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Simpler Times Pilsner is actually not bad. And at $3.99 for a six pack it's bloody brilliant.

19 views and no-one's sent yet me a receipt confirming that they bought and loved the product. How can I become a successful social media infuencer (like Olivia Jade) if you guys don't cooperate? We all have to start somewhere. Do I have to move my on line presence to some other platform? I have the looks (obv) and I can always fake sincerity. I should be a natural!

ex-khobar Andy wrote:19 views and no-one's sent yet me a receipt confirming that they bought and loved the product. How can I become a successful social media infuencer (like Olivia Jade) if you guys don't cooperate? We all have to start somewhere. Do I have to move my on line presence to some other platform? I have the looks (obv) and I can always fake sincerity. I should be a natural!

First, you need to talk to people who have a Trader Joe's nearby.  The closest one to me is either 135 miles or so east in Madison WI, or 70 miles west in Rochester MN.  I can go to the Pearl Street Brewery (less than a mile from where I'm seated right now) and get a fresh pint of 'Rubber Mills Pils' in the taproom for $3.50; or a 6-pack or a growler to go for around seven or eight bucks.

-"BB"-

ex-khobar Andy wrote:19 views and no-one's sent yet me a receipt confirming that they bought and loved the product. How can I become a successful social media infuencer (like Olivia Jade) if you guys don't cooperate? We all have to start somewhere. Do I have to move my on line presence to some other platform? I have the looks (obv) and I can always fake sincerity. I should be a natural!

You need to peddle hate and violence - then you can rake in millions a year like PewDiePie!

Social media influencers are a key reason I have thrown my hands up and flipped the bird at all the BULLSHIT I was ever fed about how to be a good citizen and live a good life. What a fucking joke.

Ah. I read it as a baffling math question. Simpler x Pilsner. Still can't figure it out....

mead?

Yes TJ's do a mead but I haven't tried it. Are you recommending it, wes?

”Simpler Times Pilsner: Reassuringly inexpensive.”

https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/simpler-t ... ner/94515/

Thanks for the tip; with 70-degree days here a nice pilsner can fit the day. I don't go to TJ's like I used to, but always browse the wine aisle and see if this bargain is in stock:

simpler x pilsner = mead?

Pilsner is nasty. A watery pseudo-beer. Drink Ale!



The drink of health!

yrs,
rubato

Mmmmmm....North Coast Old Stock Ale. One of my all-time favorites!

rubato wrote:Pilsner is nasty. A watery pseudo-beer. Drink Ale!



The drink of health!

yrs,
rubato

I'll look for it. Around here Whole Foods have a wide selection of bottled beers. The problem with most American pale ales (and especially IPAs) is that they are, for my taste, way overhopped. Some of them are essentially hop-ade. It's like a kid who dances up and down shouting "Look at me!" - amusing for a little while but wearing, very quickly.

I see that it has ABV of 12%. Frankly that's ridiculous for a beer. Many wines are in the 12% range and even the French greats (Champagne, red burgundies) are maybe 13%.

Edited for clarity:

ex-khobar Andy wrote:
IPAs are way overhyped.

What's the difference between ale and lager?

Interesting article; I learned a lot from it.

The ABV for Old Stock Ale varies from year to year from ca 11.5% to 13.5% One of these equals two average ales and should be consumed accordingly. And sometimes, I do.


This is another well-named favorite:




yrs,
rubato

I like that name.

rubato wrote:The ABV for Old Stock Ale varies from year to year from ca 11.5% to 13.5% One of these equals two average ales and should be consumed accordingly. And sometimes, I do.


This is another well-named favorite:




yrs,
rubato

I saw this in my local International Foods place at $7.99. It's a Quebec beer from Chambly (near Montreal) but I didn't feel like spending $8 to experiment. Later that same day I saw, in Trader Joe's, a dark beer from the same brewery with a very similar description (spicy, 9% ABV) at $5.99 so I decided to give it a try.

Not to my taste - a little toothpasty if you ask me. Very dark without the typical bitterness of dark beers which made me suspicious that it had been darkened by caramel color - legal but I think a dirty trick.

Edited to correct a typo.

Toothpasty? Sorry, I don't detect even a hint of minty freshness. I do like a range of beers from bitter (Mc Menamins Nebraska Bitter and Barn Owl Bitter are both very nice) to more sweet, like this.


yrs,
rubato

Euthymol, to be precise.

And bear in mind I was tasting the TJ's version, not the one you mentioned. The descriptions are similar but the TJ's version is dark. I have a question in to Customer Service at the brewery to see if they use caramel coloring. I suspect they will not answer.