Hey Reel Stew:
Black Butte Porter and "tobacco spit" used in the same sentence??!!? Bite your lip!!
I don't own stock in Deshutes, but I probably should!
Preppie-yuppie stuff??!!
My ancestors (Irish) were brewing good beer only about 400 years before the word "yuppie" was ever used... you'll learn, someday, that REAL beer is made from malt, hops, water, yeast... and nothing else... no fri**in rice syrup, no extra crap... and I disagree with escapee, the rice beers give me a way worse hangover than micro-brews.
I also agree with Strike Zone, though... I'll take a whiskey on the rocks before a beer anyday.

-N.