It's really good if you can get ahold of some - they only release it once a year and it sells out pretty quick. The release date is coming up soon (Nov. 1). I think they've started selling at least some of their beers in most of the US.

The reason there's such a strong counter-reaction to IPAs is all the love that IPAs get, which is almost inexplicable to people who don't enjoy bitterness, bitterness, only bitterness.

I'm a big fan of some beers you can cellar. Alaskan Smoked Porter is a personal favorite.

My anger is in reaction to the insistence that if you like good beer, you have to be into IPAs, which seems to me a narrow-minded stance of its own. See the opening line of the article:

"Where to hop into the bitter world of IPAs"?

Screw you, Ghandi!

I'm about 60% sure The Good Place is a kind of purgatory that is supposed to slowly evolve into heaven… but only the higher-ups (as in, above Michael), know that.

So Pitch gets on base, you say… What's its OPS+? And, probably more saliently, its FIP?

As regards to Tahani, she seems incredibly annoying, but also generally interested in helping others.

Why brew mushroom beer? Because you were a huge fan of the Exile/Avernum series.

I'm not much of a Salinger fan, but "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" might be the perfect short story.

Oh, is American Gods the one Fuller's adapting? Everything I said about Good Omens also applies to American Gods.

I'm lukewarm on Good Omens, but I'm very excited about what Bryan Fuller will do with it.

I hate to correct you, but I think Dave Barry would be more likely to write a book about hating to have his kid still living with him…

Hey, I'm in at the beginning for once!

That's not Ben Roethlisberger preparing to throw the football while terrified to his very core.

So, this Bizarre Foods Alaska episode… Did Andrew Zimmern ever actually talk to an Alaskan? 'Cause he's glaringly mis-pronouncing Kenai.

As to the voter registration thing… http://electionlawblog.org/….

He's possibly the best college basketball announcer ever. Unfortunately, he's no longer with CBS (so he doesn't do March Madness). He also does football. He tried soccer for a while, but it didn't work.

Stop yelling corollary: You may yell whenever you please if you are Gus Johnson.