The unofficial all things BEER thread!

[sho220]

this is for all you other beer geeks out there! we need a few more votes to make it to the next round. im the head brewer at southern tier brewing company in lakewood ny. im not looking for pity votes. vote honestly. i know our Iniquity is the best beer in the bracket!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv.../beer-madness/

At least this year they seem to have found some real beer enthusiasts. In the past most of the panelists listed their favorite beers as stuff like Miller, Bud light, and for the really exotic...Corona! In the end it doesn't matter, as the panelists pick the winner, not the voting public. I'm already disappointed as Smuttynose (although really good) beat out Two Hearted in the first round...and anytime Flying Dog wins anything, something is not right...aside from Magic Hat, Flying Dog has to be one of the most over-rated breweries ever...

I'm going beer shopping later...I'll have to look for your Iniquity...

[sho220]

Check out the voting for the Troegenator and Sam Adams double bock matchup...panelists voted for Sam Adams 9-2...public voting went with Troegs, which is infinitely better...1047-169...

Also check out the Smuttynose/Two Hearted results...very similiar outcome...Cecil, don't worry if you guys get knocked out by the panel...they're a bunch of donkeys....

[cecilbturtle]

In the end it doesn't matter, as the panelists pick the winner, not the voting public.

i didnt even realize that till you pointed it out. thats just rediculous! whats the point in even voting? i may be a beer geek but im not a beer snob. i know that there are a lot of beers out there that people will like better than mine. but i'd much rather win by a vote of the public and not by a panel of beer snobs.

bell's shouldve won and so should have troegs.

so disappointed.

[sho220]

i didnt even realize that till you pointed it out. thats just rediculous! whats the point in even voting? i may be a beer geek but im not a beer snob. i know that there are a lot of beers out there that people will like better than mine. but i'd much rather win by a vote of the public and not by a panel of beer snobs.

bell's shouldve won and so should have troegs.

so disappointed.

Yupper...they've been doing that "contest" for several years now...I stopped following it once I figured out how the voting works...kind of takes the fun out of it.

On a positive note...went beer shopping and picked up some tasty stuff...

[cecilbturtle]

Yupper...they've been doing that "contest" for several years now...I stopped following it once I figured out how the voting works...kind of takes the fun out of it.

On a positive note...went beer shopping and picked up some tasty stuff...

let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

[J.Vandegrift]

let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

Are you able to find the Namaste easily in your area? I have been searching EVERYWHERE down here with no luck. Even sites that I have found that ship beer never seem to have the Namaste available.

[sho220]

Are you able to find the Namaste easily in your area? I have been searching EVERYWHERE down here with no luck. Even sites that I have found that ship beer never seem to have the Namaste available.

I picked up the DFH Namaste at Wegman's.

[sho220]

let me know what you think of our Iniquity and the 422! and be honest. im not sensitive and i cant fix it if i dont know its broken.

Will do! This will be my first time trying both...nice to see all the Southern Tier brews showing up around here...