What are you drinking?

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Lagunitas SUCKS. Sold in a 32 oz bottle and

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Got into some Stone Russian Imperial Stout. Good stuff. Very strong and hearty.

 

[Saint Shamrock]

Stone coffee milk stout .

Jolly good .

 

[pkt77242]

Got into some Stone Russian Imperial Stout. Good stuff. Very strong and hearty.

I really enjoy that and it is is crazy cheap here at $6 for a bomber.

Bought a growler of Victory Wild Devil IPA. It is their Hop Devil IPA with some brettanomyces. I think it is very good though very different. Lots of hops (tropical, bitterness) and some sourness (lemon, really sour apricots, funk).

 

[scUM Hater]

Going to be in SB for the UNC game. Anyone have any stores around campus that are sure to have Zombie Dust and Gumballhead?

Go to their website. Gives a breakdown of every store that has it and what types.

 

[NDinMich]

Two Hearted Ale

SN Narwhal Imperial Stout.

 

[BobD]

Not drinking it, but was just reading about it...

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[Black Irish]

I had Stone Ruination last night and enjoyed it. Lagunitas IPA was good too. Am I becoming an IPA guy? What the hell is going on?

 

[scUM Hater]

Jayhawk, you here?

 

[greyhammer90]

I had Stone Ruination last night and enjoyed it. Lagunitas IPA was good too. Am I becoming an IPA guy? What the hell is going on?

One of us. One of us...

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Think You Drink A Lot?

Think You Drink A Lot?

From WaPo's Christopher Ingraham:

Do you drink a glass of wine with dinner every night? That puts you in the top 30 percent of American adults in terms of per-capita alcohol consumption. If you drink two glasses, that would put you in the top 20 percent.

But in order to break into the top 10 percent of American drinkers, you would need to drink more than two bottles of wine with every dinner. And you'd still be below-average among those top 10 percenters.

The top 10 percent of American drinkers - 24 million adults over age 18 - consume, on average, 74 alcoholic drinks per week. That works out to a little more than four-and-a-half 750 ml bottles of Jack Daniels, 18 bottles of wine, or three 24-can cases of beer. In one week.

Or, if you prefer, 10 drinks per day.

These figures come from Philip J. Cook's "Paying the Tab," an economically-minded examination of the costs and benefits of alcohol control in the U.S. Specifically, they're calculations made using the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) data.

I double-checked these figures with Cook, just to make sure I wasn't reading them wrong. "I agree that it’s hard to imagine consuming 10 drinks a day," he told me. But, "there are a remarkable number of people who drink a couple of six packs a day, or a pint of whiskey."

As Cook notes in his book, the top 10 percent of drinkers account for well over half of the alcohol consumed in any given year. On the other hand, people in the bottom three deciles don't drink at all, and even the median consumption among those who do drink is just three beverages per week.

The shape of this usage curve isn't exactly unique. The Pareto Law states that "the top 20 percent of buyers for most any consumer product account for fully 80 percent of sales," according to Cook. The rule can be applied to everything from hair care products to X-Boxes.

But the consequences of the Pareto Law are different when it comes to industries like alcohol, tobacco, and now marijuana. If you consume 10+ drinks per day, for instance, you almost certainly have a drinking problem. But the beverage industry is heavily dependent on you for their profits.

"One consequence is that the heaviest drinkers are of greatly disproportionate importance to the sales and profitability of the alcoholic-beverage industry," he writes writes. "If the top decile somehow could be induced to curb their consumption level to that of the next lower group (the ninth decile), then total ethanol sales would fall by 60 percent."

 

[zelezo vlk]

No comment on my intake. But I noticed that in the sampling method used by the research group, they deliberately oversampled young adults. Could that explain the sharp rise in the upper decile?

 

[dshans]

I guess this places me in in the 1%.

At least I rate where it really counts.



Such a deal!!!

 

[Irishman77]

Take milk thistle and all is good...

 

[IrishInFl]

Y'all wanna what I'm drinking right now...


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[scUM Hater]

Y'all wanna what I'm drinking right now...


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Milk...chocolate

 

[Whiskeyjack]

CC: ACamp

Had Belhaven on nitro at a pub recently. Even better than the regular carbonated version. Glad to see some Scottish/ Scotch ales (ie Old Chubb) going this route.

My local Whole Foods had been sold out of Three Philosophers for months, but just recently restocked. I bought 4 bombers in case they run out again soon. $6.50/bomber is a steal for a Quad of that quality. Probably my #1 beer for value.

 

[greyhammer90]

Spent the evening at Terrapin Brewery. They have an imperial pumpkin porter that is fantastic.

 

[NDdomer2]

I'm drinking anything you put in front of me tonight ohhhhhhhhhh yeah

 

[IrishSteelhead]

What are you drinking?

Got some Green Flash: Double IPA, and Red IPA. Heard good things, so I'm excited to try them.

*just talked to my buddy, he has some cases of ZD, and some bombers of Broo Doo and Yum Yum for me. That update will be more fun than today's!

 

[Irishman77]

Global brew had an event last night...had lots of good stuff.

Three Floyd's and several Stone beers...

 

[scUM Hater]

Just seems appropriate............

 

[tussin]

 

[pkt77242]

SanTan Hop Shock IPA.

 

[pkt77242]

I liked this beer much better than Pumking, but still not worth the money IMO.

 

[pkt77242]

Just seems appropriate............

Jealous.

 

[tussin]

I liked this beer much better than Pumking, but still not worth the money IMO.

I can get a 22oz bottle for about $12. I think of it as essentially 2 beers for $6 /each, which is fair for a premium beer.

 

[pkt77242]

I can get a 22oz bottle for about $12. I think of it as essentially 2 beers for $6 /each, which is fair for a premium beer.

$12? Holy Shit. It is $9 here and I find it to be a low QPR.

I just find other stouts much better in the $8-10 range, and thus my reason for not finding it worth it (I rated it in the low 80's).

 

[Irishman77]

Pbr
Lienenkugels ocktoberfest

Now
Dragons Milk bourbon barrel stout!

 

[pkt77242]

A bomber of Alaskan Imperial Red. Pretty nice hops (some orange and grapefruit) and some nice caramel malt but a slightly dirty taste in the background. Overall pretty good.