tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post3591137306612853400..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Review - Deschutes "The Dissident"Jeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-68260606533583838682008-09-09T15:01:00.000-07:002008-09-09T15:01:00.000-07:00Your not non-bias enough Mark... Maybe we should s...Your not non-bias enough Mark... <BR/><BR/>Maybe we should see if Santa Claus is available to be an impartial referee. ;-}<BR/><BR/>We can get Beaver-Boy and Mark together to set this up.... One advocate from both sides... <BR/>BTW, what happened to Beaver-Boy? He dropped this bomb and then disappeared....! <BR/><BR/>Can we please hold back the hops on some of the entries! At this point is my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33242534483180772522008-09-09T14:25:00.000-07:002008-09-09T14:25:00.000-07:00Thanks for the offer, Mark, but no thanks.Thanks for the offer, Mark, but <A HREF="http://wortblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/when-beer-information-becomes-dis.html?showComment=1220992440000#c7681176353315294781" REL="nofollow">no thanks</A>.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34202345019993082142008-09-09T14:04:00.000-07:002008-09-09T14:04:00.000-07:00Oh come on Jeff, not even for sh$ts and giggles? I...Oh come on Jeff, not even for sh$ts and giggles? I know many of both of your readers would love to see this if for nothing more than to see you two yuck it up and shake hands, now that would be a sight!! I could even set it up, I know a few local beer guys and could get a spot for you both that is neutral ground, I'll even do the beer picking and line up a gag prize. Now how can you say no to Mark Motthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270248893304624073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-1345297300722737302008-09-09T13:40:00.000-07:002008-09-09T13:40:00.000-07:00So what do you say?Oh good god, that's the last th...<I>So what do you say?</I><BR/><BR/>Oh good god, that's the last thing I need to do. My credibility's already low enough, isn't it?Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-81862584152061293282008-09-09T13:22:00.000-07:002008-09-09T13:22:00.000-07:00As posted in the last blog, take the challange, ma...As posted in the last blog, take the challange, make it public so I can come out and laugh and have a brew and lets see who knows there stuff.<BR/><BR/>I love a fair "fight" and can't wait for this is it goes down.....<BR/><BR/>So what do you say?Mark Motthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270248893304624073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-17192437323929718152008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:42:00.000-07:00Not Jeff, just you. And I believe insulting the in...Not Jeff, just you. And I believe insulting the insulter is a sign of being insulted, or at least acting like a child. If this concept evades you, at least I can take simplistic pride in knowing your skin isn't hard to get under.<BR/><BR/>OK, Jeff. doctir wert is retired. Let the drinking recommence!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-42469955822022210762008-09-09T10:07:00.000-07:002008-09-09T10:07:00.000-07:00doctir wert,I'm not insulted by your moronic patte...doctir wert,<BR/><BR/>I'm not insulted by your moronic patter... I'm used to dealing with children, I have some of my own.<BR/><BR/>...and Jeff's correct.... We all have a right to our opinions. I think we still have Freedom of Speech in this country? Do you think all the men that signed the Declaration of Independence agreed with each other on every subject or were equally politically astute? I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-50076289235449072232008-09-09T09:33:00.000-07:002008-09-09T09:33:00.000-07:00Hoo-boy, things are getting wild and wooly on the ...Hoo-boy, things are getting wild and wooly on the internets. I would encourage everyone to give Doc Wort a break here. All are welcome to slag the blogger. I'm a big boy. We all have our opinions, though some of us are more gracious about offering them.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-45113854244518514852008-09-09T09:28:00.000-07:002008-09-09T09:28:00.000-07:00I don't know if Jeff A. is ready to take on my BJC...I don't know if Jeff A. is ready to take on my BJCP Nationally-sanctioned tastebuds, unless he's willing to accept that my 20 years of being an almost-All-knowledgeable beer expert will crush his antidotal media credentials. The only rational I can think he would have for contesting me, is that he's really wanting some of that old beer blogger camaraderie (that I've been filling his comments Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-18924991526574896542008-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:00I challenge both you and Dr Wort to a Beer Appreci...I challenge both you and Dr Wort to a Beer Appreciation challenge. Each of you would receive 6 beers from a neutral judge from anywhere in the world, any style, and nothing more. Your goals: Describe what you are tasting, what type of hops, yeast strain, barrel aged, style descriptions, as much info as you have in your brains. A neutral Poll and each of your answers (blind of course) can be Beaverbelieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165982790040380225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-74664650535736003892008-09-08T12:07:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:07:00.000-07:00Dr. Wort seems like quite the egomanical jerk. If...Dr. Wort seems like quite the egomanical jerk. If you're so lousy, why does he bother reading and commenting on your ineptitude?KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11570065205653014879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5904049625317870712008-09-08T11:50:00.000-07:002008-09-08T11:50:00.000-07:00Pedantic trolling aside, I had the good fortune of...Pedantic trolling aside, I had the good fortune of sampling The Dissident at the pub in Portland on Friday and - regardless of the appropriate descriptors - found it an extraordinary beer. Amazingly well-balanced, delightful on the palate and just the right hint of sour. A triumph. <BR/><BR/>Apparently others think so as well judging by the number of cases I saw walk out the door.<BR/><BR/>Patrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-49255374374473995062008-09-06T15:13:00.000-07:002008-09-06T15:13:00.000-07:00Where to start? You keep digging yourself deeper.....Where to start? You keep digging yourself deeper....<BR/><BR/>I started answering, but didn't want to bash you on your own site... I've decided to post my thoughts on my own blog. Feel free to check it out!<BR/><BR/>http://wortblog.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>Expect some honest statements!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-64735915051582028592008-09-06T10:39:00.000-07:002008-09-06T10:39:00.000-07:00Doc Wort, who's main joy in beer appreciation is f...Doc Wort, who's main joy in beer appreciation is fact correction, may have his way with this "rhetoric"*, but two points. The term the brewery used in its "cheat sheet"--which the barkeep graciously showed me--was "sour wort." I tentatively used the phrase sour mash, hoping that this distinction would be clarified.<BR/><BR/>The beer is clearly a cherry-infused old bruin, like Liefmans kriek. The Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-1073749055483535932008-09-06T10:15:00.000-07:002008-09-06T10:15:00.000-07:00The bottles state 9% on them.The bottles state 9% on them.DA Beershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592377918990052792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-62042612388976851992008-09-06T03:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T03:53:00.000-07:00I thought this beer was announced as being 11% abv...I thought this beer was announced as being 11% abv in the press release??<BR/>I was going to object to that being authentic as that is ridiculously high but now i hear its 8.8? which one is right?Samurai Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16768164070860831715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-40380736429089801602008-09-06T01:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T01:53:00.000-07:00Wow! There is so much out of place rhetoric being ...Wow! There is so much out of place rhetoric being used here, between the term Sour Mash and the use of Cherries as being an authentic Oud Bruin... I don't know where to start questioning and where to start researching your post!<BR/><BR/>I think I'll wait till I taste the beer before I make any remarks....<BR/><BR/>Yes! I'm holding my tongue and checking my brewing files before I comment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-53066123712242829912008-09-05T17:27:00.000-07:002008-09-05T17:27:00.000-07:00I hope there's still some left when I fly up to Po...I hope there's still some left when I fly up to Portland, next month.Ben, aka BadBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00686400413182985272noreply@blogger.com