Wine or beer?

What's your poison?


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There's much more to beer than lager.

~ Porter in Portlaoise
~ Stout in Stradbally
 
You've been doing this schtick since 2003?

Oy vey

Oh, yes, but just here. There were actual protest threads when I tried to abandon it. But I've done the Ms/Miss thing, too.

Ms. Taken
Ms. Apprehension
Ms. Creant

It's very versatile, no?

Missing in Mississippi Mudflats,
Ellie
 
There's much more to beer than lager.

~ Porter in Portlaoise
~ Stout in Stradbally
I've been sober since 1978, but I still crave a good bitter or forest brown ale. A good european lager is drinkable, but there are damned few American lagers or pilsners that can tempt me at all. (Killian's Red Irish Lager before Anheiser Busch bought them out, was one. Henry Rheinhardt's Private Reserve Dark was another.)
 
Wistful for whiskey.

But which fella do you jones for? Johnnie Walker (black label, of course)? Jim Beam? Jack Daniels? Or is it no J at all?!

Also, your new (to me) sig.... yet another sign that you're after my own heart. I lurve Parker. I actually used that quote (cited, of course) in a story I wrote, once upon a time...

I've been sober since 1978, but I still crave a good bitter or forest brown ale. A good european lager is drinkable, but there are damned few American lagers or pilsners that can tempt me at all. (Killian's Red Irish Lager before Anheiser Busch bought them out, was one. Henry Rheinhardt's Private Reserve Dark was another.)

So that must become the mission of the American beer industry, then. They'll know they've hit the mark when they come up with something so rich and earthy that you fall off the wagon for it. I'll write to them about you promptly.

Devious in a Dervish,
Ellie
 
I'm being a fan of rosé wine lately, mainly because it's chilled and light for hot days. Tends to go with almost anything I eat, too.

Boozy in Belfast,

Zumi

Verra nice, Zumi. My work hours are crazy in the summer, leisure time is fleeting, and when it comes to food (when I can fit it in) I go with whatever nutrition I need whether it's light or not, and wine isn't part of the meal unless I'm at leisure, which isn't often. But today I am at leisure, and my roommate just brought me a cabernet labeled "Happy Camper" (emarkably light for a cab).

We'll see.

Drink-sodden in Delhi,
Ellie
 
Usually red wines, but recently I discovered a yummy raspberry Kölsch at the local gourmet pizza/brewery. They only make it for summer, so I've been imbibing with a growler to go.
 
I'm usually reds too, but have had some really good rosés this summer too. I've gotten over my aversion to them looking like a white zin. :rolleyes:
 
Sorry to enter with a note of boring agreement, but I'm a red wine gal, too, though I strongly favor the lighter reds. And when it comes to whites and the blushing varieties... well, even though it's completely colloquial, something like a "white merlot" does it for me. It's like it's not really white wine.

When I go white, it's almost always specifically to pair with sweet food (which isn't a frequent occasion in my diet, for reasons of both practicality and preference). Cheesecake and Gerwutztraminer, for example. Delish!

Knuckle-dragger in Knoxville,
Ellie
 
Or worse still, Strawberry Hill.

I do like a good white burgundy with a lighter meal.
 
Usually red wines, but recently I discovered a yummy raspberry Kölsch at the local gourmet pizza/brewery. They only make it for summer, so I've been imbibing with a growler to go.

I can growl with the best of them, and I even know what raspberry Kölsch is, but in this context I have no idea what a growler is. :eek: Edumacate me?

Dunce at Dunkirk,
Ellie
 
But which fella do you jones for? Johnnie Walker (black label, of course)? Jim Beam? Jack Daniels? Or is it no J at all?!

Also, your new (to me) sig.... yet another sign that you're after my own heart. I lurve Parker. I actually used that quote (cited, of course) in a story I wrote, once upon a time...

I like : http://www.scotchwhisky.net/images/bots/glenlivet.jpg


She is very quotable, I would have loved to have hung out with her.
 
I can growl with the best of them, and I even know what raspberry Kölsch is, but in this context I have no idea what a growler is. :eek: Edumacate me?

Dunce at Dunkirk,
Ellie

Looking at your locale, you may have tasted the Kölsch I'm talking about. A growler is a jug of beer, a 1/2 gallon to be exact. You can get it on tap to go, I think they sell smaller sizes to go too.

I wash my growler out and have it refilled.
 
I'm very picky with both wine and beer. For wines, I tend to like strong, sweet reds, and would usually rather have port. Beers are much more hit or miss. The Younger Ruglet has become quite the beer snob, and sometimes brings home new stuff to try. Much of it is good, but I've never really become a beer drinker.

Lately, I've been taken with hard cider, especially Angry Orchard Iceman or Muse. Both are quite tasty, and just strong enough to make watching cheesy movies more fun.

Also, it's lovely to see you, Ellie. :kiss:
 
Looking at your locale, you may have tasted the Kölsch I'm talking about. A growler is a jug of beer, a 1/2 gallon to be exact. You can get it on tap to go, I think they sell smaller sizes to go too.

I wash my growler out and have it refilled.

:eek: I haven't tasted it, but I'm aware of it. As for growlers, well... that brings stingingly to home just how much of a beer drinker I'm... not. I had no idea that there was anywhere in my region one could get tap beer to go. Holy cow. Thank you!

Ignoramus on I St.,
Ellie
 
*sigh* Maybe someday we can take a bottle of Glenlivet on a time travel trip and be Algonquin round table groupies together. My hairdo would be a total "in," and I just know they'd be all over "all kinds of stupid." *nod nod*

Optimist at the Oppenheimer,
Ellie

The groupie table would have been right next to theirs. I would sit there with you listening and taking notes. But I'd squeal and faint if she'd talk to us, so I'm guessing the stupid they'd be talking about at that point would be mine.
 
:eek: I haven't tasted it, but I'm aware of it. As for growlers, well... that brings stingingly to home just how much of a beer drinker I'm... not. I had no idea that there was anywhere in my region one could get tap beer to go. Holy cow. Thank you!

Ignoramus on I St.,
Ellie

Pshaw! I wouldn't have known either if someone hadn't shown up at the house with one a couple years ago.

It's a nice way to have some local fresh brew for parties without having to buy the typical six packs.
 
I don't drink beer (which is practically unheard of around these parts) so wine is a no-brainer.

A glass (or two) of bubbles rules my world.
 
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