Commentist Beer Barrel: It’s a Beer!

Commentist Beer Barrel

makeitsnowondem - April 3, 2016April 4, 2016

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As I'm sure you're all tired of hearing, I have drunk many, many different beers—roughly 2,300 by my best current reckoning. It has been, and continues to be, a really awesome, life-enriching hobby, with the incredibly minor drawback that finding something truly new and different seems to be increasingly difficult

Commentist Beer Barrel: Extreme Beer Aging

makeitsnowondem - March 19, 2016

Before I get started, I want to thank Son of Spam, Brett Favre's Colonoscopy, and Electric Mayhem for contributing to Beer Barrel in my absence. Credit for the feature's increased quality during that time is due entirely to them. Credit for the scheduling fuck-ups that caused us to have three

Commentist Beer Barrel: Nobody Likes a Dry Barrel

BrettFavresColonoscopy - March 14, 2016March 14, 2016

Coming on the heels of SonOfSpam doing a great job filling in for our resident Cicerone, make it snow, you were probably all looking forward to getting back to your regularly scheduled programming. Unfortunately, make it snow is locked in the trunk of my car unavailable to share another review

I Couldn’t Think of a Better Title Night Shift Thread

WCS - March 4, 2016March 4, 2016

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...so I gave you a Far Side cartoon, instead. Well, it's now March. March means spring is closer. It also means it's time for the greatest sporting event over the year*, the NCAA Tournament. While we're not quite there yet, it's tantalizingly close. Smaller conferences have begun their tournaments, and the

Commentist Beer Barrel: I’ve Had A Few Budweisers

makeitsnowondem - February 16, 2016

That's the season, then. Just about a week ago, with either relief or chagrin, we all watched one of the NFL's most accomplished quarterbacks ride off into the sunset with a world championship and the short and sweet declaration, "I'm going to Disneyworld!" Wait. Peyton. Wait. You pronounced "Disneyworld" wrong. Like, really, really wrong. Peyton.

Commentist Beer Barrel: Bottle Royale

makeitsnowondem - February 5, 2016

I've made my peace with the very strong possibility of another Broncos Super Bowl loss, or at least I'm going to keep insisting I have. I love my team, but as I see it, a Panthers championship would be pretty okay. Cam's more fun than any player has a right to

Commentist Beer Barrel: The Spoils of Victory

makeitsnowondem - January 30, 2016January 30, 2016

It's been a pretty good football season for me. I got to watch my Broncos play the sort of defense that every football fan gets frustrated at his team for not playing. I got to watch them bring the world another Patriots Schadenfreude Day. And next weekend, there's a solid chance

Commentist Beer Barrel: Yes We Can

makeitsnowondem - January 24, 2016

Austin is a great, great place to be a beer nerd, with roughly two dozen breweries and a wide variety of beer from all across the country on the shelves. When I first moved back to Austin eight years ago, though, the landscape looked very different. Preposterous licensing fees and nonsensical

Tuesday Night Holyshittheresalotofbasketball Thread

WCS - January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

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It's so much fun to see Dook having a "bad" season. It brings us great joy. Of course, those dickblocks will probably land a four-seed in the NCAA Tourney, and roll all the way to the national championship, because we're not allowed to experience joy for too long. Anyway, there's an

MLK Day Night Thread For #ALLLIVESMATTER

WCS - January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

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Don't you love when white men solve racism on their own? It's a beautiful thing. Now, if they could only get around to paying that child support... So now that football season is officially over (NANANANANANNA I CAN'T HEAR YOU NANANANANA), we're really shifting into other things. I am uncomfortable with

Divisional Weekend Eve! Live Thread

WCS - January 15, 2016January 15, 2016

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Ah, the night before the NFL's second round. The night before NFL's Elite Eight is eventually dwindled to its Final Four. Hopes, dreams, and delusion reign, and for many, those will be crushed like an all-you-can eat gravy buffet in Indiana. Tonight, though, we shall have to entertain ourselves. There is

Commentist Beer Barrel: Bastards

Commentist Beer Barrel

makeitsnowondem - December 25, 2015December 25, 2015

Happy Holidays, you bastards. This review has been a long time in the making. Since Thanksgiving or so, with lady snow's help, I've been diligently tasting every beer I could get my hands on from Stone's Arrogant Bastard line. Today I'm ready to share my findings, but as usual, I've