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Gas up your generators, stock up on bottled water, and update your emergency preparation plans because surely the Beerpocalypse is upon us!

Weihenstephaner is releasing "White Hopsplosion" a hopped-up Bavarian hefeweizen. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="beernews.org/2011/09/weihenstephaner-whi...ion-makes-its-debut/">beernews.org/2011/09/weihensteph ... its-debut/

As the oldest brewery in the world, one of the German national breweries and a "protector" of traditional, tame, mid-strength beers surely this is an indicator of the Beerpocalypse that Martyn Cornell has long tried to warn us of... It's probably too late to save beer from the "extremeophiles" trying to push new flavor combinations and stronger flavored beer down our throats.

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Surely this is the end of the beginning of the end of all balanced, milder-flavored beers and not just the addition of more full-flavored beer to the larger global beer portfolio! <!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="" title="Rolling Eyes" /><!-- s:roll: -->

My tongue shall certainly not taste this devil's brew of delicious hoppiness; damn those "extremophiles" and their tasty beer!


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Adam
P.S. Down with this sort of thing!

When Smithwicks came out with a beer that actually tasted of something I was concerned; now I'm CERTAIN the Beerpocalypse is eminent.

WHY, OH WHY didn't I add Marty's blog to my RSS Feeds back when I had the chance!??!?


Adam

Salvation, don't you mean, Adam?

When I can order a big American-hopped ale in any country in the world *in English*, there will be peace and goodwill towards men.

&amp;quot;KeeganAles&amp;quot;:3fp0qfc7 wrote: Salvation, don't you mean, Adam?

When I can order a big American-hopped ale in any country in the world *in English*, there will be peace and goodwill towards men.[/quote:3fp0qfc7]

You know that's what I meant but the tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic posts where I state the opposite of what I mean are more fun to write!

(Plus I find the beer exemists on both sides of the "isle" calling the other side "extremists" amusing.)
-"We like drinking beer to always be like getting punched in the tongue; those CAMRA guys are backward looking and drink warm, flat, boring beer. EXTREMISTS!"

-"If we can't drink 10 or 12 beers in a session and it's not perfectly balanced, what's the point? Those Americans have no respect for beer history (well that part does seem to be true but not because new styles are being brewed) and like their beer unbalanced, cold so you can't taste it, and over carbonated. EXTREMISTS!"

I'll happily drink both myself; the more beer styles and flavors the better. (The regular Weihenstephaner beers will still be available and now we have even more beer and more flavors; how's that a bad thing?)



I am loving the new flavors coming out of the new American brewers that are brewing with restraint and brewing cask ale; and I'm loving the new flavors coming out of some of the traditionally conservative brewers attempts at appeasing consumer's desire for more flavor.

-It's not about the "tyrrany of OR (extreme or balanced, mild or strong), it's about the opportunity of AND"!



Adam

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:1d5t1lyq wrote: When Smithwicks came out with a beer that actually tasted of something I was concerned; now I'm CERTAIN the Beerpocalypse is eminent. [/quote:1d5t1lyq]


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Imagine the consternation in Kilkenny. Years of brewing lore of how to brew a completely tasteless ale ignored. I'm sure there are afficiandos of red, vaguely fizzy, tasteless liquid currently grumbling to their local barmen that their beloved brewery has taken such radical steps and fallen for the current brewing fad called "taste".

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&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:3urx5e66 wrote: When Smithwicks came out with a beer that actually tasted of something I was concerned; now I'm CERTAIN the Beerpocalypse is eminent. [/quote:3urx5e66]


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Imagine the consternation in Kilkenny. Years of brewing lore of how to brew a completely tasteless ale ignored. I'm sure there are afficiandos of red, vaguely fizzy, tasteless liquid currently grumbling to their local barmen that their beloved brewery has taken such radical steps and fallen for the current brewing fad called "taste".[/quote:3urx5e66]

Someday, with a bit of luck, there will be a beer for everyone. There will certainly be loads of beer each person doesn't like, but if there's at least one beer for every taste then this craft beer this will have all be worth it.



Adam

Adam