The hard-anodized pans have been a godsend to me. I used to hate cooking on the stovetop because everything always glued to my cheap-ass pans, even with fats to loosen things up. Plus they're fairly inexpensive - I think I bought a 10.5" and an 8" set for like $40-$50 and use them almost exclusively for a few years.

It's the perfect measure for someone who's learned just enough about beer to be a pretentious asshole but not enough to learn that there's more to good beer than scarcity.

You don't deserve negative feedback for disliking something, you deserve it for disliking something for painfully awful reasons. Disliking something because it's popular is the stupidest reason to dislike something. Some things ARE popular because they're good. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is one of those things.

Car maintenance dumbed down enough for non-Jalopnik people would be pretty worthwhile. I still have no idea how to change my oil or spark plugs, but thanks to youtube videos and detailed posts on VW forums, I've successfully repaired my car four times including replacing my alternator.

Christ I'm wearing cords and am now going to spend the next two hours dreading lunch.

Trail Blazers.

Sweetwater's been good for craft beer insomuch as they were putting out pretty good beer in the South at a time when very few others were. Like Abita, I don't really think they've held up as better options have become available both due to new breweries opening and better distribution from other parts of the country.…

I play console so I don't have to hear the sound of PC nerds jerking each other off about how they only play video games on PC in my headset.

I think Oregon's passed California with IPA's, but it's a tightly held secret because so few make it out of the state. Then again, California might be having the same issue where many of their best aren't leaving the state, I don't know.

Hah, I managed to find it on draft last night and...yeah it's definitely my least favorite. It seemed like it had a weird cherry taste to it this year. I think the worst Abyss I've ever had is still a pretty good stout, but it's not one I'm eager to drop $17 a bottle on. Hoping that it improves with a couple years…

I don't really like regional definitions for IPAs anymore. They've been obliterated. The types of IPAs brewed in Oregon now are a world apart from what they were five years ago. The "West Coast IPA" was a valid complaint at one time when looking at places like Green Flash, Bear Republic, or Stone (potentially…

I haven't had this year's yet (though might tonight), what's wrong with it?

Haha, it's in Ashville. Tennessee had archaic beer laws that didn't allow brewing above 6.25%, and they changed them a couple years ago specifically because they were trying to get Sierra Nevada to build in East Tennessee. Despite the change, they went right across the border to North Carolina.

The Starbucks rant is how I feel every time I hear someone complain about hops/IPAs, especially if they're the blowhards that try to say that only a dark beer is a REAL beer. It's smarmy and tired. What yuppies are to the Starbucks rant is what hipsters are to the IPA rant. It's okay not to like something - you…

There was an article in the Portland Mercury about a month ago which cited that out of 183 breweries registered with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, only 5 do not produce an IPA. That's astounding. I think it speaks a lot to the popularity of the style, especially in Oregon where the hops are bountiful and…

That's about what it is here, but $7 for a 32-ounce vs. what used to be $9, maybe $10 for a 6-pack is tough.

GREAT THANKS I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D FUCK HER

Oh I see the problem. The fun is supposed to be that you sit around the table with strangers that all KNOW you fuck like a ravenous beast. Try that next time.

This is still a team that barely exists and anyone claiming to be a "true fan" at this point is completely full of shit.