Any reason why ILM is so quiet these days?

http://images2.laweekly.com/imager/u/745xauto/5492832/photo-3-adjust.jpg

http://www.laweekly.com/music/what-else-are-steely-dan-fans-doing-at-coachella-5492765

i knew something like this must exist:

The Dan Abides
Danger Brewing Company
Homebrew, Porter - American

no t-shirts though. someone should get on that. $$$!

all those dudes look like ilxors

I don't know how I got here, or when.

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:59 AM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'm the same way. I believe I joined around 2007, but I have no idea how I found this place. I want to say it was from a blog post from an established music critic, but I can't remember. It wasn't google, though.

I joined in 2007. I was at one of the lowest points in my life and was googling things like "I am sad" and "I am lonely" etc. One day I made a conscious decision to turn that around and google things that I actually liked instead, and I googled "I love music". It was a move that exponentially enriched my life.

I posted 15 years ago with a thread that reflected my age and naivete. I got made fun of for liking Tori Amos and some ilxors were pretty mean. Didn't post for 15 years but lurked the whole time and honestly love this place.

please provide a list of which beers are acceptable to drink

like, seriously, I'm not saying this is an example of "toxicity" or whatever before anyone jumps down my throat, but I am saying that I am going to be even more self-conscious when ordering a drink than I already am

"I was at one of the lowest points in my life and was googling things like "I am sad" and "I am lonely" etc. One day I made a conscious decision to turn that around and google things that I actually liked instead, and I googled "I love music". It was a move that exponentially enriched my life."

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Katherine, as you may know, that's why I stick to gin. It's the Geneva of alcohol.

that's the new recruitment poster! we need to print those out. and we need a snappy ILX logo. can someone do that?

and a new slogan. "FEEL THE....ILX!"

IPAs give me headaches, so not those. yuengling supported trump, so not that. the rest are fine

I can have opinions about stupid american beer culture. i don't really care what people drink. i never leave the house! i just read an article in the paper. and it reminded me of stupid stuff i think is stupid.

i've never been a big fan of the american heavy alcohol percentage/stupid label/knock your socks on your ass thing. and i'm even a metal fan. and same goes for wine. would rather drink some cheap italian table wine than a lot of pricier american headache-makers. but that's just me. we are all different.

i think most people can handle my scathing beer opinions. but i mean standing in line all night in the bitter cold for beer? they sell beer everywhere! i've never been a big line person though.

i should point out that despite my bitching about ipas i just drank two and they were fabulous.

horchata blue moon is like drinking an ilx thread

IPAs aren't inherently bad, i think it's the fact that at least here on the west coast it's the style that's most overwhelmingly popular. i mean i like the dirty projectors too but i don't want my local record store to stock 75% dirty projectors soundalikes.

I like "session IPAs": hoppy but still light enough to have with food. Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker is one I've been drinking lately.

random thoughts:

just as there are crappy liquors that are more likely to give you a headache, there are crappy wines that will give you a headache

i thought the ipa craze was an american thing

and in terms of beer giving me a headache, i usually drink no more than 650ml/22oz per sitting and only one or two days a week so i've not experienced a beer-induced headache in a long time

i'm sure i can get one if i drink a 12oz 18%abv stout though (i've never drunk an entire bottle)

drinking a modern times black house while listening to the national rn

i can't really drink beer like i used to. cuz i am an old steely dan dad. wine is fine though. i am drinking tormaresca neprica puglia right now. negroamaro/primitivo/cabernet sauvignon.

but i only opened a bottle because i was making beef stew.

those two spencer beers i had last night were tasty though!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcEurIyUEAAX36E.jpg

and i only had those beers because i was losing it in a big way. 39 days without smoking cigarettes and it is no easier than the first day. even with nicorette products. even harder maybe....

beer advocate people are claiming that it is not actually trappist!

Trapp House...

Beerz in the Trap

Treesh I had horchata blue moon on christmas and did not hate it

i never read that though. they built a brewery at the monastery! i like their beer.

http://www.spencerbrewery.com/

Yes but does it taste like horchata?

Although i guess a trappist ipa is at least as incongruous.

I just drank a rochefort trappiste 10 in honour of you dudes

And ya they need to have the trappist approved label I'm afraid

But enjoy what you drink and all and glory be to god me lads

yeah, spencer is the only trappist approved beer in the u.s. i think.

they make an imperial stout. which i don't think i've ever seen another trappist brewery do!

their regular ale is nice and fresh and clean and normal. i dig it. no big whoop. and its not cheap. but i only need a four pack every couple of months. so, it suits my purposes.

I really support all the directions this thread has taken. Maybe all ilx needs is just to lock all other threads and concentrate everything here in a critical mass of Steely Dan and hating on bougie/alt/hipster/creative class beer trends.

There should definitely only be one thread.

return of monoculture

california wine fucking rules

the ipa hops arms race sucks

Cali wine is v good actually

My dad and stepmom are the ones that recommend the good stuff tho cos i kno very little about that

the cool thing about the IPA craze is you can just choose not to drink them

they are making pinot noir beer now

Yeah but they take up all the taps and bodega fridge shelf space. It's like kudzu.

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http://garageproject.co.nz/products/rose-de-la-vallee

yeah there are good cali wines. good wines from all over! i just love that Italian stuff. and French stuff. cheap Bordeaux is all i need.

~barleywine~

Oh man thatms a style to get you rekt

The stout crowd is p big in la

I feel like goses are still growing in popularity. They are perfect for summer - an entry level sour

i'm a stout/scotch ale/porter/barleywine guy myself. but i've mostly been drinking red wine these days. which is not much at all, tbh.

gose is the worst thing I've ever drank

it is worse than colonoscopy prep