tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post3222567318816066359..comments2024-03-13T11:18:13.252+00:00Comments on The Beer Nut: Delira, excira, etcThe Beer Nuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-21519007681339171262008-04-29T14:14:00.000+01:002008-04-29T14:14:00.000+01:00I was a tireless trier of new beers long before I ...I was a tireless trier of new beers long before I started writing this blog, so every now and then I'll go back to re-taste and write-up something I've had years previously but have since forgotten the taste.<BR/><BR/>Beer awards, in general, are bullshit. Being named best in the world one year seems to just mean it's drinkable, rather than any real relative merit. My esteemed colleague Alan did <A HREF="http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2008/april/insertbeerwins" REL="nofollow">a good piece</A> on it recently, with some interesting comments.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I'd trust the likes of <A HREF="http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Ratings-Top50.asp" REL="nofollow">RateBeer</A> more than formal awards, and that's <I>really</I> not saying much.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12501248.post-84761866814177742282008-04-29T13:45:00.000+01:002008-04-29T13:45:00.000+01:00"I-can't-remember-what-it-tastes-like department"...."I-can't-remember-what-it-tastes-like department"...<BR/><BR/>Well said! I had either 4 or 5 and have no recollection of it except that I had it. Funny enough I suffered from the "DT's" much of the next morning.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I am sure the marketing department ran away with the slogan "Best Beer in the World". Who wouldn't? but I believe it was named as "Best Beer in the World" in 1998 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.Luvbeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247762734975855712noreply@blogger.com