Haft to agree w/ that one Chimale(not sure on spelling) amongsts others by the monks of belgium have the Brew down to a *T* and although I will admit Guinness Draught is higher than all else. Long live the monks!!!! "I became tuned in to a network of neurological signals... and cellular wisdoms.....radiating at a hundred of millionths per second" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip C Mendelsohn" <mend0070 at tc.umn.edu> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22192] OT: booze rant > On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Adam Maloney wrote: > > > Yesterday was my 21st B-day. After work I stopped by Liquor Warezhouse to > > pick up some fire water. I wanted Red Stripe but they didn't have any, so > > I grabbed a case of Hacker Pschorr just because of the name. Bring it up > > to the counter, the guy glances at me, rings me up, takes my > > money...doesn't even bother to card me. God! I've been waiting 21 years > > to buy my "first" beer and I'm finally old enough but it doesn't even > > matter. I still get carded buying cigarettes for god sake. My working > > theory is that I wasn't nervous, played it cool, and hadn't shaved that > > morning. That and I wasn't buying Old Swillwaukie or miller high-life, > > which is what all the high-school kids drink because it's all they can > > get. > > I have a different suspicion about why you didn't get carded. Profit > margin on "specialty" beers may be higher than on PBR, Bud, what have you. > > If you want to delve into beers futher, I might suggest that you look into > the traditions of Belgian beer making. The Belgians are to beer as the > French are to wine. > > Cheers, and congrats on another lap around the solar system. > Phil M > > -- > "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org