Wed
Nov 8 2006
09:32 am
By: SayUncle
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- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (2 replies)
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (3 replies)
- Are Chat bots a waste of time? (1 reply)
- Musicians dropping out of President's Freedom Concert Series (1 reply)
- It's time for new blood in Congress, Barnett in - Burchett out (1 reply)
- Burning Down The House... (2 replies)
- Behind Lege Lies (1 reply)
- Peace (1 reply)
- Speak your truth, fight and believe. (1 reply)
- Large banks have too much AI data center debt? (1 reply)
- GOP misleading on federal health care funding (1 reply)
- Feds indict civil rights group (3 replies)
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And a sore winner to
And a sore winner to boot.
Class act, Uncle.
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And a sore winner to
And a sore winner to boot.
Class act, Uncle.
Uncle if I understand your wager with Andy you get to pick the beer. I suggest Samuel Adams Utopias. Pay up Andy.
I was thinking ...
... of a good Belgian ale like Delirium Tremens (something that comes in a 22 oz bottle), but whatever.
And stay the hell out of this, Nine. How we settle this wager is hardly up to you.
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Delirium is a step up from
Delirium is a step up from Chimay, if you ask me. They make a damned good ale, even if it's not an abbey label. Of course, not everyone likes a Belgian golden. I do, though. Duvel is good as well.
Anyhow, I insist on something with a high gravity. It hardly seems sporting to fulfill a wager with a six of PBR or some such nonsense.
I give better than I get when it comes to the hooch.
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DT better than Chimay?
Andy, do you really think DT is better than Chimay? Are you serious? No way it beats the Trappist masterpiece that is Chimay. Nuh uh. Nope. Ain't happenin'.
Leffe and Duvel are also good IMO, but my favorite is Hoegaarden, which I totally cannot pronounce, even though I've heard a bunch of Dutch and Flemish people pronounce it for me. The lambics are also among my faves, and there's nothing on Earth like a good framboise, but my Lord, saying that DT beats Chimay is akin to saying the Anheuser-Busch beer called "Budweiser" is better than the original.
Boy, you can't be serious. ;-)
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
The last Chimay I had was a
The last Chimay I had was a Cinq Cents. I didn't care for it. Might have been the time of year, but I found the DT to be more drinkable and to pack a heavier punch.
(Maredsous 10 is pretty good as well.)
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Cinq Cents
The Cinq Cents is very hoppy, and like all three of the Chimay beers, it's unpasteurized. This has a definite impact when it's shipped trans-Atlantic, since the shelf life is so short. By the time Chimay gets to the US, it can often be already stale. The time of year certainly affects the end product, but the red and blue are much more consistent than the Cinq Cents. The blue is a stout-like concoction, and the red is ... well ... red. All three are glorious.
All three should be enjoyed in a Chimay-approved glass, somewhere in southern Belgium, with steamed mussels in season and homemade bread. It's bliss, I'm tellin' ya.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Lordy, lordy, all these
Lordy, lordy, all these fancy brews. You all probably drink $4 a cup coffee too. I can't help by think that ordering a "Chimay" must require the accent and attitude of Thurston Howell, III. What's that new country song...'domestic, light and cold'. I'm for that.
I can't help by think that
Chad, it's worse than you think. In Belgium and the Netherlands, each locality has its own specialized brew. They're as proud of their local beers as we are of football teams. The Belgians are obsessive about it.
Each beer is served in a special glass made specifically for that particular beer. Drinking a beer from the wrong glass is a faux pas equivalent to farting at the dinner table.
I was in a bar in the southern Netherlands and asked for a Chimay (they had it on draft! Lordy me!). This was no snooty upscale place; it was just an ordinary corner pub in which Mr. Howell would not have been caught dead. The bartender said, "I'm sorry, I can't serve you the Chimay. I'm out of glasses." She was serious. She refused to serve me that beer because she didn't have the proper glass for it. I had to drink something else.
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." --Brett Butler
Stop me if you've heard
Stop me if you've heard about the Eastern European village that submitted a sample of their brew for a competition only to receive the reply, "Your horse is pregnant."
That's an old joke that really should be, and probably is, told in most of Europe about American beers.
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup." - Ludwig van Beethoven
Lordy, lordy, all these
You know what, Chad?
I'm trying to be nice here, and you (and Number 9, for that matter) can't help but get a dig in.
I'm trying to settle a wager with a person with whom I don't much agree, and I'm talking about an exotic brew because sending a can of pasteurized, preserved American pisswater is hardly worth the price of the postage. It literally would cost me more to send it than it would to buy it.
Besides that? It's called "losing gracefully," in case you've never heard the term. I have yet to be afforded that opportunity.
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'Sorry, Uncle,' No
'Sorry, Uncle,'
No problem.
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
All this bickering
All this bickering over...well, whatever this bickering is over. I just want to be there to buy and enjoy the second round. Republicans don't know beer, but that's no reason to dislike them...There's tons of other reasons. But we should be able to hoist one or two or three in the spirit of spirits.
You want a bland watery semi beer? No problem! Just don't look through your mug at me whilst I enjoy something dark, ominous, and chewy, with twice the kick.
Peace
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But while we're salting wounds...
Via Billmon:
Ford may have lost, but the GOP hardly won. MO & TN were both "holds." They didn't pick up a single seat from the D's.
Firewall, indeed.
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The republicans needed to go
The republicans needed to go and anyone but the most truly partisan saw that coming. Unfortunately, the only replacement was democrats.
And I didn't vote for or support corker, btw.
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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?
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Some opinions on the top 10
Some opinions on the top 10 American beers:
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