[ale] Way-the-hell-and-gone off topic

[Sean]

I would add Smutty Nose Porter to this list.

Sean

On Thu, 2018-03-29 at 08:25 -0400, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> Guiness 200th Aniversary Stout (outstanding and not like modern, US
> Guiness)
> Highland Oatmeal Porter
> Founders Porter
> Sam Smith Taddy Porter
> Sam Smith Imperial Stout
> Harvistoun Old Engine Oil ($$$$)
> New Holland Dragons Milk
> New Holland The Poet
> 
> Twain's has their stout on tap. Really outstanding and available in
> pitchers! Their porter is very good, too. New brewer is a keeper!
> 
> A beer cocktail I created from a beer I really didn't like:
> 
> Creature Comforts Athena (tart German wheat)
> Ikea blueberry or lingonberry juice concentrate
> Pimm's #1
> 
> Rocks glass
> 
> Equal parts Athena and Pimm's. Juice to a rich color and to sweeten
> the tart. In a 6 oz glass I use about 2-3 tablespoons. Stir. It help
> to add juice to Pimm's, stir, then add beer and a light stir.
> 
> On March 28, 2018 9:20:22 PM EDT, Jonathan Meek via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
> > I am relieved to know that I am not the only one who has found the
> > pale Ales and IPAs to less than palatable. Mostly found oatmeal
> > stouts be among my favorites. Are there any good dark
> > recommendations people have? Running on low in my beer drawer. 
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 7:45 PM, Putnam, James M. via Ale <ale at ale.
> > org> wrote:
> > >     In 1986 I was in the Vancouver for the World's Fair (hey, I
> > > just noticed
> > >     that Outlook Web App Lite(tm) recognizes Emacs key
> > > bindings... I wonder
> > >     how the hell that happened?) when I noticed what seemed to be
> > > a
> > >     relatively sober young Canadian gent take a long guzzle out
> > > of a paper bag
> > >     and become visibly intoxicated in what would have been record
> > > time for me.
> > > 
> > >     He tossed the bag at a trash can, predictably missed, and
> > > unsteadily wandered
> > >     off, presumably in search of more of whatever it was.
> > > 
> > >     Being curious and a little thirsty, I retrieved the bag and
> > > had a look. Inside
> > >     was an empty generic beer can labeled "Carling-O'Keefe Extra
> > > Old Stock"
> > >     marked at 6% ABV, which while high wasn't a record breaker of
> > > any kind.
> > > 
> > >     An older man standing nearby said "A word of advice, young
> > > man. That stuff is
> > >     called High Test and I wouldn't touch it if I were you."
> > > 
> > >     I thanked him for the warning and seduced by the romance of
> > > being at least
> > >     momentarily unchaperoned in a foreign country headed straight
> > > for the nearest
> > >     package store where I asked for and was given a can of High
> > > Test.
> > > 
> > >     The woman behind the counter blanched, which was kind of a
> > > good trick for a
> > >     Canadian, but she handed it over in a paper bag without
> > > comment.
> > > 
> > >     I stepped outside, popped it open and tried a swallow. It was
> > > cold and went down
> > >     OK at first, but when it warmed up the nose hit me and I
> > > almost gagged. It smelled
> > >     and tasted like somebody had carbonated a can of creamed corn
> > > and added a
> > >     shot of pure grain alcohol. The aftertaste was cloyingly
> > > sweet, and for the
> > >     the first and only time in my life I threw away a can of beer
> > > without finishing it.
> > > 
> > >     This frankly kind of killed the appeal of the famed Canadian
> > > beers for me, and
> > >     when I tried a Molson later that day I had a similar
> > > reaction, but managed to
> > >     choke it down.
> > > 
> > >     I gather High Test is no longer made, and I learned a
> > > valuable lesson that
> > >     day in which street advice about foreign libations probably
> > > ought to be paid attention
> > >     to.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > James  M. Putnam
> > > Visiting Professor of Computer Science
> > > 
> > > The air was soft, the stars so fine,
> > > the promise of every cobbled alley so great,
> > > that I thought I was in a dream.
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: Ale [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of Steve Litt via Ale [
> > > ale at ale.org]
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2018 2:09 PM
> > > To: ale at ale.org
> > > Subject: Re: [ale] Way-the-hell-and-gone off topic
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:42:03 +0000
> > > "Putnam, James M. via Ale" <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >     May be a little West Coast, but Ranier Ale, aka Green
> > > Death. Equal
> > > >     parts cheap, strong, vile, and slightly caustic.
> > > >
> > > >     Came in a cute green barrel-shaped bottle with a wide
> > > mouth. A
> > > > couple would reduce you to a sort of stomach-churning nauseous
> > > haze.
> > > > Too many more than that induced a hangover epic for duration
> > > and
> > > > depth.
> > > 
> > > Yeah, in Venice CA Green Death was the main competitor of my
> > > favorite,
> > > King Cobra. I had a buddy who drank too much green death over too
> > > many
> > > years and it killed him.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > SteveT
> > > 
> > > Steve Litt
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> > >      of the Successful Technologist
> > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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