Ballast Point YellowTail Pale Ale

Damn it if that's not the longest titty of a title for a beer. And damn it all if this isn't one of the most overrated beers that I've had in a while.

The YellowTail Pale Ale isn't awful, just like cookies with raisins aren't awful. There's some good in there, but the fact that some squirrel dick put raisins in an otherwise delicious cookie, ruins a good thing. I'll add to the fact that Ballast Point mislabeled their beer:

• The YellowTail is made with German hops used in a typical Kölsch.
• The beer uses German malts to create the 11-16 range gravity defined for a Kölsch.
• This "Pale Ale" is warm-fermented and then cold-conditioned...guess what...just like a Kölsch.

This is a Kölsch in my mind. It tastes like a Kölsch. I like typing Kölsch. So go Kölsch yourself. I don't know if Ballast Point would name their Kölsch after a fish. For some reason a pale ale is fitting for a fish...maybe because it's more bitter. But this isn't bitter. 

The YellowTail is having an identity crisis. But you will be disappointed if you were actually hoping for an ale. So, go on, drink this lie of a beer. Just like those raisin cookie inventors are lying treat-bakers.

And he hits a nubber back to the pitcher...

What do you say now?!

In the sport of baseball, there exists a routine of sayings and idioms that are meant to encourage your teammates. Outside of the context of the game, these phrases can be interpreted as anything from an insane person's babble to sexual innuendos. In fact, only ball players or people very close to the game will read or hear these lines and know exactly what it is referring to.

Here is a list of some of the sayings I'm referring to...feel free to add your own sexual metaphors:

"Rip his tits!"

"Good eye"

"Pound that zone!"

"He's throwin gas"

"Hey that's not yours! Leave that alone"

"Eat it!"

"Protect up there"

"Way to battle up there!"

"Get out ball!"

"I like it there, keep it down there"

"Come on man, touch em all"

"Look alive out there"

"Now you've seen it"

"Sit on it now"

"That's trouble!"

"Hey, straighten that out"

"That was right down the cock!"

"Stay hot"

"Hey good idea there"

"He's gotta come to you now"

"Way to get your hand in there!"

"Hey lets get a base-knock here"

"Throw him some cheese!"

"You've got the come-backer"

"Roll it up the middle"

"Throw him a chair"

"Boy he fisted him good!"