Okay, let's start with the second point. You're right, when they went to the new system, the character of all the beers changed, in my opinion they got lighter, spritzier, less characterful. Hard for any brewery to correct for a change in equipment, I suppose. But my take on a lot of GLB's beers right from the beginning has been kind of the opposite, that they were generally a little too big and heavy for the style. (Really stuck out more in the early days.) This still irks me with Conway's and Oktoberfest. Styles you expect to be sessionable, and sometimes one is enough!
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