Beer review thread - Page 40

**Mavtech** · 02-08-2010, 12:01 PM

Had some good beers for the Superbowl last night.

Hopslam
Shipyard XXXX IIPA
Rastafar Rye IPA
Shipyard Barleywine

**mattman688** · 02-08-2010, 05:27 PM

i love hopslam...mmmm

**mattman688** · 02-08-2010, 06:38 PM

i am having some old guardian that was fermented with a belgian yeast strain...quite interesting

**Mavtech** · Yesterday, 09:56 AM

Reading some of the beer reviews on BA. Some of these tools crack me up with how they write their reviews. Stop trying to sound so sophisticated! Who the F knows how a Juniper smells? LOL

**Mavtech** · Yesterday, 01:43 PM

Looks like my NYC trip is back on for Feb 28 through March 5th. I booked a hotel (Affinia) that's within walking distance of Rattle N Hum and Ginger Man.

**mattman688** · Yesterday, 08:02 PM

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Reading some of the beer reviews on BA. Some of these tools crack me up with how they write their reviews. Stop trying to sound so sophisticated! Who the F knows how a Juniper smells? LOL

i completely agree... they try to over exaggerate their review to sound sophisticated but in more reality they sound like a fool.

**Coquito** · Yesterday, 11:45 PM

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Reading some of the beer reviews on BA. Some of these tools crack me up with how they write their reviews. Stop trying to sound so sophisticated! Who the F knows how a Juniper smells? LOL

Juniper smells medicinal, but somewhat warming. Almost like pine or mint mixed with a very weak cinnamon. It's used in a lot of different everyday incenses. Or maybe the reviewer got mixed up & is thinking about the beer's similarities to the smell of gin, which has a multitude of spices, which juniper is a major component. I'm a bit more down to earth with my comparisons though. I'm more likely to describe a bad infection in a beer as being similar to lemon-lime Gatorade then Peruvian weasel vomit.

I do agree Mav, that reviews at times seem more like short story submissions to Reader's Digest, then actual breakdowns on the beer. I feel it should be the responsibility of the review not to get carried away with anything they want to express. The experience plays a part, but keep it real. Reviews aren't meant to be exact. That's what stuffy beer judges are for. Still, I'd appreciate something I can relate to without the writer bullshiting me to feed his petty ego.

02-08-2010, 12:01 PM	#586
Mavtech L10: Grand Master Date Joined:Dec 2003 Location:Tampa Bay Posts:25,244 Reputation: 2921	Had some good beers for the Superbowl last night. Hopslam Shipyard XXXX IIPA Rastafar Rye IPA Shipyard Barleywine __________________ I once prayed to God for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and prayed for his forgiveness. Life begins at 60.....1.060, that is. --Denny Conn
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02-08-2010, 05:27 PM	#587
mattman688 beeeeeer Date Joined:Oct 2005 Location:San Diego, CA - Land of Beer Posts:11,267 Reputation: 2411	i love hopslam...mmmm __________________ I bottle more beer in a day than you will drink in a lifetime lupulin theshold shift \ lu-pu-lin thesh-old shift \n 1. When a once extraordinarily hoppy beer now seems pedestrian. 2. The phenomenon a person has when craving more bitterness in a beer. 3. The long-term exposure to extremely hoppy beers; if excessive or prolonged, a habitual dependence on hops will occur. 4. When a "Double IPA" just is not enough.
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02-08-2010, 06:38 PM	#588
mattman688 beeeeeer Date Joined:Oct 2005 Location:San Diego, CA - Land of Beer Posts:11,267 Reputation: 2411	i am having some old guardian that was fermented with a belgian yeast strain...quite interesting
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Yesterday, 09:56 AM	#589
Mavtech L10: Grand Master Date Joined:Dec 2003 Location:Tampa Bay Posts:25,244 Reputation: 2921	Reading some of the beer reviews on BA. Some of these tools crack me up with how they write their reviews. Stop trying to sound so sophisticated! Who the F knows how a Juniper smells? LOL
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Yesterday, 01:43 PM	#590
Mavtech L10: Grand Master Date Joined:Dec 2003 Location:Tampa Bay Posts:25,244 Reputation: 2921	Looks like my NYC trip is back on for Feb 28 through March 5th. I booked a hotel (Affinia) that's within walking distance of Rattle N Hum and Ginger Man.
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