What are you Drinking?

[derspiess]

Mirror Pond is my wife's favorite beer. We first had it a few years ago on tap at Blind Onion Pizza, which seems to exist only in Reno and Portland.

My wife's beer tastes have regressed.  I started her out on wheat beers and blonde ales and had her getting into pale ales a while back, but nowadays she has fruity mixed drinks or nothing

[derspiess]

This morning I heard of yet another new local brewery opening up this summer and realized I totally lost count of the number of breweries we have here.  When I moved to Cincy in 2002 there were just two breweries: a Rock Bottom location and the now-defunct Barrel House.  And both of those were only brewpubs-- no retail production. 

Now we have 18 (if you count BJ's Brewhouse) with two more set to open this year and at least two others that are also in the works.  One just opened its doors and is not on this map, plus they excluded Samuel Adams for whatever reason: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=207679843217335961035.0004de54bc7361d74484a&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=39.206719,-84.535675&spn=0.425649,0.439453&z=10&source=embed&dg=feature

It's to the point where it's very difficult to keep up with everything.  Most breweries have a tap room or restaurant and there are still four I haven't been able to visit yet.  Good problem to have, I suppose.

[Zanza]

[The Brain]

[Caliga]

At least we know what Zanza looks like now.

[garbon]

G&T!

[Barrister]

I got a SodaStream for my birthday last week.  I've been drinking lots of yummy carbonated water.  Sometimes I get wild and through a lemon wedge in there after.   

[derspiess]

I got a SodaStream for my birthday last week.  I've been drinking lots of yummy carbonated water.  Sometimes I get wild and through a lemon wedge in there after.   

Great way to cut out sugary or diet soda.  Sometimes I just want something cold with bubbles

[Caliga]

I've been thinking about getting one of them for my bar.  I never have club soda around when I need it.

[Ed Anger]

Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.

[DontSayBanana]

Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.

[Capetan Mihali]

I've been using it since it was called Soda-Club back in the late 90s or so.  I actually still have an old Soda-Club bottle and cap that still fit perfectly.  They used to pick up the CO2 canisters at your doorstep (might have been regionally limited), since no stores did refills.  I just went and exchanged a canister at Staples, which seemed a really odd place for it, but shows how much it's taken off.

I love seltzer and drink probably 3-4 bottles a day, so it is massively convenient and economical if you have decent tasting tap water (or use some kind of Brita filter, I suppose).

I do have serious misgivings about the occupied-territory aspect of the company, but I don't generally envision consumer choices as my primary vehicle for changing the world.  Or maybe I'm such a seltzer fiend that I'm just physically incapable of taking a principled stand on this.

[derspiess]

Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.

I honestly had no clue about that.  I will buy: more.

[derspiess]

I had an Upheaveal IPA from Widmer last night.  I was not: upheaved.  But I suppose that's a good thing.  It's a solid beer with great balance.  And it's bottle-conditioned, meaning natural fermentation, meaning small bubbles, meaning pleasant velvety texture.  But at 85 IBU I expected something a bit hoppier. 

[Admiral Yi]

International Beer Units?