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On New Year’s Day in 1999 the wife and I set off in the early morning to get our birding year list off to a good start. We were flagged down by the police and, as the driver, I was asked when I’d last had a drink. I thought for a moment and said ‘I’m not sure but I think it was 1983’. The policeman looked at me as though he thought I was taking the piss, then he said ‘Is everyone in this town tee-total?’ and let us go on our way. Still haven’t had an alcoholic drink since then. Perhaps it’s an English thing. I don’t even have the excuse of prescription drugs

Beer VERSUS drugs???

That's like pitting Jerry against Pigpen, God against Hercules, the North Pole against the South Pole, Mt. Everest against the Marianas Trench!!!

In other words, it just can't be, it should never happen.......... my world upended!!!

Oh, wait. Did I just post that publicly?? Ha ha, just kidding. I'm livin' on yoga, Vitamin C and propane. Clean as a whislte. As you were..............

If I had to choose between Bud, Miller, Coors, I would probably go with Coors.
Although ice cold Bud does taste pretty good in the hot summer.
Never, never, never Light/Lite.

I’ve been to Germany twice, and they make some kick ass lager.

Bell’s Lager of the Lakes is really good.

When I was under age I drank Goebel, Pfeiffer, and Weidemann.
But avoided PBR and Milwaukee’s Best (Worst). I did have some standards.
I think that the honor of worst beer ever goes to Falstaff.

I think that Oscar Blues is garbage too.

In the 2000’s when I went skiing in CO every spring I usually would get O’Dell, Breckinridge, and New Belgium (never Flat Tire, that stuff is crap). They were all OK, but NB was always third place. O’Dell Easy Street Wheat (I call it Sleazy Street) is what I drank the most since wheat beer is my favorite style.

I used to drink beer several times a week for decades. I had to stop - well, I decided to, about 12 years ago when I noticed that it clashed gloriously with prescribed medication. Of which I am still the proud recipient. My last pint was in 2011 I think-after an Eric Clapton gig. You have to move with the times if you want to stay on it.
I also hardly ever drive now as a result of the above. More walking, less pollution - everyone's a winner!

or Friends don’t let friends do swill! And yaasssss, I’m am a proud semi beer snob!

New Belgium, NO BUENO! Sure there’s a few flavors that taste ok...but more often than not it’s f@#$&** draino, go’s right through. Ever since one of the first years I went to Rocky Grass—where NB has a monopoly, which is a crime as the original Oscar Blues is so close you can smell it, but you can’t get it inside—and I had to spend many quality hours in the nasty ass Porto’s, (my one festival goal besides having fun, no pooping in Porto’s!), yeah, thanks, but no thanks!

Of course I think my beer days may unfortunately be going by by-bye as health concerns may dictate such.....
the horror! But, as we learned in R&R, the situation is the boss!
GD old age, need to exercise and try to lose Bellyfat/weight, but my feet, knees, hips etc, etc are damn near shot...quite the conundrum. Speaking of, how’s old PF doing on his big weight loss goals?

Hopefully all the secretive behavior means a super spectacular Dave’s ; )

😄”we thought the purple lights were just for us”

EDIT: there are some great Colorado breweries, most of the good ones are small and/or relatively unknown, but I agree totally that there are way far more that are meh, or even No Bueno...
Plenty of quantity, not so much quality, imho
NoCal is king for this kid!

I'm no snob, nor a lush, but I'll drink anything that's cold if the occasion demands. Or, put whiskey in my hot coffee on a winter morn.

And I do enjoy an occasional 9% nut brown ale, courtesy of the locals here in Colo.

It's just that everyone and their mother has opened a brewery, dreaming of greatness, but I fear that they've sunk mucho capital into their projects, hence the $12 six-pack and that's enough for this old school fool to turn up his nose.

I won't touch Busch, no matter the circumstances (oh gawd, karma unleashed!) but I can knock back a Bud Light at just above freezing temperature.

In short, I'm pretty much a total ho. But I have my preferences.

Okay, now, where's that 8-12-79?? We were doing Purple Dragon blotter that day and when the purple lights came on at dusk, all we could think was: how did they know??!!

Not a New Belgium fan?
Me neither. That brewery is extremely overrated.
Of note, I was just at the grocery store and saw Voodoo Ranger sausages, or some type of meat product. It was by the bacon, I didn’t stop to see exactly what the package said.

$25 in the early 90’s when I was in college.
We thought it tasted better than Bud.

Shipping notice received for the mystery DaP39.
Tracking not yet available. Glad to see that someone is willing to work on a Saturday to generate shipping labels.

I'm keen on Euro lagers, as the local American ales always are over-hopped, over-hyped and expensive. Why drink local, hoppy dishwater at 30% higher price when you can drink the Euro classic lagers for less? Something about shipping and climate change, you say? I have to admit, I had not thought that through before. But we can't halt all international trade and that stuff probably goes by ship, not plane. So having this conversation with myself now frees me to head to the liquor store for some Czechvar -- glad to hear of an endorsement for this brand that I've inexplicably avoided.

Oh yeah, and woo-hoo for the mystery DP 39. I say it's a Brent show from '79, courtesy of ABCD Enterprises. I'd love to see it be Red Rocks, Aug. 12, '79, a ripping show. There, I said it.