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one step ahead of ya bruce, i got my tickets in the mail today.... :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Well, like I said... I just found out about it - maybe because I don't listen to/watch local TV or radio! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiram357
When I was in Penn I visited the "Yuengling" brewery I just love visiting brewerys when ever I get the chance to go to a new one. I love the smell of the hops and barley when I take a tour. my wife isnt so keen on the smell even when I brew it at home LOL.
So who here is going to the afternoon event at the augusta civic center brewfest? I'm going to the afternoon event and wouldnt mind meeting some of you and saying hi.
Sheesh! We love visiting breweries as well. It's not about "the numbers", but we've visited the following breweries:Quote:
Originally Posted by brewmaine
Moosehead, St. John, NB (This was probably the best tour we've been on)
Harpoon, Vermont
Long Trail, Vermont
Ommegang, New York
CoopersTown Brewing, New York
Alexander Keith's, Halifax, NS
Oak Pond Brewery, Cornville, ME
Anheuser-Busch, Merrimack, NH
And probably a couple of others that I can't think of right now. :D:D
Sheesh! This thread needs a bump...
I love planes - I've flown many, many times - and often listen to air traffic control both on the internet and on the scanner whenever I'm near an airport. I also monitor Bangor airport to see what planes have arrived/departed.
I just noticed that this plane came into Bangor today. So, I ask myself, "Self, what is Kingfisher, and the UB Group?"
Turns out, it's India's biggest beer producer!
So... Can we expect to see Kingfisher beer in the US? We can only hope...
Don't forget...
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Ah, I would have loved to have seen this one fly over I-95.
I didn't think there were any 727s left flying. Pretty cool looking plane. That was the one that D.B. Cooper hijacked back in the 70s. He jumped out from the rear loading hatch, a stairway from the passenger compartment in the back of the plane. Unusual design.
Speaking of that, what are the windmills for?
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Originally Posted by Sudonim
If I recall correctly... (I know, I'm leaving myself wide open on that comment...) I flew on one of those just a few years ago on a trip to ohio.
and btw KEEP THE THREAD ON TOPIC! IT'S ABOUT BEER! NOT PLANES! SHEESH!!! :p:p;):D:D
The beer on most jets sucks, usually lukewarm Miller Lite or similar no taste crap. You'd think they could put a few bottles of micro brew or maybe a GIQ of Colt 45 on those little carts!:D:D
I believe the windmills out at the airport are for aerating the nearby "lagoons" . . . supposedly has to do with keeping the area environmentally green by containing and cleaning up contaminants from the de-icing procedures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
Today is the 75th birthday of CANNED beer!
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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
YAHOOOOOO!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANNED BEER! Now that's a good reason to celebrate :D:D:D
I had a friend call me today - all upset.
He said he'd bought a 12-pack of Stella Artois today, and it was in a different container than it has been in the past. He also said that the beer was different: it was lighter in color, and tasted like Bud Light.
Sheesh!
I still have a 6-pack of Stella in the kegerator that I've had for a while (I keep it for guests (I don't get many of those, though), so I told him to come over tomorrow and we'd compare the two.
Sigh... When we lived in Belgium, we had Stella delivered in wooden crates to our doorstep. I miss the "good-old-days"...
I lived in Vienna Austria for a little over a year. While Germany is renowned for their beer, Austria has beer that's just as good.
In Vienna, the folks that do public works type work are allowed to drink beer while they work. The beer of choice is Schwechharter. A case comes in a plastic tray that looks like what the bread guys use to deliver bread to the supermarkets. It was common to see a trench being dug with a few "trays" of beer sitting on the pile the worker were digging.
The best Austrian beer is Gooserspeciale, a full flavored lager. The Weinachtsbock, Christmas beer, is very powerful and back then it was helpful that the Austrian hausfrau that was my landlady "knew people" otherwise I might still be in jail.
Like Bruce, I occasionally miss the "good ol' days" except for those minor scrapes that resulted from "over achieving."
Can you imagine Maine DOT workers with a case of Old Milwaukee sitting on the guardrail?:)
Sheesh! I have no memory of the beer brands in Austria. Since I "popped the question" to RULOST2? in 1976 on the balcony of a small hotel in Salzburgh in 1976, perhaps I had other things on my mind on that trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
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that's a totally different thread!!! and I don't think one that we want to hear! ;);):rolleyes::rolleyes::p:p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Sheesh! It was a nice story - with a very happy ending. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiram357
Sure wish I could remember about the beer, though. Must have been good stuff to put me in a crazy mood... :o:o
But that's among the reasons I always encourage people to travel. We spent a month camping in Switzerland and Austria - a month I'll never forget (for MANY reasons! LOL!)
While Schwechater and Gooser Spezial are all through Austria, does Steigr job your memory, Bruce? That seemed like the go-to beer in Western Austria.
Had a nice Geary's Hampshire Ale in a properly frosted mug today at the Kennebec Tavern in Bath on the river. Very nice after a few miles of snowshoe caching!:):)
Sheesh! That was 30+ years ago... And the countries in Europe had so many beers - every large village had a brewery.Quote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
I know this isn't beer, but it's a good story nonetheless.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8499931.stm
That whiskey has been "on the rocks" for a very long timeQuote:
Originally Posted by brdad
I wonder if any of it will ever hit the market. Would bring a wicked price, I'd bet... :eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
yeah, but what a treat that would be to try some 100+ yr old whiskey! I wouldn't mind enjoying some of that history. :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
You birds stick with the nasty beer swill. The whiskey is mine!
In another thread, "Sam Adams Noble Pils" was mentioned. Since RULost2? and I are in Massachusetts - the state with a liquor store on nearly every corner - I managed to pick up a 6-pack of this stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
Sheesh! GRRREAT! I'll stick with the barley/water/hops!
(We took a different route, not through Boston, so we didn't tour the Sam Adams brewery as we planned. And since we're supposed to have a blizzard tomorrow, we probably won't make it on this trip. But the liquor store is only a mile away, and I have 4WD...)
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I've got some connections, if you need any support I can have a few cases dropped in by helicopter... :D:rolleyes::pQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Heck, Bruce, your memory is fading. Every SMALL village had a brewery. Every large village had two or three! Cities...four or five!! At least it was that way in Germany.:):p:D:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Sheesh! Although I lived there for 7 years, I left Europe 25 years ago. At my age, I can barely remember being there! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
I left 39 years ago.....Maybe I caused alot of them to close before you ever got there!Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
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Originally Posted by Mapachi
That is not the case, Pat. I was there in '71 and '72 and I found bar stools named after you and newspaper articles on the wall with your picture prominently displayed. It might have been your return to the States that caused business to slip a bit! I'm pretty sure '71 and '72 were good years for gasthauses in the Vienna area.
Oh to be young again!:D
I know I'm preaching to the choir, however......
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/co...%2F19349810%2F
That could explain why my skull is so thick! :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by pm28570
I just had a Michelob "Winter's Bourbon Cask Ale", flavored with "Madagascar vanilla beans", and aged in bourbon oak casks. This sounded really wierd, but I had to try it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CARoperPhotography
I thought it was great, although "Beer Advocate" reviews only give it a "C". I also though the vanilla complemented the malt - a strange combination producing an unexpected result. :D:D
(And I never drive after drinking. I drink at home or at a hotel restaurant/lounge.)
People actually put beer in caches for FTF? Is that why so many people would run you off the road to get FTF? I bet we get a lot more 13 year olds caching now!
Actually, putting beer (alcohol) in a cache is against the rules. But I have gotten a FTF prize that was a coupon good for a 6-pack at a certain store. Was a long time a ago and I don't remember where, but I got the 6-pack. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by darterkitfox
After 9 months stuck in a sandbag encrusted foxhole on the outskirts of Diyarbakir, Turkey building up to Desert Storm, they finally let up go on leave. My original plan was to go to Birchtesgaden, Germany for skiing. My leave date: January 18th, 1991. The kickoff of the air campaign for Desert Storm: January 17th 1991. Needless to say, my leave was canceled. (The Air Force did refund all of our money though, which I thought was nice.) In April 1991 leave was granted again and 4 of us went to Italy. We landed in Aviano AFB. A friend of ours met us there and took us into one of the small villages that surround the area. A couple of things really stand out: My friend was driving a 1988 Ford F-150 Crew cab that he had shipped over from the U.S. He got pulled over all the time by Italian Carbs (cops, Carabinieri) because the truck was so much bigger than anything they had seen they wanted to try it. (In fact it was so big that it did not fit on some of the village roads) Every village pub had 20+ beers. This was in an era when servicemen were treated to Bud, Bud light, Miller, Miller lite and Coors. At the ripe old age of 20 I had no idea what microbrews were. Every pub (which is pronounced pub in Italian) offered specialized glasses with the beer. They watched Americans like hawks, because we stole the glasses. The beer I drank the first night was called
LA BIERE DU DEMON
(The Demon Beer, That should have been a clue)
http://www.realbeer.com/nmvbp/dudemon.htm
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Did I mention this was 12% beer?
For a couple of Airmen who had just spent 9 months in a third world country this stuff was truly Ambrosia.
Somehow I don't remember leaving the pub. I miss Italy.
The Turk beer of choice was Tuborg. The rumor was that it was brewed with Formaldehyde.
That is my favorite Europe beer memory.
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Originally Posted by fins2right
Ya know, it's stories like that, that make me wish I would have joined the service. But c'mon demon beer? can't be that bad... :rolleyes:;):D:D:D
Sheesh! Are you kidding? Tuborg was great compared to one brand we had on the other side of the country: Efes. It literally killed a guy I knew. (Really!)Quote:
Originally Posted by fins2right
But it must have improved over the years if the Alstrom brothers gave it a "B+" and commented that it was "very good". :D:D