Posted on 12/20/2005 4:12:22 PM PST by lunarbicep
Do any of you brew your own beer? I know a guy who is passionate about the topic!!
so many ways to go with this thread...I love light beer, and thus, I mourn this fellow; on the other hand, I'm drinkin' a pint of Fosters as I write this, so there's something to be said for "brand loyalty"...I too have always been a runner (enjoyed your bio) and I have burned off many a nights alcoholic celebration by "jogging" (more like falling at a rapid pace) home, which was usually some frickin' box up on the DMZ; and yes, I often lost my way, which usually was a fortunate thing...
I would like INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BEER. :)
No disrespect to the dearly departed. May he land in heaven an hour before the devil realizes he is dead.
A$$ first! :)
Tastes great!
I'm trying. It is hard to fight the Byrd$eed he spreads around the state. They just plain suck...
Only had to bury him four feet deep...
I thought that was from Martin Luther.
They only like to pee.
There's nothing wrong with light beer. It just means it has less calories than regular beer, that's all. The alcohol & taste content remains the same.
Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold,
But the Ale-house is healthy & pleasant & warm:
Besides I can tell where I am use'd well,
Such usage in heaven will never do well.
But if at the Church they would give us some Ale.
And a pleasant fire, our souls to regale:
We'd sing and we'd pray all the live-long day:
Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray.
Then the Parson might preach & drink & sing.
And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring:
And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church
Would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch
And God like a father rejoicing to see.
His children as pleasant and happy as he:
Would have no more quarrel with the Devil or the Barrel
But kiss him & give him both drink and apparel.
Chimay Ale Groaned ReserveSay what??
Well, yeah, I've "Groaned" once or twice from a Chimay Bleue too many or two...
Chimay -- Peres Trappistes
But in checking, I did find this:
I wonder if this man died knowing that, if anyone was to piss on his grave, the favor would be returned.
Dear "Two Beer" E.E.E. ;),
Light beer = less alcohol content.
"In fairness, ice beers aren't that much more alcoholic than the regular stuff--typically 5.6 percent, about the same as malt liquor, versus 5 percent. Some aren't higher at all. Anheuser-Busch doesn't filter out the ice crystals, so its Budweiser Ice Draft has the same alcohol content as regular Bud. For comparison, light beers range from 3.7 to 4.2 percent alcohol."
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a950901.html
Merry Christmas WV Mountain Mama!
Yeah, I didn't mean to knock the guy or anything. Light beer still beats "wine coolers" (shudder). And nothing unmanly about going through, oh, 15+ light beers in a short evening and retaining coherency. Still, my staying in relatively good shape despite being an exercise-averse foodaholic requires less beer and more Scotch, vodka, and rum. But you could probably tell that from my bio (Russian, lawyer :)
I was at a tour of a microbrewery (St. Arnold's, Houston, TX) where the founder, Brock Wagner, gave a demo on how to make light beer. First fill a glass halfway or two-thirds with beer, say a pils with not too much hops in it. Fill the rest of the glass with seltzer. There you have it, light beer.
Chase it down with something like Samichlaus (a Swiss Christmas beer with about 14% alcohol). Michael Jackson (the beer hunter, not the other dude) just announced that it is back in production.
You need to find some new friends!
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