TNL Pub 2010

[stormy]

How to celebrate Presidents' Day:


It's old Stitzel Weller stock just like Pappy, and it's god damn amazing

[icarusfall]

Using citric acid / lactic acid to sour a beer you bought.

Discuss.

[Razor Ramon]

For beer, I personally do not like to mess with it. I like to have it the way the brewer intended. Personally.

[Josh]

Like I said on your FB page, fucking with someone else's beer is akin to your servers re-seasoning the food you cooked (and seasoned so the diners would experience the food the way you intended) on the way to the table. Think of the brewer as a chef, and think how blown you would be if someone fucked with your vision.

If you want sour beers, ask a local brewery to do a special sour firkin for you. Just stop fucking with other people's creations.

imo and all.

[Josh]

Speaking of Facebook. Asking a question on there, and then deleting responses you don't like makes you a faggot.

[icarusfall]

I think that's cool as a jumping off point. Be sure to try the beer and understand the beer before altering it.

Where does this leave something like a Hoprocket / Randall? Is that heresy?

If the end result is tasty, why do we consider Original Beer sacred?

Our de cuisine and I 'soured' a Nora 750 we were splitting after service last night and it was really good. Should we feel bad about enjoying it? Is this a philosophical debate about something that doesn't deserve it?

[Josh]

What it is is what i said it is. Would you like your servers fucking with your food without asking you first?

And why ask a question if you delete the answers you don't like?

[icarusfall]

Speaking of Facebook. Asking a question on there, and then deleting responses you don't like makes you a faggot.

I deleted the whole thing after writing a huge reply and rephrased it some. By all means, re-add your comment.

Also, business facebook is different than regular.

[icarusfall]

What it is is what i said it is. Would you like your servers fucking with your food without asking you first?

This argument is invalid. We're not fucking with the beer without the customer's consent, or before they've tasted it. We're not presenting it to them as The Original Product.

How would the Ramones feel about you playing their songs without their consent?

I think "Beer Sanctity" is being precious and uptight.

[Frogacuda]

If the diner requests it, and it's made clear, I don't see any problem with the restaurant doing this. It's no different than ordering a mixed drink, really.

This argument is invalid. We're not fucking with the beer without the customer's consent, or before they've tasted it. We're not presenting it to them as The Original Product.

Yeah, I have to agree. I don't think I'd want my beer tampered with personally, but I can't see any principled objection to it as an option.