JWalter wrote:Fair play... No biggie... Lister, no offence intended, I certainly don't want to be seen as starting a flame, I've been posting on BBS's and Forums for geez, probably about 20 years now, so that's not my intention at all... It was late last night and to be honest, I did see the thread as humorous and thought I'd chip in my 2 cents...
I certainly don't see my posting as anything different as the negative posts most of the usual summer releases get. I try to give everything a fair shake when I try them and being a 20 year veteran of BBS's and Forum's too it's not negative trollish "That sucks! You suck! Blah, blah, blah." content either.
Lister - Please, keep drinking IPA's and letting us know your thoughts on them!!, PM me your address and I'll drop by with a bottle of Great Divide's Hercules Double IPA, we'll share the bottle... ;^)
Actually I've pretty much given up on buying IPA's and stouts. I only tried DFH 60min after reading that it is a little different from the usual IPA thing (as my tastebuds find.) And it was a little different, certainly something I liked more than the other IPA's I've had but not enough to make me want to buy more. As for the Herc, I wouldn't want you to waste any of that on me...
I'm going to still try both styles the odd time at small events like beerbistro's or C'est What?'s festivals where it's really pointless to drink samples of what you already had/like. At a bigger place like Mondiale there's not enough time nor $$$ to try borderline or normally unpleasant (for me) brews unless something interesting comes along like that banana stout I mentioned in another thread.