Molasses is sweet. You want to add sweetness, add molasses. Hops aren’t sweet. Don’t shit in my cornflakes and call it raisins.

And it isn’t that Remy and I disagree on a whole bunch of beers. I like to think of it as we share a portion of a scale. A Venn diagram if you will. With Oak Aged Yeti firmly in his circle, and Leigenkugel formly in mine, and Guinness in the middle.

Also, I wouldn’t classify Guinness as bitter. Well, not anymore. I’ve had much more bitter beers, and would probably classify IPAs higher on the bitterness scale than most stouts not tapped directly from the resinous dick of a pine tree. But Guinness IS an acquired taste, beautiful brew that it is.

Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
RateBeer.com: 4.17/5.00, 100th percentile overall
BeerAdvocate: 4.31/5.00, 91st percentile overall
Opinionated Beer Page: 9/10

Skullsplitter
RB: 3.6/5.0, 91st percentile
BA: 4.0/5.0, Overall score of 88
Micheal Jackson has called it one of the 500 classic brews.

Guiness
No need to deal with this since we actually agree, though I must state for the record that Guinness is not bitter.

Arrogant Bastard
RB: 3.96/5.00, 98th percentile
BA: 4.23/5.00, Overall score of 90

And in comparison, Leinekugel’s Sunset Wheat that I gave a rating of 3 to.
RB: 2.9/5.0, 41st percentile
BA: 3.4/5.0, 80th percentile (the exception of all places I looked)
Opinionated Beer Page: 3/10
Several blogs that have beer reviews compare it to drinking Fruity Pebbles.

So while I did rate those beers higher than those sites, we are in pretty close agreement as we are on a lot of the beers I’ve had. So sounds like I actually do for the most part like great beers, contrary to what may have been said.

http://courses.washington.edu/insects/454Students/Resources/quotes.htm

Estimated ratio of insects to humans is 200 million to 1

This was in 1999. I have heard/read in other places that the insect population might be as high as 1,000,000 to 1.

Another note: I used to let spiders outside. I have a kid now. I am a spider assassin (as well performing Megadeth on all insectoids).

Well, if having good taste in beer means getting down on my knees and playing circus seal to a treant(1,2), then I’ll stick with my shitty taste.

1. http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/treant.htm
2. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG245.jpg

Again, unfair and uncalled for so I do apologize to Karl for the way in which I said things.

However, I still don’t get how you guys think those beers have too many hops in them. Its not a “I’ve got giant nuts because I can handle hops” thing, I honestly don’t understand how that depth of flavor could be found less than enjoyable.

So, except for everything. Oh, I forgot, I could watch the falconer and the joust for free… :-/

Of course, nowadays even going to see a movie is a wallet-fucking ordeal. $21 for tickets (two people), plus a soda or bottled water, plus a popcorn, and you’re out like $35.

http://www.bostongeek.com/2007/03/11/samuel-smith-pure-brewed-lager-beer/

No need to be a cock. Do your won reviews then.

And if you guys are going to the faire to podcast I want a plane ticket because it just won’t be right if I’m not there.

I tell you what. I eat cow. Spiders are far lower on the list of creatures I would have qualms elminating.

I almost puked it through the vommit-hole while watching the spider video.

Oh, and another point on the iTunes thing - iTunes does indeed help sell iPods because Apple has found a price that the consumers are willing to pay. Plain and simple, if you don’t give people the right price, they’ll find their media through… umm… ‘other means’. If NBC is so concerned with media players full of pirated content, look at generic Sansa devices or the like, not iPods, which actually encourage paying for content.

And to add to your spider stories…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR4GEyMfdr4