Sounds appropriately named, unless I'm misunderstanding.

an English Dark Mild Ale with 3.3% ABV

A few weeks ago, the company has posted an issue about the Commercial Suicide bottles continuing to ferment beyond the projected finishing point, and becoming over carbonated as a result.

so it'll have more carbonation than intended, but maybe will reach a reasonable alcohol content?

Phil McKraken: I made the beer for my wedding. A week before, a bottle exploded about 2 feet away from my wife's custom made wedding dress.

/beer safety is no joke.

Yeast are sneaky that way.

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My obscure regional craft brewery is better than yours.

I live in Colorado. I have yet to sample all of my obscure regional craft beers so, yeah, mine is better than yours! ;)

letrole: Anyone who drinks microbrewery beer also tends to:

1. Own a TV but haven't turned it on in years
2. Ride a bike to work wearing spandex stretch trousers
3. Watch Japanese cartoons on a Mac
4. Appreciate the warmth of vinyl phonograph records
5. Read books at Starbucks
6. Claim to prefer girls with small breasts
7. Make snide remarks about Wal-Mart.
8. Walk past a smoker and make pretentious coughing noises
9. Take comfort in believing size doesn't matter
10. Feign disgust at the idea of eating a Big Mac

I'd troll you back, but we've already had that exchange ;-)

Dead for Tax Reasons: an English Dark Mild Ale with 3.3% ABV

A few weeks ago, the company has posted an issue about the Commercial Suicide bottles continuing to ferment beyond the projected finishing point, and becoming over carbonated as a result.

so it'll have more carbonation than intended, but maybe will reach a reasonable alcohol content?

It's actually a clever ploy to sell more of their beer. After all, people will go out and buy it if they know that it will contain more alcohol, thus becoming a truly ironic commercial success. Hipsters may be involved given the potential for irony.

St_Francis_P: letrole: Anyone who drinks microbrewery beer also tends to:

1. Own a TV but haven't turned it on in years

Close. I download all the shows online because I'm too lazy to take my tv away from my geriatric parents.

2. Ride a bike to work wearing spandex stretch trousers

Nah. Even if I were in shape, I'd never make the 50 mile drive one way on a bike and still get to work on time/get a good night's sleep. Plus, I make fun of people who dress like the uniballer...

3. Watch Japanese cartoons on a Mac

I burn them to run on a cheap PC i use for a video playback box.

4. Appreciate the warmth of vinyl phonograph records

Well, I actually do, but I'm also cheap so I use a program that adds a bit of vinyl scratch and "warmth" to my MP3 playback.

5. Read books at Starbucks

Hell no. I hate coffee that tastes like shiat filtered through two-week-old gym socks.

6. Claim to prefer girls with small breasts

I claim to prefer boobies. Small or big, all are OK (although I do prefer big ones).

7. Make snide remarks about Wal-Mart.

Hey, I don't make enough money to make snide comments about Wal-Mart. I shop wherever I can get groceries cheapest.

8. Walk past a smoker and make pretentious coughing noises

I don't have to. Allergy issues ensure that I will likely be making REAL coughing noises...although I grew up in a household of smokers and, honestly, kinda miss the smell of smoke. got used to the way things tasted with smoke in the air, nothing is quite the same.

9. Take comfort in believing size doesn't matter

Psh. my girlfriend is satisfied, that's all I care about.

10. Feign disgust at the idea of eating a Big Mac

it's not the idea of eating a big mac that I feign disgust at. it's the $60,000 hospital bills that come with the hypertension my family is prone to (along with a genetic issue retarding the function of our thyroids, leading to obesity, etc.) that disgust me. I'll just put down the big mac and step away from the twinkie instead.


/amidoinitrite?
//0/10.

Maud Dib: Krikkitbot: Maud Dib: Yay, Fark Beer thread!!!

My obscure regional craft brewery is better than yours.

I live in Colorado. I have yet to sample all of my obscure regional craft beers so, yeah, mine is better than yours! ;)

I'll be in Pagosa Springs in 2 weeks, I will be bringing back a metric shiat-ton of O'Dell.

can I have Boulder Beer Company's brews shipped to me across state lines?

/please say yes, please say yes...

Maud Dib: Krikkitbot: Maud Dib: Yay, Fark Beer thread!!!

My obscure regional craft brewery is better than yours.

I live in Colorado. I have yet to sample all of my obscure regional craft beers so, yeah, mine is better than yours! ;)

I'll be in Pagosa Springs in 2 weeks, I will be bringing back a metric shiat-ton of O'Dell.

Try to venture over to Durango and check out the breweries there. Here is a list of the Colorado brewers guild members (new window). There are quite a few breweries that are not members so keep an eye for others.

Huggermugger: There's a great scene in "Breaking Bad" where the DEA agent wakes up to the sound of gunfire somewhere in his house. He assumes that it's Mexican drug dealers, gets his gun, and prowls through the house. When he reaches the garage he discovers that his Homebrew bottles are exploding.
/home brewer
//bystander
///they're really dangerous when they explode

That could all be avoid by kegging. Not to mention how much easier it is to keg. One additional plus to kegging is that it is harder to share unless people come to drink with you ;)

Filter the yeast out.. no issues.. you cannot rate the ABV accurately if you bottle unfiltered beer.. as long as there is yeast and sugars in the bottle, fermentation will continue.. with the exception of keeping it refrigerated.. 36 -38 degrees.. not going to ferment.
Incidentally.. new craft brewery in Richmond, Va. Hardywood Park Craft Brewery.. three months in production and need more fermenters already.. can't make it fast enough.. flagship beer is a belgian blonde called Singel, also had Farmhouse Pumpkin ( a friend of mine hates pumpkin beer.. liked theirs a lot).. Latest is Gingerbread Stout.. pretty much sold out already.. it will be interesting to see what they come up with next...