives today with modern technology. I guess I'm just a luddite.
It used to be, the stupid ubiquitous cheap beer when I joined RB, was macro pale lager, but its now IPA; those cheap IPA outnumber pale lager by a long shot. They're cheap, everyplace, and are rarely well made; especially those made by so called craft brewers. Additionally, many styles have been deflowered by the IPA.
Yes, many styles now have IPA in them, now that style is now longer that style but it still carries that name and it rates high because of the so called IPA lovers out there. But that style is now corrupted, its no longer that style. Go figger. How about all those IPA deflowered styles; guess what? They're all IPA. It's not a wibier, its an IPA. Its not a lager, its an IPA. It not a belgian, its an IPA, etc, etc, ect.
Yes, IPA and IPA influenced other styles are the new cheap macro, not pale lager; pale lager is good compared to that ubiquitous IPA BS!
No quarter for IPA granted here. Even macro meggah beer companies make plenty of IPA styles today, just so they can get a part of the action.
It's all because IPA is the manly thing to do, you know, all that peer pressure to say you actually like that terribly bitter brew?
Hey, even real women say they like IPA, no?
Nevertheless, I have tremendous respect for those, gender neutral real beer experts who enjoy IPA style hops, session or not!
In the end, I will taste any beer that comes across my path, whether I like the style or not; I will ticket it, as long as I deem it worthwhile, $ wise & I may never see that happy BS IPA again, especially for an out of town beer run, yes; I'm a tikker. Why do you think I have rated so many stupid nasty, terribly on style IPA and impy? Sometimes I even put impy stouts into this category.
Finally, real lambics are to beer like old loud smoking, oil-leaking HDs are to bikes.... there....ya have it, what else can be said? Except maybe, gimmie a bottle of Gueuze Cuvée René, Hanssens Oude, or if I'm lucky, Cantillon Classic Organic Bio, Bios Flaamse or even a simple cheap Rodenbach! In the end, I'd rather have the big O, orval.
Caution: Don't hang round me when I get a new top 10 beer cause, I git me han-me-down 44 mag revolver out and shoot aimlessly into the air in celebration. What goes up must come down, and love the percussion. More than any musical instrument or drum, or is a 44 a drum? Just asking.
As a final thought, original OTM, before the changeover, used to blow, it was just a big liberal cesspool of a few angry leftists that preached tolerance but couldn't exhibit it themselves! They supported any new tax, and even loved the creation of stupid ass 'revenue' opportunities such as the value added tax. Isn't it funny how left leaning ideas do the opposite of what they say they will do: Example, the affordable care act. BUT, there is hope, haven't got into the new forum YET! TBD
Otherwise, I like ratebeerians! Wanna trade?
~Later, gottah go fix my tardis.
Last seen Dec 7 2018
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