[Coco] OT: Mmmm... Beer!

[George Ramsower]

>
> On Jul 19, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
>> Rumor has it that Gene Heskett may have mentioned these words:
>>> On Tuesday 19 July 2005 14:42, James Diffendaffer wrote:
>>> >
>>> >I need a beer.
>>> >
>>> Try a Rolling Rock Green Lite James, its quite lo-cal, and tastier
>>> than one normally expects from a 'lite' beer....
>>
>> I dunno about lo-cal (I don't bother reading labels), but Sam Adams Lite 
>> is the only lite beer that can be exported to Germany, despite 
>> Reinheitsgebot. Much more flavor than any other lite beer I've ever had 
>> (most of which I despise since being to Germany in '91 - I've had a 
>> rather... ummm... "continental" preference to beer since then) and "more 
>> tolerable" to those who prefer a more "american lager" style of beer than 
>> standard Sam Adams.
>> [[ BTW, my fave is Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, a smooth, fruity concoction 
>> which I find quite pleasing -- I consider it "comfort food." ;-) ]]
>> Life's too short to drink cheap beer. ;^>  When my faves get too 
>> expensive, then I'll make more time to kick in my latent homebrew hobby.
>>
>
> Well, when the Doc said to cut out the sugar, I started drinking Bud Lite, 
> but that's too much like pee-water.  My son put me onto Eurobeers, but 
> they're too pricey (not to mention, you don't get lite), and I found that 
> Molson Golden is a good compromise (to my taste).  Anyhoo, life's too 
> short to go without beer, especially if you are on an Adkins type diet 
> (yah! lotsa cheap steak cut from low-fat eye of round from Sam's Club!).
>

 When I began to taste "Lite" beer, I also thought it was watery. Then a 
girlfriend suggested I might try it exclusively for a few weeks and I will 
discover that it is just fine, once I get used to it. She was right.
 Now, when I try regular beer, it tastes VERY heavy and it knocks me for a 
loop.

 "Warming the tadpole"

George