Random Rants
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I read this article back in 2007.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2007/may/13/houseprices.business
A follow-up has just been published.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/27/albion-drive-revisited-property-divide
So after six years, which have included prolonged periods of inflation, no growth in income, and a near-death experience for the financial system, and London is even more expensive.
It's completely screwed.
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Hmm, it's not just London… I got talking to a colleague at work the other day (trying to find somewhere else to live). She mentioned that a house near her had just been rented by someone from Saudi Arabia for £3000 pcm!! ****ing Cheshire
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Parts of Cheshire are stupidly expensive though. My father does water pumping systems, and occasionally has dealings with that part of the world.
I think that the property market has diverged, with the prime locations rising sharply, whereas the less desirable parts have flatlined (at best) for the last few years.
No idea how it's going to end, but I suspect it'll be badly.
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In Mansfield you can still buy a Georgian mansion for £20 and a pickled egg
It even comes with your own heroin addicts, what more could you ask for
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I'm tired of the "craft beer" trend in Texas. It's not that I don't like to support the local guys, it's just that so much of it is just dull. Every time I turn around, there's a new brewery opening and they're offering an IPA, an Amber and either a Porter or a Stout. That's if they're edgy, if not, then it's IPA/Amber/Hefeweizen. And every one of them is mediocre and on draft in every restaurant. I don't give a crap that you have 30 beers on tap, if 15 of them are C grade IPAs distinguishable only by their cartoon character label and pun-based name. For the love of god, just make a good beer and give it a normal name. The "funny" stuff is so overdone that an actual grown up label would actually stand out. And here's another way to stand out- make something different. I don't even care what; it could be a lychee flavored lambic, a wheat beer seasoned with ginger and aged in sake casks, a chocolate banana oatmeal stout, jalepeno infused bottle fermented lager, whatever. Just not another "Ale To The Chief!" from Beaver Fur (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, isn't that hilarious?) Brewery.
Damn.
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Welcome to the last 25 years of beer production in the UK, nice of you to catch up.
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I had a coconut IPA a couple of weeks ago. A collaboration between Brewdog and a craft brewery in Bristol… 7.4% ABV. I don't know why exactly, I forgot to ask due to beer induced memory loss, but it was called "Pirate Badger Attacks" :). Possibly something to do with the ill thought out badger cull that has been attempted recently at massive cost and no real effect. It caused one politician to complain that "The badgers keep moving the goal posts" and thus, another meme was born.
So, there are good craft breweries out there. But as you say, as soon as something is seen as a profitable way for breweries to obtain a larger market share, the world and his wife has to bring out a range of craft beers. Which of course does nothing but turn people away from craft beer if all they are served is crap...
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chocolate banana oatmeal stout,hmmmm…... if I drank I believe this would be the death of me.
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I love you Rogue, but this is a sin: http://rogue.com/beers/voodoo-chocolate-peanut.php
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really? Bringing two distinctly unique Oregon brands together and doing something creative is a sin? Interesting…
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I know I'd buy it, just because I've never had anything quite like it. Maybe it will be good, maybe it won't, but Rogue has my respect for trying new stuff.
As far as I'm concerned, the only sins a brewery can commit are laziness and bad pun names.
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I would be so surprised if that actually tastes good.
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u supposed to have it with the donut?
so I can have a snack and a brew at the same time? Sounds like every friday night at the weekdays, hahahaha
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I've had good chocolate stout and good banana bread stout; I suspect it's possible to add a little peanut butter flavor to the mix and not suck.
The more I think about it, the more I want to try this one.
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I can almost guarantee you can find that abomination in Houston Chris should you want to try it. The "free range coastal water" is key!
