Finals are a week and a half away. I'll be spending this whole week studying, however I will be tearing into some Shiner Cheer this evening while reviewing First Amendment. Fuck this stuff is good.
I never understood why someone would order a bottled beer if it's also on tap. The very first six pack of beer I ever bought legally when I was 21 was Guiness, and no, I wasn't lucky enough to get the nitrogen tap cans. Guiness bottles tastes like walnut extract and had the consistency of olive oil. I couldn't finish the first one and gave it to some panhandlers.
Jesus fucking Christ this annoys the absolute shit out of me and the primary reason why I don't drink when I go out. I already don't like the idea of tipping for drinks, but smug bartenders who feel entitled to a 30%+ tip for popping off a fucking bottle cap can fuck right off. I don't know what their deal is, but bartenders are the only service profession I've ever interacted with that feel entitled to a tip just for existing. At least every other service profesisonal I've ever interacted with felt that their level of service had some direct correlation to the gratuity they receive.
After having worked in THE INDUSTRY, I can say I have never seen bartenders flip shit if they got stiffed on a straight beer bottle tab. Most the of the time they flip on insanely drunk people that have been a thorn in their side the whole night and had it coming.
I really wish I didn't have to tip for a bartender reaching into a fridge and popping open a beer. If they pour a pint fine, no problem with that, however the only reason you tip any bartender for opening a bottled beer is so that they'll come back next time they see you at the bar. Btw, the whole Bar Rescue thing is such a joke. There's a bar in Denver that they flipped and its ridiculous, way over the top. Its in a pretty trendy part of town and there's never anyone in there.
His answer to everything is, YOURE MAKING PEOPLE SICK!!!, YOURE STEALING FROM THE OWNER! STEALING!, and let's got ounce counters in here so we can over charge for sugar filled bullshit.
Hey now, he's talking about THEFT, over pouring is stealing, have to fix that. Can't forget to bring in the mixologist so they can put overpriced sugary drinks on the menu that no one will buy and they can't make. Then they hang a huge gaudy sign and put some cheesy theme in. Can't miss, John Taffer knows his shit. He's the Warren Buffet of bars.
Honestly the whole mixologist shit he pushes is all from the liquor companies trying to find outlets for the billion and a half candy cane wedding cake apple vodka flavors they create.
Two reasons. I don't trust all places to clean their lines properly. The other reason, sometimes the stuff on tap just sucks anyway. This joint called Yard House has 100+ taps. Which is nifty, except the keg room is 50 feet away and they probably use 200 feet of line. So they pump a buttload of extra CO2 through the line to get the beer into the beer glass, causing every beer to be flat as fuck. Nobody complained everything tastes the same. Odd. Never get Guinness in a bottle. Even if you are dying of thirst. Naw, I've never seen someone flip over that. They just ignore you. Admit it, you knew a lot of elitist douches. And yes. I realize the delicious irony of saying that after my mojito rants. That Bar Rescue dude should have been popped in the mouth with a hammer by now. It's obvious who their sponsor is that week when the mixologist is making a new glass of bullfuckery.
Re: Re: 11/22 Drunk Thread It sucks that he doesn't write anymore. Still stuck at work, the wife picked me up beer at the store which is a bonus, except it's Rolling Rock....... I have never drank Rolling Rock.
Re: Re: 11/22 Drunk Thread Speaking as a Resident of a country that passes harsh, ignorant judgement on your beers, I really like Rolling Rock. It was the beer that turned be on to "unobtainable" American beers. They didn't sell it here until a couple years ago but it's biggest brewing facility for the last TEN (unbeknownst to myself) has been right here in town at the Labatt Brewery. The bottles (which we can't buy here) are sent straight to the states. We can only buy king cans of RR around here.
Guinness in a bottle is perfectly fine, you just need to know what your getting. You can't expect to get a draft guinness out of anything but a tap, although the pub cans are good enough if that's all you can get. Guinness foreign extra out of a bottle, since that's all I've ever found it in, is fucking fantastic.
I can't think of another beer on the market that has nitrogen tap cans. It could be a gimmick, or it could be that it's disgusting without.
Oh, and as far as ignorant bartenders go, fuck 'em all. You work in the field of booze and you don't know booze? Youse is a mothafuckin' disgrace. When I own my imaginary bar, I expect my bartenders to know the following basics of these drink families: Bitter aperitifs Manhattan/angostura cocktails Sours Martinis Multitalents Vodka cocktails "Legend" cocktails Long drinks Highballs Collins Fizzes Smashes Julep/mojitos Coolers Daiquiris Sunrises Margaritas Coladas Caribbean & Tiki punches/cocktails Spicy cocktails Poise-cafes Mocktails You know that poor kid working in the plumbing aisle at Lowe's? He needs to know about 19,000 different parts. He gets talked down to for minimum wage. People at bars are fighting for your attention and throwing cash at you. Dont you think you could learn a few DOZEN drinks to be professional at your job?
There's a couple I can only think of Murphy's of the top of my drunk head. there's a few types of guinness and only one has the nitro deal. To each his own, and my favorite one doesn't have the nitro ball ETA: I'd like to frequent crowns bar
Young's places a plastic nitrogen ball (widget) in their Double Chocolate stout, and maybe in their Oatmeal Stout. Murphy's too. Guinness in the can is OK as of my last sampling of it 5 years ago. This past St. Patrick's Day I bought a 12 pack of bottles only to find the brewery no longer places the widget in the bottle, instead only pre-filling the bottle with nitrogen. Does not have the same effect and the beer loses all its favorable characteristics. Turns to complete shit about 20 seconds after the lid gets popped. Am I the only one that is completely unenthused with Christmas beers? Not feeling it this year.
Seriously, Christmas beers is alien to me. The only thing that's important is that you HAVE your vices on hand for the holidays. We have to spend time with our fucking FAMILIES. It doesn't matter if Frosty is on my beer label. All that matters is if said beer will murk up my synapses.
CJ you need to try guinness foreign extra, it's some good shit. And i agree with you on the Christmas beer in principal
Freaking hipster. Alls I need is a shot and a beer. So long as you can pour a shot and open a beer you're doing good by my standards. Christmas beers can be good, but where they go wrong is when they get too fruity. Kind of like pumpkin beers, a lot of what makes them xmas is the spices. A good stout is more than enough in the winter, however people want something that reminds them of xmas which means cinnamon etc. I don't mind winter seasonals, however they may as well be nyquil because after three you're likely to pass out.
There is nothing wrong with being ordinary. I'm mostly a beer person these days? Do hipsters know lots of drinks? Our idea of a holiday drink is emergency mixers like spiking the eggnog you found next to the radiator with mouthwash. Ah, New Years 1999. I wasn't stupid enough to get food poisoning.