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You know what they say... watch probably way too much “effi n’” Gordon Ramsay EXECUTIVE EDITOR for my own good.1 I know I say “basil,” “shallots” DEREK BUONO A PHRASE I OVER USE... and “shit” entirely way too much. Since I began my You’re a douche! A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... overindulgence into his world, I’ve learned a lot of Your money is no good here. things. I now look at restaurants more closely and pay A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... It is what it is. I (what the hell is “it”?) attention to their cleanliness, I’m less impressed by food and I think we tend to over-complicate things to make them ART DIRECTOR JOANNA BUONO 2 more appealing. A PHRASE I OVER USE... One of these days... A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... In his show Kitchen Nightmares Ramsay goes to restaurants that are failing and tries to Hey thanks! A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... Would you like to turn them around. One of their common plagues, aside from terrible food, is that many Super-Size that? At least when it’s referring to food. places try to be upscale by serving overly complicated dishes that are over-garnished and combine too many fl avors. He refers to this as dated ’80s and ’90s cooking.3 SENIOR GRAPHIC ARTIST DAVE PALACIOS A PHRASE I OVER USE... I don’t think I have an answer. I think some beers might be going this direction and I think the beer geeks who dictate A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... It’s on the house. Free stuff is always good. 4 high-end beer might be guiding the new drinkers along that route too. Most of the A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... It’s more of a text reviews I read about beer don’t give the simple beers much respect; they tend to award phrase, but “LOL” needs to go away. No body ever really Laughs Out Loud... do they? the beers that have a spice rack of fl avors mixed with a candy store and fruit stand the highest praise. Don’t get me wrong. I’m in love with heavy, thick stouts; imperial porters; BEER DRINKING ARTIST MIKE MCMAHON IPAs of all kinds and everything in between; but we’ve reviewed a few beers recently A PHRASE I OVER USE... It is what it is. (Well “it” is that were refreshingly simple. Sometimes I don’t want to sit there and ponder what I can what “it” is) A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... Thanks “fi nd” in the fl avor of my beer, I just want a beer that tastes good and is refreshing. Beer for being you. What would a Wu-Tang inspired beer have in it? What would a Wu-Tang geeks (afi cionados) seem to sort of drink one of these “simple beers” and just say it’s A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... anything using the words: ciabatta bread, going green and hardcore. average. Well, sometimes I think average hits the spot and quenches your thirst.5 I think it’s okay for a coffee porter to basically just have coffee fl avor. It doesn’t need chocolate, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER CARL HYNDMAN espresso, caramel, vanilla and every sweet/bitter fl avor under A PHRASE I OVER USE... What comes before part b? Partah! the sun. While it’s interesting, we might be dating A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... ourselves with wanting a cornucopia We’ve decided to give you a raise. of fl avors in a drink. So if you’re A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... Time to step it up and put your best foot forward. a drinker or brewer, think about if you’re just adding CONTRIBUTING EDITOR BRAD RUPPERT a list of ingredients that A PHRASE I OVER USE... Is a frog’s ass water tight? could out-spice India and A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... I was remember that sometimes drunker than 10 Indians. A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... No I won’t have just simple, good ingredients sex with you. and brewing make great, simple, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ROB STERKLE amazing beers.6 A PHRASE I OVER USE... Cool. A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... Beer me! A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... Thinking Godspeed, outside the box. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR JAY BROOKS A PHRASE I OVER USE... Beauty, eh. Derek Buono A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... Can I Executive Editor buy you a beer? [email protected] A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... Would you buy me a beer? CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 1. 4. GEOFF COZINE I think it’s taking the piss out of me—see, I’m Euro now! Not that there’s anything wrong with making those, we just have A PHRASE I OVER USE... “In a nutshell” (Let’s face it. It to remember that some people don’t want that. rarely is with me.) 2. Like girls who wear too much makeup or guys driving expensive A PHRASE I THINK SHOULD BE USED MORE... cars and wearing gold rings and necklaces. 5. A simple bock, pilsner, pale ale or even the “taboo” light lager are You want fries with that? (At the bank... church... proctologist’s?) very refreshing on hot days. 3. Is it a strange coincidence that many brewers and beer geeks A PHRASE I WISH WOULD GO AWAY... The government came into their beer-maturity in that era? Is that like wearing a 6.