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Favorite and least favorite breweries

General Beer Discussion by SLOWRUNNER77

What's your top and bottom? I personally have more favorites because only a handful of breweries are memorably bad, and many are good. I don't care if they are trendy or small (in other words I don't disqualify a brewer because they found success and got big). Deschutes is my prime example of this. They are a huge brand, but I am continually blown away by the quality of their stuff, and have repeatedly received such a high level of customer service from their team, be it social media, customer relations, tours at the brewery, etc, etc. They will always be a favorite, even if they stopped making new beers and styles as of today. I prefer Stone based on average score of a beer, and their facilities are awesome, but their interaction with the public, and me in particular, just isn't as awesome. Top 3: Stone, Alesmith, Deschutes Rounding out the top 10: Cascade, Founders, Russian River, New Glarus, and three of the following five: Bells (stagnant), Ballast Point (climbing), Cigar City (stagnant), The Bruery, and/or Firestone Walker. Also, in no particular order: Prairie (climbing) Oskar Blues (stagnant) 3 Floyds (stagnant) Port/Lost Abbey (stagnant) Almanac (climbing) The top beers on THIS list are to the level of "how in the world are they still in business? (and #1 is DOMINANT) Indian Wells! Joseph James (yay Nevada) Stumblefoot Black Diamond The Library Stoneyhead (yay NORTHERN Nevada) American River Lakefront Ridgeway (UK) Dia delos Muertos (Mex) Dishonorable mention - Hermitage, & The Brewery at Tahoe.


9 years ago
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[8D] I found The Deer Hunter online, since I don't have it on DVD. It's 3 hours long. I'll watch it again, but not today! [:D] http://putlocker/watch-the-deer-hunter-online-free-putlocker.html .is comes after putlocker. [;)]

4 years ago
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quote: Originally posted by heemer77
My favorites: Das Boot - Epic movie, easily my favorite sub movie. Lawrence of Arabia - Compelling story
Just finished Das Boot last week. Great flick! And re-watched Lawrence for the umpteenth time too. And, Bogart never seems to have made a bad movie...

4 years ago
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quote: Originally posted by Brett
quote: quote: Originally posted by heemer77
My favorites: Das Boot - Epic movie, easily my favorite sub movie. Lawrence of Arabia - Compelling story
Just finished Das Boot last week. Great flick! And re-watched Lawrence for the umpteenth time too. And, Bogart never seems to have made a bad movie...
Watched Das Boot about a month ago; thoroughly enjoy it.

4 years ago
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quote: Originally posted by heemer77
My favorites: Das Boot - Epic movie, easily my favorite sub movie. Flags of Our Fathers/ Letters From Iwo Jima - Showing both sides of one conflict. Band of Brothers from HBO - I like that it shows bureaucracy and human failings The Last of the Mohicans - just a beautiful and touching story The Hurt Locker - I have known a few guys with PTSD and I thought this movie did a good job of showing the difficulty adjusting for some that have experienced combat. Black Hawk Down - Intense Gallipoli - Intense Lawrence of Arabia - Compelling story The Bridge on the River Kwai - Great suspense Hotel Rwanda - Very human and scary Full Metal Jacket - Visually stunning and intense like most Kubrick films. All Quiet On the Western Front - Touching Kagemusha - Just epic and compelling, like most of Kurosawa's movies. Gettysburg Kind of war movies aka Bogart is awesome: Casablanca, The Caine Mutiny, The African Queen.
GREAT list Heemer. Saving Private Ryan The Longest Day In Harm's Way A Bridge Too Far Glory Midway The Patriot Apocalypse Now Inglourious Basterds The Thin Red Line The Great Escape The Bridge on the River Kwai The Dirty Dozen A Bridge Too Far The Big Red One Master and Commander: Far Side of the World Sergeant York I guess I like the genre.

4 years ago
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Corregidor (1943). An American romantic drama about the invasion of the island...pursuant to the Japanese Occupation of 1942-1945. [:(] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrT3nK7l7qI I'm looking for documentaries about this phase of the war. Here's the wiki overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines The Japanese were known to be losing the war, even before events such as Iwo Jima, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. But in 1943, it was still up for grabs. [:0][:0][:0]

4 years ago
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Here's a good 'un. It's difficult to find vids about The Jap Occupation; easier to find 'em about The US Re-Capture. Both are historic facts, however...even if dates and situations seem to be open to...[?] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2DnfQxdYY Btw: Did you know the US Gov struck a bargain with Lucky Luciano, to have the Mafia guard the waterfront during the War? I did, and I found this vid along the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPSDa3ANI7s

4 years ago
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I've started watching War In The Pacific, a 4 part six hours + program from the early 1940's. The narrator says that it's been a year since Pearl, and the government will allow them to show the film at this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHa4E9qp8JE

4 years ago
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK was involved with this 1945 Death Camp documentary, which wasn't made public until 2014. http://www.freemovieswatchonline.com/watch-night-will-fall-2014-online-free/

4 years ago
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quote: Originally posted by Pyuke
36 Hours with James Garner. Not a shoot 'm up but a psychological one. Also has John Banner (Sgt. Shultz of HH)
[:)] Yup, it's a good flick which I just finished watching. Not a documentary, but a war-based novel. "TV fans will want to keep an eye peeled for bit parts by James Doohan from Star Trek and John Banner from Hogan's Heroes. ~ Mark Deming,"

4 years ago
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[|)] What did I know about KING GEORGE VI? Nuthin'. CHURCHILL, CHAMBERLAIN, HITLER...them I knew of! http://putlocker.is/watch-the-kings-speech-2010-online-free-putlocker.html War-related true story; not an actual war flick. [;)]

4 years ago
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