Hmm, Im not so sure. Where I grew up, you could well get your teeth knocked in for an insult such as that.😀 It has little to do with the conflict of old, but more to do with hospitality and how you treat others, and mostly how they treat you. There are plenty of yankees in the south, but they generally stick out like a sore thumb and are easy to spot.😛
I must heartily agree with the title of this thread. As a matter of fact, I believe I need to visit one of my favorite "Houses of Worship" this evening. I believe I hear some Belgian styles and perhaps a Hill Farmstead Twilight of the Idols calling my name!😎
Peace,
Dave
P.S. For those not from the Vermont area, Hill Farmstead is a great microbrewery in Greensboro VT. Twilight of the Idols is a wonderful Porter that is a perfect dessert.
Peace,
Dave
P.S. For those not from the Vermont area, Hill Farmstead is a great microbrewery in Greensboro VT. Twilight of the Idols is a wonderful Porter that is a perfect dessert.
I prefer my beer before it's been kidney filtered, thus I'm not fond of American Budweiser. I can't comment on Budvar, as I have never had the opportunity.
Dave
Dave
I have; it's good but it's not All That.
Best beer I've ever had was Het Anker Christmas beer (thank you, Pete Millett!). Damn, that was some amazing stuff. Never had anything else like it.
That's the one. Jeez, it's good. Last time I had it, I think Morgan and I killed about a gallon at a sitting. Pete was stupid enough to leave us alone with it.
I'll have to try that one. I used to love Samichlaus, but this years batch is absolutely terrible. Its like drinking unfermented malt. Its been getting progressively worse with time. Too bad, it was an awesome beer back in '96, the first time I had it.
Meanwhile, anyone here ever try Surly Brewing Co.'s Furious? God, what a beer that one is… More like overhopped barley wine. Its a deep gold-green color, and smells as poisonous as a skunk's ***. Its the kind of beer that puts hair on your tongue and scares the women and children from the room.
Delicious.
Meanwhile, anyone here ever try Surly Brewing Co.'s Furious? God, what a beer that one is… More like overhopped barley wine. Its a deep gold-green color, and smells as poisonous as a skunk's ***. Its the kind of beer that puts hair on your tongue and scares the women and children from the room.
Delicious.
Hello Corvus Corax, I think I will leave Surly Brewing Co.'s Furious for you. I'm not really a barley wine sort.
Just got back from my visit to the "House of Worship". Enjoy a couple NorthCoast Brewing Pranqsters. Those of you from upper CA should know this one. Then I had the Twilight mentioned earlier. I decided I needed one more (big surprise) and had the pleasure of a N'Ice Chouffe. WOW, what a wonderful, malty Belgian. Something about Belgian styles, and English dark beers(biers for those of Germanic blood) that really goes great on a cold winters night. Of course the Schneider Avetinus is a wonderful beer for this time of year also!
Peace,
Dave
Just got back from my visit to the "House of Worship". Enjoy a couple NorthCoast Brewing Pranqsters. Those of you from upper CA should know this one. Then I had the Twilight mentioned earlier. I decided I needed one more (big surprise) and had the pleasure of a N'Ice Chouffe. WOW, what a wonderful, malty Belgian. Something about Belgian styles, and English dark beers(biers for those of Germanic blood) that really goes great on a cold winters night. Of course the Schneider Avetinus is a wonderful beer for this time of year also!
Peace,
Dave
Exactly. You can take care of business and still have social graces. It does not mean you have to let anybody walk all over you. To me the phrase is half a joke but I think to some people in Texas it is 100% serious. Obviously wherever you grew up is not in Texas. In Texas we like to believe that we are the most unique state but I must admit that Louisiana is more unique than Texas. It is like going to another country. When you said that you could get your teeth knocked out for calling somebody a yankee I knew that LA means Louisiana and not Los Angeles.
We are strange here. We built our capitol building taller than every other capitol building in the country including the US capitol building in DC. Why? Because everything is bigger in Texas of course!
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Here is another example of how weird we are.
Texas history books say that Texas was the only state to join the US by treaty rather than by annexation. Yankee history books (books not written in Texas) say that Texas was annexed. The truth is that we did join by treaty but it was called an annexation. The things in the treaty are pretty weird though. Like for one we are the only state who can fly our state flag at the same height as the American Flag. The only benefit being that we can say we are the only state that can do it.
It is common knowledge that we are the only state that has the right to secede from the US. But like many things that are common knowledge it is also not true. We are possibly the only state who specifically can't secede from the US by our own state law. We made a constitutional amendment in 1861 (to the Texas constitution not the US one) that says we absolutely can NOT secede from the US. But our governor threatened to do it a while back and stated that we are the only state that has the right to do it. I wanted to stick my head in a hole and hide. People already think we are stupid. Why go and prove them right? I usually support his party too so I wanted to stick my head in a hole for that reason also.
Texas history books say that Texas was the only state to join the US by treaty rather than by annexation. Yankee history books (books not written in Texas) say that Texas was annexed. The truth is that we did join by treaty but it was called an annexation. The things in the treaty are pretty weird though. Like for one we are the only state who can fly our state flag at the same height as the American Flag. The only benefit being that we can say we are the only state that can do it.
It is common knowledge that we are the only state that has the right to secede from the US. But like many things that are common knowledge it is also not true. We are possibly the only state who specifically can't secede from the US by our own state law. We made a constitutional amendment in 1861 (to the Texas constitution not the US one) that says we absolutely can NOT secede from the US. But our governor threatened to do it a while back and stated that we are the only state that has the right to do it. I wanted to stick my head in a hole and hide. People already think we are stupid. Why go and prove them right? I usually support his party too so I wanted to stick my head in a hole for that reason also.
I tried Tsing Tao many moons ago in Germany.
At the time the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) was still in force so it would not have contained anything other than hops, barley or wheat malt, yeast and water.
There weren't many foreign beers available back then but Tuborg was one of them.
No american beers at all since they all seem to contain rice or maize, at least the commercial ones.
If I remember correctly you could get Heineken but not Grolsch.
Either way it didn't appear to be a great hardship as Budweiser Budvar or Urquell were available everywhere in shops, clubs, bars, fast-food joints (though BK and McD only sold their own dishwater) petrol stations etc alongside the local brews and Beck's.
I was lucky enough to live no more than two minutes walk from a 'Bierverlag' (lit.beer publisher) basically a shop that sells nothing but beer. Over 175 bottled beers and nearly 50 types in kegs. Good Times!
At the time the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Law) was still in force so it would not have contained anything other than hops, barley or wheat malt, yeast and water.
There weren't many foreign beers available back then but Tuborg was one of them.
No american beers at all since they all seem to contain rice or maize, at least the commercial ones.
If I remember correctly you could get Heineken but not Grolsch.
Either way it didn't appear to be a great hardship as Budweiser Budvar or Urquell were available everywhere in shops, clubs, bars, fast-food joints (though BK and McD only sold their own dishwater) petrol stations etc alongside the local brews and Beck's.
I was lucky enough to live no more than two minutes walk from a 'Bierverlag' (lit.beer publisher) basically a shop that sells nothing but beer. Over 175 bottled beers and nearly 50 types in kegs. Good Times!
Their's likely not an equivalent outside of Germany.
Other word for publisher in German is "herausgeber", the meaning is closer to "distributor". The verb "verlagern" is to move, with regard to storage.
(excuse the idiot for nitpicking)
Had an interesting one at dinner last night "Arrogant Bastard Ale" (that's Bee Ay Ess Tee Ay Are Dee if it gets asterisked)...very smooth and tasty at 7.2% and the back label explained in great detail why the drinker is probably too unsophisticated to appreciate it!😎
that was so flippin wrong .
funny as hell though
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