G&T

Looking for the sweep.

I have never seen more center cut pitches on Gameday than those to Alexei and Nix.

QUOTE (SnB @ Aug 15, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) good lord, i can't stand gin. I'm not a big fan of drinking something that tastes like a christmas tree. Are you saying you don't want a little G&T in ya?

Well I'm not drinking right now, but what the hell. Last night I grabbed a Brown's Brewing Whiskey Porter. Essentially it's an English Porter aged for a few months in Jack Daniels whiskey barrels. Won a silver medal at the World Beer Cup for barrel aged beers. Browns is a small local brewery/brew-pub from down the street in Troy, NY. For such a small place, it's one of the better brew pubs you might come across. They have one of, if not THE best oatmeal stout I've ever had. That includes Samuel Smith. Unfortunately, this one only reinforced my idea that those awards are essentially given to everyone at some point. Now, I wasn't expecting anything similar to the Bourbon County Stout offered by Goose Island, which for me is nearly undrinkable but fantastic all the same, and one of my few forays into barrel aged beers. I was expecting a full bodied complex beer. The Whiskey Porter was a bit watery. A bit of chocolate and some roasty notes. Nothing special. My fiancee happened to really like it which didn't surprise me. The beer isn't as aggressive as other barrel aged brews, which for some is perfect. Nevertheless, Browns is a nice little brewery in upstate NY which offers a pretty nice selection of entry level beers which are made properly and won't destroy the wallet. There's always something to be said for that. Tonight I'll be heading to a small bar/restaurant near the Vermont border, about 20 minutes away which has some ridiculous amount of beers but specializing in English Ales. I'll be looking for the Stingo.

Some guys can be lazy and be really good.

Yes. Pitching up will result in more strikeouts, but also leads to more homeruns. He pitches down as part of an overall strategy to have a more consistent curveball and throw more strikes. Pitching in the Cell means that throwing up in the zone can be dangerous.

Trib I'd like to get a look at that.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 10:01 PM) I have very little self-control. Rather, I buy several bottles at a time and then tuck one or two away and try hard to forget about them. We'll treat ourselves to a case of Celebration and Bigfoot each year, so we manage to hang onto a few bottles to enjoy over time. My next question then is: how do you age? I'm in an apartment so I have no basement. Plenty of interior closets which I doubt get over 75 degrees. That worked fine for the Stone, but I don't know how long it would last. More important, do you wax the bottle caps?

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 02:36 PM) Worth every penny. I have a few of the old Eldrigh and Pope vintages tucked away that I can hear calling me to drink them in the middle of the night. I bought an imperial pint bottle of 1989 Hardy's when it came out and I was just starting graduate school, and I said I wouldn't open it until I finished school. Seven %$#*&@! years later, that may have been the best beer I ever tasted. Most of this went over my head. But I don't know how you sit on beers for that long. Patience is a virtue.

X-rays on Getz? No?

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 06:39 PM) Who is that? Brando (I think that's it)

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 03:07 PM) Interesting, I agree. But when a guy with a site like that makes statements crediting scientists with supposed positions, and provides no citation whatsoever, to me that pretty much says "I am talking out of my ass" (the author of the site, not you). After doing some research, the quote is from a guy named John Mauldin in the book "Prospect for Interstellar Travel." Last I checked, going to the moon does not require traveling between stars. The quote is used on multiple conspiracy websites, but only the few words about 2 meters of shielding. I think they are missing the point. NASA claims that radiation would not be a problem because the astronauts would only be exposed for a couple of days. My guess is that it would take 2 meters of shielding if you are going to spend YEARS in space traveling between points.

So who wants to make a haiku?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 04:14 PM) Sounds like a really awful rollercoaster at some theme park in Ohio. Pretty certain it's at Epcot.

The Cubs aren't the tallest midget. As of now, they are the second tallest midget. The Cards and Cubs have almost the exact same record against the NL central: Cards: 32-24 Cubs: 32-23 (coming into today) That's a lot of wins against crap.

This game is worse than The alphabet game in SLAM And annoys me more

So apparently, as of RIGHT NOW, Boers claims that "his guy" with the Sox says they are likely to re-sign Pods with CQ in right. Figgins is not in play.

QUOTE (mreye @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 09:22 AM) How about the welfare state? Other than that I'd say Maine. It's way the F**k up there and it's not even spelled correctly. I also like Maine. Why the f*** does everyone have to kick out the states I like? Kansas, dammit, KANSAS!

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 11:52 AM) There's a lot more dark malt in the Bigfoot grain bill compared to Hardy, but as far as the thick, malt-accentuated mouthfeel, yeah there are definitely similarities with enough age on the Bigfoot. More similar would be the Old Guardian after a couple of years. Bad news on the Thomas Hardy front. O'Hanlon's, the brewery that bought the rights to the brand and recipe from Eldridge and Pope when they ceased production has announced they are discontinuing production. Buy up what you can. Yeah I read about that. Good stuff though a bit pricey for me right now.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 09:11 AM) Can that happen if Buffalo authorities independently decide to file charges? Honestly, I question whether it's ethical to put in a settlement agreement. But there isn't much you can do to force someone to testify if he doesn't want to.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 11:46 PM) There seriously needs to be a "Not drunk, Just Drinking" thread in here. A place to share thoughts over/about the evening's libations that lead to contentment but not capacity. I cracked into a 2000 vintage Sierra Bigfoot that has been quietly mellowing in the cupboard for ages. Still a big beer, but the mouthfeel is so malt-dominated compared to the in-your-face hoppiness of a young Bigfoot. I have at least one bottle tucked away from each year from 2000 until now. Maybe when the 2010 release comes out in February I'll have a 10-year side-by-side tasting. See? That's really boring drunk talk, but it's great drinking talk. I'm not a huge barleywine fan because of the hops, but I did sit on a 2007 Stone Old Guardian for about a year and a half. Man that thing was good. Still some definite hop presence, but really well balanced. Another year would have been great. Of course I was "aging" it in a closet, so there's no guarantee that it would have made it another year. Never had a Bigfoot. I'm curious if that amount of aging brought it close to a Thomas Hardy?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 12, 2009 -> 06:12 PM) Well, it doesn't appear as though the issue was false imprisonment. I don't know exactly how things occurred (I am not sure anyone does except those involved), but it doesn't seem as though they were demanding to be let out of the cab, and after not being allowed to, they attacked the driver. It seems as though they attacked the driver because he would not give them correct change. However, the fact that we have become aware that the driver "may have locked the doors" seems to imply as though the Kanes' did try to exit the vehicle and could not. The whole situation is a mess. One would need to know the exact chronology of events in order to really work out any legal theory. Did they try and exit the cab after paying their fare, but prior to committing battery on the driver? Did they demand to be let out of the vehicle? Or did they simply attack the driver because he did not have correct change? Who the heck knows. Yeah this is what I guess I was trying to say in my previous posts. We don't have enough facts to know what happened. And I'll wager that the settlement agreement with the driver will require that he does not testify.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Aug 14, 2009 -> 04:23 AM) Vermont. What is it known for? Ever met anyone from there? My point exactly. Maple syrup. And yes, many people. And Vermont is awesome. I highly recommend it.

The White Sox do not Play fundamental baseball Hurts playoff chances

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 13, 2009 -> 08:37 PM) I'm oblivious to the politics. Ha I'll guess he was the same guy that registered as Requiem and something else a few days ago. I was wondering how 2 guys got banned with only 15 posts.