OT: Sens Lounge LXXXII | Rise of Omni / Caeldan, the YES man

[BigRig4]

Are you sticking to Canadian beers, or are you willing to go international with your flavors?

Ill give anything a shot!

 

[saskriders]

Don't get Steam Whistle

 

[DrEasy]

Beer suggestions? I wanna broaden my horizons beyond molson canadian.

I'm not an expert, but here it goes:

- summer on a patio and it's very hot? I prefer Dos Equis (or Corona)

- springtime on a patio? European blondes: Karlsberg, Heineken, Pilsner Urquell (sp?), Stella, Leffe, or some Canadian lager.

- springtime and you're actually thirsty? try some German white beer, like Erdinger. Interesting aftertaste.

- eating spicy food? Any Asian beer can do the job: Kingfisher, Tiger, Sapporo, etc.

- winter time and you're watching soccer with your buddies? Time to get a bit more serious with slightly darker fare with some Bass, Boddington, or London Pride. If you want to stay local (e.g. if you're watching hockey instead of soccer) : Creemore or some light local IPA (especially if you're at a pub that's making its own beer: Big Rig, Clocktower etc.)

- winter time and you're having a heady conversation about the merits of Carbon Tax or Sartre's existentialism? Time to go bitter with some Guinness, or some hoppy local IPA. Note that this stuff is an acquired taste, so hold off on these or practice at home on your own first.

Pub Italia is a great place to sample international beers. The fancy restaurants in Westboro will give you your fix of local IPAs.

Basically, like wine, there's a beer for every mood and every food.

 

[Mingus Dew]

I know how how to lose weight.

My problem is I sit so much every day that eating 1500-2000 calories a day leaves me maintaining. I eat 100% clean every single day.

If you are eating your maintenance you need to cut more calories or increase your TDEE. Regular weight training and cardio will help with the latter. I'd definitely look into sprints and HIIT.

 

[Mingus Dew]

I'm not an expert, but here it goes:

- summer on a patio and it's very hot? I prefer Dos Equis (or Corona)

- springtime on a patio? European blondes: Karlsberg, Heineken, Pilsner Urquell (sp?), Stella, Leffe, or some Canadian lager.

- springtime and you're actually thirsty? try some German white beer, like Erdinger. Interesting aftertaste.

- eating spicy food? Any Asian beer can do the job: Kingfisher, Tiger, Sapporo, etc.

- winter time and you're watching soccer with your buddies? Time to get a bit more serious with slightly darker fare with some Bass, Boddington, or London Pride. If you want to stay local (e.g. if you're watching hockey instead of soccer) : Creemore or some light local IPA (especially if you're at a pub that's making its own beer: Big Rig, Clocktower etc.)

- winter time and you're having a heady conversation about the merits of Carbon Tax or Sartre's existentialism? Time to go bitter with some Guinness, or some hoppy local IPA. Note that this stuff is an acquired taste, so hold off on these or practice at home on your own first.

Pub Italia is a great place to sample international beers. The fancy restaurants in Westboro will give you your fix of local IPAs.

Basically, like wine, there's a beer for every mood and every food.

Erdinger kicks ass. The dark version is a particular favorite of mine.

Trois Pistoles (by Unibroue) is probably my favorite beer, and it's brewed in Chambly. You can get it at most of the Beer Stores in Ottawa.

 

[BonkTastic]

I'm not an expert, but here it goes:

- summer on a patio and it's very hot? I prefer Dos Equis (or Corona) Personally I'm not a huge fan of Mexican beers, so I might suggest something a little different... I like a crisp beer on a hot day, so lighter pilsners and some Euro beers like Staropramen are awesome in this regard. Also, for something different, if you can find a good Radler (beer + lemonade brews), they are amazing "post yard-work" beers... I can drink those one after the other like it's nothing.

- springtime on a patio? European blondes: Karlsberg, Heineken, Pilsner Urquell (sp?), Stella, Leffe, or some Canadian lager. Good options here. On the "Canadian" side of things, if you want to go cheap domestic, I'm a fan of Moosehead when I'm feeling like saving some money. If you want to try a common(ish) American beer here that you might actually have a chance of finding, Blue Moon is supremely excellent as a Patio Beer.

- springtime and you're actually thirsty? try some German white beer, like Erdinger. Interesting aftertaste. Again, agreed. The Germans do some great lagers as well, worth their weight in gold on a marathon patio drinking sesh.

- eating spicy food? Any Asian beer can do the job: Kingfisher, Tiger, Sapporo, etc. Well, Sapporo is great any time, not just with spicy food. Super-underrated beer, IMO. Kingfisher is great with Indian food, obviously, but not as good as some other Asian beers when eating SE Asian food. Tiger is a good "anytime in the summer" beer, too. After living in SE Asia, I can also recommend Archa (best beer out of Thailand, IMO, though most Thai beers are way too "rice-y" for my tastes), and San Miguel out of the Philippines is pretty good here as well. That's what I drink here in Indonesia. Never drink Indonesian beers. Ever.

- winter time and you're watching soccer with your buddies? Time to get a bit more serious with slightly darker fare with some Bass, Boddington, or London Pride. If you want to stay local (e.g. if you're watching hockey instead of soccer) : Creemore or some light local IPA (especially if you're at a pub that's making its own beer: Big Rig, Clocktower etc.) Big fan of London Pride. You can add Smithwicks to the list of "most LCBOs will carry it and it's good" in this category, too. I like a Grolsch here as well, but I know it's a bitter lager, really skunky, so YMMV.

- winter time and you're having a heady conversation about the merits of Carbon Tax or Sartre's existentialism? Time to go bitter with some Guinness, or some hoppy local IPA. Note that this stuff is an acquired taste, so hold off on these or practice at home on your own first.As I'm not a massive fan of the triple-hopped beers that seem to be the trend-du-jour, I'll also recommend a lot of the UniBroue catalogue here... Fin Du Monde is your go-to beer here, and Trois Pistoles is your dark variant.

Pub Italia is a great place to sample international beers. The fancy restaurants in Westboro will give you your fix of local IPAs.

Basically, like wine, there's a beer for every mood and every food.

Great list, I added some commentary/alternatives in bold depending on tastes.

Also: if you're not drinking Czechvar (aka "Budvar"), you are missing a key component to the beer-drinking universe, haha.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I know how how to lose weight.

My problem is I sit so much every day that eating 1500-2000 calories a day leaves me maintaining. I eat 100% clean every single day.

Why do you sit so much? Work?

 

[DrEasy]

Great list, I added some commentary/alternatives in bold depending on tastes.

Agreed with all the bolded! I meant to add Smithwicks to the list but couldn't recall the name. McEwans is another great one I haven't been able to find it anywhere in years. Maybe it doesn't exist anymore?

I'm not a fan of the triple hopped beers myself either, but I wanted to avoid controversy by making sure it's included. (speaking of controversy, Beau's is overrated IMO)

I thought San Miguel was Spanish?

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Pretty sure you can get McEwans at Vineyards

 

[BonkTastic]

I thought San Miguel was Spanish?

Well, the Philippines used to be Spanish too, so I guess that's sort of right?

Definitely a Filipino beer, though.

 

[Baby Ryan]

I played the first two

Hated the first one

Loved the second one

I've been a bioware junkie since baulder's gate. Big fan of Mass Effect and Dragon Age

What's the plot basically about?

I'm considering getting one of them, should I just start from 1 and work my way up?

 

[saskriders]

Well, the Philippines used to be Spanish too, so I guess that's sort of right?

Definitely a Filipino beer, though.

Reminds me about how every couple months my mom will talk about "that Chinese beer (Tsing Tau)" And me or my cousin always have to remind her it's German (at least stylistically, it is Chinese owned)

 

[maclean]

I hate night time in the country.

Yeah, I don't know how I'd get to sleep without a streetlight shining in my window and drunks yelling outside..

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Jupiter ascending. Looks pretty good.

What's the opposite of good, multiplied by 100?

Yeah, that's more accurate.

 

[Mr Invidious]

Pretty much any film that comes out in late January/February is awful. I'd say 85% of the time.

These are the "filler" months in Hollywood. Need to produce a bunch of schlock to fill in the open space after Oscar season.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Pretty much any film that comes out in late January/February is awful. I'd say 85% of the time.

These are the "filler" months in Hollywood. Need to produce a bunch of schlock to fill in the open space after Oscar season.

There are always a couple of exceptions in February, where things pick up again in terms of quality.

Jupiter Ascending will not be one of those exceptions.

 

[Mingus Dew]

What's the plot basically about?

I'm considering getting one of them, should I just start from 1 and work my way up?

Mass Effect 1 is one of the best games of the last console generation. Buy it and just get lost in the story. The second one is widely regarded as the superior game, but I found that they stripped out a lot of the more in-depth RPG mechanics. YMMV.

The third game is absolutely awesome until the last act. It's worth playing through just for the closure, though (assuming you enjoy the other two).

My favorite BioWare game is still KotOR. It's a ***** to run on new systems but my God is it wonderful.

 

[Big Papi]

New Sens goal song?

I'm not a huge offspring fan, but this has got sports anthem written all over it

 

[Do Make Say Think]

What's the plot basically about?

I'm considering getting one of them, should I just start from 1 and work my way up?

You might as well start with the first one

The first one is more RPG while the second one is much more action

I love RPGs but I hated how clunky the first one felt but a lot of people really, really liked it

The plot is basically fighting super aliens and getting regular aliens on your side

 

[Caeldan]

I've decided to start on ME1 since my BG:EE saves are on my desktop that didn't come with me to the hotel (and apparently BG:EE isn't steamworks )...

Not sure what class I'm going to play though. Or what I'll do if I get through ME1 and ME2 since I really don't want to buy ME3 off Origin

 

[Mingus Dew]

You might as well start with the first one

The first one is more RPG while the second one is much more action

I love RPGs but I hated how clunky the first one felt but a lot of people really, really liked it

The plot is basically fighting super aliens and getting regular aliens on your side

The inventory system in the first game is brutal. And the Mako, what a disaster lol.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

A friend of mine played the crap out of MAss Effect 1 just for the mako, he just loved driving that thing around

 

[Benjamin]

Why do you sit so much? Work?

College is just sitting all day in class. The rest of my day is just sitting in my room playing LoL or watching Netflix.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Well then, I think we've identified which part of sitting down you can cut down on

 

[Benjamin]

Well then, I think we've identified which part of sitting down you can cut down on

Aha yup