A Hangover and The Brussel Sprout Of Beer

Nano Brewers Are Metal

I identify with this one too well

Hello, turkey.

It’s Thanksgiving Week and if you are having people over Thursday you know what that means… hiding your good beer.

So, please give this D&T a read, then get to planning a hidden ice-chest or burying your good stuff underneath the basic stuff so Uncle Ted doesn’t drink all your $7 a can IPAs.

Anatomy Of A Hangover: Three IPAs Edition

I write these hangover posts to help future me and maybe future you, have less hangovers and stuff.

I had three beers last night and woke up with a Level 2 (scale of 1 to 5, five being bad) hangover.

Beer One: East Brother Brewing: Gold IPA. 7.3%. Hops unknown. 16oz can.

Beer Two: Liquid Gravity Brewing: Mo Diggity DDH WCIPA. 7%. All Mosaic Hop. 16oz can.

Beer Three: East Brother Brewing : Gold IPA (same as beer one).

Drinking session: 8PM to Midnight.

Setup: Foot long tuna Subway sandwich at 6:00 PM (slightly embarrassing – work dinner). No food afterwards.

Water: 16oz of water during drinking session.

Normally I drink two 16oz beers a session with an occasional 12oz or 16oz beer. And I usually don’t have more than a Level 1 hangover (A level one: aware I had beers the previous night but no headache or sluggishness).

Verdict: I think the combo of only one glass of water, not a lot of food for a base and a slight uptick in alcohol consumed all contributed to this morning’s headache heavy hangover.

Lesson: Hydrate, dumbass.

Many Allagash White Fanboys Don’t Understand What Untappd Is

You Allagash White fucks.

There was some more Beer Twitter banter about Allagash White recently and it made me think, I want just one of you, ONE OF YOU, to admit that Allagash White is not for everyone.

It is a niche style beer!!

Hello!? McFly!? Think, McFly, think.

Belgian Yeast and Wheat Beer in general, kinda fucking suck… well, suck to a lot of people anyway. Allagash White Fan always fails to mention this when complaining.

And then there is the disconnect of what the upper beer geek crust thinks Untappd is and what it actually is.

I mean really, how long is it going to take you Untappd haters to understand the app? It is not for rating a beer on how well it is made. Nope.

It is an app for rating how a beer tastes to a person. A human beer drinker. Not a brewer, or Beer Twitter, or Beer Instagram.

So when you understand the context, 3.76 is a very good rating for a shit style. Is there a Belgian Yeast inspired Wheat Beer ranking higher? I’m not going to take the time to figure it out but it’s HIGHLY doubtful.

I now present to you the most accurate Allagash White rating on Untappd:

Belgian Yeast is the Brussel Sprout of the beer world. Loved by some, disliked by many.

So Allagash White Dude should be happy with that rating. And maybe shut the hell up, for once.

A Picture That Made Me Stop Scrolling On Beer Instagram

I see this in my feed and it makes me stop. This looks like some cool hardcore brewer shit right here. Some explanation from @craftbeerscribe:

I dunno, just thought it was some cool shit to share. I think Nano Brewers are my favorite kind. The purists. The true hobbyists. Also, brewin’ beer in an old container in the woods, is totally metal.

Links To Beer

• UK bloggers, Boak & Bailey, with their monthly roundup post featuring some good beer related reads.

• I think we should start expecting smaller breweries to start using bottles more. The can manufacturer that most people use, Ball, is making it harder and more expensive for the little guys to get cans.

I Leave You With This

The King Of Beer Garden Views is Oakland’s Faction Brewing:

Have a great week in your favorite beer garden. Thank you for the read!

-Mikey

Peace ✌️ Beer 🍻 & Metal 🤘