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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 18:39:37 GMT -5
I don't trust Dave O'Brien's weather app. Looks like training thundershowers, could be a long delay. Yeah. Looking at the radar. We could be done for the night. It is a narrow stripe of nasty that is perfectly aligned to f*&k up baseball watching.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 26, 2024 18:42:06 GMT -5
Stupid rain!!! I just got comfy on my recliner with a nice cold IPA. Suppose I should do something. Is that a brand of beer ?
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Post by kevfc89 on Jun 26, 2024 18:43:27 GMT -5
Idk what the forecasts said before the game started, but you'd loved to have used an opener to keep Crawford available, should this game resume at some point.
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Post by congusgambler33 on Jun 26, 2024 18:47:39 GMT -5
Stupid rain!!! I just got comfy on my recliner with a nice cold IPA. Suppose I should do something. Is that a brand of beer ? It is...India Pale Ale to be exact.
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 18:52:51 GMT -5
Is that a brand of beer ? It is...India Pale Ale to be exact. A style, not a brand. In this case, Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA. A solid 9/10 Eugene, OR brewery that was bought out by one of the mega-breweries. Much to my surprise, they haven't diluted the quality. Mmmmmmm.
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Post by asm18 on Jun 26, 2024 18:55:47 GMT -5
Casas is visualizing clear skies and sun
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 26, 2024 19:01:02 GMT -5
It is...India Pale Ale to be exact. A style, not a brand. In this case, Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA. A solid 9/10 Eugene, OR brewery that was bought out by one of the mega-breweries. Much to my surprise, they haven't diluted the quality. Mmmmmmm. Haha, I just put the booze and the nickname together. Be careful with that.
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 19:03:02 GMT -5
I found a good way to sink back into the recliner. Mets are putting it on the MFY. Not a bad backup plan.
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Post by shagworthy on Jun 26, 2024 19:03:38 GMT -5
It is...India Pale Ale to be exact. A style, not a brand. In this case, Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA. A solid 9/10 Eugene, OR brewery that was bought out by one of the mega-breweries. Much to my surprise, they haven't diluted the quality. Mmmmmmm. I am currently partaking in a High-Wire, Hi-pitch IPA.
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Post by incandenza on Jun 26, 2024 19:04:11 GMT -5
Idk what the forecasts said before the game started, but you'd loved to have used an opener to keep Crawford available, should this game resume at some point. It wasn't supposed to rain until later. This line of storms just popped up a little after the game started. I'm sure there's some asshole butterfly in Beijing we could blame for it...
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Post by shagworthy on Jun 26, 2024 19:05:54 GMT -5
A style, not a brand. In this case, Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA. A solid 9/10 Eugene, OR brewery that was bought out by one of the mega-breweries. Much to my surprise, they haven't diluted the quality. Mmmmmmm. I am currently partaking in a High-Wire, Hi-pitch IPA. Breweries in Asheville, NC are kind of like Dunkin Donuts in New England, you can throw a stone in any direction and hit one..
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Post by manfred on Jun 26, 2024 19:08:37 GMT -5
Casas is visualizing clear skies and sun Getting in his swings.
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Post by keninten on Jun 26, 2024 19:09:13 GMT -5
Listening to the Mets broadcast. I think their 2 broadcasters are having a pissing contest.
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Post by benogliviesbrother on Jun 26, 2024 19:21:15 GMT -5
I found a good way to sink back into the recliner. Mets are putting it on the MFY. Not a bad backup plan. Verdugo comes up with Yanks down 3-0, two on & nobody out, hits GB to SS. Jogs down the line to 1st, as 6 to 4 to 3 DP. Yankees don't score.
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Post by congusgambler33 on Jun 26, 2024 19:23:38 GMT -5
It is...India Pale Ale to be exact. A style, not a brand. In this case, Hop Valley Alpha Centauri IPA. A solid 9/10 Eugene, OR brewery that was bought out by one of the mega-breweries. Much to my surprise, they haven't diluted the quality. Mmmmmmm. Oh yeah..didn't realize he said brand. many different brands of IPA.
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Post by alexcorahomevideo on Jun 26, 2024 19:29:44 GMT -5
Conversations about IPA will make me appear out of nowhere. What are we drinking tonight?
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Post by greenmonster on Jun 26, 2024 19:31:03 GMT -5
Casas is visualizing clear skies and sun Getting in his swings. Dry Swings
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 26, 2024 19:38:47 GMT -5
IPAs are just not much of a market in the Philippines. I knew of one in Davao a few years ago, owned by an American, that went out of business. Tanduay rum, San Miguel beer and sometimes Red Horse beer have the lions share of the market. You can also get homemade coconut 'wine' (it's potent) made from palm sap and called tuba at a lot of small family owned stores that are all over the place here.
Rough guess, San Miguel Pilsner has about 80% of the Philippine's alcohol sales.
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 19:43:09 GMT -5
IPAs are just not much of a market in the Philippines. I knew of one in Davao a few years ago, owned by an American, that went out of business. Tanduay rum, San Miguel beer and sometimes Red Horse beer have the lions share of the market. You can also get homemade coconut 'wine' (it's potent) made from palm sap and called tuba at a lot of small family owned stores that are all over the place here. Rough guess, San Miguel Pilsner has about 80% of the Philippine's alcohol sales. It is surprisingly easy to brew a solid IPA at home. You'll need a temperature controlled room and about a month of patience...
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Post by kevfc89 on Jun 26, 2024 19:44:05 GMT -5
I found a good way to sink back into the recliner. Mets are putting it on the MFY. Not a bad backup plan. Verdugo comes up with Yanks down 3-0, two on & nobody out, hits GB to SS. Jogs down the line to 1st, as 6 to 4 to 3 DP. Yankees don't score. "@bryanhoch Alex Verdugo has grounded into 2 double plays tonight. Since June 15 (the day after his big night at Fenway): 2-for-33 (.061), 4 BB, 6 K" When he's going bad, it's an endless cycle of weak ground balls; enjoy it New York!!
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 19:47:34 GMT -5
ARRRRRRGGGHHHHHH. Mets/MFY now in rain delay!! Shall my recliner suffer withdrawals from not having my old a** in it??
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Post by bloomstaxonomy on Jun 26, 2024 19:52:40 GMT -5
Just bailed on the game. Got absolutely drenched. Water was coming down the concourse stairs like Fenway just capsized into the fens. Never seen it so bad. Oh well, hopefully I can catch the makeup game. Had a fantastic dinner (a cocktail, some oysters, truffled gougeres, and the prune-stuffed gnocchi) at No. 9 Park beforehand, so not a total loss.
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 19:54:40 GMT -5
Moved over to the Oreos game. Kimbrel making it interesting.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jun 26, 2024 19:59:33 GMT -5
IPAs are just not much of a market in the Philippines. I knew of one in Davao a few years ago, owned by an American, that went out of business. Tanduay rum, San Miguel beer and sometimes Red Horse beer have the lions share of the market. You can also get homemade coconut 'wine' (it's potent) made from palm sap and called tuba at a lot of small family owned stores that are all over the place here. Rough guess, San Miguel Pilsner has about 80% of the Philippine's alcohol sales. It is surprisingly easy to brew a solid IPA at home. You'll need a temperature controlled room and about a month of patience... My father used to occasionally make beer in a large galvanized steel tub in our basement. Tasted like piss.
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Post by cheers on Jun 26, 2024 20:09:34 GMT -5
It is surprisingly easy to brew a solid IPA at home. You'll need a temperature controlled room and about a month of patience... My father used to occasionally make beer in a large galvanized steel tub in our basement. Tasted like piss. Awesome. He was doing it wrong.
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