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Heh heh heh,

Glad I can give the women of the world something to rally together over! LOL When they finally track me down I'll be getting a lapdance from a college girl (probably a Psych or Poly Sci Magor) attending the local State University. I'll make sure to stuff a 20 in her g-string so the SCUM know I'm helping to support struggling college women! ::)

:D :D :D :D
 
Wow that SCUM manifesto, is surly uplifting, not sure how it relates to beer, but uplifting. :-\

Mu.
 
I kept waiting for a punch line....then I noticed the author and knew there was no humor in it. Yikes!
 
This was my "I like beer because" list. Heck, in my formative years beer was considered an aphrodisiac! :D
 
Oskaar said:
Bud, Miller, Coors I'll drink them all over a soda pop or water. Let's face it, many of us were raised on the stuff before we knew what good beer really is. Any of those three are fine for the river during the summertime when drinking a home brew will knock your ass out before noon (we start drinking early).
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Well, I can't argue with you on the ladies (though I prefer ones with more evolved palates ;)). However, in my experience low gravity beers seem entirely neglected by homebrewers in general. That's the next great frontier I plan to conquer: flavorful, delicious session beers (3-4%).
 
Hey Wrath,

The one you tried was a Hefe Weizen. I consider that style to be "liquid bread". It is very mild with respect to hops. JoeM has a very similar one posted in his Favorites list in Beer, Honey? Still, if you don´t like beer, that is understandable. But we expect you to become the greatest Mead brewer in world instead. ;)

Hey Oskaar, unfortunately I grew up in Europe drinking the real stuff. I find it very hard to down any of the big label beers now. Admitedly, there are some ales and reds that some of them make that are good (Leinenkugels Red for one, a Miller brand). But hey, if you get that kind of reaction from the ladies by throwing them a Bud or MGD, what happens when you invite them over to try the real stuff?

Angus - I like beer! No, I LOVE beer. Wait, still not strong enough. Beer is life! Oh, hell. How do I say this properly? GIVE ME BEER!!!!
 
Most of the people out here that are river rats won't drink bigtime ales, lagers, porters, etc because it's too heavy on the hops and malt for them, and frankly they don't like it. It's way too heavy for temperatures that are over 114o F. They drink the light version of the big three Bud, Coors and Miller. At the river during the day in the boats, I don't drink anything but light beer either. Anything heavier and it's tough to stay lucid past 10 AM, it's just too hot and the sun reflects up off the water. Also, the water is freezing cold so the less alcohol in your system the better when you jump in to cool off. There have been several drownings (wine and mixed drink related) where people just hit the water and sink like a rock because they pass out from having a high octane blood level. So there is a reason for drinking the light stuff, and frankly in that kind of heat ice cold light beer is very refreshing.

If you show them a light beer that has little or no hoppiness, and isn't really filling they'll love it, especially the girls who don't want heavy beer because it's fattening. If I tossed them a bottle of the real stuff they'd still flash me, but they wouldn't drink it. I'll drink the light stuff during the day and then switch to the good stuff at night when I want to really enjoy the buzz and flavor. I'm a pragmatic drinker so I don't let my own beer snobbery color what I drink and when I drink it.

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
We see all kinds of beers here, especially since the big Russian immigration, but apart from the local brands, which put me in mind of the beer my brother used to drink in Vietnam and which went by the wry name of Tiger Piss, we mostly get Carlsberg and Tuborg.

Do you-all in the States drink those? I actually quite like them, on the rare occasions I drink beer. Carlsberg and Tuborg, that is; the Vietnamese beer I can't even imagine.

Miriam
 
I haven't tried Tuborg, but I've tried Carlsberg, and didn't care for it much. It is pretty light compared to what I like. You can get it in the states, but it isn't big. The foreigners in China like it though.
 
Actually Carlsberg Elephants are pretty popular here in California, I dunno about everywhere else but a coupla sixers of Elephants really makes you want to trample a crowd of villagers!

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
Oskaar - I was wondering how you could throw a wet can of beer so easily and accurately. Then it occurred to me that your long, thin fingers are expert at catching little fish in the dark, cold waters to be eaten raw. How difficult could a slippery cold can of beer be? ;)

Carlsburg, now there is a lighter beer that I enjoy. That and Castlemain XXXX. Flowers Bitter is also light ABV wise, with a good strong flavor. Unfortunately, the latter two I have not seen here in the States. India Pale Ale from Goose Island is also very refreshing and not one to knock you out early. I tasted a light beer from Rhino Breweries in California once, which was quite delicious but I cannot remember what type.

Angus
 
Oskaar said:
Most of the people out here that are river rats won't drink bigtime ales, lagers, porters, etc because it's too heavy on the hops and malt for them, and frankly they don't like it.
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Besides... why pay more for a flash than you have to. If you can toss them someone else's beer... even better. ;D

Wrathwilde
 
Exactly Wrath, if I can toss a cheap can of Bud Lite and it yields a flash I'm a happy camper. LOL

Angus, I think you're talking about Rhino Chasers, an excellent but now defunct (Williams and Scott) California beer that was sold in a cool brewpub in LAX (LA International Airport). And let me tell you, after a few of those you felt like you'd been head butted by a rhino! Light ABV my keister!
http://www.arcspace.com/calif/build/rhino.htm

It's a testament to exactly what I was talking about. Throw a high quality lite ABV beer at a So Cal dude or chick and they'll look at you like "Dude, where's the . . . (insert Bud, Coors or Miller) Lite?" They weren't raised on high quality lagers or pilsners so they just don't know, and the big marketing bucks have swarmed the other competitiors under. Sad state of affairs, but try to tell them they're drinking swill and they'll show up by the millions to kick your ass. And honestly, I don't presume to tell people what they should drink, or what is "good" and what isn't. I know what I like and try to show people alternative beverages, but in many cases they just don't care and don't want to know. In So Cal the best way to convert someone is to tell them they can make better beer themselves for less than the cost of the six pack they just bought. That'll usually get their attention.

Cheers,

Oskaar
 
What a shame. It was a delicious beer. Too bad it shut down.

It is a truth that most people here in the States will choose a Bud/Miller/Coors over something else. I also try to spread the knowledge by taking something a little different to parties, but they tend to get left in favor of the label brands. I am therefore a great supporter of the Microbreweries since I believe that it is these places that will begin to give people an idea that there are other varieties of beer to try. Miller/Bud etc. are not "bad" beers, but they just don´t have the complexity that I look for and do not match my tastes (pity, considering where I live).

Now for a plug: if in Milwaukee, visit the Ale House. Great food, and excellent brews.

Angus
 
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