Kind: Checkins

identifying you are at a particular geographic location

Burley Oak Brewing Company's Homegrown

I am drinking a Homegrown by Burley Oak Brewing Company at Montgomery Hills.

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Ugh!

Beer: Homegrown
Style: IPA - Session / India Session Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4%
IBU: 40
My rating: 1⁄5
Venue: Montgomery Hills, , NJ
Brewery: Burley Oak Brewing Company, Berlin, MD, United States
Brewer's notes: This SMaSH beer contains 100% local pale barley grown 15 minutes from our brewery. Exclusively hopped with Citra, this session IPA boasts dank aroma with a clean malt finish.

Port Brewing Company's Nelson the Greeter

I am drinking a Nelson the Greeter by Port Brewing Company at Montgomery Hills.

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Beer: Nelson the Greeter
Style: IPA - American
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6%
IBU: 0
My rating: 3.25/5
Venue: Montgomery Hills, NJ
Brewery: Port Brewing Company, San Marcos, CA, United States
Brewer's notes: Paying homage to a rather (in)famous surf spot/clothing optional beach in San Diego, Nelson the Greeter is the newest hoppy offering from Port Brewing. Using the brash flavors of Nelson hops to lead the charge, the Greeter has a strong hop supporting cast using Denali, Lemon Drop and Mosaic varietals to round out this pale ale. Notes of gooseberry and passionfruit dominate the nose with a clean tangerine and freshly cut stone fruit notes leading to a smooth, bitter, citrus finish. The pale ale will be quite the experience…kind of like a naked Nelson greeting you at the trail head.

Troon Brewing's Virtue Signaling

I am drinking a Virtue Signaling by Troon Brewing at Rocky Hill, NJ.

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But ... also from the Wikipedia:

In the late 2000s, many users on internet forums and social media defined the term [Virtue Signaling] differently to its academic meaning and turned it into a pejorative term. Examples of behaviour described as virtue signalling include changing Facebook profile pictures to support a cause, participation in the Ice Bucket Challenge, offering thoughts and prayers after a tragedy, celebrity speeches during award shows, politicians pandering to constituents on ideological issues, and others.

WHATEVER!!

Virtue is a human concept. Made up. It doesn't exist.

While researching -- aka using Google -- the phrase "Virtue Signaling" I discovered a post-punk band called Aethans which in 2017 released an album called Virtue Signal which also happens to be the title of one of their songs.

Lookup the word inchoate. Lookup introvert. It goes well with argle-bargle.

Did I read the crowler label right? 9%!!!

My wife started a cleanse today. No craft ale for her. All for me.

Beer: Virtue Signaling
Style: IPA - Imperial / Double
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.3%
IBU: 0
My rating: 4.5/5
Venue: Rocky Hill, NJ, Rocky Hill, NJ
Brewery: Troon Brewing, Hopewell, NJ, United States
Brewer's notes: IPA brewed with a little lactose and hopped with tons of Galaxy and Medusa.