thegreatgildersleeve
The Great Gildersleeve
thegreatgildersleeve

I live in Cincinnati and over the past decade we have made great strives in turning our urban core around. We finally stopped a five decade long drop in population, businesses and residents are returning to Downtown (in fact there is a long waiting list for an apartment or condo, developers can't get the rehabs

You've further revealed your poor taste.

No thanks, I'll stick to Fuller's ESB, Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Coniston Bluebird Bitter and other tasty, balanced beers. Stick to your one dimensional hop bombs.

Wrong. That's like saying that because I find ghost chilies inedible that my palate is at fault, as opposed to the fact that ghost chilies were not meant to be consumed by humans and those who find them pleasurable are usually morons. IPA's are easy to produce and the overuse of hops can cover for a range of errors.

It's the chicken and the egg; are craft brewers producing IPA's because they are selling, or are IPA's selling because they are the overwhelming majority of what craft brewers are producing?

Indeed they are, such as the excellent Unibroeue brewery. World class beers!

Let's hop that future American craft beers dial down the hops. Far too many of these beers are one dimensional hop bombs that lack balance and/or finesse. Slate had a great article on how heavy handed brewers are alienating more and more consumers with over-hopping beers:

Not only "can" but in fact "do"!

Same here, 1969 vintage Gillette Long Handle, badger brush and real shave cream or soap. Perfection.

As far as I'm concerned this is the pinnacle of shaving technology. It was made in 1969, works flawlessly, provides me with a baby-bottom smooth shave without a nick each and every day, and the blades are inexpensive. Everything developed since this has been a marketing gimmick.