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it is over-hyped for sure. I feel like it took over mpls in two days.

I was disappointed, though, that 1554 just tastes like a darker version of Fat Tire.

i think i like cloudy beers. i like spotted cow & then i had this australian beer i've never had before & it was cloudy & good.

There is no Fat Tire around here.

Beer companies need to make more good pilseners. This who-can-add-the-most-hops IPA business is OK but getting a lil old.

xpost: Was that Cooper's?

I think they're rolling it out gradually. Until recently, all you could get in Chicago was the 22 oz. Fat Tires, then you started to be able to get Fat Tire in 12 oz. bottles, and now it seems like other New Belgium beers are available as well.

Fat Tire is fucking awful. I've never liked the tast of it.

I drink mostly IPA's these days. Dogfish Head 60-min IPA is wonderful.

I like Fat Tire, but my beer of choice lately has been that HEFFER WEISSEN stuff (sp?).

Kelsey, you use ampersands more than anyone else I know.

It's a sickness, I know.

Dan - I believe it was Cooper's! It was very mild but good.

Jeff - I am so so glad you drink Dogfish. I love their beers.

Hefeweizen

I loooooooove IPAs

The bartender had no business being a pompous dick about what we were ordering.

I played Girl Talk on the Juke Box and he had something to say about that too. But not to me. He talked to another patron, saying that he didn't even know what this shit was, but he hated it and it was just bullshit 80s music mixed with rap. He saw me go to the jukebox and he said it loudly. What a dick.

Cooper's is made in the city I lived in in Australia! I remember my parents praising it.

Dogfish is v good.

I want a US micro to make an eastern euro green bottle style lager.

My favorite beer for 2007 has been Two Brothers Cane and Ebel.

I don't think I've been drinking near enough beer this summer.

who is this bartender? That doesn't sound like Simon's.

xp I think I've been picking up your slack.

Cane and Ebel - A Hopped-Up Red Rye Ale. Cane and Ebel is one of a series of special limited-run beers in styles that are more extreme or unusual. This one's dry with a creamy touch of Thai palm sugar and the spicy tang of rye. All this flavor is balanced by loads of the wackiest new hops we could lay our hands on. Serious.

I can't remember his name. The thing is, I know him.

He's the one who looked up the recipe for a sidecar for Jeff, and then said, "Hmmm. I think I'll use gin." WTF.

well, obviously we're going to have to kill him.

what city did you live in, dan? i was in "the gong" for a small time & my bro was there for a couple of years.

i agree w kenan that evil dude does not sound like simon's. sounds like he's fucking up their jam, actually.

dan m let's go into the beer business

what's in a sidecar? brandy or something?

yep. Cognac.

ha! i guessed simply b/c it sounds so olde timey.

I don't actually buy Dogfish very often these days but it is still my gold standard.

I just remembered that I didn't hit their booth at the Great Taste, assuming they had one this year. :(

Cognac. So he actually used the words I quoted: I. THINK. I'LL. USE. GIN.

he is trying to get fired maybe? or punched in the head?

what an ass.

Cane & Ebel is pretty damn good. Kev bought me a pint of the cask-conditioned version at Tumans and it was pretty unique.

K, I lived in Adelaide for ~6 months when I was 14. I really want to go back.

RW we would make good beer barons.

that dogfish stuff is pretty great

Cognac. So he actually used the words I quoted: I. THINK. I'LL. USE. GIN.

I know. That's like a recipe that calls for milk, and he goes, "I think I'll use Pepsi."

The list of what that's like could go on for days.

I think Sarah would like Leffe Blonde.

well, they are both liquid, kenan. isn't it obvious that it will work out in the end?

His name is brian.

I wish you guys could try some Ale Asylum, it's this new local brewery that's killing it. The Golddigger Blonde is great, and the Hopalicious is a lot like Two-Hearted but it's got its own thing.

I like those green euro lagers!

would be good for chicago summers

I think John's right. But how would do you know?

are you on his good side, jeff?

wait maybe i will kill afternoon at the brewery! $3 brews!

....it is so fucking hot here, and there's smoke all over teh place

i only ask b/c i know you & jenny are regulars.

We haven't been regulars in awhile, since moving. I'm meh on him, the sidecar incident was pretty ignorant though.

Oh! Why did I think that was John who posted his name. Yes, it is Brian.

right! i forgot about the moving!

He was always aloof, but never a dick like that before.

Where can I get this Leffe Blonde?

maybe life is getting on his last nerve.

sarah: hopleaf has it on tap