I had to share this one...

During a major International Beer Brewers Conference, a few of the
attendees decided to step out for a few beers.
Once at the local pub, the rep for Budweiser orders a Bud.
The rep for Miller orders a Miller.
The rep for Coors orders a Coors
The rep for Heineken orders a Coke.
When asked why he ordered a Coke, he replied:
"well, you guys weren't going to be drinking beer, so I decided I
wouldn't either.

"Robatoy" wrote in message
...
I had to share this one...

During a major International Beer Brewers Conference, a few of the
attendees decided to step out for a few beers.
Once at the local pub, the rep for Budweiser orders a Bud.
The rep for Miller orders a Miller.
The rep for Coors orders a Coors
The rep for Heineken orders a Coke.
When asked why he ordered a Coke, he replied:
"well, you guys weren't going to be drinking beer, so I decided I
wouldn't either.

I'd rather have a Coke than a Heineken. Heineken is about 5% better (IMO)
than the large brand American lagers, and that isn't saying much. If you
have to have a pilsner, have a Pilsner Urquell. I stick with stouts myself.

todd

Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 7:57pm (EST-1) From:
(Todd=A0Fatheree)
"Robatoy" told a joke:
I had to share this one... snip

I don't know if things have changed, but when I was in Germany the
only time the Germans would drink Heineken was during Oktoberfest. When
they'd ran out of every other kind of beer.

I used to drink "green hornets" during happy hour. Because they
cost a dime, and I coult think about all the people in the States paying
maybe $1.75-2.00 for one. Then after happy hour, I'd switch back to
German brew. The dark is better than the light. Phillippine brew is
good.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

In article ,
(J T) wrote:

Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 7:57pm (EST-1) From:
(Todd*Fatheree)
"Robatoy" told a joke:
I had to share this one... snip

I don't know if things have changed, but when I was in Germany the
only time the Germans would drink Heineken was during Oktoberfest. When
they'd ran out of every other kind of beer.

I used to drink "green hornets" during happy hour. Because they
cost a dime, and I coult think about all the people in the States paying
maybe $1.75-2.00 for one. Then after happy hour, I'd switch back to
German brew. The dark is better than the light. Phillippine brew is
good.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold


I don't drink Heineken either...it tastes skunky to me.
My preference in order:
Grolsch
Sleeman's Honey Brown
Alexander Keith's

But I'd rather drink Heineken than VB or Foster's. That Aussie beer has
something wrong with it. I drank a flat (24) with a ladyfriend over
there and I got a bit spinny....

0¿0

Rob

Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 12:53am (Robatoy) says:
I don't drink Heineken either...snip

There's a reason those countries label tbe beer they export -
export beer. They don't consider it worth drinking themselves.



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Robatoy wrote:

I don't drink Heineken either...it tastes skunky to me.

Yeah, very. Bleah.

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In article ,
says...
My preference in order:
Grolsch
Sleeman's Honey Brown
Alexander Keith's



Mine:
any porter
any stout
Newcastle brown ale.
Dopplebock

The darker the color, the better the beer :-).

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

In article ,
(J T) wrote:

Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 12:53am (Robatoy) says:
I don't drink Heineken either...snip

There's a reason those countries label tbe beer they export -
export beer. They don't consider it worth drinking themselves.


Good point. When in Oz, the guys I partied with, would never drink
Fosters. "We don't drink that rot over here, mate. We ship that crappola
overseas!"
But they drank that VB...*shudder*

Since we are talking about "thinkin' fluid"....
Try Spaten Optimator.
Man can live on beer alone, as long as it's thick and dark.
I can't promise any weight loss on the Hydraulic Diet, but it sure
tastes good.
Spaten has been in the brew biz since the 14th century, they have had a
lot of practice.

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
In article
says...
My preference in order:
Grolsch
Sleeman's Honey Brown
Alexander Keith's



Mine:
any porter
any stout
Newcastle brown ale.
Dopplebock

The darker the color, the better the beer :-).

Funny how beer snobbery is regional. When I was in Northern Territories of
Australia in the 60's "real men" would only drink "Swan Lager"; in London
shortly thereafter it was "Watney's Red Barrel"; and when in Yorkshire this
past summer, apparently the only beer a "real man" would dare drink was
"Ward's" ... all good beers.

My SIL, a 14 stone Yorkshire rugby player, and not overly fond of 'yanks'
despite the fact that he married one, acted surprised that I liked "Wards".
I offered him, only half-jokingly, the opportunity to try and kick my ass if
he thought there was any doubt I was serious (we'd had a more than a few
Ward's by then) ... he declined.

Good to know my daughter picked an intelligent individual to father my
grandkids.

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In article ,
"Swingman" wrote:

Funny how beer snobbery is regional.

I have decided that the best beer is going to be my next beer.
No matter where I might be at the time.

0¿0

Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 5:26pm (EST-3)
(Larry=A0Blanchard) asks:
snip What region am I being snobbish about?

For sure it isn't France. Got to be the universe's worst beer. A
burp for every swallow. But, what else can you expect from someone that
think's mimes are great theater, and love Jerry Lewis?



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

In article , says...
Mine:
any porter
any stout
Newcastle brown ale.
Dopplebock

The darker the color, the better the beer :-).

Funny how beer snobbery is regional.

There are great porters and stouts from the US. As good or better than
Guinness which is nonetheless very good. Newcastle brown ale is, of
course, from England, and dopplebock is from Germany.

What region am I being snobbish about?


--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

In article ,
Larry Blanchard wrote:

In article ,
says...
My preference in order:
Grolsch
Sleeman's Honey Brown
Alexander Keith's



Mine:
any porter
any stout
Newcastle brown ale.
Dopplebock

The darker the color, the better the beer :-).

I can go a Newcastle Brown now and then.
I have the odd Guiness as well.
I got pleasantly sauced in UK many times. One time, in April, there was
a limited edition draught called Watney's Winter Warmer. That was very
interesting. I remember trying to re-write the Magna Carta...
As I said.. the best beer is the next beer.

*¿*

Rob

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:52:18 -0500, the inscrutable Robatoy
spake:

In article ,
(J T) wrote:

Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 12:53am (Robatoy) says:
I don't drink Heineken either...snip

There's a reason those countries label tbe beer they export -
export beer. They don't consider it worth drinking themselves.

Good point. When in Oz, the guys I partied with, would never drink
Fosters. "We don't drink that rot over here, mate. We ship that crappola
overseas!"
But they drank that VB...*shudder*

Please, oh, please! Don't tell me that's Vegemite Beer.

--
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Junkyard Jim wrote:
Since we are talking about "thinkin' fluid"....
Try Spaten Optimator.
Man can live on beer alone, as long as it's thick and dark.
I can't promise any weight loss on the Hydraulic Diet, but it sure
tastes good.
Spaten has been in the brew biz since the 14th century, they have had
a
lot of practice.

I don't want to wash the sawdust down after a hard day with a beer they
serve by the slice g. Particularly at room temperature. Time and
place for everything, though, right?

-Phil Crow

J T wrote:
Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 5:26pm (EST-3)
(Larry Blanchard) asks:
snip What region am I being snobbish about?

For sure it isn't France. Got to be the universe's worst beer. A
burp for every swallow. But, what else can you expect from someone that
think's mimes are great theater, and love Jerry Lewis?



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

Oddly enough Belgium, right next store has _great_ beer -- in fact a lot
of different kinds of them.

--RC

"Rick Cook" wrote in message
k.net...
J T wrote:
Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 5:26pm (EST-3)
(Larry Blanchard) asks:
snip What region am I being snobbish about? For sure it isn't France.
Got to be the universe's worst beer. A
burp for every swallow. But, what else can you expect from someone that
think's mimes are great theater, and love Jerry Lewis?



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. - David
Fasold

Oddly enough Belgium, right next store has _great_ beer -- in fact a lot
of different kinds of them.

--RC

C'mon Rick, try to get it right. It's "neck store". Why, I've seen some
fools use "next door", HAH!, what fools.

"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message

I said:

Funny how beer snobbery is regional.

What region am I being snobbish about?

None that I saw from you, as the remark was neither directed at you, nor
your beer choices ... but you certainly can't argue with the premise.
Remember the 'cachet' of the horse **** known as "Coors", when you could
_only_ buy it in Colorado?

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Larry Blanchard wrote:
Mine:
any porter
any stout
Newcastle brown ale.
Dopplebock

Hummm::
Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale
Martsons Old Empire
Old Luxters Jubilee Ale
George Gales HSB (Horndean Special Bitter)

http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/ and search for fagan under reviewer.

Niel.

Sun, Feb 13, 2005, 9:11pm (EST+5) (Badger)
says:
Hummm::
Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale
Martsons Old Empire
Old Luxters Jubilee Ale
George Gales HSB (Horndean Special Bitter)
http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/ and search for fagan under reviewer.

OK, my all time favorite.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofal...RLDFAMOUSBEER/



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
- David Fasold

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:57:35 -0600, "Todd Fatheree"
wrote:

"Robatoy" wrote in message
...
I had to share this one...

During a major International Beer Brewers Conference, a few of the
attendees decided to step out for a few beers.
Once at the local pub, the rep for Budweiser orders a Bud.
The rep for Miller orders a Miller.
The rep for Coors orders a Coors
The rep for Heineken orders a Coke.
When asked why he ordered a Coke, he replied:
"well, you guys weren't going to be drinking beer, so I decided I
wouldn't either.

I'd rather have a Coke than a Heineken. Heineken is about 5% better (IMO)
than the large brand American lagers, and that isn't saying much. If you
have to have a pilsner, have a Pilsner Urquell. I stick with stouts myself.

I agree- Heineken is some skunky stuff. Personally, I like Bass Ale
when I do drink (not so often these days)


Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

Somebody wrote:

I agree- Heineken is some skunky stuff.

You would dare such sacrilege about "The Little Greenie"



I've actually increased my drinking lately - from one drink a day (wine
with a meal) to two (a shot of Scotch in my tea). When warm weather
gets here I'll replace the Scotch with stout :-).

Lots less than I drank in my younger days, but now they say a little
alcohol is good for you (2 a day for men, 1 for women).

It's not often something pleasant to drink is declared good for you. I
really hate 1% and skim milk :-).

I practice rather a strict ritual regarding liquids entering my body
that I describe as "THE TEMPLE".

From the time I get up in the morning until noon, it is black coffee.

From noon until 5:00 PM, it is skim milk. (Butter fat I don't need)

After 5:00 PM, it is either beer or single malt scotch with or without
Drambuie. (I love "Rusty Nails", "Bloomer Dropers" or "Knuckle Heads"
which are all names for the same thing)

You will see that nowhere will you find what I call "Whale Juice", AKA:
Sugar water with carbonation.

If it works for you, you are welcome to use it.

If it doesn't.....

Lew

In article , Larry Blanchard wrote:

Lots less than I drank in my younger days, but now they say a little
alcohol is good for you (2 a day for men, 1 for women).

Ayup. Friend of mine from church is a pathologist. He says they never, *ever*
see coronary artery disease in alcoholics -- do a post on a 70-year-old
alcoholic, and his heart looks like a teenager's. However, the liver, spleen,
kidneys, and brain are a different story.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?

In article ,
says...
I agree- Heineken is some skunky stuff. Personally, I like Bass Ale
when I do drink (not so often these days)

I've actually increased my drinking lately - from one drink a day (wine
with a meal) to two (a shot of Scotch in my tea). When warm weather
gets here I'll replace the Scotch with stout :-).

Lots less than I drank in my younger days, but now they say a little
alcohol is good for you (2 a day for men, 1 for women).

It's not often something pleasant to drink is declared good for you. I
really hate 1% and skim milk :-).

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

In article ,
Larry Jaques wrote:

Please, oh, please! Don't tell me that's Vegemite Beer.

LOL...noo...it is Victoria Bitter

Vegemite Beer....wait till I forward this one...VBG

In article t,
Lew Hodgett wrote:

[snipperectomy]

After 5:00 PM, it is either beer or single malt scotch with or without
Drambuie. (I love "Rusty Nails", "Bloomer Dropers" or "Knuckle Heads"
which are all names for the same thing)

We call those Kilt Lifters around here...great at breakfast.

Swingman wrote:
"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message


I said:


Funny how beer snobbery is regional.


What region am I being snobbish about?


None that I saw from you, as the remark was neither directed at you, nor
your beer choices ... but you certainly can't argue with the premise.
Remember the 'cachet' of the horse **** known as "Coors", when you could
_only_ buy it in Colorado?

To be perfectly accurate, you could buy that horse **** in most of the
Western states. We could get it here in Arizona, for example.

The favorite swill of the young and the clueless when I was growing up.

--RC (who acquired a taste for Guiness at a very early age.)

good ol' Bob wrote:
"Rick Cook" wrote in message
k.net...

J T wrote:

Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 5:26pm (EST-3)
(Larry Blanchard) asks:
snip What region am I being snobbish about? For sure it isn't France.
Got to be the universe's worst beer. A
burp for every swallow. But, what else can you expect from someone that
think's mimes are great theater, and love Jerry Lewis?



JOAT
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. - David
Fasold


Oddly enough Belgium, right next store has _great_ beer -- in fact a lot
of different kinds of them.

--RC


C'mon Rick, try to get it right. It's "neck store". Why, I've seen some
fools use "next door", HAH!, what fools.


blush
--RC

Rick Cook wrote:
The favorite swill of the young and the clueless when I was growing up.

--RC (who acquired a taste for Guiness at a very early age.)


Having traveled to the beautiful city of Dublin at an earlier age doing research
for the (no ****!) "Ethnography of the Irish Pub", a guided independent study I
undertook in college, I have observed the River Liffe which flows through that
city. Reminding me muchly of the pristine waters of Boston harbor before the
cleanup, you couldn't pay me to drink that stuff. I've been to the Guiness
brewery in Dublin and despite all denials, swear they draw their water from the
Liffe. Look at their stout; you can practically see the chunks floating in it!

Try Harp Lager instead. It tastes great, enlarges ones testicles, and won't gag
a maggot. Trust me.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
Rick Cook wrote:

The favorite swill of the young and the clueless when I was growing up.

--RC (who acquired a taste for Guiness at a very early age.)



Having traveled to the beautiful city of Dublin at an earlier age doing research
for the (no ****!) "Ethnography of the Irish Pub", a guided independent study I
undertook in college, I have observed the River Liffe which flows through that
city. Reminding me muchly of the pristine waters of Boston harbor before the
cleanup, you couldn't pay me to drink that stuff. I've been to the Guiness
brewery in Dublin and despite all denials, swear they draw their water from the
Liffe. Look at their stout; you can practically see the chunks floating in it!

Try Harp Lager instead. It tastes great, enlarges ones testicles, and won't gag
a maggot. Trust me.




You forgot the seagulls, which **** in the river. Since they drive away
pigeons, the statutes in downtown Dublin are remarkably clean.

Harp ain't bad, but I'll take a good, strong stout or porter any day.

--RC

"Rick Cook" wrote in message
news
Swingman wrote:
"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message


I said:


Funny how beer snobbery is regional.


What region am I being snobbish about?


None that I saw from you, as the remark was neither directed at you, nor
your beer choices ... but you certainly can't argue with the premise.
Remember the 'cachet' of the horse **** known as "Coors", when you could
_only_ buy it in Colorado?

To be perfectly accurate, you could buy that horse **** in most of the
Western states. We could get it here in Arizona, for example.

The favorite swill of the young and the clueless when I was growing up.

Hell, there was nothing worth speaking of _West_ of Texas when I was
growing up.

We had three kinds of young men at A&M while it was still all male back in
the early 60's: Them that made it down to Mexico to buy drugs, drink Dos
Equis and get laid once a month; the business majors who never got laid
because they were too busy driving to Colorado to buy Coors for resale to
the teasips up in Austin; and us Engineers, who drank Pearl and drove to La
Grange three times a week to get laid at what became known as the "Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas", for a total outlay of $18 ... times were hard
and so were we.

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:54:20 -0500, the inscrutable Robatoy
spake:

In article ,
Larry Jaques wrote:

Please, oh, please! Don't tell me that's Vegemite Beer.

LOL...noo...it is Victoria Bitter

Vegemite Beer....wait till I forward this one...VBG

shrug Both sound disgusting. Since I quit drinking, I often
smell beer on someone's breath and wonder "How did I -ever-
palate that stuff? ICK!"


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Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:


Having traveled to the beautiful city of Dublin at an earlier age doing research
for the (no ****!) "Ethnography of the Irish Pub", a guided independent study I
undertook in college, I have observed the River Liffe which flows through that
city. Reminding me muchly of the pristine waters of Boston harbor before the
cleanup, you couldn't pay me to drink that stuff. I've been to the Guiness
brewery in Dublin and despite all denials, swear they draw their water from the
Liffe. Look at their stout; you can practically see the chunks floating in it!

I used to like Heineken.

Then I took a business trip to Amsterdam. On my spare weekend I took a canal tour
of the city. Saw the Anne Frank house and lots of other historic places. The thing
that shocked me was how polluted the canals were. I was mentioning this to a friend
while we were riding along when we turned the corner of a canal and saw the Heineken
brewery (one of them? I have no idea if they have more than one).

I really doubt the Heineken brewery uses water from the canal. But since then
whenever I see their green bottles in the store, I think of the canals and reach for
something else.

Lately, I've been pretty fond of the Missoula Brewing Companies "Moose Drool".
Wouldn't have tried it, but my six-yearold liked the label and insisted we buy it.
Dang that kid has good tastes in beer ;-)


--
Frank Stutzman

Badger wrote:


Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale

I'd never order that in public. Every time I try to say it,
it comes out wrong.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Never let your willpower get the best
of you.





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On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:58:23 -0500, Gerald Ross wrote:
Badger wrote:


Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale

I'd never order that in public. Every time I try to say it,
it comes out wrong.

Especially after the first one?

In article ,
says...
Lately, I've been pretty fond of the Missoula Brewing Companies "Moose Drool".
Wouldn't have tried it, but my six-yearold liked the label and insisted we buy it.
Dang that kid has good tastes in beer ;-)

That IS really good stuff. It's even available at a fair number of
places here in Spokane, since Missoula isn't that far away.

--
Homo sapiens is a goal, not a description

Rick Cook wrote in
et:

Harp ain't bad, but I'll take a good, strong stout or porter any day.

If you like stouts and porters, try the microbrews from Bridgeport ... they
have a good Porter and a fair stout (marketed as "Black Strap Stout").

If you have a few extra bucks, Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter (from England)
is a great brew.

"Gerald Ross" wrote in message
...
Badger wrote:


Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale

I'd never order that in public. Every time I try to say it,
it comes out wrong.


Ah yes. The difference between a tribe of pygmies and a women's track
team....

Gerald Ross wrote:
Badger wrote:
Ballards Cunning Stunts Strong Ale


I'd never order that in public. Every time I try to say it, it comes out
wrong.

Twas a limited edition English civil war regt. beer, I have one still
waiting for me, along with a Bass yeast beasts brew, for the restart of
my homebrewery....I need that good yeast!