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home ding s beer blog about blog complete archive fort wayne ne in get off my lawn cellar contact gallery glasses glass inventory search glasses scoring system search beers log in select page a bitter englishman records his beer journey of more than 40 years the last 26 of which have been mostly in the usa quoted by contributed to and featured in active beers in the database 3572 beers awaiting addition to the database 345 here s one of those active beers sweetwater 420 extra pale ale sweetwater brewing company 07 03 2004 2 75 16oz serving buffalo wild wings cafe douglasville ga usa this is sweetwater s flagship offering and it is simply put steady and reliable very nice offering a drinkable beer that strikes a very good balance between hop bitterness and malty sweetness the pour from draught is attractive with an orangey read more ding s most recent musings dbb what it s good for and what s it s not good for aug 4 2026 i ve had a recent surge in traffic on the site so i thought it might be a good idea to summarize what you ll find at dingsbeerblog and perhaps just as importantly what you won t marketers and drinkers are two different groups of people jul 21 2026 those people are also still able to understand that hazy little thing is a different beer to say tree house julius but there really is no need for this kind of parsing of styles this analysis is strictly for the passing of alan sprints he brewed on his own terms jul 20 2026 for me alan s beer was difficult a bit of an effort and that s not something that i ever wanted in most of my beer consumption of course my preferences in fact nobody s preferences were of any sensible beer talk errr yes that s exactly what i do want for all of the misery that was inflicted upon the beer world by beeradvocate back in the day in terms of beer the scene in the usa was infinitely better back then i guess that me shitting on hazy ipas which i ve been doing for many many years was precisely the correct thing to be engaged in ding may 2024 ding s rants recent and or popular posts session beer an amalgamation of years and years of thoughts never meet your heroes the death of elite beer bars in the usa come into my parlor a chat with chris bryant of parlor city more than a decade removed beeradvocate still banning legacy drinkers and the assault on belgium england and germany an englishman and a scotsman walk into a us brewery how beer is promoting community in goshen indiana fortlandia a true nano production in fort wayne indiana ding s six pack the 6 most recent reviews tipopils aug 20 2026 tastes are not especially bitter but there is a hop presence it does feel dry hopped without a doubt but to be honest the beer doesn t scream the brightness i was expecting read more strawberry rhubarb aug 18 2026 tastes are a very nice strong fruit base with some tartness up front presumably the rhubarb that fades to a sweeter mid palate and finish good fruit depth of flavor and for me at least read more oktoberfest festbier 2026 aug 16 2026 the tastes are where things start to deviate a little the malt structure is very much there among those first sips but there s no denying the that dry hopped back end and finish read more san francisco porter aug 11 2026 tastes offer a dryish lightly bitter experience that feels quite thin mouthfeel is no more than average here even a touch lower there s a really strong depth of light bitterness read more iii gravity aug 8 2026 tastes reflect some of the nose but are cleaner some apple a drying alcohol back end and some low bitterness in the mid palate quite dry has a significant vinous white grape character read more hoosier gameday lager jul 31 2026 this is a very solid beer and i ve always enjoyed drinking it but that light color for the style i can t quite get over i have a suspicion it was brewed that way on purpose read more i want to see another of ding s six packs search ding s beer reviews the past the present the future here s the complete blog archive with all of the posts from 2011 until today in addition you ll see posts broken down into more specific categories in the blog menu what kind of content can you expect here at ding s beer blog going forward what s the newer content likely to look like what kind of opinions and writing can you reasonably expect here s a heads up the past just don t frankly i ve seen it all before and i m tired of it i am not a kid either in terms of my chronological age or my beer experience there are a lot of movers and shakers in beer these days who weren t born when i was drinking bass from the wood with my dad that were in elementary school when i was traveling to belgium twice a year for beer and that were only just starting puberty when i was critiquing the fledgling us craft beer scene two decades ago don t worry i know that most of you don t care so what just don t bother me with your bs the present i ll drink almost any beer at least once but drinking something that you know that you probably won t like just because it s there or just because it s the current flavor of the month is frankly dumb what does that mean for me and dbb well likely that i m going to come down hard against hazy ipas that i ll be ultra critical of the non descript lazy fruited sours that i ll be hating on milkshake ipas and more often than not pissing all over pastry stouts i m a traditionalist a defender of classic styles and not a fickle johnny come lately the future the fort wayne north east in beer scene critiqued with the re launch of the website you ll likely find an emphasis on the beer scene in and around fort wayne and north east indiana as i get back to reviewing and commenting on the beer and the beer scene that s close to me expect to read my opinions about what s going on here but don t expect blanket praise if you re a local brewery or brewer you ll need to earn the kudos local beer is most definitely not necessarily good beer and expect no punches to be pulled no beer given a 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