[ale] Way-the-hell-and-gone off topic

[Beddingfield, Allen]

I've been asking for a couple of years:  What's the deal with bitter and sour beer?  I've never thought of "bitter" or "sour" as positive adjectives to describe anything.  The European stuff has been pushed out of the cooler and has been replaced with bitter and sour hipster brew as the "top shelf" option in most places.  
Gotos for me:
Kronenberg, Carlsberg, Stella Artois, Old Speckled Hen, Samuel Smith's, Old Peculiar, Pilsner Urquel, Boddingtons, or Red Stripe
Most of the local/craft stuff has more hops than a rabbit farm :D

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On 3/22/18, 2:26 PM, "Ale on behalf of Jim Kinney via Ale" <ale-bounces at ale.org on behalf of ale at ale.org> wrote:

    Lately the craft market has been cranking out sours and gose and other styles that have always been minor players on on the big stage. It's hard to find a steady supply of brown ales, porters, and stouts that altered by adding some fruit or coffee or chocolate
     or <found this in the back of the fridge> adjunct (HEMP SEEDS?!?!?! WTF?!?!?).
    
    
    On Thu, 2018-03-22 at 15:15 -0400, Pete Hardie via Ale wrote:
    
    Odd, I usually find the craft beer selections lean heavily to IPAs and other hoppy varieties
    
    
    
    On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale
    <ale at ale.org> wrote:
    
    Personally I prefer dark rum - Myer's Jamaican dark is my favorite.   I've also found a couple from India oddly enough that I like.
    
    If I have to drink beer I first see if they have Guinness Stout.   Failing that I look to the "craft" beers but often enough am disappointed because most offerings are pale ales of one sort or another and I find those quite bland.
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Sean Kilpatrick via Ale
    Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 2:43 PM
    To: ale at ale.org
    Subject: [ale] Way-the-hell-and-gone off topic
    
    Why Americans are so hooked on bland beer:
    https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-03-21/why-bland-american-beer-here-stay
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