@randys_donuts:disqus The LA beer circle is still surprisingly small and I seem to recall we're around the same part of town (westside?), so I'm positive you and I have probably crossed paths or know some of the same snobby LA beer snobs. I'd give you a descriptor of me but, you know. . . tall, bearded guy with…

It's a little soon as we're still tinkering with pilot batches. The basic approach will be to brew American craft; while we're all fans of classic English, Belgian and German styles, we don't feel there's much to be gained by simply replicating them, so any Old World styles will always be filtered through our own…

Tolerable IPA for the standard, Intolerable IIPA for the imperial version perhaps?

That's awesome @avclub-0304234e5dac07d007cf06c22b3f29c4:disqus . We're far too early in the process to bring anybody else on board for anything quite yet, but I'd definitely be interested in discussing once we get further along.

Our head brewer is moving from Chicago (he's apprenticed a bit with Pipeworks) to jump into this, so I'm sure it'll be one our first targets if/when we're able to expand.

This week's LIFE CHANGE THREAD, aka the BEER THREAD. Let me explain:

"Like Puppetry of the Penis, but with more dong."

And a Coldstone human being.

Lydia's not a monster, but she's routinely capable of monstrous acts in service of the bottom line (whether that be financial or safety from imprisonment). One notion, possibly crazy, that's been circling around my brain lately is just the opposite of the one @avclub-e0d88e2e3f2cedb469ceda2f11315b22:disqus floats:…

Well, he did say "going for." That doesn't necessarily mean they've actually attained said thrills.

I hate to discourage the performing of oral sex, but they don't give Oscars for television.

Absolutely agree with @avclub-043a5755513643c7f4a9cd35380ec33e:disqus above. As much as people are making "check yo privilege, what is this tumblr, lol?" jokes as if race is irrelevant here, there is a HUGE difference between people yelling "hey, Hello Newman'!!" at Seinfeld, and yelling "hey, white power!!" or "he's…

I'm in Manhattan the first two nights but staying with a friend in Williamsburg the following two, so I definitely plan on stopping by Spuyten, Mugs, Barcade and Brooklyn Brewery. There's a new-ish place called Torst in Greenpoint that I've been hearing great things about too.

And it's hot. And parking sucks. And there's too many one way streets.

I still think it's one of the best, but it's hard for any beer to live up to the legend and mythology that's built up around Pliny. Also, it tends to be a rather volatile beer - like any in that style, the fresher the better, but I find it tends to fall off even quicker than other IIPAs. When it's super fresh, it's…

Beer Thread!

Re: next Batman comic: I'm a No Man's Land defender, but it's far more scattered, sprawling and messy than you probably want to get into at this point. Obviously the former two choices you mention have the benefit of being cohesive pieces written/drawn by one single team; NML reaches great heights but it also has a…

Not really a new pop culture item but I just watched this amazing video of Cookie Monster singing Tom Waits' Hell Broke Luce and it was the best thing I've seen in a long while. It's possible I'm way behind the curve and missed it, but if not, this needs to be a Great Job, Internet asap.

People focus on the Batman side, because rightfully so the ethos that "Wayne is just the mask" has become the party line for understanding the Dark Knight. But that means that the Bruce Wayne half is really the most variable and open-to-interpretation aspect of the Batman character.

So join Walt, Skyler, and a tiny green space alien named Ozmodiar that only Jesse can see, on AMC this Fall!