[Drinking] Brewdog: hipsters”, “pretentious”, “wankers”, “********s” or simply "full of s**t"?

[Herr Tubthumper]

Brewdog: hipsters”, “pretentious”, “wankers”, “********s” or simply "full of s**t"?

I think I tick 4 of those boxes.

"BrewDog embodies, in short, much about modern life that many people love to hate, particularly online and almost certainly beneath this article: you don’t have to search far to find someone on the internet calling BrewDog “hipsters”, “pretentious”, “wankers”, “********s” or simply “full of shit”. In the small but passionate world of British beer nerds, few subjects arouse stronger feelings than BrewDog: “an instinctively repulsive … operation of expanding beards and stupidly named gaseous beverages”, as one blogger put it."

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ous-infuriating-and-ingenious-rise-of-brewdog

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm drinking Magic Rock Cannonball tonight.

 

[darkwolf666]

Me I love Punk IPA - pretentious, moi!

 

[BBassic]

I like some of their beers but I hate the pub. But then I hate most pubs. Something to do with all the people.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I like some of their beers but I hate the pub. But then I hate most pubs. Something to do with all the people.

At the end of the day, hype etc aside, they make some bloody amazing beers.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Yes, this is an outfit which divides opinion: some see them as a bunch of t*ssers but others really don't seem to like them much at all.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Genuine question from a complete layman; is the beer good and reasonably priced?

If yes, why does anything else matter?

 

[Pantani]

They make some really nice beers, however when you describe one of your beers like this

'Our scene-stealing flagship is an India Pale Ale that has become a byword for craft beer rebellion; synonymous with the insurgency against mass-produced, lowest common denominator beer. Punk IPA charges the barricades to fly its colours from the ramparts – full-on, full-flavour; at full-throttle.

Layered with new world hops to create an explosion of tropical fruit and an all-out riot of grapefruit, pineapple and lychee before a spiky bitter finish, this is transatlantic fusion running at the fences of lost empires.

Nothing will ever be the same again.'

People are probably gonna think you are wankers and they most definitely have a point.

 

[8ace]

I think I tick 4 of those boxes.

"BrewDog embodies, in short, much about modern life that many people love to hate, particularly online and almost certainly beneath this article: you don’t have to search far to find someone on the internet calling BrewDog “hipsters”, “pretentious”, “wankers”, “********s” or simply “full of shit”. In the small but passionate world of British beer nerds, few subjects arouse stronger feelings than BrewDog: “an instinctively repulsive … operation of expanding beards and stupidly named gaseous beverages”, as one blogger put it."

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ous-infuriating-and-ingenious-rise-of-brewdog

I'd say you tick all five

 

[Bombadier Botty]

Me I love Punk IPA - pretentious, moi!

Best.....beer.....ever, best....label....ever.....and still only £2.50 for 660ml in Sainsburys.

 

[gregbrighton]

I don't drink so not really part of the drinking hype or culture that goes with it.

Hipster culture/values can often mean hype and inflated prices.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

I don't drink so not really part of the drinking hype or culture that goes with it.

Hipster culture/values can often mean hype and inflated prices.

I have to say I haven't touched alcohol in 2 months but the taste of Brewdog is always lurking in the back of my mind.

 

[gjh1971]

enjoying a couple of Jackhammers tonight

 

[Peter Grummit]

The NI commentator for the Wales match has just made a class remark about the bebearded Joe Ledley of Palace: "Mumford and sons must be missing a banjo player tonight..."

Well, it made me chuckle.

PG

 

[Djmiles]

Punk IPA is my favourite beer, lovely stuff. The beer is a bit pricey in the pub, expensive enough to keep the fosters drinking riff-raff away. A couple Hardcore IPA 's and you're well on your way.

 

[el punal]

When I was in the Evening Star a few months back I had a pint of Smog Rocket. You could stand a spoon in it. I survived.

 

[Gwylan]

They make some really nice beers, however when you describe one of your beers like this

'Our scene-stealing flagship is an India Pale Ale that has become a byword for craft beer rebellion; synonymous with the insurgency against mass-produced, lowest common denominator beer. Punk IPA charges the barricades to fly its colours from the ramparts – full-on, full-flavour; at full-throttle.

Layered with new world hops to create an explosion of tropical fruit and an all-out riot of grapefruit, pineapple and lychee before a spiky bitter finish, this is transatlantic fusion running at the fences of lost empires.

Nothing will ever be the same again.'

People are probably gonna think you are wankers and they most definitely have a point.

I knew nothing about those stunts - they completely passed me by. I have, however, had the misfortune of drinking a bottle of punk IPA, it's certainly not something I'm in a hurry to try again. Just as Starbucks seems to make coffee for people who don't like coffee, Brewdog seems to make beer for people who don't like beer

EDIT. Having read the Guardian article, I have a bit of respect for them, their heart seems to be in the right place and I'll have to give some of their other beers a try. I really, really didn't like Punk IPA though

 

[Mackenzie]

It's JUST beer. That is it, it's not special, it's not new it's beer.

 

[sully]

Seems generally a bit gassy and expensive to me, but the taste is certainly above average.

 

[Eeyore]

When I was in the Evening Star a few months back I had a pint of Smog Rocket. You could stand a spoon in it. I survived.

I love the Evening Star, especially when they have guest ciders.