Weekend Drunk Thread, 6/14

Blue laws are just stupid, go tour the jack Daniels distillery and you can't buy a bottle because it's in a dry county.

South Carolina just passed or will be passing soon beer sales on Sundays, since Charlotte is so close people in SC would all but abandon the bars and restaurants in SC and just drive a few minutes to NC. It was very noticeable on Sunday's when football was on.

Of course in NC the state runs the liquor stores and they all close at 9 or 10,no Sundays, SC liquor stores all close at 7 and can't be open on Sundays.

Most all blue laws came about so people wouldn't show up to church drunk, you know, 150 fucking years ago.

 

Newcastle Brown say it better than I could.

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I spent a few days in Leuven last year, and was never served an Artois in one of those style glasses.

 

I never got the glass with the silly S & M paddle. I don't mind the bottled version, it was cheap at my hostel in Amsterdam. I chose it over Becks. Does that make me an asshole?

 

I think I had a Stella served in one of them fancy Stella glasses in Ypres, but for the most part Stella isn't really that popular in Belgium. If you go through the small towns, most of the little bars/pubs/cafes carry Jupiler (which is almost the same thing and you'd be hard-pressed to taste much of a difference). It has all the qualities of a fine Belgian woman: cheap and blonde.

EDIT: And what do you know, Jupiler and Stella are both owned by InBev.

 

I'm not quite sure yet.


Do you prefer beers where each bottle has a little piece of paper covering the top like it's a little Christmas present?

 

I always thought the paper over the lid on Stella was faggotry. I thought it was smooth, and truthfully I had no idea what order, the only ones I tried were the common area ones like Stella, Amstel and Becks. Despite where I was I never cared much for Heineken. Tastes like cold medicine to me.

 

When I was in Thailand I bought a green bottle of beer. It's label proclaimed it as "Charn Beer." Charn in Thai means elephant. As I finished the beer I noticed the bottom of the bottle. It was a well known German beer, I just can't remember which one.

Also on TV in Thailand was Channel V, which was Asia's version of MTV. They had a commercial for "Knock Out. Strong Punch Beer." Talk about truth in advertising that would never fly over here.

One other odd tidbit about beer in Thailand, my brother in law and I used to routinely send his 8 year old nephew to the local street vendor to fetch us more beer.

 

I am fairly saddened by my inability to buy your American 'cider' and turn it into a delicious hot spiced rum drink, but I am downright astonished at the number of you that drink Strongbow. That is the absolute bottom of the barrel here, on par with wine in a box or hobo sweat. (If you can get it, try)

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I drink a bit of Stella for the same reason I drink a bit of Corona or a bit of Heineken, i.e. they're on special, don't taste like anything, and go down easy at a summer bbq. The best thing you can say about them is that they're inoffensive, and sometimes inoffensive is enough.

Drinking Stella in Belgium would blow my fucking mind though. They have Chimay on tap! For 2.5 Euros! Now if you need me, I'll be drowning in a pool of my own fluids thinking about Chimay. Also, holy shit. In all my thinking about winter drinks, I forgot that it's the time for my beloved heavy Belgian ales. Fuck yes. Now, if only they didn't come in at $8 for a pint in the bottleshop, or $15 for a 330ml in pubs.

 

Man, this fucking Cup, eh?

 

Tell me about it. I suppose at this time of the year it barely properly gets dark anyway, but I'm getting tired of going to bed in daylight hours.

 

I don't want to burst any bubbles here - but you all do realize that Stella comes on tap, right? And it is an excellent light, crisp beer. If you drink anything from a clear or green bottle you are asking for the skunksation.

Cider - Angry Orchard is easily the best out there.


http://angryorchard.com/#!

 

Apparently you're not drinking tea. That or you're tripping.

Btw I had a nice Molson or several after my game. Like I said, on its own it's pretty meh. After a game, its pretty good.

 

I almost squeee'd at work. And as a big tough looking dude in Afghanistan, I don't know that that would have gone over very well.

 

Obviously you have a rogue gecko shitting on/in random things.

Don't sleep. Ever.

 

JK Scrumpy would like to have a word with you. This is the craziest cider to me. If you didn't tell me it was booze I wouldn't know until I stood up. Tastes like the freshest, sweetest apple juice. How the hell people drink Magner's or Strongbow is mind blowing. They're both so funky, sour, tanic.

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4:30 am. What an unholy fucking hour of the day.

 

I feel pain in my chest for all of you ppl. that can't access proper booze at reasonable hours. Here in Calgary, we privatized liquor stores years ago. Anything you want is available until 2am, any day of the week (depending on the shop owner). There are 6 stores within 2km of my house. Recently I bought a *variety case of booze at 1am. The owner (who knows me well) said "is this for you?". I replied, "is that bad?".

I love my liquor store.

*3 Captain Morgan, 1 Absolut Citron, 6 variety bottles of white and 2 red. All on sale bitches!

 

Bitch, please. I can buy booze at a grocery store, convenience store, or a gas station 24 hours a day and then openly drink it on the street without a problem.

 

And this is just one of the reasons we could be pals.