Last I checked, PBR was a typical American Lager, not Belgian in any way.

And I'd rather drink a Stellas Artois or a Hoegaarden than a PBR, any day. But, I'll admit, if I want some cheap swill, PBR is bearable.

>> ^Morganth:

Only Belgian beer for this liver.

The even more amusing thing about this advert is that, as far as I know, Australians don't drink Fosters Lager unless we're paid to

>> ^blankfist:

For a really good beer with a nice head, it would take months to ferment and condition. I like how the story ends at them making the beer and then cuts to however many months later when they try the beer.


Try weeks. The whole lager-aging thing is over-rated. You can make a damn good beer in less than a month.

Belgian ale or a good dark stout are my go to beers, but I have a warm place in my heart for draft Yuengling lager or a well poured black and tan.
Unfortunately, the only Belgian beers in my local beer store are Leffe (which is ok I guess) and like 5 others that are over $100 a case. I'm told Dilirium Tremens is fantastic.

Drive boy dog boy
Dirty numb angel boy
In the doorway boy
She was a lipstick boy
She was a beautiful boy
And tears boy
And all in your inner space boy
He had hand girls boy
And steel boy
He had chemicals boy
I've grown so close to you boy
And you just groan boy
She said come over come over
She smiled at you boy

(repeat)

Let your feelings slip boy
But never your mask boy
Random blonde boy
High density rhythm blonde boy
Blonde country
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You are my drug boy
You're real boy
Speak to me boy
Dog dirty numb cracking boy
You're getting wet boy
Big big time boy
Acid bear boy
Babes and babes
And babes and babes and babes
And remembering nothing boy
Do you like my tin horn boy
It get wet like an angel
Derailed

You got a velvet mouth
You're so succulent and beautiful
Shimmering and dirty
Wonderful and hot time
On your telephone line
And God and everything
On your telephone
And in walk an angel

Look at me mum
Squatting pissed in the tube hole
At Tottenham Court Road
I just come out of the ship
Talking to the most blonde I ever met
Shouting lager lager lager lager
Shouting lager lager lager lager
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Shouting mega mega white thing
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So many things to see and do
In the tube hole
True blonde going back to Romford
Mega mega mega going back to Romford
Hi mum are you having fun
And now are you on your way
To a new age tension headache

Great post, I'd quality but it never works for me.
I cant really drink the mass produced beers like Heineken, Budweiser etc. cos they just make me so sick the next day. So I have to try the more obscure items to find what my gut enjoys.
My current favourites are probably not very exotic to yourselves in the USA but a local store (off license) just started stocking Sierra Nevada pale ale and a number of other varieties by the same brewery which I'm enjoying a lot as I used to brew ales myself.

I've also been getting into some organic Honey beers from microbreweries in the UK. I visited a Lowenbrau keller in Sydney which only sold imported German beers and they had some killer honey beers (meads?).

I also think highly of the Spanish lager "Mahou" which is huge in Spain but I cant find it in Ireland yet.

The differences I have suggested between the engines in small duty personal vehicles and large scale engines are real. You are correct that the principle in all combustion engines is the same but the issue with powering larger engines is the scale of the energy required to move them.
...
The increase of energy required to move lager and larger masses in not a constant.


Which summarizes what I was trying to explain. You are correct that energy storage is the problem. You are not correct about the scaling. Energy does scale linearly with mass, that's first year physics. Just think about the energy required to move a car 100 miles, let's say that takes 3 gallons of gasoline. Moving 10 identical cars 100 miles would take 30 gallons. 1000 would take 3000 gallons, and so on. This is true no matter where the energy comes from. If one battery stores enough energy to move a car 100 miles, then 10 could move 10 cars 100 miles. Physics also doesn't care if you are moving 10 cars, or one car pulling nine others, the energy needed is the same. Want to move a freight ship that weighs as much as 1000 cars? Then you need 1000 batteries, or 3000 gallons of gasoline. The scaling is the good news.


No matter how good the batteries get, they still require a power source.


They only need a power source to be charged, the exact same way a fuel tank needs to be refilled. The difference is if you pay for electricity or oil.


I can see by how quickly you responded to my last comment that you probably haven't looked at the references I posted for the the quotes I cited.


From a quick glance non of them appear to address or discuss the underlying physics and state of technology. Speculation on what may happen without any advances in technology whatsoever are as interesting to me as science fiction novels.

>> ^bcglorf:


bcglorf, you have taken time to give my points the same answer that you did in the first place, which is your belief that better batteries are the answer to all the problems related to the coming shortages in oil. I absolutely think that better batteries will help, but I do not believe that they will be the unilateral solution to every facet of those problems.

The differences I have suggested between the engines in small duty personal vehicles and large scale engines are real. You are correct that the principle in all combustion engines is the same but the issue with powering larger engines is the scale of the energy required to move them.

I live in (arguably) one of the most important military ports on the western coast of the North Atlantic. I have seen the engine rooms of several destroyers and other warships and am familiar with with how big these engines really are. No matter how good the batteries get, they still require a power source. A nuclear powered ship is not the same as a battery powered ship. The only things that can move the battleships and aircraft carriers I've seen are diesel fuel and nuclear reactors. And putting a nuclear reactor in every ship more then 100 feet long just isn't practical.

I am also familiar with Tesla motors and think that they're doing great things. But even with their successes there remains the problem of scale. The increase of energy required to move lager and larger masses in not a constant.

I am not going to have time to give you a more fully developed argument right now. I can see by how quickly you responded to my last comment that you probably haven't looked at the references I posted for the the quotes I cited. Check them out. Some may be old news for you, but I expect you'll find them interesting anyway. I'll be back later to find out what you think.

For a true Aussie night out you need Lager and sheep. The only thing missing is teeth.

A good Guinness pour is essential. I hate it when an ex-AppleBee's bartender does a straight pour of my pint. The two-part pour makes a world of difference, believe it or not.

Another bit of information worth noting about Guinness. Most people claim it is too heavy and refer to it as a "meal in a can". Not true. A pint of Guinness Draught only has 126 calories, and the Extra Stout only has 153. To give you perspective: Kirin has 188, Heineken Lager has 150, Bass has 160, Budweiser has 145 and Miller Genuine Draft has 143. Now, go enjoy that pint of Guinness without the guilt.

I like Sam Adams lager, you just have weird taste buds, my friend.

Here I am in all my hyperallergenic middle class vegetarian stereotypical glory.


1. What do you do when you are not on the computer?

eat vegetarian food, fuck a vegetarian, buy vegetables, that sort of thing.
And make music, but that's on a computer... so.... but I play trumpet... Into a computer.


2. Approximate the percentage of time you work and you play on a computer.

like all the freaking time. since i was 5. asthma (see hatred of cars below)
but mostly design or chatting to people back home, i am not a hardcore leet geek hacker or something.
i like any sport that's wet, but i don't live near a lake or sea, so i don't do much sport.
I DJ, with proper records, dnb, dubstep, triphop... no computer. Then i upload the mix into a computer.


3. If you had a time machine would you travel to an era in the past or future? Explain.

depends if you can guarantee my safety, if so, i would like to see the future. but not my own future.


4. What is your ratio of pairs of shoes to undergarments?

1 to 20


5. Do you wear boxers or briefs?

i think you call them trunks.


6. Do you have a Mac, PC or Linux?

mac, but honestly it's only half as annoying as a pc.


7. Would you prefer death by firing squad or salmonella poisoning?

yo firing squad for real. what kind of idiot says anything else? i turned vegetarian after bad food poisoning so, no thanks, not again.


8. Do is you add sprinkles, gravy, nuts or a cherry on top?

gravy? on top of what?


9. Are you a tits, ass, or legs man?

yes.


10. What kind of pet(s) do you have? Include name(s).

none, i would have a cat if i wasn't allergic and i liked the smell of cat piss, i would call it tony blair. no, i would call it whatever my girl wants to call it (see previous question)


11. What is your favorite kind of taco?

those things that break when you bite them and spill meat all over you which (did i mention) i don't eat?


12. What is your favorite source for news?

videosift


13. What is your beer preference? Or other beverage (poison) of choice?

beeeeeer. anything english from a local brewery. Or Svyturys in Lithuania if i want lager, or a real lithuanian live beer, preferably dark. I feel old just typing this. I even like whisky now.


14. Have you ever been arrested?

No. Searched, but they didn't find it hahahahah.


15. Which is your Cheetos preference: Crunchy Cheese or Puffs?

Yikes. You eat that shit?


16. How would you describe your coif: bangs, balding or rug?

bangs wtf?
it's just off the collar, and a bit girly.


17. Is your face clean-shaven or do you have a beard, a goatee or a mustache?

smooth skin: kiss.
scabby red itchy hairy prickly skin: no kiss.


18. List your five most cherished possessions.

any video or audio recording i ever made.
banksy print, powerbook, trumpet, erm... i haven't got much else.


19. What religion did you practice as a child?

anglican christianity, but i didn't get it.


20. What is your favorite childhood memory?

yikes.
can't choose a favourite. i get vivid flashbacks though, normally embarassment or mundanity.
probably best feeling was sailing, in the sun, in a one man boat.
what i didn't like was the time i fell off waterskiing and forgot to clench my buttocks and about 30 litres of water raped me.


21. What was your favorite childhood television show?

terrahawks (gerry anderson... i think i have a sift somewhere)
things that fly out of buildings into space are awwwwweeeeeesssssssommmmeee.

22. What is your most sacred personal rant?

people should fucking create their own shit, and the government should invest more in creativity and education, capitalism alone doesn't work for art.

also cars and outdoor advertising should be banned. especially outdoor advertising of cars.


23. What is a reason not to go to Burning Man?

it's thousands of miles away and the water's expensive?


24. Who is your favorite Sift Hero?

choggie for insisting on creativity, literally with every word he writes.


25. How would your characterize SiftBot: slave, servant or secret overlord?

fiction


26. Do you have any image(s) of yourself online that you're willing to share?

if the roast is fun i am willing to unmask myself a bit. maybe some music. but i post as MINK, not myself, so my face is not relevant to the roast.


27. What is your quest?

to make 100% of my money from creativity and to spread that around. sounds lofty, but so does the word "quest". I do hope that after i die, someone enjoys something I made, and they say "hey, that guy made cool shit, shame he's dead". That's all.


28. What is your favorite color?

red. aries. what can i do.

Let the record show that I resent the male meat eating american bias in these questions but i'm like cool with it, you know, you can't help being a freaking yank.

I love me some delicious lager.

Thank you, Nordic people.

mm lager, a blue moon knock off sounds awesome, I love white ale.

My husband is a hobby brewer. He makes a great Blue Moon knock off. He makes only ales, but since we live in a cold place now...I wonder if he can try a lager?