ers (Joel) wrote on 30 Mar 2007:
Steve Jackson wrote:
And this is perhaps what annoys me more than anything else about
the modern American craft brew drinker. This whole "bigger =
better" thing is nonsense (and not just limited to beer; it's
one of the absolutely most annoying things I find about living
in this country).

Just to bring this thread around full circle, that's
what's wrong with most (if not all) the web-based beer
forums. Lots of circle-jerking and sycophantism built
around who can trainspot the biggest, baddest cult beers.

It's a lemming mentality. Someone in a perceived position of
authority posts a Kleinian reacharound of a review, and the minions
swallow it whole, even if it makes no sense. Even when the beer in
question lives up to its cult following, there's always someone who
takes it too far, whether that be offering their firstborn in a
trade, or buying a keg of a non-bottled beer to bottle and
distribute. That's a good thing?

One of the most impressive beers I've ever had clocks in
at 3.5 percent abv. JW Lees Mild, on cask. Blew me away.
Outstanding. Full of flavor.

I may never know.

Shit, I thought the streets of Manchester were washed in Lees Mild.
Of all the luck.

Witzel