Thirsty Dog? Out of business

"David" wrote in news:5j23e.1481$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:

Drink as much Great Lakes as humanly possible, particularly the Eliot Ness and Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. --

I don't care what the question is, that's a pretty damned good answer.

I've been enjoying their Dortmunder Gold recently. Good stuff and an underrepresented style among US breweries.

and I was at the point where I was deciding what to drink this weekend. thanks for the suggestion, GL Porter.

They're gone?! Off to the local beer stote I go to purchase the final "Siberian Night"!

But the "Burning River" from thw same brewer is much better!

Ummm, last I saw at least four of the Thirsty Dog beers were being brewed/bottled at Frederick Brewing in Frederick, Maryland. They've just started appearing in the Baltimore markets a couple months ago................

Maybe the mix will stay, but the brand is gone.

. I prefer more malty styles, the Burning river PA strikes me as too hoppy

Oh, you dirty rat... there's no such thing as "too hoppy"! ;-)

So I'm not on the "Alpha King über IBU" bandwagon, Does that mean I'm not a "real" microbrew fan? I think there's enough room in the beer tent for everyone or is this like certain Politcal parties where if you don't ascribe to the "correct" stance on issues you are shunned like an amish person in Neon pink

YEAH! What HE said!

I'm especially proud of the Analogy I used

Weeeellll...I grew up in Amish country, and let me tell ya...the boy's shirts is one place where they DO let it all hang out. I wouldn't be surprised to see a neon pink shirt on an Amishman, especially if they were running a special on neon pink at Mary Lapp's Fabric Store in Smoketown. Now, a neon pink pair of trousies...THAT would be weird.

I'm a firm believer that "hops are our friends," but poor balance between hops and malt in either direction usually results in something your drink occasionally for an adventure rather than what you drink regularly.