There comes a time when one must defend the indefensible.
This is my review of Straffe Hendrik Heritage 2016 Bruges Quadrupel:
Perhaps late to the game on this one, but still worth the time to write it out. In the midst of declining sales of Bud Light, and AB-InBev products in general, Bud Light recently closed on a deal with UFC for $100 million to become the official carbonated yellow swill sponsor of the UFC. Many talking heads online got upset over UFC throwing shade at the new poster child for culture war politics for what appears to be nothing more than a lot of money.
The indefensible position I will take on this one: UFC will fare just fine and if anyone can pull Bud Light out of its self-inflicted funk its the UFC.
There are a couple reasons, the first is if one is a real fight fan they probably don’t care at all who paid to sponsor the fight. I too look fondly upon the “Dynamic Fastener” days where individual fighters found sponsors on their own to make a living in between fights and have some disdain for the UFC requiring all the gear be made by Reebok. I also recognize the flip side is this also resulted in fewer of those God-awful Affliction T-Shirts in the local population. Pick your poison there, but if I paid to watch a fight I really just want to see a decent fight.
The other is in order to gain “casual” fans, the best way is to create controversy outside the fight. From Mike Tyson threatening to eat Lennox Lewis’ children, to Logan Paul being a half-witted asshole that for some reason refuses to box an actual boxer his age—controversy sells tickets.
This culture war business is quite the controversy, no? In response to this a few fighters commented on the matter, including Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland. He argued essentially, if Bud Light is actually dropping the whole…woke…thing, they should have no issue with him running his mouth about it at UFC events with Bud Light’s name attached. Apparently, he promises to run his mouth about it at UFC events with Bud Light’s name attached. So we’ll have to wait and see.
Then again, the Venn Diagram of UFC fans and trans activists probably struggles to fill up an elevator. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This particular brewer is not going to sponsor sporting events, ever. To bad though, they can probably use the exposure. This vintage has a whole is greater than the sum of its parts going for it. Their own literature states:
The 2016 version highlights quadrupel aged in rum barrels, but blended with portions of quad aged in Red Bordeaux, Cognac, Armagnac, etc. barrels from previous vintages. Each year of Straffe Hendrik Heritage is its own unique expression, highlighting that year’s barrels and building on their evolving library of barrel aged quads.
My response? Nachos.
Straffe Hendrik Heritage 2016 Bruges Quadrupel: 4.3/5 11% ABV. Serve in a tulip or chalice at 50-57 degrees.
No matter what, it’s still lousy beer.
I dunno. I like Belgian beer, and this sounds very interesting.
Yeah…my local Total Wine has some good stuff most of the time, but don’t see the super rare stuff very often. Haven’t been back in a while – just don’t drink as much on night shift. I’ll take a look maybe over the long weekend (need to buy wine, etc in prep for Thanksgiving).
In my area we don’t have Total Wine, and no chain beer stores (that I’m aware of) beyond the grocery stores. It’s interesting to me to see what makes it to the grocery stores, and what I need to go to the specialty beer stores for. I have seen some of the Straffe in the more upscale grocery stores before, but finding that would usually require a run to the specialty store.
Relevant to the thread title
Then again, the Venn Diagram of UFC fans and trans activists probably struggles to fill up an elevator.
That’s what X is for. It’s the equivalent of the
town criervillage idiot keeping the inattentive abreast of the important issues of the day.Sure. Or its a place where Elon Musk posts instructions on how to make cocaine.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1720643054065873124
I have definitely noticed, in my over-the-air sportswatching, a serious uptick in (extremely anodyne) Bud Light ads. I guess they must have found an ad agency willing to return their calls.
I will look for this beer.
OT but interesting.
Gad Saad
@GadSaad
Well Hero of Freedom, our house in Beirut was stolen by Palestinians, my parents were kidnapped & mistreated badly by Fatah, we escaped by the skin of our teeth from Beirut, and yet I never sought to hate or kill any Palestinians. My best revenge is to live a dignified life. ALL of history is replete with border redefinitions. Most people accept history and move on. But there is something existentially unique when Jews end up winning. This simply cannot be tolerated until the end of times correct? Once part of Dar el Islam, it is always to be that. Otherwise, it is Dar el Harb.
Ha, now do Eastern Europe, say around the Dneiper and Vistula rivers.
I will look for this beer.
https://www.beermonthclub.com/the-rare-beer-club
I am not sure I am following. His house was stolen by Palestinians, family brutalized by Palestinians despite him having done nothing against them. Then inexplicably he jumps to the Jews and complains that they cannot be allowed by the universe to win, the justification is that once Islam has stolen something it cannot be taken back. Once I steal it it is mine forevermore, no one can be allowed to get it back. Do I have this right?
This kind of thinking is why they cannot be reasoned or negotiated with.
I don’t think so. Gad is a very smart evolutionary biologist guy who’s been interviewed by Malice, Rogan, Carolla, etc – couple books too.
Speaking for himself – he’s taking revenge by living a dignified life (see his stupid soccer and dog posts ;p). I *think* he might actually be Lebanese Jew – he’s talked about his escape from Lebanon on some of his interviews.
Speaking for history as a whole, borders and indigenous stuff has always been a moving line throughout history – the Jew reference is how the Arab world won’t accept Israel coming out on top from what I can understand.
Ah, ok. I missed that….I was having a hard time making sense of it.
Yeah, after having distilled a lot of opinion pieces it does seem to boil down to that. They want to be top dog like it’s the Middle Ages again. The Jews swoop in and be successful. And we’re the Great Satan because we (the US) help them.
Yeah, don’t forget that there isn’t much all Arabs agree about – least of all who should have what land. That squabble gets set aside so they can present a united front to the Jews. If the Jews ever obliged them by disappearing, that would hardly mean peace in the fucking desert.
“Archeologists have discovered the ruins of a city in the Levant nearly 20K years old. Evidence from the site shows that life there was very violent and brutal. My oh my, how much things have changed in only 20 thousand years.”
-Johnny Carson? I cant remember who did that joke
He is attributing that belief to the Palis, Arabs, and misc. other antisemites. Such as American college students raving about settler colonialism.
In case anyone missed it, from the Bee:
To Shed ‘Gay Beer’ Image, Bud Light Partners With Sport Where Sweaty Men In Underwear Hug For 25 Minutes
The 2016 version highlights quadrupel aged in rum barrels, but blended with portions of quad aged in Red Bordeaux, Cognac, Armagnac, etc. barrels from previous vintages […] 11% ABV
sounds awful
That’s not what DEG said.
DEG is as usual wrong
Weird autocorrect for awesome, Pie.
The 2016 version highlights quadrupel aged in rum barrels, but blended with portions of quad aged in Red Bordeaux, Cognac, Armagnac, etc. barrels from previous vintages. Each year of Straffe Hendrik Heritage is its own unique expression, highlighting that year’s barrels and building on their evolving library of barrel aged quads.
This sounds delicious.
That’s not what Pie said,
I don’t care what he said.
Lol
Get a room, you three.
This may not last, but Sloopy is not happy.
Halftime: Rutgers 9, tOSU 7
Buckeyes are going to play a team that can play a full 60 minutes and they will lose.
35-16?
That went sideways.
I’m at a college game today. Indiana State vs Youngstown.
OT
Is this the line where things below can be OT?
The bleat goes on
Child’s role in this industry battle would be largely forgotten if not for documents unearthed by the climate watchdog group Climate Investigations Center, which shared them with Vox for review.
This history adds a new layer to the image of the late TV star, affectionately known as “Joooooolia” by her fans, who was dedicated to teaching. Julia Child was also a weapon wielded by the fossil fuel lobby.
Reached for comment, the Julia Child Foundation, a grantmaking organization that Child established when she was still alive, expressed concern over the legacy of Child, who died in 2004. “We were unaware of the AGA’s misappropriation of Julia’s legacy for their own agenda,” Todd Schulkin, the foundation’s executive director, wrote in an email. “Julia’s legacy was about learning to cook and appreciating what makes for good food, which extended to an embrace of new technology.”
Child had many stoves over her five-decade career, but she was famously devoted to one in particular: the Garland, a squat, six-burner gas range Child used in her home kitchen that cemented gas as her recommendation for professional and home chefs alike. The stove was so iconic that the Smithsonian has dedicated an exhibit to it. “It was a professional gas range, and as soon as I laid eyes on it I knew I must have one,” according to her posthumous memoir published in 2006. “I loved it so much I vowed to take it to my grave!”
Decades after Child’s glowing endorsement, gas appliances have come under scrutiny in light of new evidence that they produce pollution linked to asthma and cancer, especially when not vented properly. Climate activists have also put pressure on lawmakers to pass local and state-wide bans on expanding gas infrastructure, to curb harmful emissions driving climate change.
The insidious poisoning of America.
Yeah, if it’s so harmful fucking prove it already. Stop tying it to your foot-stomping, brain-dead “climate” horseshit.
But then they would have nothing to say.
Studying embryos beyond the current 14-day limit could lead to new treatments for illnesses such as congenital heart disease. It might also shed light on what leads to recurrent miscarriages.
We argue rules on embryo experiments should be loosened
https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/1720768380850868435
Nice jump from “studying” to “experiments”.
Just discovered the German Forklift Championship. Every single part of this video is amazing: the course challenge, the competition buzzer and the overly-enthusiastic announcers.
https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1720580872716632225
That’s awesome
GOOOOOOOL!
A nice college major ranking, but I already solved this problem using science (which requires a two-by-two typology and scaling components between zero and one)
https://twitter.com/knrd_z/status/1686050539854045184
Hilarious. I immediately called my brother to alert him to an incoming text. He is a civil engineer whom I have heard use the term ‘faggy-ass architects…’ many times.
He is currently laughing his ass off.
Those guys at Vox are so outraged by the thought of a trade association like the Gas Association engaging in self-promotion in order to expand their market presence. I wonder how they feel about the UAW or SEiU doing the same things.
That’s different because FYTW.
I have some Straffe Hendrik down in the cellar.
For $100MM, I’d put on a dress and promote Bud Light. Hell, I’d do it for half that.
Hell, I’d put a dress on you and promote Bud Light for just $5M.
Now, now, let’s not get involved in a race to the bottom.
STEVE SMITH NO RACE TO BOTTOM. HE GAMBOL.
Every man has a price.
And it will be undercut by a woman for 30% less, amirite?
👏 Golf 👏 Clap 👏
Hello from Cherokee NC!
Now you’re one of them.
So obvious.
So it’s a town for key parties?
I put a magazine extension on a shotgun today. I should go test it, but I’m feeling lazy. 😒
Maybe tomorrow.
I did buy some big honking porterhouses today though. 👍
magazine extension on a shotgun today. – why is that not illegal? assault shot gun
assault shot gun
It appears your link was banned.
On September 15, 1918, the German government officially protested the use of the shotgun in a note verbale—an unsigned diplomatic note—transmitted to the Spanish Embassy in Berlin, then to the Swiss Embassy, and eventually to the American legation in Berne, Switzerland. The note asserted that the use of shotguns by U.S. forces violated Article 23(e) of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions and warned that any American captured with a shotgun or shotgun ammunition would be executed.
Who didn’t know about that incident?
The McReynolds Supreme Court?
Judges are notoriously ignorant on all matters.
Easy to test without going to the range. Load it up and start cycling it by hand.
I typically load my mags (handgun, rifle, shotgun) one short of absolutely jammed to the max anyway.
Assault shotgun is best shotgun!
I have an 1100 with one of those. It is awfully nose heavy when fully loaded. I improved with a large box magazine on another gun and it was only a moderate improvement.
I think I will replace that with a traditional factory full length tube 8+1 pump.
Social media defence – Real life defence
https://twitter.com/ThebestFigen/status/1720515939140300914
Probably the dumbest thing you can do if you’re the one with the gun is get within arm’s reach of the other guy. Way to give up a goodly chunk of the advantage the gun gives you.
Yup. Pistol or shotgun make sure the gun is centered on your body and pulled close to you. Stand back from the other guy 8 to 10 feet.
It takes more time than you think for the signal from your eye to go to your brain and translate to movement and then travel to your arm.
If you are in reach whichever person initiates movement first will beat the other to the punch every time.
Stand back, center the gun mid-body and keep your eyes glued on the guy. If he farts, shoot him.
Its how you lose to the guy that brought a knife to a gunfight.
Redundancy gone wrong
Ford’s recall notice reveals that 2020-2023 Mustang models manufactured between February 28, 2019, and April 5, 2023, have a Body Control Module (BCM) that was configured to look for a Controller Area Network (CAN) message from the brake fluid sensor. The only problem is that impacted vehicles already have a brake fluid sensor that is hardwired to the BCM and the improper configuration means the sensor will not activate a visual warning indicator when the brake fluid level dips below the recommended level.
Heaven forbid you should look at the reservoir when you are checking our oil.
*i assume they have a translucent reservoir, like almost every other car made in the last thirty years.
“Redundancy gone wrong”
Again?! Dammit.
Heaven forbid you should look at the reservoir when you are checking our oil.
Is that not part of the 1200 point inspection the dealer sells with the overpriced oil change?
“i assume they have a translucent reservoir, like almost every other car made in the last thirty years”
WTF is that? I always have to use a flashlight to see the damned level. No dipstick, translucent reservoir and nearly clear fluid.
More evidence that most designers of everything today have never and probably will never personally use or maintain the things they design.
Dont get me started on outside hose connections on houses that are SWEATED IN behind the goddamned brick.
I see you’ve met my builder.
Yeah, about those Proggies owning the Democratic Party. They’ll probably survive the challenges, but maybe they won’t.
I think Tlaib is bullet proof unless challenged by another Arab American. Bush and Bowman are definitely vulnerable.
Cleaning out my toolbox. So much useless crap in there. I wonder what I did with the four feet of plastic tubing.
Beer bong!