Congress is terrible at getting things done -- and not just because the House and Senate spends so much of the year not being in session. Unless we're talking about dumb, unimportant things like passing empty resolutions or renaming yet another post office, and then our elected leaders
Itβs the war on men, sawfish edition:... Female sawfish in Florida estuaries were found to have produced living offspring without the help of a male.The female sawfish continue to keep the the males around in order to kill spiders and open pickle jars though, so gender obsolescence is not thought to be just around the corner ... yet.
Not trying to be combative here. Let's assume for the sake of argument that what you say is true. What then should we in North America be doing about it? We can't import the finest beers from Europe because the best stuff doesn't travel well and would be degraded in quality by the time it got here. So, what then? Stop brewing beer altogether? Just give it up? What?
It isn't the case that the top tier US craft brewers aren't using the best ingredients and methods or that they are ignorant of their craft, because neither of those things are true. By the way, the US beer brewing industry was created by master brewers from Germany who immigrated here. The American-style lager that you find so distasteful was created by them. But getting back to my argument, if the top tier of US brewers are highly skilled and knowledgeable (and no one says they aren't) and if they use the best ingredients and brewing methods, then why in your opinion aren't they producing drinkable beer? Are Americans just congenitally incapable of it or something? What is the ultimate issue here? Or can the entire problem be caused by the inclusion of three little words on the label (Made In USA)?
And one more thing -- you cannot possibly have sampled every craft beer made in the US, or even every one in the top tier. Not, that is, unless you travel extensively all around the country throughout the year every single year and make a point of hunting all of them down. Given the unlikelihood of that, then your condemnation of all beer that is of US origin is based at best on a small sampling which has a high probability of being non-inclusive and unrepresentative.
For what it's worth, I think the real problem here is that US brewers are finally giving their European counterparts some credible competition now, not just in the US but in Europe as well, and they have been taking a bite out of the Euro brands' sales. Hence the uptick in trash talking coming from fans of the Old World brews.
Naming post offices? More like strangling the Postal Service with pension debt and forcing it to reduce service levels and leave positions vacant, while not letting it reinstitute postal savings account for underbanked neighborhoods, provide modern services, close inefficient offices, or get rid of nearly-useless Saturday delivery.
Oh security theatre, how I love you. Don't you dare leave you shoes on or bring any drinkable fluids with you, but we'll almost never notice guns or explosives. A 95% failure rate is impressive in its own way though.
"That's right, Detective Friday...we saw two hippie-type individuals with long hair and beads robbing the Bank of America branch on Wilshire Boulevard. They were armed with an M19 Squad Automatic Weapon and drove off in a yellow 1967 Cadillac El Dorado with a so-called 'peace sign' on the rear bumper."
Yep, the street-cred verisimilitude was what made "Dragnet" such a great show. Plus the sparkling, witty dialogue and crypto-facism.
How do you know if a drummer's at the door?
The knocking keeps speeding up and he doesn't know when to come in.
If you work here. Guests, not so much.
Itβs the war on men, sawfish edition:... Female sawfish in Florida estuaries were found to have produced living offspring without the help of a male.The female sawfish continue to keep the the males around in order to kill spiders and open pickle jars though, so gender obsolescence is not thought to be just around the corner ... yet.
Belgians are the best. Wish we could still get Hoegaarden Grand Cru.
Not trying to be combative here. Let's assume for the sake of argument that what you say is true. What then should we in North America be doing about it? We can't import the finest beers from Europe because the best stuff doesn't travel well and would be degraded in quality by the time it got here. So, what then? Stop brewing beer altogether? Just give it up? What?
It isn't the case that the top tier US craft brewers aren't using the best ingredients and methods or that they are ignorant of their craft, because neither of those things are true. By the way, the US beer brewing industry was created by master brewers from Germany who immigrated here. The American-style lager that you find so distasteful was created by them. But getting back to my argument, if the top tier of US brewers are highly skilled and knowledgeable (and no one says they aren't) and if they use the best ingredients and brewing methods, then why in your opinion aren't they producing drinkable beer? Are Americans just congenitally incapable of it or something? What is the ultimate issue here? Or can the entire problem be caused by the inclusion of three little words on the label (Made In USA)?
And one more thing -- you cannot possibly have sampled every craft beer made in the US, or even every one in the top tier. Not, that is, unless you travel extensively all around the country throughout the year every single year and make a point of hunting all of them down. Given the unlikelihood of that, then your condemnation of all beer that is of US origin is based at best on a small sampling which has a high probability of being non-inclusive and unrepresentative.
For what it's worth, I think the real problem here is that US brewers are finally giving their European counterparts some credible competition now, not just in the US but in Europe as well, and they have been taking a bite out of the Euro brands' sales. Hence the uptick in trash talking coming from fans of the Old World brews.
I bet it is smarter than Trump as well.
About as true to life as the portrayal of hippies on Dragnet.
How do you make a small fortune in the space industry? Start with a large one...
After getting conched on the head.
Red Tail ale is actually pretty tasty
They hate us for our beers.
Babby is nearly formed?
Naming post offices? More like strangling the Postal Service with pension debt and forcing it to reduce service levels and leave positions vacant, while not letting it reinstitute postal savings account for underbanked neighborhoods, provide modern services, close inefficient offices, or get rid of nearly-useless Saturday delivery.
Oops, sorry: one of my hot-button issues.
Oh security theatre, how I love you. Don't you dare leave you shoes on or bring any drinkable fluids with you, but we'll almost never notice guns or explosives. A 95% failure rate is impressive in its own way though.
"That's right, Detective Friday...we saw two hippie-type individuals with long hair and beads robbing the Bank of America branch on Wilshire Boulevard. They were armed with an M19 Squad Automatic Weapon and drove off in a yellow 1967 Cadillac El Dorado with a so-called 'peace sign' on the rear bumper."
Yep, the street-cred verisimilitude was what made "Dragnet" such a great show. Plus the sparkling, witty dialogue and crypto-facism.
But Sam Adams is authentic, right? They've got guys with beards working there.