The changing content is a good point.

I think the idea behind less strongly flavoured beers is getting people to drink 12 of them.

That said, the split-monopoly between Diageo and Heineken is slowly subsiding in Ireland now, and there’s a great selection out there.
Galway Hooker is a delicious one. I still like Guinness, too, though.

The nitrogen gas comes into contact with the drink as it’s being poured, the stout and the nitrogen are separate until the drink leaves it’s keg, propelled by the pressure of the nitrogen gas. Nitrogen is a lot less reactive than CO2, so I don’t know how much you’d taste it. The air around us is mostly nitrogen, and it’s not very flavoursome.

I like JW the same way I like Heineken or Pabst, and I’m a beer enthusiast – kinda the way I’ll east at Subway or Wendy’s. 

But if I’m buying I wont buy Heiny or JW any more, not for a long time as there are better choices like as you said, such as J & B. I too am finding a lot of interesting non-Scotch whiskys. 

I’ve never tried Hellyers Road (IIRC), I’ll be sure to check it out.

Then again…why not…just have…a url?

It’s only one example, and a very niche use at that– but I think it demonstrates the potential of QR, as a way for people to quickly share complex information.

Personally I rarely drink Scotch these days. I’m getting much more enjoyment of sampling whisky’s from other parts of the world. 

I’d recommend the Hellyers Road slightly peated for something quite delicious.

Yes, you’re right about the three-year thing….I used to have an friend who had an acquaintance who had a friend in Scotland mail him actual unaged proto-Scotch directly from the source. The only thing I know about him is that his dad (or dad in-law?) worked there. 
I have heard something about actual unaged would-be-Scotch being sold somewhere in the U.S. as Scottish moonshine but I don’t remember where I heard this.

/edit/ Just remembered, then looked it up. It’s called ‘new make’ in the U.K. It’s legal to sell, but it just can’t be called Scotch on the label.

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At least they’re de facto open source, and not some BS proprietary charge by use thing.

i am completely serious, but i also enjoy: sam smith’s oatmeal and (believe it or not) sam adams imperial (same style and abv as bklyn chocolate). unfortunately the sam adams is also seasonal.

stout is a good beer to be adventurous with. it’s hard to really screw up… unless you’re diageo. :-/

That sounds less “feature-rich” than it does “trojan.”