The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

Is the delicious barleywine mislabeled as a Scotch Ale a good beer or a bad one?

Generally or specifically? Generally, I avoid them because they are more miss than hit, but I have had a couple good ones.

 

[prabe]

Generally or specifically? Generally, I avoid them because they are more miss than hit, but I have had a couple good ones.

Well, in the case of a brewer who believes they brewed a Scotch Ale and ended up with a barleywine, how do you decide? You can judge based on outcome--this is delicious--or you can judge based on intent--it's not what it says on the label. I'm inclined to think both judgments can be true, here: The beer can be delicious and ... not what the brewer thinks it is.

This might have relevance to conversations going on elsewhere in the forums.

 

[CleverNickName]

Well, in the case of a brewer who believes they brewed a Scotch Ale and ended up with a barleywine, how do you decide? You can judge based on outcome--this is delicious--or you can judge based on intent--it's not what it says on the label. I'm inclined to think both judgments can be true, here: The beer can be delicious and ... not what the brewer thinks it is.

This might have relevance to conversations going on elsewhere in the forums.

If you manage to convince enough people to agree with you, maybe you can get the bottling company to change the label!

You could also get a Sharpie and some masking tape, and label that bottle however you want.

Or you could just, you know, drink it.

 

[prabe]

If you manage to convince enough people to agree with you, maybe you can get the bottling company to change the label!

You could also get a Sharpie and some masking tape, and label that bottle however you want.

Or you could just, you know, drink it.

And know that if you want a Scotch Ale in the future, that's not one.

(It doesn't seem we're really disagreeing ...)

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Is the delicious barleywine mislabeled as a Scotch Ale a good beer or a bad one?

I have always found barleywine to be a bit odd; it refuses to be gin.
-Snarf's Mom.

Yo mama so classless, I bet she believes she's a Marxist utopia.
-My overeducated classmate.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, in the case of a brewer who believes they brewed a Scotch Ale and ended up with a barleywine, how do you decide? You can judge based on outcome--this is delicious--or you can judge based on intent--it's not what it says on the label. I'm inclined to think both judgments can be true, here: The beer can be delicious and ... not what the brewer thinks it is.

This might have relevance to conversations going on elsewhere in the forums.

Well if it's flat, it's Barleywine. Also, Scotch Ale comes only from the Ale Region of Scotland. Anything from elsewhere it just beer.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Well if it's flat, it's Barleywine. Also, Scotch Ale comes only from the Ale Region of Scotland. Anything from elsewhere it just beer.

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[CleverNickName]

“People often ask me
what is the most effective technique
for transforming their life.
It is a little embarrassing
that after years and years of research
and experimentation,
I have to say that the best answer is—
just be a little kinder.”

—Aldous Huxley

 

[prabe]

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How dare you give him a beer with flavor?

 

[CleverNickName]

How dare you give him a beer with flavor?

(laughs in Pacific Northwest)