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Finally, FINALLY, summer arrives this weekend. Temperatures down here in Portland are going to be pushing 100 degrees, and it looks like all you Seattleites will be enjoying near-90 degree temperatures. So, in celebration of summer, I'll crack open a beer.

Great Divide Samurai Ale isn't very well loved on beeradvocate.com, but I don't care. It's refreshing, it's tasty, and I enjoy it, goddammit.

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Summer and beer go together like:
Vidro and hotdogs
16 votes
Sammy Hagar and tequila
2 votes
Jimmy Buffett and margaritas
5 votes
Washburn and underage girls
32 votes

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So friday. Beer topic.

You know what I think is an underrated summer beer? Anchor Steam. I wish it were cheaper and easier to get here, but I think it’s good a nice complex taste to it that just fits well with a warm/hot day.

Also, that Anderson Valley Creme Cerveza was right on.

by Matthew on Jun 27, 2008 10:03 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, Anchor Steam is tops.

It was one of the first craft beers I ever really got in to, and so I always (mistakenly) put it in the category of stuff I’ve moved on from, like Pyramid, Big Sky, etc. And then I have it and remember how fantastic it is. It’s a great companion to Scotch, too.

They have it on tap at the People’s Pub, but I haven’t seen it on tap anywhere else. I haven’t had any trouble finding it in stores, though, and it’s usually not all that expensive.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 10:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anchor Steam is on tap at Piecora's Pizza in Cap Hill

along with Boundary Bay scotch ale and Newcastle Nut Brown Ale.

by johnbai on Jun 27, 2008 10:24 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Boundary Bay Scotch is fantastic

I, and many others in my class, covered city council with a heavy buzz during Journalism 301 many times thanks to trips to BB. As for Anchor Steam Summer, I live in SF now and that stuff is EVERYWHERE. Bleh. I actually get excited to drink a Redhook now. Oh, how I loved AS and Sierra Nevada before I moved down here.

by jerryreeder on Jun 27, 2008 12:10 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anchor's porter is fantastic, too.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:15 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My only issue with Anchor Steam is that they managed to patent the Steam Beer process

I would love to see what some of the other great brewers could do using that same method, but alas it is illegal. IIRC it is the only method of brewing a beer that is proprietary.

It is a great beer though.

by Sec 108 on Jun 27, 2008 10:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Snoqualmie makes one called Steam Train

but I don’t know if it’s a “this is as close as we’re gonna’ get” type of thing or what. It’s pretty meh.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 11:48 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Could just be a cute name.

Remember actual steam trains used to run in Snoqualmie.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 12:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I just got a sixer out here in Missouri the other day

at my local grocery store. It was even on sale for 5.99. I probably should have picked up a couple.

by hcoguy on Jun 27, 2008 12:19 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't get it.

First you bitch about it being too cold, then you bitch about it being too hot…

Why don’t you just go commit suicide?

/non-Seattleite

by Faux on Jun 27, 2008 10:13 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I dont bitch about the cold.

My car doesn’t have AC. On days like today I have to use Otter Pops as air conditioning.

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 10:23 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And this is a problem?

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:25 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No problem

They just melt faster and get all over my pants.

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 10:31 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's why you don't open them.

Just let them melt and throw them back in the freezer when you get home.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

by Orlando Rays on Jun 27, 2008 10:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This paints a thoroughly amusing picture.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 10:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think Robert needs to get an MS Paint version put together for all our amusement.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:43 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 10:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It looks like your balls are exploding.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 10:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I will still from Fangraphs like D-Rays Bay.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Stihl.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You think I would be embarrassed by that

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 10:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No, no we wouldn't.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:00 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Clutch? Or gearshift?

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Uh...

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 11:49 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A clutch

and a martini glass? Swanky.

by Liebkartoffel on Jun 27, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't forget the stack of books on the passenger seat.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 11:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought it was a rainbow of Otter Pops.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:02 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

On cooler days its replaced by my laptop.

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 11:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LL Mobile

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:05 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm sure it is.

But a stack of books would be better.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 11:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Needs more eyebrows.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:55 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can you see out the window?

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 10:59 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So is the steering wheel on the side?

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Despite me repeatedly scoring under 10% on spelling tests

I still am not the worst speller on this site. Remember that when I ask you what do you mean.

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 11:03 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I cheated on my spelling tests.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Orange is a tough word to spell.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Most words are.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You almost spoke

in annapestic tetrameter just then. Impressive.

by Liebkartoffel on Jun 27, 2008 11:19 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anapestic.

:P

And I just have no idea on stressed versus unstressed syllables. I think I need training.

by Matthew on Jun 27, 2008 11:22 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neither can I but they gave me 3.x

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You might want to look up Robert.

It appears you either have a long blue hood on your car (in which case you seem to airborne), or you’re about to run out of road (a blue road apparently).

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 11:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's driving on a diving board.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:07 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Still a problem I would think.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 11:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's a bubble dome.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:14 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Flying car perhaps?

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 11:17 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a Nerf ball.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 11:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

While I'm on that

Since I’m not an M’s fan, could somebody clue me in please on the “Washburn and underage girls” joke?

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

by Orlando Rays on Jun 27, 2008 10:34 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not the best link.

There are better, but here is the first story I found.

Click Here.

by Faux on Jun 27, 2008 10:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wish it weren't.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 10:54 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seems pretty one sided.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:01 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Shouldn't they trade us for Graham and Jeff Nye?

And we never did get an answer back on who is in line to succeed Graham if he dies of alcohol poisoning.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:06 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Where is Graham this morning anyway?

Hope he didn’t Jimi Hendrix on us.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 11:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does it send an alert to you when your name shows up?

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Don't make him an admin

I don’t want to share my five minutes of glory with anyone.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:20 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Exactly what kind of deep are we talking about?

I’m not sure if I should feel complimented, insulted, or violated.

by ningwers on Jun 27, 2008 11:27 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The “You are” rule you hayourgs are always whining about

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 27, 2008 11:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good, now we'll

try something called a “contraction.”

by Liebkartoffel on Jun 27, 2008 11:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So he sounds like he can

read and interpret the English language in a non-bizarre, idomatic way?

by Liebkartoffel on Jun 27, 2008 11:33 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like to use this to taunt him.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like to use this to show that JI’s full of shit

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 11:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No one is going to vote for such a divided platform.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LATE

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wait a minute

Did you just LATE me on something you vaguely referenced back in April?

by ningwers on Jun 27, 2008 11:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It happened in War of the Worlds.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awwwww see he's cute.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:34 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He looks like a dick.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:35 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rats

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I am learning.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:37 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We're still fine tuning the rules

for NOLA-baiting

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:38 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LFoJL has it.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:39 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Also, Chipper Jones is a dreamboat

and the Tomahawk Chop is endearing.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 11:40 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You are a traitor.

I will screen shot this somehow and bring it back to haunt you.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:42 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Such humility.

Yes, I'm a girl. Yes, I know baseball. Yes, I even drink beer.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Jun 27, 2008 11:17 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So you are still alive.

How were/are we feeling this morning?

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 11:18 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Woke up under my desk at 3, crawled into bed and the alarm went off at 9:30

My head was feeling not-good, but fear of screwing up in the degree ceremony killed it off

by Graham on Jun 27, 2008 11:26 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

How do you screw up a degree ceremony?

Do they do something beyond “walking” and “shaking hands” in England?

by Liebkartoffel on Jun 27, 2008 11:28 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yes

There’s lots of latin and grabbing fingers and kneeling and remembering to bow and oh god not laughing because the whole thing is so bizarre.

by Graham on Jun 27, 2008 11:29 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Once again

This is exactly how I imagine Hogwarts to be

by Robert on Jun 27, 2008 11:30 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pfft.

7 of the 13 voters don’t think it’s overplayed.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I cracked open several Lucky Lab IPA's last night

well, “cracked open” in the sense of “poured them from the pitcher to my glass”, anyway. The Lucky Lab in Multnomah Village is awesome.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jun 27, 2008 10:38 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

God, I love their beers.

I haven’t been to the Multnomah Village one yet, and I wasn’t overly impressed with the atmosphere of the one in NW Portland, but their beer was fantastic.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Jun 27, 2008 10:44 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Mult Village one is my favorite of the three

the NW one is really sterile and bland, much like most of NW, but the one in the Village is really cool, plus they make great pizza. And yeah, their beer’s really good – the IPA is good, I think the Maibock (sp?) was good too but after several IPA’s they all tend to blend together.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jun 27, 2008 10:50 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I always make the mistake of drinking IPA first

when I intend to try many different beers. I had a 90 Minute last night (first one ever, and oh God where have you been all my life) and couldn’t taste anything else for six hours.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 11:56 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So how about some good beers I can pick up on my daily shopping route?

I go grocery shopping at Winco, Albertsons, and Safeway. None of these places seem to ever have any of these good beers you people regularly talk about. In fact when I went to Albertsons today the only one I found was one type of Rogue. I live in Puyallup, can anyone recommend a good place to shop for these beauties?

by marinator on Jun 27, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Safeway usually has a few good beers.

I’m basing that off the Safeway in Ballard, though, so I dunno’ if it applies. Is there a Top Foods in Puyallup? They usually have a good selection.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 11:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They always have a great selection.

As far as chain grocery stores go, I haven’t seen a better one. They always have Morimoto in stock, which is a huge check mark in their favor. I wish there was one closer to me than SHoreline, I miss Top Foods.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 11:58 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't shop at Top Foods, I'll give it a try

I’ve been to QFC and a couple others searching with little luck. I’ll head over there and see what I can find. Thanks.

by marinator on Jun 27, 2008 11:57 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah, QFC is a waste of time.

And not just in the beer department. They’re more expensive than Greenwood/Ballard Market (which are both really expensive) and their selection and quality is on par with Safeway’s I hate QFC.

Top Foods should definitely have some good shit.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 27, 2008 12:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Haggen stores are the same company as Top Foods.

So you’ll find the same, if not better, beer selection.

As a sidenote, I work at their Stanwood location and oddly enough the most commonly stolen beers are Negro Modelo and MGD.

by aestivalis on Jun 28, 2008 8:09 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Here

Step 1, 2, 3.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 12:21 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sorry, I was being lazy and I was in a huge hurry.

Had a stupid corporate meeting to run to. It was pointless as usual.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 12:27 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have to concentrate to do it.

I knew how to do it in my sleep on the old version (pics too).

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jun 27, 2008 12:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I should have put completely later in the sentence.

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by JI on Jun 27, 2008 1:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I knew what you meant.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham