Atheism - beers

Odhinn · 28-01-2020 9:55pm #1

As the number of posters dwindles, would it be advisable to have a meet up with a few scoops before the forum becomes dead as dodo?

nsi423 · 28-01-2020 9:58pm

People have no faith in atheism these days.

smacl · 29-01-2020 8:49am

Odhinn wrote: »

As the number of posters dwindles, would it be advisable to have a meet up with a few scoops before the forum becomes dead as dodo?

Always up for a beer, but I'd say wait for it to liven up a bit again. Tends to come and go in terms of traffic.

magicbastarder · 29-01-2020 9:50am

where does A&A in general stand on non-alcoholic beer? is it a-alcoholic or anti-alcoholic?
can beer exist in complete separation to alcohol?

smacl · 29-01-2020 10:21am

magicbastarder wrote: »

where does A&A in general stand on non-alcoholic beer? is it a-alcoholic or anti-alcoholic?
can beer exist in complete separation to alcohol?

Hmm, cutting down on the booze after the usual Christmas over indulgence here and have tried a number of alcohol free becks, erdinger and brew dog. My purely subjective and anecdotal conclusion is that beer cannot exist in complete separation to alcohol. It is nothing short of an abomination but needs must.

nozzferrahhtoo · 29-01-2020 10:33am

What an awful selection Ireland import. :-O

Over here every Commercial or independent brewery has a range of beers and almost always include an alcohol free option and some of them are quite tasty indeed. Schwind and Schlappeseppel in particular do a good job.

It would be hard to think of a worse selection to import to Ireland unless they added Faust to the mix. They have the only alcohol free beer on the planet so far that manages not only to taste awful, but to give me a raging hang over the next day too. How that is even possible I have not yet discovered.

magicbastarder · 29-01-2020 10:36am

i tried cobra non-alcoholic beer about a year ago. it's astounding that it got past their taste tests. it's rank; it even made my food taste like ****.

Hotblack Desiato · 30-01-2020 4:51pm

This is what happens when someone proposes drinks in January. Talk immediately turns to which N/A pisswater is the least foul...

Peregrinus · 31-01-2020 3:00am

January = Lent for atheists?

adrian92 · 31-01-2020 3:10am

What would a god think of aethism?

(But I don't know if each god thinks)

smacl · 31-01-2020 8:50am

adrian92 wrote: »

What would a god think of aethism?

(But I don't know if each god thinks)

An imaginary god can think whatever you'd like her or him to think.

Peregrinus · 31-01-2020 8:57am

smacl wrote: »

An imaginary god can think whatever you'd like her or him to think.

Or a real god can be imagined to think whatever you'd like him or her to think.

smacl · 31-01-2020 9:02am

Peregrinus wrote: »

Or a real god can be imagined to think whatever you'd like him or her to think.

Indeed. Amazing the number of people who seem to think they could conceivably know the mind of an omniscient being, imaginary or not. That in itself demands no little imagination, not to mention ego.

Peregrinus · 31-01-2020 9:14am

So I'd imagine.

Pherekydes · 31-01-2020 9:19am

Peregrinus wrote: »

Or a real god can be imagined to think whatever you'd like him or her to think.

Indeed. And has been used as justification down through the ages for unspeakable acts of barbarity.

But back to beers...

I was given a three month sub for O'Brien's Craft Club for xmas. Six of the most obscure beers imaginable each month. :eek: When all I'd like is a nice pint of Miller.

magicbastarder · 31-01-2020 10:30am

my local spar is selling off cans of chieftain ale for a euro each - the BBE date is from the 26th Jan.
top work.

Pherekydes · 31-01-2020 10:34am

magicbastarder wrote: »

my local spar is selling off cans of chieftain ale for a euro each - the BBE date is from the 26th Jan.
top work.

How long have they been in stock? :eek:

ABV?

magicbastarder · 31-01-2020 10:48am

5.5% IIRC. i picked up ten last night - to clarify, they're not a euro each, they're ten for a tenner. 330ml cans.

magicbastarder · 31-01-2020 10:50am

that reminds me of the time my wife and i were in the rag trader in dublin city centre a few years ago. my wife went up to order - 'can i have a cider for me and a chieftain ale too, please.'
barman: 'it's actually an IPA'
wife - 'yes, a chieftain ale?'
barman - 'it's not an ale, it's an IPA.'
wife - 'yeah, i'll take your word on that'.

smacl · 31-01-2020 10:54am

Pherekydes wrote: »

I was given a three month sub for O'Brien's Craft Club for xmas. Six of the most obscure beers imaginable each month. :eek: When all I'd like is a nice pint of Miller.

Miller? Heathen. Burn the heretic!!!

Obscure beer sub sounds like a lovely pressie. Got my eldest an obscure coffee sub a few years back which was great gas as we all passed judgement on each new brew pretending knowledge and wisdom on something about which we knew bugger all. No unlike a bunch of elderly celibate men passing judgment on the sexual behaviour of others I imagine :pac:

smacl · 31-01-2020 10:56am

magicbastarder wrote: »

that reminds me of the time my wife and i were in the rag trader in dublin city centre a few years ago. my wife went up to order - 'can i have a cider for me and a chieftain ale too, please.'
barman: 'it's actually an IPA'
wife - 'yes, a chieftain ale?'
barman - 'it's not an ale, it's an IPA.'
wife - 'yeah, i'll take your word on that'.

Since when is an IPA (Indian Pale Ale) not an ale? Dumbass barman.

magicbastarder · 31-01-2020 11:10am

smacl wrote: »

Since when is an IPA (Indian Pale Ale)

franciscan well would beg to differ. but would you trust them, based on that egregious spurious apostrophe? for shame.

smacl · 31-01-2020 11:12am

magicbastarder wrote: »

franciscan well would beg to differ. but would you trust them, based on that egregious spurious apostrophe? for shame.

Traditional recipe maybe, I wonder which part of Ireland they source their grapefruit from?

Hotblack Desiato · 31-01-2020 1:23pm

Depending on the yeast and the brewing process, you can get esters created which give fruity flavours, doesn't have to have any actual fruit in it.

Hey Pherekydes I'd be happy to take that sub off you if it's going to waste

robindch · 01-02-2020 1:23am

Beer is good. Beer with people is better. Beer with friends is best of all.

Where would suit? I know some forum posters are in Dublin, but not all - is it 50%, 80%, something else? If you'd like to drop by for a beer sometime, please post here (or PM) to say where you're based. And, should Dublin prevail, whether you might be able to make it to Dublin. Your friendly forum mods will chatter amongst ourselves and come up with some reasonable plan to suit the greatest number.

And - admission - ok, this isn't news to my face-to-face friends and I'm sure I'm going to get into trouble for saying it here, but frankly, Belgium's wonderful and distinctly Catholic Trappist Chimay is practically unbeatable:

https://chimay.com/en/

magicbastarder · 01-02-2020 1:43am

i'm based in glasnevin, but be warned, if i turn up i'll probably just end up talking with smacl about bikes.

adrian92 · 01-02-2020 6:45am

I must be mistaken.

This is not a beer forum, I thought - my error, probably (perhaps I have had too much , or not enough, beer)

I do not know what is the purpose of this forum.

Does anyone know?

Pherekydes · 01-02-2020 9:22am

adrian92 wrote: »

I must be mistaken.

This is not a beer forum, I thought - my error, probably (perhaps I have had too much , or not enough, beer)

I do not know what is the purpose of this forum.

Does anyone know?

Are you a-beerist? Or worse, anti-beerist?

Hotblack Desiato · 01-02-2020 11:48am

Asking the purpose of a forum is a bit like asking the meaning of life.

Does it need one?

Or, maybe, you get out what you put in

Oh, and robindch, Dublin...

Bannasidhe · 01-02-2020 12:40pm

As this friendly (but antisocial) MOD currently cannot drink due to very strong prescription painkillers or travel due to body parts being asshats causing need for very strong prescription painkillers my geographical location need not be factored in.

I like IPA.

smacl · 01-02-2020 12:55pm

Bannasidhe wrote: »

As this friendly (but antisocial) MOD currently cannot drink due to very strong prescription painkillers or travel due to body parts being asshats causing need for very strong prescription painkillers my geographical location need not be factored in.

I like IPA.

Sorry to hear about your ailments Bannasidhe, but we'll lift a glass of ale in your absence to toast that what ails you passes and you'll join us for a glass next time around.

magicbastarder · 01-02-2020 12:58pm

Bannasidhe wrote: »

I like IPA.

You mean ale?

biko · 01-02-2020 1:00pm

I'd love to.

Athlone?

Bannasidhe · 01-02-2020 1:21pm

magicbastarder wrote: »

You mean ale?

INDIAN!

https://dai.ly/x2xnuw2

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