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

Go West, Young Chip

WCS - January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

Wellllllll.... this should be interesting... Charles E. "Chip" Kelly has accepted the position of head coach of the Santa Clara San Francisco 49ers. I mean, when your team president and noted thin-skinned dickbag Jed York couldn't get along with noted successful sociopath and discount khaki enthusiast Jim Harbaugh, it's a brilliant idea to

DFO Prediction Contests – Final Standings!

ballsofsteelandfury - January 6, 2016January 5, 2016

We have our two winners! Of course, like an idiot who has been writing "Don't forget to put your picks in!" every week, what do you think I did? Yup, I forgot to put my picks in. It wouldn't have mattered, of course, as I was too far off the pace.

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

Christmas Eve Afternoon Waste of Our Time

WCS - December 24, 2015December 24, 2015

I mean, what do YOU really want to do? Spend time with your family? Pffff... We've got two JV bowl games today. For starters, we've got the Bahamas Bowl, between the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders, and the Western Michigan Broncos. The only bowl game to be (currently) played in another

Commentist Beer Barrel: Hans, Solo

makeitsnowondem - December 20, 2015

My beer biases are, by now, probably pretty clear to any regular reader of the Beer Barrel. I won't deny them, and I certainly won't apologize for them. I love big beers. I love barleywines, imperial stouts, double IPAs, anything with a double-digit ABV and a whole lot of flavor.

DFO Prediction Contests Update – Week 15

ballsofsteelandfury - December 17, 2015December 16, 2015

We have a new leader! DFO Spreads Wide (picking against the spread, Prize = A grab at OSZ’s bag of goodies) The king in yellow took advantage of sunrisesunrise's bad week to vault to the top of the standings! He leads King Hippo, Warthog, and sunrisesunrise by one, Dok Zymm and Push

Commentist Beer Barrel: Barrels and Barrels of Barrels

makeitsnowondem - December 12, 2015

Beer, as most of you know, is really good. Another thing that many of you also know is that liquor is also good. But as with many pairs of things that are good individually (ice cream and hot sauce! sex and skiing!), combining the two can be dicey. Maybe you pour

Commentist Beer Barrel: Winter Is Yummy

Commentist Beer Barrel

makeitsnowondem - November 28, 2015

Winter is the best season for drinking, as everyone knows. In the winter, whether you favor wine, spirits, or beer, you can drink any of the things you normally like to drink, which by default makes it no worse than any other season. But! On top of that, you'll spend