[ale] Way-the-hell-and-gone off topic
Jim Kinney
jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 15:23:07 EDT 2018
Absolutely!
I was just looking at the empty 4/6-pack boxs on the floor :-)
On Thu, 2018-03-29 at 15:18 -0400, Sean wrote:
> 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.or
> > g>
> > 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 al
> > > e.
> > > 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
> > > > April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
> > > > of the Successful Technologist
> > > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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James P. Kinney III
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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