The Booze Thread

[phattymatty]

my holiday work party started at 6PM yesterday and i walked into my crib at 430AM. i have never felt worse.

[SD]

Me and some buddies from work decided to have a liquid lunch today at the Henry James Saloon. We come back to work and the building is on fire.

[Sgt PSN]

So I guess that means in have to submit another claim.

[SD]

Doubtful...everything is scanned now...system is called vbms...it absolutely blows.

[ice grillin you]

havent slept since friday night.....question is can i carry on till tonight or do i need a nap during the early game?...a critical factor is that im off thru new years day

[SD]

Room mate did some beer exchange thing at work where they each paid $30 and some guy got a deal for a shtein load of craft beer cases. He got two cases out of it with 12 different types of beers in all. We drank a shtein ton of them at the Bears tailgate. Magic Hat #9 was my favorite of the bunch, and accordingly, I've been drinking it non stop since.

[Seabiscuit36]

Maryland Senate votes to ban Jungle Juice, Crack Juice under Fire 

Reilly, who brought an unopened bottle of Everclear into the Senate chambers for debate, pointed out that college students could still get other strong liquors, including Barcadi 151, a rum named for its 151-proof alcohol content.  Reilly, of Anne Arundel, suggested that instead of restricting sales of booze, the state should work on alcohol education. "We need to get to the heart of the matter."

"Lots of luck on that one," responded Sen. Karen Montgomery, a Democrat. She argued the potent booze, often poured into lemonade, fruit punch or watermelons, contributes to sexual assault of women.

"This is a date-rape drug," she said. "This a dangerous alcohol."

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story#ixzz2sTmLnh3N

[Eagaholic]

Maryland Senate votes to ban Jungle Juice, Crack Juice under Fire 

Reilly, who brought an unopened bottle of Everclear into the Senate chambers for debate, pointed out that college students could still get other strong liquors, including Barcadi 151, a rum named for its 151-proof alcohol content.  Reilly, of Anne Arundel, suggested that instead of restricting sales of booze, the state should work on alcohol education. "We need to get to the heart of the matter."

"Lots of luck on that one," responded Sen. Karen Montgomery, a Democrat. She argued the potent booze, often poured into lemonade, fruit punch or watermelons, contributes to sexual assault of women.

"This is a date-rape drug," she said. "This a dangerous alcohol."

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-md-senate-votes-to-outlaw-grain-alcohol-20140205,0,5675609.story#ixzz2sTmLnh3N

Wow, that's one of the worst collections of pseudo logic and irrationality I think I've ever come across. And much of it from academia no less. Its almost bizarre. Forget the kids with grain, I'd worry more about whatever those adults are on.

[ice grillin you]

grain alcohol actually curbs sexual assaults because the dood who wants to smash is usually passed out or too drunk to perform...this is a fact

btw does anyone know what a handle of grain sells for?

[Seabiscuit36]

Bluepoint Brewing just got bought out by AB.  Time did a breakdown of who owns what craft beers since the microbrew industry is getting bought up left and right. 
http://business.time.com/2014/02/06/who-really-owns-your-craft-beer/?hpt=hp_t3

Who Really Owns Your Craft Beer?
By Brad Tuttle @bradrtuttleFeb. 06, 20147 Comments   
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Based on their labels, and even by the long histories detailed on their websites, you'd never know some seemingly independent, seemingly craft beers are owned by gigantic corporations.

Thanks to rounds of industry buyouts, combined with marketing that's been declared by beer enthusiasts as misleading—or "crafty"—it's sometimes difficult to tell which beer brands are truly the indie craft operations they present themselves to be. Here are a few examples:

Blue Point. The company's story began in Long Island more than ten years ago, when a pair of home-brewing enthusiasts decided to open a microbrewery—reportedly Long Island's first. The timing coincided with the rapid expansion of craft brewing around the country, and eventually the Blue Point Brewing Company worked its way to be among the top 50 American craft brewers by sales volume. Blue Point's official status as a craft beer ended this week, however, when it was purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer company.

Blue Moon. The largest of the so-called "crafty beers," which are marketed as their own indie labels yet are produced by industry giants, Blue Moon is owned by MillerCoors. While the MillerCoors site acknowledges this is the case, Blue Moon's "Our Story" page skips over the corporate parentage issue.

(MORE: That Craft Beer You're Drinking Isn't Craft Beer. Do You Care?)

Boulevard. Based in Kansas City, Boulevard ranked as the nation's 12th largest craft brewer before it was bought by the Belgian brewer Duvel last fall.

Goose Island. "Goose Island is a craft beer, period," Goose Islander founder John Hall told me last summer. According to the Brewers Association's definition, however, Goose Island's qualification as a craft product ended in 2011, when the popular Chicago-based brewer was purchased by Anheuser-Busch. One of the association's requirements to be in the craft category, you see, is independent ownership.

Leinenkugel. The brew with the name often mistaken as an import is another MillerCoors offering listed under the company's "Craft" section. The others are Blue Moon (see above), Batch 19, Crispin Original Cider, Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, and Killian's Irish Red.

Redhook. Despite its prominent spot in the Craft Brew Alliance, which also includes the Widmer Brothers, Kona Brewing, and Omission brands, Redhook is not considered a craft brewer by the Brewers Association because one-third of the company is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev.

(MORE: In the Craft Beer World, a Pecking Order Emerges)

Shock Top. The fact that it's brewed in St. Louis is the only hint that Shock Top is owned by another brewer that was born in the city and has since fallen into the hands of foreign owners: Anheuser Busch. So like Blue Moon, Shock Top is considered in the beer community as a faux-craft "crafty" beer, rather than the genuine article.

Read more: Who Really Owns Your Craft Beer? | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2014/02/06/who-really-owns-your-craft-beer/#ixzz2sebMcBXf

[Susquehanna Birder]

The power of big (beer) business. If you can't compete with the small guy on quality, just buy the company. Then leverage your deep pockets on that product. Even if you take a loss on the segment in the short term, you can still put the other small guys out of business, and emerge victorious.

[Eagaholic]

That's a good article. I knew a number of them were craft frauds. Though I usually don't drink flavored beers I like Blue Point's blueberry, it's a surprisingly good summer beer and has a good pure taste. Too bad they sold out, maybe I'll give it a try next year to see how much its changed.

[ice grillin you]

i dont know whats worse pretentious beer drinkers who drink awful tasting beer because they dont think anyone else knows about it or pretentious beer drinkers who stop drinking awful tasting beer because it was bought out

[Dillen]

I was supposed to interview for a job this week with AB. They handled it about as unprofessionally as they could. Nice to see their employees suck just as much as their product.

[Munson]

Sometimes IGY's ignorance is charming...other times it's just stupid.