Klarinet Archive - Posting 000149.txt from 2000/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beer - Best, good & bad
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:57:47 -0400

WHICH Guinness??
Roger S.

On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Kevin Fay (LCA) wrote:

> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 09:41:27 -0700
> From: "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: "'klarinet@-----.org>
> Subject: [kl] Beer - Best, good & bad
>
> Dan Sutherland stated emphatically:
>
> <<<The best beer is Granville Island English Bay Pale Ale. I know this
> because after several of them I appear, at least to myself, far more clever
> than before. But you did mention "taste", a quality with which I have no
> interest or experience.>>>
>
> . . . how can a Canadian beer that purports to be "English" possibly count
> among the best?
>
> Very [un]clearly, the world's best beer in Guinness. And a good thing, too.
> As my grandfather (Ned Clancy) used to say (a maxim I am sure he pilfered),
> Guinness is a heavenly nectar sent from on high to keep the Irish from
> ruling the Earth . . .
>
> The most popular beer in the world is Budweiser, which I guess is the brewed
> equivalent of Britney Spears. Sells a lot, guaranteed to be fresh.
>
> James Marioneaux posted:
>
> <<<My dad (rest his soul) always said the best beer is whatever happens to
> be on sale that week. I would usually had to be careful before answering
> when he said "Want a beer?">>>
>
> Grandpa Ned had a similar outlook. He opined that whilst some beers were
> tastier than others, the only "bad" beer was no beer.
>
> . . . which reminds me, I need to pick some up for the 4th . . .
>
> kjf
>
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