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NOW DRINKING - BEER SNOBBERY VOL. 4
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Stormland
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herra_af_lik wrote: Blasphomet wrote: I find myself disagreeing with him on what beers he likes and doesn't like. He hated the Peche Mortel and the Smashed Blueberry both of which i think are excellent.  I know, it is odd, but also he is like 30 something. He enjoyed the Maple Bacon Ale.  The only good maple beer I've ever seen pulled off was from the Cannery Brewery. From Picton BC? Not to sure about the location, but that's what the brewery was called. They release the Blackberry Porter in the winter and the Maple Ale in the summer. They are the only brewery to have watched and commented on my reviews of them. Great people.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 07:20 |
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Stormland
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Arcane Son wrote: herra_af_lik wrote: robofist wrote: Arcane Son wrote: A buddy shared this excellent imperial stout with me on NYE from a British Columbia brewery called Howe Sound Brewery. Wasn't sure what I was getting myself into with a name like Pothole Filler but it was pretty good. Slightly boozy being a 9%ABV but after a few sips I warmed up to it. Comes in a big 1L bottle.  I've been thinking of picking this up. What's the texture like? I as well have to pick this up. It was medium body with a bit of a slick oily texture rather smooth. Very smokey roasted taste but it has a lot of different flavour mingiling going on with it. If your a stout fan I'd say take a chance on it. If not you may want to avoid this one. The Beer Advocate rates it a 90 out of 100. Which is a very solid rating. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11977/44763This was the one and only 1l beer I've ever ended up getting for free. Very roasted taste. I don't know if I was a fan of the viscosity, but aside from that no complaints.
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herra_af_lik
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Stormland wrote: herra_af_lik wrote: Blasphomet wrote: I find myself disagreeing with him on what beers he likes and doesn't like. He hated the Peche Mortel and the Smashed Blueberry both of which i think are excellent.  I know, it is odd, but also he is like 30 something. He enjoyed the Maple Bacon Ale.  The only good maple beer I've ever seen pulled off was from the Cannery Brewery. From Picton BC? Not to sure about the location, but that's what the brewery was called. They release the Blackberry Porter in the winter and the Maple Ale in the summer. They are the only brewery to have watched and commented on my reviews of them. Great people. I've seen that Blackberry Porter around and wasn't sure about it. I will look out for their stuff now.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 09:02 |
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Stormland
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herra_af_lik wrote: Stormland wrote: herra_af_lik wrote: Blasphomet wrote: I find myself disagreeing with him on what beers he likes and doesn't like. He hated the Peche Mortel and the Smashed Blueberry both of which i think are excellent.  I know, it is odd, but also he is like 30 something. He enjoyed the Maple Bacon Ale.  The only good maple beer I've ever seen pulled off was from the Cannery Brewery. From Picton BC? Not to sure about the location, but that's what the brewery was called. They release the Blackberry Porter in the winter and the Maple Ale in the summer. They are the only brewery to have watched and commented on my reviews of them. Great people. I've seen that Blackberry Porter around and wasn't sure about it. I will look out for their stuff now. If you get an old Blackberry Porter it will have a lot of sediment in it, so be sure to be careful when pouring it. The maple beer is just straight up maple in your beer. Kind of reminds me of those maple cookies you can buy in the grocery store, except far from being too sweet. I don't recall it being sweet at all actually.
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ecwfan666
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Joined: 28 Jan 2002, 07:51 Posts: 7440 Location: Newmarket, Ontario
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Arcane Son wrote: herra_af_lik wrote: robofist wrote: Arcane Son wrote: A buddy shared this excellent imperial stout with me on NYE from a British Columbia brewery called Howe Sound Brewery. Wasn't sure what I was getting myself into with a name like Pothole Filler but it was pretty good. Slightly boozy being a 9%ABV but after a few sips I warmed up to it. Comes in a big 1L bottle.  I've been thinking of picking this up. What's the texture like? I as well have to pick this up. It was medium body with a bit of a slick oily texture rather smooth. Very smokey roasted taste but it has a lot of different flavour mingiling going on with it. If your a stout fan I'd say take a chance on it. If not you may want to avoid this one. The Beer Advocate rates it a 90 out of 100. Which is a very solid rating. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11977/44763I liked it, it was very good, but wasn't world-class or anything. Nothing too different in it to make it stand out over other stouts, but it's a solid interpretation of the style.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 10:35 |
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ecwfan666
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Anhur wrote: Arcane Son wrote: Anhur wrote: Birdog wrote: Blasphomet wrote: I find myself disagreeing with him on what beers he likes and doesn't like. He hated the Peche Mortel and the Smashed Blueberry both of which i think are excellent.  Haha, He couldn't even pronounce Westvleteren, and I had to shut it off when he and the other goofball said that even their Homebrew Quad was better. Also, Peche Mortel is a fucking world class beer   Seriously, what a room full of tools. They sure do make a lot of judgments about it after drinking less than a sample glass full. They don’t really even sound like they know very much about beer, I would venture a guess that my right testicular knows a lot more about beer than all of those dinks. Either way, I guess they can at least say that they got to try it. I struck out when I tried to get a hold of some. I quite often watch the albinorhino's reviews and enjoy them but that was one of the worst reviews I've ever seen. Way to many people trying to talk at once was annoying. If I was drinking a god damn monk beer with the price tag and rare availability that it comes with I'd be much more serious and sacramental about it. I had never seen him before, so I went to look at his review of something that I was familiar with. He did the Shipyard IPA, and acted like he just drank a bottle or yack piss. I don’t really know why anybody would react that way to what is a pretty standard American IPA. It’s nothing special, but he just kept saying that it tasted like puke and that he might not be able to finish it. I mean, what the fuck, it’s just an IPA and a pretty normal one at that. Don’t know, maybe I am only seeing him at his worst, but the guy seems like a tool to me. Is this the XXXX IPA? If so, I thought it was great.
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Blasphomet
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Anhur wrote: Arcane Son wrote: Anhur wrote: Birdog wrote: Blasphomet wrote: I find myself disagreeing with him on what beers he likes and doesn't like. He hated the Peche Mortel and the Smashed Blueberry both of which i think are excellent.  Haha, He couldn't even pronounce Westvleteren, and I had to shut it off when he and the other goofball said that even their Homebrew Quad was better. Also, Peche Mortel is a fucking world class beer   Seriously, what a room full of tools. They sure do make a lot of judgments about it after drinking less than a sample glass full. They don’t really even sound like they know very much about beer, I would venture a guess that my right testicular knows a lot more about beer than all of those dinks. Either way, I guess they can at least say that they got to try it. I struck out when I tried to get a hold of some. I quite often watch the albinorhino's reviews and enjoy them but that was one of the worst reviews I've ever seen. Way to many people trying to talk at once was annoying. If I was drinking a god damn monk beer with the price tag and rare availability that it comes with I'd be much more serious and sacramental about it. I had never seen him before, so I went to look at his review of something that I was familiar with. He did the Shipyard IPA, and acted like he just drank a bottle or yack piss. I don’t really know why anybody would react that way to what is a pretty standard American IPA. It’s nothing special, but he just kept saying that it tasted like puke and that he might not be able to finish it. I mean, what the fuck, it’s just an IPA and a pretty normal one at that. Don’t know, maybe I am only seeing him at his worst, but the guy seems like a tool to me. His reaction to much of the beer he tries is retarded and completely over the top and unrealistic, and then his cronies basically just follow suit without having a real opinion of their own. They mostly just react the same way he does. Both he and the chick that reviews the Peche Mortel seems absolutely disgusted by one of the best beers in this country, and possibly the world.
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Stormland
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I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 11:07 |
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Arcane Son
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Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. I like your reviews dude. You usually give a beer a fair chance and never seem too bias towards anything. Even when you don't like something the reaction on your face is hilarious.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 11:24 |
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Stormland
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Arcane Son wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. I like your reviews dude. You usually give a beer a fair chance and never seem too bias towards anything. Even when you don't like something the reaction on your face is hilarious. lol, good to know dude. I'm officially moving out on Sunday. Officially. So, I'll literally have twice the amount of time on my hands. I'll be getting into fixing those reviews so that I can start uploading them again. I really need to clear the space off of my hard drive too. Each vid is over a gig and I have over 100 of them. Jeeberz.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 11:31 |
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Anhur
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ecwfan666 wrote: Is this the XXXX IPA? If so, I thought it was great. No, it was just their regular IPA. It’s a pretty basic one that uses mostly fuggles for hops, and doesn’t do anything out of the box. It’s the sort of beer that most people who like good beer could enjoy a 6 pack of, but probably wouldn’t go out of their way to get. I can get most of Shipyard’s core line here, but I never see the specialty stuff that you guys get in the GTA, and because of that I have never had their XXX IPA.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 17:49 |
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ecwfan666
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Dude, you do great reviews. Very detailed for sure. I always enjoy them.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 17:53 |
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Anhur
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Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. Personally, I am not that into Youtube beer reviews. To me, you normally can’t judge a beer until you have had a whole glass of it. Of course, some stuff is just gross but more often than not beer from a decent brewery is not something that you can really form a valid opinion of after a few sips. I would prefer to just read a review that somebody wrote after drinking the beer. That’s just me though, and if you like doing them and other people like watching them than more power to you. For the record, I did find the few reviews of yours that I watched to be somewhat entertaining. This Rhino guy just comes off as a dork and a tool, and it seems almost like he is on some kind of a beer geek power trip.
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Lee Van Cleef
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JD.
Meh.
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| 03 Jan 2013, 17:57 |
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symphony21
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 This is all I have at home. 
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| 03 Jan 2013, 17:59 |
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Birdog
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 Most excellent! 
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Blasphomet
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Anhur wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. Personally, I am not that into Youtube beer reviews. To me, you normally can’t judge a beer until you have had a whole glass of it. Of course, some stuff is just gross but more often than not beer from a decent brewery is not something that you can really form a valid opinion of after a few sips. I would prefer to just read a review that somebody wrote after drinking the beer. That’s just me though, and if you like doing them and other people like watching them than more power to you. For the record, I did find the few reviews of yours that I watched to be somewhat entertaining. This Rhino guy just comes off as a dork and a tool, and it seems almost like he is on some kind of a beer geek power trip. I like this guy. This guy does reviews well. Even though it's mostly stuff we don't have here. http://www.youtube.com/user/Gregsbeerre ... ture=watch
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herra_af_lik
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Arcane Son wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. I like your reviews dude. You usually give a beer a fair chance and never seem too bias towards anything. Even when you don't like something the reaction on your face is hilarious. I agree, your reviews are good and fair. 
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| 04 Jan 2013, 00:01 |
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Stormland
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Anhur wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. Personally, I am not that into Youtube beer reviews. To me, you normally can’t judge a beer until you have had a whole glass of it. Of course, some stuff is just gross but more often than not beer from a decent brewery is not something that you can really form a valid opinion of after a few sips. I would prefer to just read a review that somebody wrote after drinking the beer. That’s just me though, and if you like doing them and other people like watching them than more power to you. For the record, I did find the few reviews of yours that I watched to be somewhat entertaining. This Rhino guy just comes off as a dork and a tool, and it seems almost like he is on some kind of a beer geek power trip. I want everybody's opinion of Chadz Beer Reviews, stat. lol. My first 100 beer reviews I used to drink all of them right in front of the camera. The most recent ones I haven't because after I do the review I usually sit in front of D3 while enjoying the rest of the beer. I really should finish them. The beginning, middle and end are always different. I have been putting notes by my videos so that if I notice the taste changes I'll put it on the detailed drop-down menu for those who care enough to look into it that deeply. I used to get comments on how fast I used to be able to pile those suckers back. New plan, finish the beers in my reviews and try to not burp like a raging beeraholic.
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| 04 Jan 2013, 09:01 |
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Stormland
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Blasphomet wrote: Anhur wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. Personally, I am not that into Youtube beer reviews. To me, you normally can’t judge a beer until you have had a whole glass of it. Of course, some stuff is just gross but more often than not beer from a decent brewery is not something that you can really form a valid opinion of after a few sips. I would prefer to just read a review that somebody wrote after drinking the beer. That’s just me though, and if you like doing them and other people like watching them than more power to you. For the record, I did find the few reviews of yours that I watched to be somewhat entertaining. This Rhino guy just comes off as a dork and a tool, and it seems almost like he is on some kind of a beer geek power trip. I like this guy. This guy does reviews well. Even though it's mostly stuff we don't have here. http://www.youtube.com/user/Gregsbeerre ... ture=watchMy main inspiration was actually from watching jjdaven's beer reviews. He's just such a character. (random selection) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIs_Xmx0gASince then I think my new favorite beer reviewer would be this guy. He's just such a good speaker and he keeps things moving well. (random selection) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPf2oRjLBU
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| 04 Jan 2013, 09:07 |
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Stormland
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herra_af_lik wrote: Arcane Son wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. I like your reviews dude. You usually give a beer a fair chance and never seem too bias towards anything. Even when you don't like something the reaction on your face is hilarious. I agree, your reviews are good and fair.  
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| 04 Jan 2013, 09:08 |
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Stormland
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ecwfan666 wrote: Dude, you do great reviews. Very detailed for sure. I always enjoy them. 
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| 04 Jan 2013, 09:10 |
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Blasphomet
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Stormland wrote: Blasphomet wrote: Anhur wrote: Stormland wrote: I'm surprised nobody's ripped on one of my reviews at this point :P For reviewing for 3 years and to only really have two negative comments on youtube, not bad. Personally, I am not that into Youtube beer reviews. To me, you normally can’t judge a beer until you have had a whole glass of it. Of course, some stuff is just gross but more often than not beer from a decent brewery is not something that you can really form a valid opinion of after a few sips. I would prefer to just read a review that somebody wrote after drinking the beer. That’s just me though, and if you like doing them and other people like watching them than more power to you. For the record, I did find the few reviews of yours that I watched to be somewhat entertaining. This Rhino guy just comes off as a dork and a tool, and it seems almost like he is on some kind of a beer geek power trip. I like this guy. This guy does reviews well. Even though it's mostly stuff we don't have here. http://www.youtube.com/user/Gregsbeerre ... ture=watchMy main inspiration was actually from watching jjdaven's beer reviews. He's just such a character. (random selection) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIs_Xmx0gASince then I think my new favorite beer reviewer would be this guy. He's just such a good speaker and he keeps things moving well. (random selection) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPf2oRjLBUYep, Beer Geek is probably the best actually.
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| 04 Jan 2013, 11:06 |
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Lynneaus
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I wanted to pick one up the other day but the store was out. Came home from work today and birdog had picked one up for me. woohoo! 
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| 04 Jan 2013, 21:05 |
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Blasphomet
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Finally tried this tonight. It was very good once it warmed up. I poured it too cold and had to wait it out, as it just didn't taste right. The change was quite drastic as it warmed, and it turned out to be as good as i hoped. Solid dark Belgian strong. I will be buying a couple more. 
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