Waiting for Guinness - How a common beverage can lead to the downfall of civilization

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sunday, January 19, 2003 | Alan Black

[Revolting cat!]

Recently, the King of Beers, a.k.a. Budweiser, has been pushing the notion that new dodgy foreign beers may not be fresh and may therefore be dangerous. The "born on" date imprinted on Bud bottles smells of beer evangelism, an attempt to retain their heartland market - the folks who could imagine seeing John the Baptist every time they pop open a bottle of cheap St. Louis lager.

[Revolting cat!]

It ain't Duff, I'll tell you that!

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[Poohbah]

Great essay...

[Revolting cat!]

... and it ain't Alamo either!

[ShadowDancer]

And boy is it cheap - cheaper than gasoline!

That's because it tastes worse than gasoline.

[Poohbah]

Which is the Texan beer that tastes like kerosene?

[Revolting cat!]

I dunno, but Piels is the absolutely worst I've evertasted!

[okie01]

"Which is the Texan beer that tastes like kerosene?"

You are, I suspect, referring to Pearl.

Gone. Out of business. And good riddance.

[dljordan]

That's got to be Lonestar. I can't tell the difference between Lonestar and Tecate. They both taste like they came out of the same horse.

[concentric circles]

Ahhhh... NFL Championship Day, Freeping, and (sorry Brits) a cold one!

[clintonh8r]

Guinness is OK, I guess, but I prefer Caffrey's. Does anybody know if it's being imported again? I heard that it was being imported by Coors but that they dropped it.

[IronJack]

Anheuser-Busch is one of the top endorsers of the homosexual lifestyle. So is Wells Fargo. Those two companies were named in the "Top Ten" homo-friendly corporations by some fag mag.

I vehemently defend A-B's right to sanction certain behaviors, and to publicly express their support for this abomination. And I equally defend the right of beer-buying Americans to boycott their products and make THEIR values heard.

Your choice.

[Revolting cat!]

Yes, Pearl. I toured their brewery in San Antionio once (now closed,) at a recommendation of some Texas friends who persuaded me that the beer was "legendary" (!) Like the beer, the brewery itself was cheap, in bad taste, pushing some overpriced gaudy carnival trinkets on the tourists, an unforgettable experience in its own way.

[mgstarr]

[boris]

" On a mobbed Friday night, the bar rammed to the rafters"

Perhaps a different turn of phrase appropriate for SF, home of more gay bars per square meter than any other place on Earth...

[StriperSniper]

this liquid affront to the pace of the modern drinking age.

Great line.

[gitmo]

More than Afghanistan?

[yankeedame]

Steak & Guinness Pie

* pie pastry for double 10-12" pie
* 2 lb. Round steak
* 1 tbsp flour
* 1 tbsp brown sugar
* 1 tbsp raisins
* 5 small-to-medium onions,chopped
* 1 bottle Guinness stout
* 8 slices of bacon, cut small
* 3 tbsp. shortening

Cut steak into bite sized cubes. Roll in seasoned flour and bown in the shortening with the bacon. Place the meat in a casserole dish. Peel and chop onions, and fry until golden. Add to meat. Add raisins and brown sugar. Pour in the Guinness. Cover casserole dish tightly and cook at 325 degrees for 2.5 hours. Stir occasionally. Add more Guinness or water if the rich gravy gets too thick.

Meanwhile, line a deep pie dish with half the pie crust. Bake it. Then add the Guinness/beef mixture from the casserole. Cover with the top layer of pie crust. Bake at 375 until till pie dough is golden brown. (About 10 minutes more or less)

[Cultural Jihad]

As any Irishman will tell you: "Ah, Guinness! 'Tis a scientific fact that it has everything the body needs, right in this glass! A parson can live on nothing but Guinness, t'ank ye!"

[niteowl77]

The "born on" date imprinted on Bud bottles smells of beer evangelism, an attempt to retain their heartland market - the folks who could imagine seeing John the Baptist every time they pop open a bottle of cheap St. Louis lager.

This witless, gratuitous slap at Christianity - and probably anyone who gets dirt under their fingernails in the course of an 8 hour day - probably plays well with his clientele, but it renders the rest of his screed unpalatable as Budweiser itself.