Go on, have a drink on me

Just had a Dogfish Head Brewing's 90 Minute IPA.
Ouch.
Very, very nice.
Caps a nice little session.

In reverse drinking order:

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

8.5/10

(possible only Stone Brewing Ruination IPA can top this - only just)

Dogfish Head Midas Touch:

6/10.

High alcohol taste and very sweet. Not a beer but a very interesting drink.
(Based on a recipe deduced from drinking vessels uncovered in King Midfas's tomb, making it possibly the oldest beer in the world)

Ginga Kogen Pale Ale:4/10
This brewery used to be the best microbrewer in Japan. Not any more. From what I know and can't be bothered to comfirm, the company went bust? Thier cool interesting beer restaurants closed and their really good beer styles dissapeared. They still have one of the best wheat beers (their Belgian wit beer, suprisingly, as they have a weissen but its not as nice) but discontinued their other good brews. They were taken over by some guys in suits who don't seem to know fudge all about what made their company make great beer in the first place. Seems money is the be all and end all. Now they've brought out a 'pale ale'. I say bullsh*t. It tastes silly. Like someone's version of what they think a pale ale should taste like for the Japanese market. Why not just make a real pale ale and not patronise the Japanese drinking public? Someday, the kids have gotta grow up, if thjey're ever to fend for themselves. But heaven forbid that should happen! then all this marketing of crap stuff wouldn't pay off. Come on guys, no more coddling. Get your heads outta your a**es. "Quit messin with tha juice!" This pale ale is not very good. The guys in suits need to stop making the decisions on product lines and just sell the beer. Even the design is insulting. They keep most of the logo and the color of their best selling beer and try to use that to sell this stuff. As if the name alone is't enough. I think the kind of people these silly tricks are aimed at are the kind of people who would never pay 260 yen for a can of real beer, when they can pay far less for some bland crap with the equivalent alcohol. I get really dissapointed by this type of sh*t. It's a shame. I think it used tobe a really interesting company. Seems like they tried to be one of the big boys. Who wants to be one of them? Almost all their beer lacks flavor and the brands lack character. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Old Slug English Porter:

British porter. Not bad but lacking in body strength and a little watery. Little weak tasting.

5.5-6/10.
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Gotta forget all this and remember the beer I just drank.
Thank you, Dogfish Head.
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