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Unless you build a time machine I don't think you need to worry.

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Unfortunately — or not, for the sake of your taste buds — it looks like New Belgium has sold out its entire run of Torched Earth,

Well gee Doc, if you want shitty beer from Colorado, there’s still plenty of Coors Light.

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Time machines are not my area of expertise so I'm fine with never finding out. Thanks, Gov.

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Wow. That's neat.

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Hey - send me some Leinie's Red out here to Vermont. I'm a transplanted Badger State boy. Almost impossible to find reds out here and ales in general.

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You know that thing you felt on election night 2016 when they declared Donald Trump the winner? What I feel now like all the time is the opposite of that.

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You do realize that the present climate is unusual and the default is thousands of feet of ice over Colorado? Where are the sanctimonious prophets who say we should act for 7 generations in the future when we need them?

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A huge chunk of our population requires direct personal experience to overcome their lack of empathy when forming opinions about large topics.

This is a really interesting idea to me. Have a taste of "future earth". represents one way to give someone a direct personal experience that they might otherwise not.

Who knew that The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come would come in the form of beer.

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Gennie Cream Ale for the win!

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There was an Italian restaurant in the middle of nowhere called Petrucci's that featured one dollar fishbowls in their bar. Good times.

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Fat Tire is my favorite beer, although I don't indulge very often. I hate IPAs but I've tried a few other New Belgium beers that are good. I like them even more now.

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Have you ever noticed that when someone becomes born again, the first thing they do is compile a list of everyone they know that they're better than?

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They do love cramming, don't they?

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I suppose we can engage in whataboutism when the right starts criticizing Biden. I mean, what are they supposed to do when we respond with, "Well, what about Trump...?"

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This is performative poutrage. It's all they've got.

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Sometimes they're not sending their best.

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