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06 March 2007

I've been drinking Snapperhead IPA today. It says it's "all malt" which I guess means no hops. It tastes... interesting. Complements Nutter Butters well.

post by: jonmc at: 15:28 | 19 comments

It must have hops to be an IPA (usually, a lot of hops). "All malt" usually means no rice or wheat or honey or other things like that.

posted by mrmoonpie 06 March | 15:34

Complements Nutter Butters well.

I had Bass pale ale with wheat thins and peanutbutter for breakfast the other day.

I'm still not sure how I feel about it, but at the time it was pretty ok.

posted by CitrusFreak12 06 March | 15:51

Nice! What's the haps with the job sitch?

posted by chewatadistance 06 March | 17:48

Chewa, he said no hops.

posted by Hellbient 06 March | 18:07

There is a minimum amount of hops required to be in beer legally in the USA (or even malt beverages like Zima for that matter). What mrmoonpie said. Extending the logic used in the post it must mean there's no water either. So you're eating dry grape nuts...

Oh, and I'm having an Arrogant Bastard. Pretty tasty stuff.

posted by eekacat 06 March | 19:40

with the what now, chewie? I'm living off Uncle Sam right now until I can get my head together.

posted by jonmc 06 March | 19:41

Definitely tasted "all malt." Blech.

(I likes me beer hoppy)

posted by Pips 06 March | 20:02

Jon, you should add beer reviews to your blog. This post is hilarious.

posted by frecklefaerie 06 March | 21:03

I like the hoppyhoppy India Pale Ales in the summertime. Stone Brewery makes a grand one. Winter for me is more a time for lagers and heavy ales and stouts. Chocolate stout. Mmmm.

But Rogue Chipotle goes well whenever you're in the mood, regardless of season. And Rogue Dead Guy... well, have a few then have a conversation with the skeleton on the label. Good times. Ol' Dead Guy makes for brilliant company.

Oooh. Must buy.

Now I feel frivolous and guilty, but ya gotta wear clothes, no?

posted by shane 07 March | 00:55

I had Bass pale ale with wheat thins and peanutbutter for breakfast the other day.

Bass kicks me on my ass for no apparent reason. Worst. Hangover. Almost Evar. Now Harp and Guinness, I can drink all night. Weird: Racist stomach in an otherwise politically correct person.

posted by shane 07 March | 00:59

Oh, and I'm having an Arrogant Bastard. Pretty tasty stuff.

Excellent choice!

It must have hops to be an IPA (usually, a lot of hops).

'solutely. IPAs are traditionally hoppy as heck, the cheeky li'l bastards.

posted by shane 07 March | 01:04

Oh, how I miss Rogue and Stone beers.

STUPID UK! THE BEER IS SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER HERE, BUT IT IS NOT.

posted by By the Grace of God 07 March | 07:45

BtGoG, you must surely have tried Deuchar's IPA. If not, you ought to. Any beer from the Caledonian Brewery is great. They probably all come in bottles now, but if you can get one on draught from a pub that knows how to look after its beer, they are heaven in a glass. I don't know any pubs in Dundee, but Edinburgh is chock full of great pubs selling excellent beer. (Glasgow has one or two also).

posted by GeckoDundee 07 March | 08:49

Now I feel frivolous and guilty, but ya gotta wear clothes, no?

maybe you do.

posted by jonmc 07 March | 11:13

Weirdly, a brewery in India is planning to start making an Indian India Pale Ale and shipping it by boat to the UK, reversing the journey the beer used to make in the 18th Century.

And, yes, Deuchar's is great stuff.

posted by jack_mo 07 March | 12:36

oh, and regarding shane's comment about IPAs being hoppy as heck... The original IPA beers were beers that were transported to India from England to "support the troops" as it were. Additional hops were added to the beer so it would last the journey. Hops were originally added to beer for their preservative character rather than for their flavor. Turns out we like the floral bitterness that hops provide beer, and it is the major flavoring that has remained in beer which was traditionally a flavored beverage, and we are just relearning the joys of that.

posted by eekacat 07 March | 20:19

Smuttynose IPA

That is all.

posted by jason's_planet 07 March | 23:39

Aventinus.

posted by box 07 March | 23:41

Beer reviews would be a great way to get free beer.
Apply the thought for:
yo-yos
drugs
prostitutes
bombs
shoes
robots
space vehicles
...I guess it'd work for just about anything...

posted by Hellbient 08 March | 13:57

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