bikes vs. beer

[DCT]

i heard this earlier at the bar and thought it was kinda interesting.

sam adams is 1% of the beer market.
sam adams is the #1 selling craft beer company

the craft beer and custom bike industries are pretty small!

[moran]

Or.....the comprehensive beer and bike markets are really, really big!

[maunahaole]

If you have not seen it, watch the Beer Wars documentary. It will give you a pretty shocking portrait of how powerful marcobrew is in the marketplace. It will make you want to drink micro, as if you needed any help.

[robin3mj]

Sam Adams is also the largest US owned brewery these days though, too.
Maybe sorta like Waterford or Indy Fab?

[jerk]

Sam Adams is fucking terrible. The vast majority of Craft beer is fucking terrible. Same goes for bikes.

[Saab2000]

Sam Adams is fucking terrible. The vast majority of Craft beer is fucking terrible. Same goes for bikes.

The problem with most US micro brews is that they overload it with hops and extreme bitterness is seen as a virtue. It's not

Some of Sammie's brews don't suck, like the spring and summer ales. But others are just too bitter.

As to US builders, the Zank is still king in my fleet. It is the Chimay blue in my garage.

BTW, wtf is up with monks and extremely good beer? Seriously. What's up with that? Monks my ass...

[YO!!!]

Micro brews are so old school...the newest thang is micro-distillers.

Marketable white lightning is the new king.

[Human Epic Jolt]

vs carren ct.

words. pictures. come and drink some crappy home brew. i promise to gnaw your head off with silence.

[rabo]

The vast majority of Craft beer is fucking terrible. Same goes for bikes.

Please give us your ranking; from the bottom up please.

[dogrange]

Agreed, most US microbrews are undrinkable, the thought of any sort of nuance or subtlety seems not to have entered any of these guys' heads. Same goes for new distilleries that attempt to make any sort of aged whiskey - they got alot to learn to get anywhere close to the established players in Kentucky or Scotland, and with a 4 to 20 year aging window, I doubt if any of them will be viable long enough to make enough batches to learn from to even come close to competing on quality. No idea about the state of bike building skill as I ride (regretfully) very mass market brands at the moment.

[Human Epic Jolt]

Agreed, most US microbrews are undrinkable, the thought of any sort of nuance or subtlety seems not to have entered any of these guys' heads. Same goes for new distilleries that attempt to make any sort of aged whiskey - they got alot to learn to get anywhere close to the established players in Kentucky or Scotland, and with a 4 to 20 year aging window, I doubt if any of them will be viable long enough to make enough batches to learn from to even come close to competing on quality. No idea about the state of bike building skill as I ride (regretfully) very mass market brands at the moment.

save it for vimeo.

[Saab2000]

Best North American brew I've had I think is Fin du Monde and its cousins. I believe they are brewed in Quebec.

[Human Epic Jolt]

Best North American brew I've had I think is Fin du Monde and its cousins. I believe they are brewed in Quebec.

is that where all those internet attacks come from?

[Chance Legstrong]

Please give us your ranking; from the bottom up please.

he likes whiskey tango Belgie beer that is the equivalent to a urinal cake soaked in water at the end of the night:
Primus and or Jupiler
you must drink these in a wife beater and trim your finger nails with a pocket knife.

[Chance Legstrong]

Sam Adams is the 2:00am last call, "who should i take home" of craft beers

[Human Epic Jolt]

he likes whiskey tango Belgie beer that is the equivalent to a urinal cake soaked in water at the end of the night:
Primus and or Jupiler
you must drink these in a wife beater and trim your finger nails with a pocket knife.

first you need to go on a LIKE rampage.

[Bobonli]

The problem with most US micro brews is that they overload it with hops and extreme bitterness is seen as a virtue. It's not

Amen to this! I've often thought that a lot of the micro brew offerings are bitter, but convinced myself that it must be my ignorance of beer and have over time forced myself to like them. They're craft-brewed, after all, so they must be excellent!

I wonder if it is an age-related tastebud and olfactory thing. Maybe these beers taste great to younger people but as we age our taste buds register something different. I say this because some of my younger friends say, "This beer tastes great" but to me it tastes like feline urine.

[Chance Legstrong]

I wouldn't say most.
reverse what you know about beer and embrace the hops.

[Nierman]

Many brewers put their heart and soul into their craft. Sam Adams puts their entire body into it. I ain't drinking that shit after filtering through some dude's Fruit o' Looms.

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"I gotta take a leak so bad I can taste it."

[Human Epic Jolt]

i heard this earlier at the bar and thought it was kinda interesting.

sam adams is 1% of the beer market.
sam adams is the #1 selling craft beer company

the craft beer and custom bike industries are pretty small!

try not to loose too much sleep over it.