No that is a flavor that appeals to nobody.
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I like IPAs but i do find that most in the market are nothing special, and the ones that go extra strong on the hops use inferior ingredients and mask it it with the hoppy flavor. I typically avoid most IPAs unless its a brewery i know does high quality beers. I don’t drink beer often so i splurge on the really nice stuff when something catches my eye.
Also on the beer nuts thing, i would try it on a lark. I don’t think it’d come out tasting bad necessarily, it’d depend on what elements a master brewer decides to highlight. An extra nutty beer with a slight sweet and saltiness would be something i’d try.
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Precisely. That and a lot of styles are way above the capabilities of most brewers. Trying out mixed cultures when you have fundamental contamination and handling issues? No thanks.
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I was just reading the reviews for this because I was looking for another beer that uses actual donuts in the mash. They were pretty universally in agreement with you.
ETA: Per your convo with @scottslemmons about their IT listing. Years ago a friend of mine was their distiller (founding distiller I might add) and I was complaining about my entry level salary of ca.$32K. He said that he made far less working for them despite a) creating their distilling program b) winning numerous awards for his innovation and c) having a degree that in any other field would start him at $60K. A few months later I was sort-of offered his position after he left. Knowing that a nationally-distributed company didn’t bother to pay their people a reasonable wage was enough for me to walk without question.
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It was horrifying. The thing is i bought it even after i saw the negative reviews, i thought to myself “It couldn’t possibly be THAT bad” and because i was amused by the weirdness of the theme of the beer.
When i tried it i instantly got an intense migraine, i got maybe 3 sips in when i had to stop. I didn’t want to waste the beer because i had spent like 12 bucks on it so i used it in a slow cooker with beans and the end result was great but its not something i would ever want to experience again.
About you friend, the distiller, that’s incredibly disheartening. A master distiller is a rare thing and not paying their worth is egregious though the same thing goes for any position really… if it takes knowledge and skill pay them a living wage.
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Unfortunately, distilling is in that phase where pretty much everyone has less than 10 yrs under their belts, the “entrepreneurs” think they were solely responsible for any success and the industry average pay is horrifying, so there’s no scarcity. It’s shameful. Most of the best talent has left the industry because there is no second tier.
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This whole thing sounds vaguely like video games 20 years ago - no one knows what anyone is worth, and there’s a kind of attitude that if you don’t like the job, someone fresh out of university will be begging to take it for even less money because it’s a “cool” industry
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I suspect a lot of employers think they can hire someone fresh out of college, pay them a lot less than they’re worth, get rid of them when they have a few years of experience and start asking for more money, and start over with more new college students.
And unfortunately, a lot of new college grads may not realize they’re allowed to get paid what they’re worth and/or not devote every waking hour to doing all the tasks their managers demand. 
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The first three paragraphs could be distilled down to “Wanted: Sucker!”
I imagine they have to post this about once a year when their previous IT rube burns out or finds they can’t afford to live in Portland on that salary.
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Turns out it was a (bad) joke, whew!
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Yeah, but right under it says:
“SAMPLE PRODUCT - NOT FOR RETAIL SALE”
Spoken like somebody who I would never ask to shop for me. Or who I would always ask to shop for me. Depending on which way you mean that.
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This reads like the start of an episode of a crime drama. “Hardcore unemployables”?! Do they want to hire a homeless guy because they think they can beat him to death without anybody noticing?
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" Remember how you used to sort through bowls of your favorite breakfast cereal to separate the marshmallows from the cereal? "
Nope, never had mornings like that growing up. Parents wouldn’t buy cereal that was mainly sugar. Puff Wheat or Oatmeal.
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How is this not the first response? I am disappoint (and old).
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Dear Sweet Baby Cthulhu! That sounds absolutely terrible.
See Cosmonaut Beer (made with freeze dried ice cream)
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/carton-cosmonaut/313780/
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You win the internets today!
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In my professional capacity as fungus I can’t really argue against turning sugars into ethanol; so I’ll give the inputs a pass; but I’m free to recommend purifying the results until your mistakes are removed. And I do.
I’m sure that ‘lucky charms neutral spirit’ is functionally indistinguishable from saner alternatives like grain neutral spirit; which makes that the best path out of this particular predicament. Dilute and mix to taste if you prefer, obviously, but the purification step is essential in this case.
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