BEER

[sgt.null]

free beer is always good.
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[Zarathustra]

[Prebe]

It's Britain Malik. Something IS wrong with their beer Though, I'm afraid the roots of the problem must be sought for elsewhere. But hey, this thread used to be so pleasant....
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[Zarathustra]

Prebe, at the risk of starting a flame war, I don't care too much for British (or Irish, or Scottish) beers. However, I recognize their contribution to the history of beer. Porter was invented in England. So were IPAs (Indian Pale Ales). So were bitters, pale ales, and Imperial Stouts.

However, American homebrewers have revolutionized the beer industry. They are truly the current pioneers in this hobby. Just look at the micro or craft industry started in the U.S. by homebrewers. Thousands of people experimenting one 5-gallon batch at a time. We've taken all the traditional styles and pushed them to the extreme, inventing Imperial IPAs, American Strong Ale, Wheat Wine, Imperial Porter, and many bizaare hybrids that defy categories.

But I do like Fullers. They make one of the best porters. And their Vintage Ale is excellent--though expensive ($7 per bottle).
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Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth ... Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do-back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning. -Nietzsche

[Marv]

I've never had homemade beer. I was wondering, can you put specific ingrediants in it to make it taste different? Nutmeg, ginger, lemon etc. Or is just adjusting the levels of the standard ingrediants that changes the flavour?

[danlo]

Liquid Assetts-a local micro-brew here has a line of Ambers called Isotopes (yes named after our AAA baseball team that was first named on The Simpsons) Isotope Blond is wonderful! And only $2 a glass!

If you want to have fun-find a new bartender at a fancy "pub" that serves Murphy's Irish Stout in a can and have him/her pour it for you--it'll go all over the place if they don't know how!!!

I don't know why but Carlsberg Elephant really kicks my ass! Two bottles + and I'm out of it!

I must have a cast iron liver cause I can mix drinks right and left-and it really freaks people out: Beer, JD, Wine, Beer, Tequila, Wine...I guess it's these damm Scottish genes-I had 10 beers and 15 shots of Tequila at my Bachelors party and was still standing at 5am in the morning-so they tied my shoelaces together as pushed me on the floor to try to get me to pass out

[Cail]

I deplore beer pricks.

Bud isn't the most popular beer in the world because it tastes like shite. I like all sorts of beers, but a cold Bud on a hot day is manna from Heaven.
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[danlo]

Are you calling me a "beer prick"?

[Cail]

Not at all....

Look, I'll admit, Bud isn't the best beer in the world, but I can't stand when people dis it, because, like I said, it does happen to be the most popular....
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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[sgt.null]

the best beer i have ever had was a budweiser. back in '89 after walking from chelsea to battery park in nyc. in august.
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[Zarathustra]

Cail, you can go ahead and say it, I'm a beer prick. My friends drink Miller Lite and call me a beer snob. I don't know where my obsession came from, but I absolutely LOVE beer.

[The Laughing Man]

Black and Tan, from a wooden keg, at the Renaissance Faire in San Berdo....lets just say the wenches were rubbing my sweaty nipples with ice cubes.....at the counter....now that's GOOD beer.....

[Cail]

Hey, don't get me wrong, I like a lot of the fancy, shmantzy beers. But for my "I'm hot and sweaty from cutting the grass, I need a frickin' beer" beer, I'll take an ice cold Bud or Corona before I take a triple-bock.
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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[Zarathustra]

[Marv]

man, sometimes, and i do mean sometimes, when you take that first sip and relax into a big comfy chair after a hot day you cant help but think its bloody great to be alive.

[Avatar]

[Zarathustra]

Avatar, she sounds cool. I've gotten my wife to try lambics (sour ale). While sour doesn't usually sound desirable, think Jolly Rancher candy, and you'll have a rough idea. Lambics are the perfect chic-drink. (God, I'm going to get in trouble for that!) They are usually flavored with cherries, peaches, rasberries, etc. So the sourness is tempered with a delicious sweetness and wonderful malt complexity. There is NOTHING else like them. Every time I pop one open, I have to ask myself, "This is BEER?" Yes! They are!

If you think you know what I'm talking about by trying various "fruit beers," you don't. Lambics are fermented with wild yeast naturally occuring in the Belgium air. They are unlike anything else you've ever tasted. Wild . . .
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Meaning is created internally by each individual in each specific life: any attempt at *meaning* which relies on some kind of external superstructure (God, Satan, the Creator, the Worm, whatever) for its substance misses the point (I mean the point of my story). -SRD

Remain faithful to the earth, my brothers, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth ... Do not let them fly away from earthly things and beat with their wings against eternal walls. Alas, there has always been so much virtue that has flown away. Lead back to the earth the virtue that flew away, as I do-back to the body, back to life, that it may give the earth a meaning, a human meaning. -Nietzsche

[sgt.null]

my wife does not like beer at all. but when i order a draft she always takes the first drink. it's a tradition. and i love dark beer, so she doesn't often like my choices.
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[CovenantJr]

Damn it, after reading this thread I'm really craving beer. I'm not generally much of a beer drinker, but I'm going to have to stop at the offy later.

[sgt.null]

i'll be mowing the lawn today and then anjoying a frosty glass of SHipyard Ale
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