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Post by Phalon on Feb 24, 2007 8:09:16 GMT -6
We had dinner at a friend's last night. My friend's hubs is not a beer Connie Sewer, but rather, a will-try-any-beer-that-looks-interesting-at-least-once type sewer - which is where some of these beers should be poured.
He gave me a black currant beer from Belgium - a Cassis Limbec, which I think, translates into "limber up your chassis" or something; I can't remember in my currant state. Deep knee bends and squat thrusts required before drinking. Dark colored - like red wine but with a frothy head - frothy heads are alway fun, leaving residue mustaches to be slowly licked. Very fruity; heavy but good. Made with "wild wheat", and how is that different from tamed wheat?
Last night, his exotic, but cheap....bought at street corners, in dark alleys, and in car backseats....choice of beer was, "In Heat Wheat". There's that "wild wheat" again, sowing it's wild oats, (that's a weird saying - if wild oats are sowed, aren't they tame?). The label had a female dog surrounded by a bunch of drooling male dogs. The dogs.
After dinner, coffee and Baileys....with amaretto and Kahlua, (how's that spelled?), and whipped cream.
At that point, I didn't even mind the coffee was decaf.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Feb 25, 2007 10:05:13 GMT -6
Can someone explain that nasty strawberry tequilla stuff?
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Post by Gabbin on Feb 25, 2007 23:05:38 GMT -6
There should be no strawbs in tequila. The worms don't like it, and neither do I. The only explanation I can give is bad bartending. Let me talk to them.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Feb 25, 2007 23:10:20 GMT -6
Good good...I can trust you to take care of that then? Nasty stuff....must be someone's idea of a joke.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 26, 2007 8:15:41 GMT -6
I think it's the FDA's idea to supplement that "7 a day" fruit and veggie requirement. Or is it five? Whichever, the artificial strawberry flavor additive is sure to get people thinking they're getting another serving of fruit; check it off your daily intake list.
Actually - strawberry tequila probably meets all requirements for the food groups. Grain of some sort, fruit, meat, (the worm), and dairy.....which comes from falling on your dairyere after a couple shots of the stuff.
I never drink tequila. This might have something to do with dancing on a bar table somewhere in Europe the one time I did do shots of it. No derriere falling involved; I think I remember diving headfirst onto the floor.
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Post by Gabbin on Feb 26, 2007 23:33:38 GMT -6
On it, Scrap.
Gams, I have absolutely no problem with imagining you doing that.
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Post by lolapunk on Feb 26, 2007 23:44:17 GMT -6
You know why the guy threw his wife off the cliff, don't you? Tequila. Enough said.
My favorite beerish beverage of the moment is a pirate beer. Half yellow beer, half tomato juice, juice from half a fresh squeezed lime and a salted rim on the pint glass. I'm addicted.
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Post by Gabbin on Feb 27, 2007 22:47:12 GMT -6
Perhaps she was mocking him...or her name was Ms. Mockingbird.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Feb 28, 2007 23:07:39 GMT -6
Bet you look swell with an eyepatch, LOL. But you won't get scurvy. Maeve You suppose she stuffed the oranges under her arms?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Mar 1, 2007 22:42:52 GMT -6
Carrot juice and lemon vodka?
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Post by Phalon on Mar 2, 2007 8:31:32 GMT -6
You guys are missing the obvious: Mad Dog 20/20 served in the local beta caroteen from prescription glasses. It'll make you see double.
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Post by fallenangel on Mar 2, 2007 8:46:06 GMT -6
This is true. I should know. Lets just say Mad Dog 20/20 BITES you when you least expect it.
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Post by Gabbin on Mar 2, 2007 20:38:09 GMT -6
I should have known we would get to Mad Dog faster than you can say...lay in the gutter.
Oh, how I love screw top wines.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Mar 2, 2007 23:05:12 GMT -6
I'm trying not to puke just thinking about it. Right up there with Boon's Farm....
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Post by Gabbin on Mar 9, 2007 23:24:48 GMT -6
My eternal virus is making me so not want to drink. I shall have to binge once cured and then I will have something to talk about. Whoo ha.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 10, 2007 1:10:40 GMT -6
Oh, Gabbin. Sorry for your eternal internal sickness. Here, a Harvey Headbanger on me. Knock the sickness right outta ya. Or deaden your hearing.
After juggling three kids, two cats, a few phone calls, and trying to write an article I promised to a newsletter which I should not have....my arms are tired, and the cats terrified.
No, no, no...Hubs made me a drink - my favorite frou-frouish thingy of which I don't know if it has a name or not. I shall call it Absolut, Cranberry Juice, and Seven-Up, which is a quite fitting name, I think.
And now, I think, I shall go to bed.
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Post by Gabbin on Mar 10, 2007 13:41:00 GMT -6
Maybe you could call it The Multi-tasker.
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Post by Gabbin on Mar 17, 2007 3:52:32 GMT -6
I need a beer, a Guinness, warm and dark. Anyone?
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Post by Phalon on Mar 28, 2007 22:48:20 GMT -6
Bartender/Housekeeping Tip Number One:
To remove a felt-tip marker stain, rub it with vodka then rinse with warm water.
Makes ya wonder what kind of party this handy trick was figured out at.
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Post by Gabbin on Apr 2, 2007 22:31:41 GMT -6
Mine, it was figured out at one of my ragers.
My Oregon pal wanted choco beer, that wierd stuff I discussed earlier. I forgot it. I should have brought it and shaken it and opened it on her for having me drive an unworkable CD player. Tortrurama, mama.
I need to think of a new thing to research. Maybe tequila. Oh, do I hear groans from memory lane?
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Post by Phalon on Apr 4, 2007 21:52:10 GMT -6
<groan> Only one - because I can only remember drinking tequila once. That was enough. I danced down memory lane and crashed and burned after taking a wrong turn at the Point of No Return.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 10, 2007 13:24:53 GMT -6
Did we cover that icky strawberry stuff?
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Post by Phalon on Apr 12, 2007 21:23:15 GMT -6
What icky strawberry stuff - there is too much ick out there, and without more to go on I've got no idea to what ick you're referring. I need another clue.
Is it bigger than a breadbox?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 12, 2007 21:58:47 GMT -6
Depends on what size bottle.....(ohohohohoh I just had an idea for another game.....) Let me help you out...it's pink...and supposed to be creamy...wait....it's liquid and pink and creamy....uh...ok...I give up.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 13, 2007 20:08:23 GMT -6
Got it - icky pink and creamy liquid.
Pepto Bismol.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 13, 2007 23:18:24 GMT -6
Close but not quite...think strawberry not peppermint.....
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Post by Phalon on Jun 3, 2007 22:00:59 GMT -6
Never did figure out the icky strawberry stuff of which you spoke, Scrappy. How come artificially flavored, fake tasting strawberry stuff never tastes anything like a strawberry?
Hubs and I, a while ago, were flipping through the channels on television....or rather, he was flipping through the channels while I was trying to watch television. On the Food Channel was a show about home-made beer, and Hubs commented it'd be fun to try.
Cool. Great. Perfect Father's Day Gift....because, uhm...nothing says Happy Father's Day like beer. (eye-roll)
I ordered a kit today; it comes with everything needed to make two cases of premium home brew: a 6.5 gallon ale pail, drilled & grommeted lid, 6.5 gallon ale pail with bottling spigot, easy clean no-rinse cleanser, airlock, siphon & bottling equipment, home beer making book, hydrometer, bottle brush, liquid crystal thermometer, bucket clip, a can of Briess malt extract for smooth malt flavor, and 48 x 500ml (16oz) P.E.T. bottles with high quality reusable screw caps. (No tedious capping!)
Oh, and a FREE mixing spoon, FREE priming sugar for carbonating!!!!!! (yay?)
Sounds way complicated.
Even more complicated was picking the brew mix. Shoot, too many to choose from; I could have used a crash and burn course. There was a Draught with it's nose in the floral and hinting at malt, while delicately hopping to a slightly bitter finish.
An India pale ale, which apparently doesn't get enough sun. The Irish stout does, showing a turbulent and cascading tan foaming action.
The Lager looks quite prim, with its a lacy white head, while the Pilsner is bold and spicy.
The Real Ale is head strong.
The Bavarian Ale is bitter, (musta had a rough life). The Canadian Blonde had more fun.
The Mexican Cerveza is stylin', wearing wedges of lime or lemon. The Wheat is a spritzy little tart.
I chose the Australian Pale ale, which is a little bit fruity and floralish - it is back by popular demand and is considered an icon, so I figured it's gotta be good.
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Post by katina2nd on Jun 4, 2007 20:51:40 GMT -6
Good choice Lady P, if it's Aussie it's bound to be good, great connoisseurs of the amber fluid down here, a favourite pass time is seeing how much can be downed in the shortest space of time.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 4, 2007 21:51:01 GMT -6
That's what I thought, "if it's Aussie, it's got to be good". Thought of you, actually, Katina. <smile> No, seriously - and this is me not being near a great Connie Sewer, (I don't think we've even been introduced), but is Aussie ale best cold or warm?
I can't do the warm ale thing; it's gotta be cold, (am I hearing collective shudder from Vox and Moonglum?).
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Post by katina2nd on Jun 5, 2007 1:34:03 GMT -6
Warm Ale, perish the thought Lady P, gotta be cold enough to chill your insides no matter what the weathers like, nothing like standing down at the footy with the temperature hovering around the zero mark and a wind chill factor of about one hundred while clutching an icy cold tinnie in your frozen hand.
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