Why do Europeans get the best stuff?

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 03/31/2020 at 16:16 • Filed to: None

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European beer of the month club comes through again. Except, the only website I can find this on is selling it for 8$ a bottle! 2.80 euros locally online.

Goddamnit. One of, if not THE best i’ve ever had. I just can’t get it.

Jim Spanfeller > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:19

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(cries softly)

My bird IS the word > Jim Spanfeller 03/31/2020 at 16:24

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Why does god hate us?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:35

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coz we mostly dont have drunk idiots with guns?

Jim Spanfeller > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:36

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I blame these:

My bird IS the word > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 03/31/2020 at 16:38

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Im 2/3rds of that equation already. Working  on the drunk part.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:40

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Gib 1 british death machine please

Svend > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:41

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And the modern incarnation of the TVR Speed 12, the TR Superman Speed 12 made by former TVR mechanics and engineers. 1,012bhp 6.0 V12.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:42

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lol fair nuff

Ash78, voting early and often > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 16:54

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Counterpoint: The US today is the best and most diverse* beer culture in the history of the world. It’s one of the few things I feel like we really have nailed b eyond reproach.

(I had to add “ diverse” because Belgian monasteries might be like “Come at me bro!” You know how monks are.)

DutchieDC2R > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 17:05

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Gentse Strop!! Love that beer. 

My bird IS the word > Ash78, voting early and often 03/31/2020 at 17:19

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Ehh, diverse if you like IPAs.

Nom De Plume > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 17:43

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I was just ready t0 comment to the effect that at least we didn’t have to worry about TGV being on our roads.

Nom De Plume > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 17:51

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Don’t forget the drams of filtered tap water used to make Session IPA ’s.

I’ll second you by adding diversity of naming and marketing schemes. There is no place for original brewers who spend their time and money on beer instead of what it takes to secure distribution and sales.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Ash78, voting early and often 03/31/2020 at 18:00

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Absolutely. Here in Washington there are breweries making everything imaginable. Some specialize in old world styles, others in sours, one even has nothing but old world lagers. The US is definitely at the center of the beer world right now, just as it has become with Marijuana horticulture.  

I was lucky enough to attend a beer festival in Croatia last year while on vacation. Every brewer I talked to there looks to the US for inspiration.

Nauraushaun > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 19:07

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They don’t get the best stuff, they make it. Or, they get it because it’s made locally to them.

If you haven’t been to Belgium, you should ;) We have some Belgian beers locally in Melbourne, but going there is something else entirely. The l ambic oh my god

Ash78, voting early and often > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/31/2020 at 19:14

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Agreed...and speaking of WA, the fact that I can find Elysian at every one of my grocery stores here in AL is testament to how good distribution has gotten amid the craft beer renaissance.

Croatia is awesome, I’d love to go back one day. My grandmother and about 10 generations before her were from an island near Dubrovnik.

Might be a nice place to escape a global pandemic...

Ash78, voting early and often > My bird IS the word 03/31/2020 at 19:15

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Touche. They are a tad bit overrepresented at the moment...

My bird IS the word > Ash78, voting early and often 03/31/2020 at 21:36

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Market just needs time to settle.

My bird IS the word > Nauraushaun 03/31/2020 at 21:40

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A European vacation seems further away than ever right now... But it’s on my list.

Nauraushaun > My bird IS the word 04/01/2020 at 00:32

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You’re totally right, who knows when we’ll be able to indulge again.

But when the time comes, Belgium :)