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[jonocarroll]

Don't expect a tongue scraper from the Hop Stoopid. I enjoyed it but there is no way it tastes more than 60IBU.

Cheers again for the heads up - wouldn't have wanted to have too high hopes before drinking this.

Sipping it now, and it's a nice beer - in fact a pretty okay IIPA (some would argue too sweet) and at US$4.89/650ml @ 8% ABV - who can really complain, but the name 'Hop Stoopid' is a bit misleading... it should perhaps be 'Hop Having-A-Bit-Of-An-Off-Night-But-Still-Attending-Classes-Kind-Of-Intelligence'. Or at least 'Hop Can't-Count-IBUs'. 102 it ain't. Three Floyds Alpha King would take this beer out back and teach it some respect, <Elliott Gould voice>then TFAK would go to work on it<\EGV>.

I finally got around to SNPA today, and to be honest, I'm a little underwhelmed. I had assumed it would be a little more hoppy. That said, it's a great balanced beer with great mass appeal. Perhaps my threshold has increased even further - in which case I can give up on buying beer in Australia entirely and start throwing multiple 100g bags into my brews. Imperial IIPA (new style) here we come.

Outer D.C. is a much nicer place than outer Chicago. Inner D.C. is basically a tourist venue, while inner Chicago maintains some sort of working environment with tourist attractions. As a bonus, this time I managed to get more than a couple of photos of the White House with my 300mm without being shuffled off to the side by police. Fewer people in the photos this time though. I'm told that if you're out there taking photos, someone has you in their sight. Last time, I got photos of those someones and their equipment, and let me tell you - you don't mess with them.

Tomorrow - off to nowhereville (by modern standards), VA. Yippee. My choices may be rather limited, and I'm getting a lift there... hence the large purchase list in my earlier post.

 

[bum]

I gotta say I went right off SNPA while there too. But thinking back on it now, a few weeks later, SNPA still kicks the shit out of any supposed APA brewed in this country - but finding a good bottle here will always be an exercise fraught with peril.

If you get the chance you should try SN's Bigfoot Barleywine and any of the 30th Anniversary range. Much better beers.

 

[bum]

Oooh. Eurovision just got all dramatic. Too heavy, Ukraine, too heavy.

 

[bum]

Nice save, France.

(I'm talking to myself here, aren't I?)

 

[petesbrew]

Eurovision... Too many ballads.
Turkey (with the robot angle grinder woman) was my fave, and Poland, with the (apple-biting hotties) probably the most stupid.

 

[bum]

Nah, Turkey sounded like Linkin Park.

Armenia was, um, pretty good.

 

[WarmBeer]

Nice save, France.

(I'm talking to myself here, aren't I?)

WarmBeer's scale of blokiness

Masculine...............................................................Feminine
|<------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------->|
Beer..................................................................Eurovision

 

[bum]

Hummingbird Blonde is beer, innit? You blouse.

 

[WarmBeer]

Hummingbird Blonde is beer, innit? You blouse.

Hummingbird: the only "beer" I've ever seen my little sister, lover of Corona's (only if with citrus) and that Pure Blonde shite, turn her nose up and state "That's insipid!"

 

[peas_and_corn]

Later this year I'm going to Vietnam, and on the way I'll be spending the night at Singapore. Does anyone here know a reasonably priced place near the airport I can stay, to make it easier?

 

[jonocarroll]

Later this year I'm going to Vietnam, and on the way I'll be spending the night at Singapore. Does anyone here know a reasonably priced place near the airport I can stay, to make it easier?

Expedia is your friend - Find Hotels near an Airport (Changi = SIN):

http://www.expedia.com.au/travel/hotel-reservations.aspx

Sort by class and you'll get some of the cheapest options. Without selecting dates, I see $48/night and $68/night a few times, but I guess it depends on what you want.

 

[brettprevans]

considering applying for a job in healsville. bit of a hike for me. 45min on the motorbike each way. 10km longer than current trip into work, would probably need to trade the sports bike in for a cruiser. upside, it means id be near white rabbit brewery wohoo..... decisions decisions.

i also have a job interview today. be great to get the job, but it does mean id be a lot further away Mrs Parmas than i currently am (now about 400m from it). thats bad. and theres no decent hotles in carlton for microbrew i dont think.

 

[petesbrew]

WarmBeer's scale of blokiness

Masculine...............................................................Feminine
|<------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------->|
Beer..................................................................Eurovision

Was going to hit back with a graph of my own. Honestly couldn't be arsed.

 

[Katherine]

Was going to hit back with a graph of my own. Honestly couldn't be arsed.

I don't watch eurovision but drink beer! I know Im on a male dominated site but why do man need to make other men feel less by comparing them to women..!

 

[brettprevans]

WarmBeer's scale of blokiness

Masculine...............................................................Feminine
|<------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------->|
Beer..................................................................Eurovision

Was going to hit back with a graph of my own. Honestly couldn't be arsed.

variation of WarmBeer's scale of blokiness

Masculine.............................................................Feminine
|<------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------->|
Hitting back with Own graph.............................................not hitting back

h34r:
kidding mate. coudltn help it. not sure why EV is girly. isnt it just 'world music'? not that i watched it. i had no interest.

 

[WarmBeer]

Was going to hit back with a graph of my own. Honestly couldn't be arsed.

I don't watch eurovision but drink beer! I know Im on a male dominated site but why do man need to make other men feel less by comparing them to women..!

Okay people, put the pitchforks away.

It was just a lighthearted jab at Bum watching the Eurovision song contest, something I personally would rather go get my fillings re-drilled than sit through. Vive le difference. Evolution through selection. Different strokes for different folks.

As for my "scale of blokiness", I spent more time trying to work out how to format the font into fixed-width spacing than I did on reflecting how I could best make other brewers feel less by comparing them to anyone.

And no, misogyny is not inherent in my personality, just ask anybody who has met me.

 

[Katherine]

Okay people, put the pitchforks away.

It was just a lighthearted jab at Bum watching the Eurovision song contest, something I personally would rather go get my fillings re-drilled than sit through. Vive le difference. Evolution through selection. Different strokes for different folks.

As for my "scale of blokiness", I spent more time trying to work out how to format the font into fixed-width spacing than I did on reflecting how I could best make other brewers feel less by comparing them to anyone.

And no, misogyny is not inherent in my personality, just ask anybody who has met me.

I didnt think you would be! Its just the comparison men make a lot! It shits me.

 

[petesbrew]

I didnt think you would be! Its just the comparison men make a lot! It shits me.

Geez, Now I wish I DID make a graph!

Here we go...



As you can see WB, I really couldn't be arsed.

edit: Actually Top gear should've been a bit closer to beerfest.

 

[brettprevans]

and you've made eurovision the same as better homes and gardens. i think you shot yourself in the foot.

 

[petesbrew]

and you've made eurovision the same as better homes and gardens. i think you shot yourself in the foot.

Ah yes, but there were too many ballads this year.