tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6411998550294805758..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: An accounting for taste.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28351962769022745122007-07-22T08:43:00.000-04:002007-07-22T08:43:00.000-04:00I've never been able to stand beer myself. I can u...I've never been able to stand beer myself. I can usually make through one glass, but have to choke down the rest. It seems my body has an aversion to anything "not-liquor".<BR/><BR/>I guess I better start getting used to beer since I'm planning on doing some microbrewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26272160124247845032007-07-21T22:01:00.000-04:002007-07-21T22:01:00.000-04:00From Cheers:[Woody] Hey Mr. Petersen, want a beer?...From <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083399/" REL="nofollow">Cheers</A>:<BR/><BR/>[Woody] Hey Mr. Petersen, want a beer?<BR/>[Norm] Isn't it a little early, Woody?<BR/>[Woody] For a beer?<BR/>[Norm] No, for stupid questions. Give me a beer, Woody.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32430266576264305542007-07-21T18:03:00.000-04:002007-07-21T18:03:00.000-04:00Well, it ain't Robert Earl Keen, but...When I was ...Well, it ain't Robert Earl Keen, but...<BR/><BR/>When I was seventeen,<BR/>I drank some very good beer, <BR/>I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake ID,<BR/>My name was Brian McGee,<BR/>I stayed up listening to Queen,<BR/>When I was seventeen.<BR/><BR/>....Homer has had his moments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-955719006395287672007-07-21T17:52:00.000-04:002007-07-21T17:52:00.000-04:00I don't really like beer, truth be told. I have m...I don't really like beer, truth be told. I have maybe one or two per year.<BR/><BR/>I do like Guinness when I'm having a beer, and I can enjoy Shiner Bock (trite, but I got caught up in the TFL Shiner Movement.)Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60623778472324978692007-07-21T16:42:00.000-04:002007-07-21T16:42:00.000-04:00I like only German biers. And British beers. (That...I like only German biers. <BR/><BR/>And British beers. (That Whitbread is a fine example of the good British ale yeast strains.)<BR/><BR/>And Scottish ales. <BR/><BR/>And Irish stouts. <BR/><BR/>And Belgian beers. <BR/><BR/>And Dutch, Japanese, and German-by-way-of-Mexico beers. <BR/><BR/>And hand-crafted microbrewery American beers. <BR/><BR/>And, on a hot day with good barbecue and friends, an iced cold American lager, even if it's from one of the monster brewing companies. <BR/><BR/>Heh. And I ONLY drink among friends. Or when I'm alone. <BR/><BR/>I went with my wife and kids to join a bunch of friends at a very nice small town tree-lighting ceremony on the square a couple of years ago. The temperature was 19 degrees F, and there was a bit of a dry wind. Still, the square was packed, mostly by virtue of the simply excellent rock-and-roll band Brave Combo playing for free. People were dancing, having a good time. A pizza parlor, newly opened on the 100 year old square, offered a superb deal that lots of people were taking advantage of: Large pepperoni pizzas for $6, and cold unopened cans of Old Milwaukee beer for $1, tax included. <BR/><BR/>We came in, shaking off the sweat of dancing and the cold on our ears, and bought a couple of pizzas, and drank a couple of cans of that "crap beer" each. It was the best dinner I'd had in a month, and beer honestly never tasted any better. <BR/><BR/>Hunger and good friends and setting can go a LONG way toward making any beer taste better. <BR/><BR/><I>"And I wished I had some money with <BR/>which to buy a round<BR/><BR/>I wished I'd cashed my paycheck <BR/>Before I came to town<BR/>But I reached into my pocket <BR/>Found three twenties and a ten<BR/>It feels so good feelin' good again<BR/><BR/>There was old man Perkins<BR/>Sittin' on his stool<BR/>Watchin' Butch and Jimmy John<BR/>Talkin' loud and playin' pool<BR/>The boys from Silver City<BR/>Were standin' by the fire<BR/>Singin' like they thought<BR/>they were the Tabernacle choir<BR/>And I wanted you to see them all<BR/>I wished that you were there<BR/>I looked across the room<BR/>and saw you standin' on the stair<BR/>And when I caught your eye<BR/>I saw you break into a grin<BR/>It feels so good feelin' good again"</I><BR/>Excerpt from <A HREF="http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Feelin'-Good-Again-lyrics-Robert-Earl-Keen/55F98E58B29B754F48256E37000B1308" REL="nofollow">"Feelin' Good Again"</A>, Robert Earl Keen, Jr.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91215550879096112942007-07-21T14:45:00.000-04:002007-07-21T14:45:00.000-04:00"I frankly just can't stand to drink most US mass ..."<I>I frankly just can't stand to drink most US mass consumption-type beers.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Neither can I.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, I find most German beers to be a mite thin for my tastes, too, since I prefer ales, porters, and stouts, not pilsners or lagers.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34274264736241591602007-07-21T14:35:00.000-04:002007-07-21T14:35:00.000-04:00I used to drink a lot of beer, almost none now...a...I used to drink a lot of beer, almost none now...and since I was exposed to German beer, I frankly just can't stand to drink most US mass consumption-type beers. I'd rather drink water than Bud, Coors, Miller...ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com