EJT!!!

why not send out samples to everyone as long as you are the director of marketing?

frankj1 wrote:

Free samples aren't in the marketing plan

izonfire wrote:

and Shiner is meh. not bad, not as good as mittens thinks either.
it's the Golden Age of beers. some of theirs is maybe bronze.

frankj1 wrote:

I think Fuente cigars are "meh" with no real flavor. So do several cigar friends.

Palates differ. No need to assume yours (or mine) is the Reference Standard, because it's not. Nobody's is.

Go read beer reviews, it's amusing. Beer Advocate is good for this. You'll often find guys giving a beer a 1.3 out of 5 rating interspersed with other guys giving the same beer a 4.8 out of 5 rating, etc.
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Pudding Mittens wrote:

I sure hope you have included a new wall in your Texas calculation?

EJT wrote:

There’s only two things from Texas.....

And neither one is beer.

ZRX1200 wrote:

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Their Shiner Bock is a legend. They make a lot of other very interesting things too ("Ruby Redbird" grapefruit beer, other odd stuff), and seasonal brews like "Holiday Cheer" (spiced beer for Christmastime), etc. All delicious.

So if they're making a "Candied Pecan Porter", it's probably great.

That reminds me, I need to get another case of Shiner Bock and start making it disappear.

Semi-unrelated: if you want a beer equivalent of the cigar aging experience, try aging stouts (for several years minimum). Some remarkable parallels in how they change. Powerful and spicy but simpler flavors when young, smooth and complex flavors after years of age, rather like cigars. Fun to age cigars and beer at the same time!
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Pudding Mittens wrote:

I think Fuente cigars are "meh" with no real flavor. So do several cigar friends.

Palates differ. No need to assume yours (or mine) is the Reference Standard, because it's not. Nobody's is.

Go read beer reviews, it's amusing. Beer Advocate is good for this. You'll often find guys giving a beer a 1.3 out of 5 rating interspersed with other guys giving the same beer a 4.8 out of 5 rating, etc.
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Pudding Mittens wrote:

Ehhh Frankie -
Puddin just gave you a shiner...

izonfire wrote:

brothers fight, but it don't mean nuffin'

frankj1 wrote:

any connection to advertising purchased, like wine ad and cigar ad...?

frankj1 wrote:

it's possible I've only had Shiner Bock and wasn't bowled over.
I don't drink very many beers anymore and tend to prefer malty stuff.

frankj1 wrote: