BEER (the wonderful world of) + dead friends

[Arcane]

Thanks guys. Tell me I'm not crazy though, this stuff is quite common for the end of gen x or start of gen whatev from the western world?

Yeah, shit is messed up... it's way too common. Experienced my first (and only one so this far) one at 17 when a very close friend shot himself. Crazy thing was no one saw it coming, you never look at your life in the same way after something like that.

[Davie]

Yeah, shit is messed up... it's way too common. Experienced my first (and only one so this far) one at 17 when a very close friend shot himself. Crazy thing was no one saw it coming, you never look at your life in the same way after something like that.

It's been 2-3 weeks and I'm still trembled whenever I think of her. It's so surreal, someone u know and love.

We're a lost generation man. We think all these RO leather and CCP overlock will solve all of our problems, yet it wont!!

And speaking of beer, I'm sure someone has mentioned but nothing can beat a Blue Moon w/ a slice of orange. My other favs: Sierra Nevada, Fat Tire for a cold night, good old Hef and many more. I really love beer!

[BeauIXI]

^I think Davie doesn't intend that suicide never happened to previous generations, rather he just means to underline that the cause of so many suicides isn't exactly external, it's not poverty, as in the great depression, or despair as in the dark ages, but a strange sort of depressed nihilism that comes, well, really from the lack of God, in my opinion. In the Nietzchean sense, not the Christian sense. Once a 30-something does have more time on his/her hands, it must be rather easy to slump into despair. I don't think that any particular generation is lost, it's more the individual's struggle to find meaning. And you are definitely right- Mr. Palahniuk is not going to be our messiah, he's just stating what's already been said countless times by greater men, only in the dialect of pop culture.

Plus, staying the religious course, RO and CCP actually become an almost religious experience, don't you think, Davie? Like an entire belief system built on looking dope.. Is that wrong?

And furthermore! I want to get a big bottle of Guilden Draak and drink it all. That's what I really came here to say.

[AKA*NYC]

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[laika]

^AKA, maybe we should leave that emoticon out of this particular discussion?

Fuuma, I am really sorry to hear that. I have not experienced that sort of loss myself, but I have feared for it. And I am also of the same generation, although "technically" a part of Gen Y.

***Also, I absinthe. Hard to get the real thing over here though.

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

Fuuma, I am really sorry to hear that. I have not experienced that sort of loss myself, but I have feared for it. And I am also of the same generation, although "technically" a part of Gen Y.

***Also, I absinthe. Hard to get the real thing over here though.

And a lifted glass to you Fuuma. A 15 Year old Laphroaig will
do well in times like these. I'm sorry ...

[Fade to Black]

My condolences, Fuuma.

And yes there is something quite unsettling about suicide/self-mutilation in today's youth, even up to my generation that is kinda in between youth and adulthood. I don't know if it's really been prevalent all along, or the fact the media of my hometown tends to place a heavy focus in the sensationalizing of it (magazines/tabloids here really focus on getting up close, both visually and psychologically, when someone famous has cut themselves, or a self-destructive teenager is front-page material for the weeklies that are basically the equivalent of an HK Time magazine)...I am not so sure if bringing such things to public consciousness is wholesome reporting. I find it exploitative at best, and at worst it is a very wrong form of enabling for some already down the wrong path...

[JSebbe]

Best beer = Rochefort #8.

oooh canaaadaaaa, nomnomnom (best label on a bottle ever I might add):



In general beer from monasteries in Belgium (such as lambics etc) beats almost everything. Thats why I love Belgium, best beer, best clothings. Cannot say my world circulates around anything else, well that would be books n' music.. but thats as far as it goes.


Thats a nice beer faust.

I usually store some of my favorites, have been saving some beers for over 3-4years now.. so considering my age (21), thats quite along time anyways. Although, most beer I store, I drink after a year or two.


edit-
just bought a Thomas Hardy's ale 08! Stock 'em up once a year.
tip, tip, really nice!
(pic from 03 one)

[Johannes Thorsen]

Beer shouldnt be stored jsebbe

Favorite beer has got to be some beers I get from a friend (his dad makes the beer himself - owns some german breweries) can remember the name on the different beers but their pilsner is great

[Faust]

Jsebb, spread the love! I also like Rochefrt 8 (10 or 12 however are too strong for my taste). where do I get this Hardy's ale? That looks awesome!

[JSebbe]

german pilsner beer, yuck.


It's 6, 8, 10. (: Yeah, they're good but yes true, not as good as the #8.

Dunno, in the states, here in Sweden we have 'Systembolaget' which is a monopoly that have the control of alcoholic beverages. So some 'Systembolag' takes them in. You can only buy at the highest 3.5% beverages at normal stores.

[Faust]

/\ Yea, I noticed that when I was in Sweden. One of those WTF moments.

[JSebbe]

Hah, yeah. I could imagine.

Went back to 'systemet~' to buy something for my GF.
Got this for me as well (the 08 edition though ^_-):
Anchor Christmas Ale, 1500ml bottle. Wont open it before christmas eve though!

[DHC]

I usually store some of my favorites, have been saving some beers for over 3-4years now..

That's awesome JSebbe! I wish I could exercise that kind of self restraint. Bottle conditioned beers soften out so beautifully. What do you have sitting in your locker?

[JSebbe]

Heh, too many to list! ^^
But all mentioned above in previous editions. Usually buy two if there are any news at 'systembolaget', also get together with friends and order (you have to order a special amount for 'systembolaget' shalt take 'em in).
You drink one when you buy it, take some notes and then wait to drink the second one and then compare! Quite easy for me not to drink 'em, since I store it at my mothers house. If I had them at my apartment, when I'm drunk I would get berzerk on them!
p.s my mother doesnt like these kind of beers, so she wont touch them d.s


Something I'm truly is waiting for though is Octomore II - The Beast. It's not a beer, but a whisky (forgot to add that to the list up there on my interests ).

Octomore II will mature in Warehouse Five until Jim believes it is ready to be bottled, which we anticipate being in no less than eight years time.

http://www.bruichladdich.com/octomore2.htm

It will be the most heavily peated whisky ever made! Cannot wait until I will have it in my hand, though as said in the quote, it can take a long time. Though it has gone 4 years already.