A subject dear to our hearts...

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:34 am

After the Great Britain Beer Festival, in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.

The guy from Corona sits down and says, "Hey Senor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona." The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

The guy from Budweiser says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King Of Beers', a Budweiser." The bartender gives him one.

The guy from Coors says, "I'd like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors." He gets it.

The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke." The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.

The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask "Why aren't you drinking a Guinness?" and the Guinness president replies, "Well, I figured if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither would I."

DavePat · Post by **DavePat** » Sun Apr 07, 2013 9:35 pm

And the monk from the Belgian Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren at the end of the bar just laughed at all of them :-)

RobStubbs · Post by **RobStubbs** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:54 am

Afraid, I had to stop at the second line, Corona wouldn't even be at the Great British beer festival, so it kinda popped the punchline already for me. And whilst some of our beer festivals have forein bottled beers, most don't, so the monk would also be sat at home.

Rob.

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:08 am

Yeah, but Guinness, really? I've tried to like it over the years but never yet ordered a second glass. Just kind of awful really, compared to any number of locally crafted beverages (Vancouver area). But I did hear that the Guinness we get here isn't actual Guinness but a licensing thing, so perhaps that's the problem.

As for the Belgians... oy. Yeast, yeast, bit of something musty, and more yeast. Not terribly fresh tasting, which is kind of something I expect in a beer. Belgian air-fermented lambics are a whole other thing, just wonderful, but the beer they can keep.

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:45 am

Gerard wrote:Yeah, but Guinness, really? I've tried to like it over the years but never yet ordered a second glass. Just kind of awful really, compared to any number of locally crafted beverages (Vancouver area). But I did hear that the Guinness we get here isn't actual Guinness but a licensing thing, so perhaps that's the problem.

As for the Belgians... oy. Yeast, yeast, bit of something musty, and more yeast. Not terribly fresh tasting, which is kind of something I expect in a beer. Belgian air-fermented lambics are a whole other thing, just wonderful, but the beer they can keep.

But then, you probably prefer driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.

j-team · Post by **j-team** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:24 am

RobStubbs wrote:Afraid, I had to stop at the second line, Corona wouldn't even be at the Great British beer festival, so it kinda popped the punchline already for me. And whilst some of our beer festivals have forein bottled beers, most don't, so the monk would also be sat at home.

Rob.

Well, Corona is a refreshing summer beer, best enjoyed on a sunny day. That's why you would see it much in the UK...

Dave IRL · Post by **Dave IRL** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:09 am

I refuse to drink Guinness abroad. It's asking for trouble really.

Isabel1130 · Post by **Isabel1130** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:13 am

Spencer wrote:
Gerard wrote:Yeah, but Guinness, really? I've tried to like it over the years but never yet ordered a second glass. Just kind of awful really, compared to any number of locally crafted beverages (Vancouver area). But I did hear that the Guinness we get here isn't actual Guinness but a licensing thing, so perhaps that's the problem.

As for the Belgians... oy. Yeast, yeast, bit of something musty, and more yeast. Not terribly fresh tasting, which is kind of something I expect in a beer. Belgian air-fermented lambics are a whole other thing, just wonderful, but the beer they can keep.
But then, you probably prefer driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.

Please Spencer, don't remind me... 40 years driving on the right, and now two months on the left, I still turn on the windshield wipers when I am looking for the turn signal. I am starting to have nightmares about ending up on the wrong side of the road. :-)

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:23 am

Isabel1130 wrote:
Spencer wrote:
Gerard wrote:Yeah, but Guinness, really? I've tried to like it over the years but never yet ordered a second glass. Just kind of awful really, compared to any number of locally crafted beverages (Vancouver area). But I did hear that the Guinness we get here isn't actual Guinness but a licensing thing, so perhaps that's the problem.

As for the Belgians... oy. Yeast, yeast, bit of something musty, and more yeast. Not terribly fresh tasting, which is kind of something I expect in a beer. Belgian air-fermented lambics are a whole other thing, just wonderful, but the beer they can keep.
But then, you probably prefer driving on the 'wrong' side of the road.
Please Spencer, don't remind me... 40 years driving on the right, and now two months on the left, I still turn on the windshield wipers when I am looking for the turn signal. I am starting to have nightmares about ending up on the wrong side of the road. :-)

a real problem for left/right dyslectics (like me).
I just get used to driving on the right in time to come back home and (painfully) switch back

how did the French ever con the US to drive on the wrong side?

dronning · Post by **dronning** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:58 am

j-team wrote:Well, Corona is a refreshing summer beer, best enjoyed on a sunny day. That's why you would see it much in the UK...

I lived in London for 20 months I had 3 bright sunny days! Of course on 2 of those days without a cloud in the sky it still managed a light rain! LOL

No worries though because I had a pub 300 strides from my flat.

Dave

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:09 am

dronning wrote:No worries though because I had a pub 300 strides from my flat.

Only one? You must have been living in the middle of nowhere ;-)

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:20 am

Prefer the wrong side? Nah, don't drive, never did. Ride a bicycle or walk or bus, and sides are irrelevant to my tastes. Whatever gets me where I'm going is fine. Does it actually matter which side?

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:05 pm

Have a few more pints. You'll soon figure out the correct side of the road.

I really love those 16 ounce curls for tuning up my shooting arm.

BTW Every time you order one of those "pissy fizzies" God kills a kitten.

Bob-Riegl · Post by **Bob-Riegl** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:15 pm

Whilst beer drinking is not as important at 82 than it was in my college and service days---I still love Guiness and goodly number of Irish brewskis. However anything that tastes of wheat beer or needs a slice of a fruit to be "properly" consumed I'll leave that crap to the younger folks. When I want's me pint I love that creamy head---God Bless Guiness Breweries I have drank the best at your home in Dublin. "Doc"

Dave IRL · Post by **Dave IRL** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:34 pm

http://dungarvanbrewingcompany.com/our- ... ish-stout/

Probably going to be painful to get on the other side of the Atlantic, but for anyone who likes Guinness, this is a superb stout, much cleaner, sharper and more full flavour.

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:13 pm

In a world-leading move, US Congress has realised the mistake of having US drivers drive on the right-hand side of the road.

To correct this situation with a minimum of disruption the changeover will be phased in:
- Vehicles over 15 tons net will change over to the left-hand side of the road on 1st May 2013, and
- Vehicles less than 15 tons net will change over on 1st June 2013.

Tim S · Post by **Tim S** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:02 am

Rover wrote:I really love those 16 ounce curls for tuning up my shooting arm.
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16oz, you're being short changed. A proper pint is 20oz.

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:42 am

Tim S wrote:
Rover wrote:I really love those 16 ounce curls for tuning up my shooting arm.
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16oz, you're being short changed. A proper pint is 20oz.

Just to add to the confusion over the 16 or 20 fluid ounce pint, the US fluid ounce (29.6mL) is over 4% bigger than the UK fluid ounce (28.4mL).

The UK pint is however nearly 20% larger than the US pint.

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:30 am

To further bugger the situation, many places in the US would like you to think there is a standard "pint" glass being used and then sell you perhaps 14 ounces. Many brewpubs have 22 ouncers, though.

I have to admire the Germans, with the quantity and pour line marked on the side of the glass. Not to mention the pride they take in the "Reinheitsgebot".

Unfortunately, I have learned that the second largest selling beer in Dublin is Budweiser.

v76 · Post by **v76** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:19 pm

Brew your own! Made a thick imperial russian stout last summer (for it to be ready by winter)... about 11 types of grains, 6-7 types of hops and about a bottle of port in there. A twist on portsmouth brewery's Kate the Great. Dark, fruity, a bit of dry spicyness. Guiness did feel like a Corona after a bottle of that one! Not that Guiness ever felt 'thick'.