Victory in Europe! :-)

Be careful with that "Victory in Europe" stuff, Mike.

That was the title of Eisenhower's book about WW II, so you might be sued for copyright infringement!

vince norris

I didn't think Dwight had a Copyright on it tho - the whole "VE Day" business & all . . . ?

It's about twice that up here in Scotland. Looks like the beer-loving price code fairies were having a bit of fun again. I tried the HopDevil a few weeks ago (even at that price *g*) and it was pretty good, although I like Goose Island IPA better.

I do hope that whoever ends up buying Safeway has the good sense to let their beer buyer carry on as before. They have the best selection of basically any major retail chain in the UK, which doesn't say much for the off-licences :( (Whatever went wrong at Oddbins??)

Typically it's the publisher who gets, and owns, the copyright. Since he spent a pile of dough making printing plates, etc., it's unlikely that he would not copyright the book.

(But I wasn't serious about the lawsuit.)

vince norris

Titles aren't subject to copyright in the United States. Just the content of a book, movie, album, etc. So it's a moot point.

-Steve

Thanks, I wasn't awaare of that.

As Mike's in Europe, he's under UK law, which, like most western European copyright laws, grnats protection automatically as soon as the work is published. A title alone doesn't qualify as original piece of work.

So, anyway, to actually talk about the beer instead of Ike, what's the verdict? Does it survive the journey across the pond in good shape?

-Steve

untried as yet - it's not every night I fancy a 21% stout :~)

tried last year's(?) 23% version at GBBF (& went to bizarre poetry/music thing at White Horse SW6, with Sam Calagione)- hugely roasty, powerfully alcoholic, really slow-sipping stuff, complex & "difficult" but enjoyable & definitely IMO still "beer" despite being so removed from most.

I understand that the earlier 18% (& new US version at 18.8%) were better tasting for their slightly less insane alcohol levels? cheers MikeMcG mic (underscore) mac (at) postmaster (dot) co (dot) uk

& anyway, about the HopDevil, (as opposed to the Dogfish World Wide that I've just been blathering about!) very nice - seemed perfectly fresh - loads of chewy malt, good bit of alcohol & body, nuff bitterness & fresh grapefruity cascadey hops - delicious.

re:Hop Devil

My thoughts exactly. Perhaps my fave beer in the whole world. Although SNCA on tap (just had two pints on an empty stomach) is a close second. God I love hoppy beers with a malt backbone...

Garry