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My Rics aren't seem in the company of such swill!

The trinity, for me:

black: Guinness
brown: Negra Modelo
amber: Anchor Steam

In the summer, I'll give in to the call of Latrobe, Pennsylvania's Rolling Rock.
My other beer of choice seems to be a thing of the past now: Haystack Black (porter)

This thread's made me thirsty!

Here's an old favorite for you:

The leaders of the big beer companies meet for a drink. The president of Budweiser orders a Bud, the CEO of Miller gets a Miller, the head of Coors orders a Coors, and so on. Until it's Arthur Guinness's turn. He orders a soda.

"Why didn't you order a Guinness?" everyone asks.

Guinness replies, "if you guys aren't having beer, then neither will I."


cheers! Noel

Haha... nice one!

Howard I got screeched in at a pub in St. Johns. After four or five glasses the cod could have been a shark for all I cared. Smoked cod? no that would not do. You have to follow the tradition to a tee.

Great people down there. I am sure that some of them are related to me somewhere along the line even though they called me a "mainlander". As the saying goes we all got along famously.

When you are on the east coast you should try to visit that part of Canada. Its great.

Don't know about the others, Noel but Guinness? You betcha!! Gotta find an Irish guitar, however!!

Aha!! So that's what "codswalllop" means - it's when you greet the floor face first in certain Canadian pubs!! I've always wondered........

Gotta find an Irish guitar Howard? That'd be either a bouzouki or a mandolin, no!

Incidentally, I also play bodhran and apply a bit of Guinness on the skin almost every gig to loosen it up. It has a great hue and an even better smell! Then when I screw up, I can say that the drum has been drinking, not me! Wouldn't recommend this on a Rickenbacker though. Who knows, maybe it'd be better than Paul's Zymol?

Lowden = Irish guitar

fine instruments too

I live in lovely Middleton, Wisconsin, USA. We're home to an exceptional brewery:
http://www.capital-brewery.com
And a guitar manufacturer:
http://www.usmasters.com.
Playing guitar and drinking beer - two great hobbies that complement each other nicely.

Interesting, USMasters sells a Blue Burst Tele knockoff.

Hey Paul send me an e-mail.

Thanks

I reckon this is all you need ( except an amazing woman, but she is still at work!!!)

This thread makes me want a Hofner verithin. Perfect with a good German Weissbier.

Any port in a storm, eh? Is that a wheat beer, John? I once tried EK Weissen (I think that's how its spelt) - very nice indeed!! Quite similar to our Redback.

Was it EKU? That's an Austrian brew (Almost wrote Austr*al*ian hehe!)

I believe wheat beers are an acquired taste. The ones produced in the States aren't usually the real deal - they taste like a fancy lager, and don;t have that indefinable zing that a good wheat does.

Speaking of guitars, I recently went through a period of Hofner lust. A verithin sounded like an ideal guitar for me - a sort of hybrid between a gibby 335 and a (Rick) 330. So I went to try one out. The only example in stock within 500 miles was a serious, serious dog! I am pretty sure it was a lemon.

Hey. . .lemons go real well with Weissbier. . . coincidence? If I bump into Redback I'll definitely give it a shot.

That's it!! EKU.

Yes, lemons (and sometimes limes) are standard fare with wheat beer here. The lime is more commonly jammed down the neck of a Corona. I'm not a huge fan of the lemon/beer combination.

If you do bump into a Redback, I hope it's the beer and not the spider. If it's the latter he may give you a shot and it could be the ol' pine box for you!!

I Live really close to St. Louis home Of Bud...
so I guess I have to be bias,.