In two weeks we're heading back up to Philly for the philly craft beer festival. If you've never been to one of these but enjoy more independent brewers then you'd love a beer festival. Will be great to see the old stomping grounds, but really I'm just there for the beer.

Dogfish Head 120 can put me on my ass if I'm not careful...it's mighty tasty.

Beer

Something Ben Franklin and damn near most of us probably agree on. Except, perhaps, for the brand.

My son has been brewing his own beer for years; Grows his own hops. I am such a proud dad.

Ness that's the problem (blessing?) with these types of beers... always seem to have like 9%+ alcohol in every bottle and most are sold in those big bottles.

I like beer, as well.

Beer am good.

One of my favorite local beers is brewed about an hour away.

http://www.redoakbrewery.com/

Oops.

"I'm sitting around drinking Stone's Double Bastard"

You're not worthy.

Stone Brewery is in San Diego County.

I invested in SAM (Boston Beer Co., Inc.) [Samuel Adams] because one should invest in companies that they know and understand the product. Check out their cool stein design!

Fountain of Well Being in Los Angeles County.

MSGT

There was an interesting article at one of the MSM sites a few months back about Samuel Adam's 'scientifically designed' glass.

This is a gist of the same article:

Beer...is there anything it can't do?

Boy, I could go for a Bud Light right now. Nothing's more refreshing.

Good investment, Msgt.

Bought beer for a party last night.....Sam, of course.

6pk $7.49
12pk $14.99
24pk Sam Adams Brewer's Selection.....$17.99 (sale price).

Gotta love that.

I've tried (I believe) every Sam available, except the Imperial and Extreme series, and they cannot make a bad beer.
Mind you, they've tried (Cherry Wheat, Cranberry Lambic, Blackberry Witbier), but they cannot make a bad beer.

#3 | Posted by Zatoichi

Do you have any idea how much CO2 the yeast in beer puts out? Tanks bleeding CO2 (declared a poisonous gas by global warming enablers) into the atmosphere twenty four seven. Vast sums of CO2.

Back in the mid-80's I built the first gallium arsenide molecular beam epitaxy lab at UT.

Got to show it off to Prince Charles, who obviously had no clue what I was about, but he was well dressed and tan and his right hand was swollen.

I felt sorry for him.

Anyway, the beer connection: The instrument was a Varian Labs MBE GEN II; The guy who built it gave me a picture of number one off his office wall when I scored the world record bakeout.

X-Ray limit UHV pros will get it.

The rest of you can DIAF.

Oh yes, the beer connection.

There was a Varian field service engineer who would always buy a case of Shiner Bock and load it in his checked luggage on the way to San Jose.

Shiner is a true Texas beer.

#19 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2010-02-25 09:58 PM

#20 | Posted by Zatoichi at 2010-02-25 10:00 PM | Flag: Drinking something a bit stronger than beer

Beer...is there anything it can't do?

#15 | Posted by Dave

Make AU tell the truth.

#19 | POSTED BY ZATOICHI
"gallium arsenide molecular beam epitaxy lab"

Gotta ask, did you just make that shit up?
I always found gallium to have that weird aftertaste.

"who obviously had no clue what I was about"

It's a pretty big club, Zat.

Beer turned Wisgod into a 9 year old who can't say anything more mature than that.

Well duh.

My late father-in-law from my first marriage (20 years, two rich, competent, well-educated kids and we're still friends) used to call me a "beer snob."

My late mother-in-law of the same marriage was at the meeting of the Americans and Russians in Berlin.

Why?

She could drink Russians under the table.

I used to put her to bed for ten years back in the late 80's and early 90's.

God I love Texas women.

#23 | Posted by TheTom at 2010-02-25 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag: has no comprehension of compound semiconductors

Yet LEDS abound.

Google Band Gap Engineering.

Night!

ZATOICHI

A friend sent a link to this video today. Thought you might enjoy it:

#23 | Posted by TheTom at 2010-02-25 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag: has no comprehension of compound semiconductors

I'll be the first to admit that.

I have sled driver drinking buddies.

Soloed the Rockies in the Flight Levels on my own nickel and on my own terms.

Dropping into Jackson Hole all alone in my Baron will remain mine until I die; What a sight.

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems...

-Homer

I'm missing out. Never tried a microbrewery beer.

Beer...is there anything it can't do?
#15 | POSTED BY DAVE

Make your mom hot! OHHHHHHHH!!! No he didn't! Yes He did!

Sorry, I've had a lot tonight...

Never tried a microbrewery beer.

Some purists will hate on them, but I've found that pretty much everywhere I've been in the US has a decent local microbrew.

My favorite little brewery in Colorado:

But also in the winter

Haha, first one was funnier, Jak!

I like beer.

Beer for my Horses (Too)!!

Paulaner Salvator. The monks who brewed it for lent 160 years ago called it liquid bread. If you're on a diet, this will kill it. This is the anti-light beer. It's a German spring double bock. 6%...have three of these...give someone else your keys. Serve very cold in a tall pilsner glass.

Bart, a woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!

~Homer Simpson

A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.

~Czech proverb

Put it back in the horse! [on tasting his first American beer].

~H. Allen Smith

^_^

Beers is gud.

Be Well.

Get a life, Rex.

Quit being a coward and open up your blog.

Sigh, I gave up beer for Lent (with an exception for St. Patty's day).

"Sigh, I gave up beer for Lent..."

What type of lent?
...dryer...bellybutton...other
?

I miss the days when what I was drinking as not as important as how much (both in quantity and cost). Fun times.

I miss the days when what I was drinking as not as important as how much (both in quantity and cost). Fun times.

#63 | Posted by Sully

College days - the most fun period of my life so far.

College days - the most fun period of my life so far.

#64 | Posted by JeffJ

I would say some of my greatest days have occurred right here on the retort.

College days - the most fun period of my life so far.

I thought the same until the birth of our son. Of cousre, my wife and I lived like we were in college until we found out she was pregnant.

I thought the same until the birth of our son.

I have 2 boys (9 and 6) so allow me to expound:

College was the most fun I've had from a purely self-indulgent and irresponsib...no...lack of responsibilities standpoint.

Parenthood is more fulfilling and is certainly fun, but in a completely different way.

"College days - the most fun period of my life so far."

I liked High School more. But I'm immature.

College days - the most fun period of my life so far.

I've been told I had a lot of fun in college, but most of it is a blur.

College was great. But when it was over.....I was ready to leave and get on with my life.

lots of ass and partying but I can honestly say that I don't miss it.

(well...I miss the ass somewhat). Man, if I could go back and screw the same girls again, I would do a much better job of it.

I was a bartender at a college bar in New Orleans to put myself through college. I cannot tell you how many times I would walk out of that bar and straight into class after a shift. I am still questioning how I was able to get through undergrad and into law school.

I could go back and screw the same girls again, I would do a much better job of it.

I have thought about finding them all on Facebook, sending them an "I'm sorry, I got better. Mulligan?" email.

Kanrei,

I agree. I would really like to apologize to at least 10 girls for my shitty performance.

Too selfish
Too drunk

I paid for their services so however good or bad I was they were fairly compensated.

Sex is G-d's cruel joke. You get the most when you suck at it and then, once you master it, the options dry up.

Kanrei,

What makes the joke even crueler (at least among heteros) is the whole age thing.

Guys hit their peak at 18; women hit their peak at 35 or so.

A majority of the time sexual partners are pretty close in age and thus out of biological step.

It's no secret why wealthy older men AND older women prefer younger partners - it's biologically-fitting.

20 and 40 is the best age for sex among men and women.

I think women talk and they spread the news of how bad we are at 18 so that, by 30, we have a reputation we cannot shake. It is the XX Newsletter or something.

I think women talk and they spread the news of how bad we are at 18 so that, by 30, we have a reputation we cannot shake.

Lack of experience is one thing. Sexaul drive is another.

Men peak before they really even know what they are doing. Women are on ascension as they are learning and gaining experience.

What a pisser!

I guess it's nature's payback for women having to deal with childbirth and menstruation.

I think women talk and they spread the news of how bad we are at 18 so that, by 30, we have a reputation we cannot shake.

Anytime I run into a former girlfriend, I feel like they only see me as the guy who was terrible in bed.

paranoia perhaps? I don't know. I am considering just blurting out that their husband was just as bad as me at the same age.

I guess it's nature's payback for women having to deal with childbirth and menstruation.....and my laundry and the whole toilet lid thing......

and the whole toilet lid thing......

I always put the seat down, but I also always put the lid down: If I have to lift to pee, so does she. ERA!

I always put the seat down, but I also always put the lid down:

I do too but only because we have a 2-year old who will put anything in the toilet.

cellphone
remotes
hairdryer
wallet

#82 | Posted by eberly

Reminds me of the Simpsons when Bart was a baby standing over the toilet: Bye-bye car keys.

I always put the seat down, but I also always put the lid down: If I have to lift to pee, so does she. ERA!

I never thought of that!

However, I have been married for over 13 years - pick and choose your battles. I don't mind yielding on the toilet-seat thing.

pick and choose your battles. I don't mind yielding on the toilet-seat thing.

Probably why I have been single for so long...XX Newsletter thing. "Beware Kanrei: he makes you lift to Pee. AVOID AT ALL COSTS"

Sigh, I gave up beer for Lent (with an exception for St. Patty's day).

#61 | POSTED BY TAXMAN

What are you trying out for Pope or something... What the hell man, that's going too far for Lent. I gave up Tacos.

"I don't mind yielding on the toilet-seat thing."

Don't act like you are giving in. You should pee sitting down.

Sincerely,

Male Feminists and Prison Rapists

#81 | Posted by kanrei

Same here!

I gave up Tacos.

#86 | Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole

can't give up Tacos... I need the practice.

"I always put the seat down, but I also always put the lid down: If I have to lift to pee, so does she. ERA!

I never thought of that!
"

I just pee in the sink.Problem solved.

The URL is to Dogfish Head brewers, my favorite brewer. Their 90 and 120 minute IPAs are amazing but their specialty ones are a real treat if you can find them.

Fuck yeah. I'm drinking a Raison d'Etre right now.