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Seems like it's been a couple days. Anyone know when the next game is?
 
franklin said:
Was there a game last night? Did the Jazz show up?
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They showed up. It's not the players' or coaches' fault that DL hasn't given them enough talent to compete. Lindsey sure had a nice long summer vacation, only punctuated by the monster signings of Pleiss, Withey, Ingles and Neto, WOW!!!

I'm keeping my fingers crossed through the deadline, but I may soon be saying, LindseyBeGone. Utah Jazz: 28th in player salaries for 2 years straight. Jazz are ripping everyone off and laughing all the way to the bank.
 
Gameface said:
Seems like it's been a couple days. Anyone know when the next game is?
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How high would you put 60/90 minute Dogfish (I don't add the Head) on your list of legit beers? I know it's highly regarded and I find it amazing, almost to the point that I can't drink anything else because it's so fatally flawed.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
How high would you put 60/90 minute Dogfish (I don't add the Head) on your list of legit beers? I know it's highly regarded and I find it amazing, almost to the point that I can't drink anything else because it's so fatally flawed.
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I can't get it here. It's probably been four years since I've had either one. No way I could really rank it.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
From recollection? Do you remember finding it to be a really good beer?
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It was good. I don't remember it being life altering. It gets a lot of fanboys and haters on the being web site. One thing they do is add small hop additions every few minutes throughout the boil. 60 min is boiled for 60 min, 90 for 90, etc.

It's good beer for sure. But I find a lot of what dogfish Head does a bit gimmicky. Like adding small amounts of hops every few minutes.
 
Gameface said:
It was good. I don't remember it being life altering. It gets a lot of fanboys and haters on the being web site. One thing they do is add small hop additions every few minutes throughout the boil. 60 min is boiled for 60 min, 90 for 90, etc.

It's good beer for sure. But I find a lot of what dogfish Head does a bit gimmicky. Like adding small amounts of hops every few minutes.
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I'm not the type to love something because others do and I find the beer much better than every other micro (that's used loosely) out here and there are a ton of them.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
I'm not the type to love something because others do and I find the beer much better than every other micro (that's used loosely) out here and there are a ton of them.
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I don't find any beer to be all that much better than every other beer. I've come to no longer believe in the I idea of great beer. There is definitely the best beer and then several tiers below that, but beer can only be so good IMHO. If you've got a beer you really like right now that's fantastic. There might come a time when you get tired of it or find something more exciting. It's kind of like porn for me. I'm looking for variety over a quest for the best beer ever.
 
Gameface said:
I don't find any beer to be all that much better than every other beer. I've come to no longer believe in the I idea of great beer. There is definitely the best beer and then several tiers below that, but beer can only be so good IMHO. If you've got a beer you really like right now that's fantastic. There might come a time when you get tired of it or find something more exciting. It's kind of like porn for me. I'm looking for variety over a quest for the best beer ever.
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I agree with this.

My favorite is linenkugel sunset wheat.
 
Gameface said:
I don't find any beer to be all that much better than every other beer. I've come to no longer believe in the I idea of great beer. There is definitely the best beer and then several tiers below that, but beer can only be so good IMHO. If you've got a beer you really like right now that's fantastic. There might come a time when you get tired of it or find something more exciting. It's kind of like porn for me. I'm looking for variety over a quest for the best beer ever.
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I don't disagree with this. In fact, maybe the way I spoke about DF last night was hyperbole. I mean some days I'm in the mood for Rachel Starr, others Lisa Ann. Some days it's Jynx Maze while others it's Riley Reid. With my beer, I probably just don't diversify enough. I recall one time being at a bar and loving some British beer. I don't recall which brand. I think it may have been one of the Anchor's.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
I don't disagree with this. In fact, maybe the way I spoke about DF last night was hyperbole. I mean some days I'm in the mood for Rachel Starr, others Lisa Ann. Some days it's Jynx Maze while others it's Riley Reid. With my beer, I probably just don't diversify enough. I recall one time being at a bar and loving some British beer. I don't recall which brand. I think it may have been one of the Anchor's.
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I love me some riley reid
 
Cunning Linguist said:
I don't disagree with this. In fact, maybe the way I spoke about DF last night was hyperbole. I mean some days I'm in the mood for Rachel Starr, others Lisa Ann. Some days it's Jynx Maze while others it's Riley Reid. With my beer, I probably just don't diversify enough. I recall one time being at a bar and loving some British beer. I don't recall which brand. I think it may have been one of the Anchor's.
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I don't know about hyperbole, there are times when you drink just the right beer at just the right time in just the right place and it's amazing. Then, for a while, drinking that beer brings you back to that moment. But I feel like the experience fades, or you find a new moment to cherish, or whatever.

So much goes into the experience beyond what the beer actually is. I know from drinking 10 gallons of the same batch of beer that it can taste very different depending on what else is going on. What food you're eating, what other smells are around, even the glass can have an impact on perception. It's pretty wild, honestly.

For the first several years of brewing I was laser focused on making the "perfect" ESB. After a while I realized I was chasing a white whale. There is no such thing as the perfect ESB. There is such a thing as top tier ESB, and I had to satisfy myself with that fact and try to meet that standard batch after batch. It was kind of relieving and freeing.

And that's how I approach commercial beer. I don't go in with unrealistic expectations of greatness because I've heard how great it is. I assume it's gonna be a good beer and I try to experience it for what it is. And sometimes the stars align and the experience is phenomenal. But when that happens the beer is just a small part of the experience.

I wasn't trying to be a dick about DFH 90min IPA. It is a top tier beer. It has inspired many great beers since. Sam Calagione, the head brewer and founder of DFH, has been a pioneer in the micro brew industry and has been an idol amongst the homebrew community. I called a lot of what he does gimmicky, but that's probably not fair. He does make an effort to be different and try wild things, but I believe it comes from an honest place. He really does want to do amazing things with brewing that have never been done before. I've always just been much more about the basics, which makes sense because I still consider myself an intermediate level brewer. Maybe one day I'll want to do wild and crazy things with my brews. Maybe not. It's all good at the end of the day.
 
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