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#421 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 892 weeks ago
I love Sam Adams Cherry Wheat but I've never dug into their other beers.
I think Sam Adams is a bit overrated. The Boston Lager (which is kind of their flagship) is good, and the Cherry Wheat.
I tried their Oktoberfest last week actually because I had heard a commercial saying it won some competitions in Germany. It wasn't aweful, but I didn't really care much for it.
#422 Re: The Garden » Are we hard-wired to have weekends? » 892 weeks ago
Don't know how old you are, but I've noticed it doesn't matter as much as I get older.
I'm only 32, but I already don't have a huge problem with not going out and doing something just to do something. I'm gonna sit at home, have a couple beers, listen to some tunes, and go to bed tonight since I don't have any plans.
Five years ago (shit probably less than that) I'd have definitely went out looking for something to do.
#423 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Poor - kickass Aussie rock n' roll! » 892 weeks ago
I saw these guys open for AC/DC in 96 I think. Really good straightforward rock and roll.
If I remember correctly one of the members is Malcom Young from AC/DC's son.
I have the cassette of that album somewhere. I should try to find it.
Edit: Evidently their former drummer was the son of one of Malcom and Angus's other siblings. Sounds like he's not it the band anymore.
#424 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 893 weeks ago
Davis should have sold that team twenty years ago. The league should have pressured him right before the bonehead move back to Oakland occurred. I'll never forget that. Probably the worst franchise move in league history(yes, worse than Arizona). Supposedly millions of people wanted the Raiders back in Oakland. At least that was the line they towed to get the move approved. When it happened, you could hear a pin drop in the whole state and could no longer watch Raiders games on TV because they never sold out.
In the coming 5-10 years, there are a few teams that the league needs to deal with....
Raiders
Obvious reasons
Detroit
Either new ownership, change of city, or possible removal from the league.
Tampa, Miami, and/or Jacksonville
One state cannot handle three bottom feeders. One of these teams has to go, and you could make a case that two need to go. Miami is untouchable as it has such a storied history with the league. Tampa or Jacksonville. Flip a coin.
I agree something like this needs to happen, but not really for the reasons you say (althought, they'd all be good choices). The talent pool has just become too diluted with 32 teams. The NFL's making more money the way it is, so it'll never happen, but I'd like to see them go back to 30 teams, or even the 28 that a lot of us grew up with.
That diluting is part of how you end up with these teams being able to stay so bad, even in the era of parity.
#425 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 893 weeks ago
Miller High Life is a really tasty beer also. Even my non beer liking friends enjoy it.
Well... It's "The Champagne Of Beers".
#426 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 893 weeks ago
Another great fairly underground beer is Xingu. I don't even know what to compare it to, but it's really good.
#427 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 893 weeks ago
Axl S wrote:I've never heard of Modelo. Is it similiar to Corona at all. I'll keep an eye out for it next time I'm at the store.
The Modelo Especial has a similar taste (but better) than Corona and it's packaged similar as well. The bottles are clear with mostly white labels with some blue and yellow accents. The bottles are shorter and fatter than Corona however.
They also have Nergo Modelo which is obviously their dark beer. Until about 3 years ago, I thought that's all there was and I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was my favorite mexican beer next to Dos Equis.
The Negro is fantastic. It is dark, but it isn't very dark. I'd say it isn't any darker than a red would be considered. Really smooth and not as filling as you'd expect a darker beer to be.
#428 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 893 weeks ago
Axl S wrote:Corona is awesome.
I usually drink Corona OR cheap pints of lager.
That's only beer wise aside from that I enjoy
Koppaberg and Magners. Mixed Fruit and Original respectively.
Then I also enjoy Jaegerbombs. Really thats all I drink.
I used to drink Corona as a summer or vacation beer but then I found Modelo Especial.... if you can find a 6 of that try it out. I like it a great deal more than Corona
I can't stand Corona, but Modelo is really good.
#429 Re: The Sunset Strip » Mackenzie Phillips: I slept with my own father » 893 weeks ago
Yeah, she definitely stuck out like a sore thumb and probably hurt the group a bit image wise.
There was at one point an alternative band named "The Fat Chick In Wilson Phillips". Never heard any music, but I'll never forget the name.
#430 Re: The Garden » BEER! » 893 weeks ago
My go to beer is Miller Genuine Draft, but I like a good variety of things.
I like things that are a hair dark(nut browns, bocks, etc), and I'll drink a stout if I'm in the right mood, but not regularly
Not a light beer guy at all, as a dude told me once in a bar- "Light beer is like sex in a canoe, it's fuckin' near water."
I actually went to a beer tasting festival last weekend. Nothing really stuck out to me as something new to drink regularly though.
