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Too sweet, sickly...seems very feminine. Almost a prosthetic beer. Something's not right about it.
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I didn't find that about it. I thought it was a bit plain on first taste, but then it's charms took hold, and it made me blush. :oops: << for effect
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It's good.
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It's not good. You just like the taste.
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No. It's good.
Presentation: 33cl custom shorty with a bulbed neck. Best before date: 03/2003. Serve chilled.

Appearance: Cloudy (from escaped yeast) and pale. A grande creamy, chunk head adorns the top and sticks with great stay. The colour and head are perfection incarnate.

Smell: Delicate spice, pepper and clean malt sweetness.

Taste: Smooth and extremely creamy on the palate. A lively carbonation creates a light mouthfeel and crispness. Upfront flavours are bitter and sweet, with a lean on the sweet; distinct fruity malt esters, bold spiciness and rind-like twang that mellows and balances. Finishes slightly grain/dry with some residual spice and dextrin notes.

Notes: Deceivingly seductive and powerful. It lurs you with mesmerizing eye candy, then as the absolute refresher, then whacks the shite out of you with an 8.5% abv club. It's not called the "Devil" for nothing.

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I don't think you realise the implications of what you are suggesting. All you can say for certain is that some people like the taste of the beer. There is no inherent goodness to the product. To describe Dubel as delicate is a joke. It has a forceful, almost over perfumed chemical, just because that beer site says it's "good" does not (cannot) make it so.

AMG rates some truly disastrous music as "good", do you also hold them up as a music bible as you do with the beer site? I think not.

I would explain subjectivism to you but that would almost be as insulting you implying ANYTHING is good.

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No, it's good. You just don't like it.
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Even if I liked it, it still would not be good. Hobbes just called you a cunt.
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Is this where we engage in hand-to-hand combat?
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You've not even started the training mission. What makes you think you can just skip to the end boss?
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I don't have time for this. Just put me through to someone who can answer my questions.
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I only drink German lager too pretentious to name
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Nam Tsao";p="853675 wrote:I don't think you realise the implications of what you are suggesting. All you can say for certain is that some people like the taste of the beer. There is no inherent goodness to the product. To describe Dubel as delicate is a joke. It has a forceful, almost over perfumed chemical, just because that beer site says it's "good" does not (cannot) make it so.

AMG rates some truly disastrous music as "good", do you also hold them up as a music bible as you do with the beer site? I think not.

I would explain subjectivism to you but that would almost be as insulting you implying ANYTHING is good.

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Nam Tsao";p="853555 wrote:It's not good. You just like the taste.
I should clarify that 896 people have reviewed the beer, and it's cumulative score is the 77th highest in their entire database, which includes god knows how many thousands of beers.
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Additionally, there are plenty of NON-SUBJECTIVE categories that beer is rated on: http://www.bjcp.org/2004_BJCP_Guidelines.pdf

Duvel clearly excels in it's style...

I don't know. I'm not as much of a believer in subjectivity as I once was. It's a massive factor, but it's not the only factor. Duvel is one of those things that's widely considered a "classic" or whatever by the majority of informed individuals... the fact that you don't like it is understandable, but I think there's enough reason to say that, yes, it is a very good beer.
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Surely you could have just thought about all that without posting it...or do your lips move while you read too? It certainly could not have been for my benefit.
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Ummm... what would be the point of not posting it?
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Before I answer that question ask yourself if there was a point in posting it those two comments between my previous two comments. If you come to the correct conclusion then you will realise your question was unnecessary.
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The point was to explain my views on subjectivity in general and Duvel in specific, which I had not yet done to my satisfaction.
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I love it when we argue about who's better at the internet! :grin:
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Clayton.
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Didn't take that picture, but did just drink the beer... still not a huge fan of triples... but... they do still get me shitty in a hurry...
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You're pretty shitty most the time, you don't need alcohol for that, baby.


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You're the reason for my chronically low self-esteem, Shaina. I hope you're happy with yourself. I'm certainly not.
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I had one of these the other day:

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Not bad. A bit lacking in body, but should be good for summer.
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