the elephant wrote:Where I am from a red dog is someone who invites you to a place, runs up a bill and then claims to have left his wallet at home and asks you to pay for him. "Dude, you've been red dogged by that guy!" It is akin to a curse at home and being accused of red dogging is akin to calling a Union man a scab. NO ONE back home drank that stuff. It was just not cool to do so. This may have played a small part in why it never took off in some parts of the country. Poor research by the company. Oh well!
Well, 'phant, the world is larger than Mississippi...
Jeff "We're not still fighting the Civil War up here" Benedict.
My Belgian Trappist Monks kick the asses of your Belgian Trappist Monks!
Man, those boys must have been good, seeing as they channeled all that sexual energy into their beer production.
Sic Gloria Transit Beer
Chuck"who will stick with his light weight America stuff and leave the heavy lifting to those more inclined to it and just what in the hell is a "Raspberry Lambic" anyway"Jackson
One of our regional micro brews had a "Santa's Little Helper" beer this year that was a decent winter ale. I like the Santa's Butt picture, tho!
And better yet, one of our marching band (The One More Time Marching Band) sax players made a summer brew that she had debut after a July parade that she called "One More Beer" that was really good.
Ally"whose round shape is contributed to by a fondness for microbrews, the darker the better"House
I usually buy our local micro's stuff at the store to have at home (Sudwerk's), and usually have Sierra Nevada or anchor steam when out. (both are quasi local to me).
I'm of the 'support your local craftsman' type of consumer generally.
It is amazing to me how a beer that I would otherwise consider bongwater improves on a hot summer day when it is cold enough to almost turn to ice. That's about a half hour in a home freezer. When coupled with a frozen pint glass, heavenly.
the elephant wrote:I would ditto this one, personally. I still have a box full of those little goats on the (erstwhile) red and white string that I collected while living in Brooklyn in the late 1980s. Celebrator is great stuff!
They are all over my college mug from Bernie's Bagels on High St., across from Weigel Hall, in Columbus!
Ha!
Bernie's Bagels is famous for its "Beer Challenge" which culminates with a Celebrator.
The Beer Challenge is if you drank something like 200 beers, upon completion you'd get a mug with your name on it and your name on a small plate on the wall engraved with your name.
After finishing your Celebrator, you took the little plastic goat and saved it to tie to your mug when you finished the challenge. Each time you finished the challenge again you'd hang another goat from your mug.