I like IPAs personally, there are definitely a lot of shitty ones around though. Imo the real monument to American excess are those bourbon barrel aged stouts that are like 11% alcohol. Those things are disgusting.
IPAs are bad. Have never liked em.
Gimme English or Belgian beers.
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Not many better things in life than cracking open a barrel aged stout on a cold winter day.
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I guess if youāre using it as fuel for an alcohol fired stove.
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I would personally shoot all American oak barrels into the sun before they get used to ruin any more wine or beer. I donāt drink whiskey or bourbon but I imagine they ruin that too.
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Had an argument with an American on his bourbon barrels, 
and Scotchā¦ He said Iāve not tried enough off them lol my m8 owns a bar with like 3 shelfs worth off bourbon that weāve went through on many occasions 
After getting schosseled on Scotch 1st 
https://images.app.goo.gl/DX7ysdqxmCdDRyun8
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2 Scotch Whiskys that beat most expensive whisky for taste.
lol no, most scotch uses used bourbon barrels.
I love good representations of tons of beer styles and go through drinking cycles where I prefer some syles over others. Just about the only styles I do not like are Scottish Ale (except perhaps in a small dose as a dessert beer) and Barley Wine.
Also, this whacky new trend of brewing hoppy sours is disgusting. Like putting ketchup on a hot dog kind of gross. I donāt really think it counts as a style yet. Hopefully it dies a quick death and is soon forgotten, like black IPAās, which were also horrible due to high hops not going well with roasted malt.
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Iām kinda wondering if youāve ever actually had coffee before. And by coffee I mean a light roast single origin that is prepared correctly.
That said, your hate of ācoffeeā isnāt that misguided. The vast majority of ācoffeeā sold in the U.S. is liquid AIDS. āI like a chocolatey dark roastā is the equivalent of āI like a well done steak with A1.ā Iāve also noticed that places that cater to these people like to advertise low acidity as a selling point of their coffees lolol.
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This is a good take, although Iāve had a couple good black IPAs (and a whole bunch of bad ones). Hoppy sours are pretty much all ghastly. Iām not really sure why barleywines exist other than as an efficient way of getting drunk.
Also, ketchup is the standard addition to hot dogs in Straya. Donāt blame me, I donāt like ketchup.
10%+ beer is ridiculous and disgusting. 9% is the highest Iāve had that still tasted reasonable.
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Iām pretty sure the best ones Iāve had used Sinamar (a coloring agent developed in Germany for use in altbier and some other styles) to impart the color without the roast flavor.
scotch is a vile drink and people who love it are rabid in their love of the foul substance. gross
in b4 im hated on by the rabid scotch drinkers. āblah blah blah you have never had good scotchā. pretty sure my Scottish ancestors are posthumously disowning me as we speak!
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Drinking is pretty vile in general. Iām glad I gave it up.
Food and drink is generally, I think, at least as good and frequently better in the US than Australia (at least in the big cities) but Australia is light years ahead in coffee quality, there is no comparison. Thereās probably somewhere out there better, but Iāve travelled fairly widely and I couldnāt name a better city in the world than Melbourne in terms of average coffee quality.
Agreed. People take their coffee very seriously here and the quality is generally very good, particularly in Melbourne. Even in country areas you can still get good coffee.
Seems like itās better to be ok with a lot of stuff, but people do seem to enjoy being picky.
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With coffee Iām in the happy position of recognising quality but not really caring if itās not very good. Best way to be. I do agree that itās generally better to be content with stuff thatās acceptable rather than getting yourself accustomed to the best. Leads to discontent in the long run. That Buddha guy was smart.
I highly doubt this. The cafe I used to go to imported beans directly from Columbia and Costa Rica, possibly other places. I donāt see how Australia would get fresher beans.
EDIT: Granted anything is above the quality of starbucks and like chains
Scotch is awesome. Glenlivet 12 is a boring Scotch that I never drink. Glenlivet Nadurra is nice.