Ferrets

[Andara Bledin]

Well now I want to be living at a house numbered 404 just so I can play with the junk-mailers!

Alas, bulk mail doesn't get returned, so it's not the fun you'd expect.

^-.-^

[Jester]

Eh, just gimme a good beer. And yes, I know that's vague, but I do mean a "good" beer, as opposed to cheap beer. Life's too short to drink bad booze.

Yes, that is vague. Hell, what you consider good beer and what I consider good beer may be widely different. We may not even like the same styles. I mean, do you like stouts? Porters? Ales? Lagers? Pale ales? IPA's? Hefeweizens? Wheat beers? Fruit beers? Lambics? Milk stouts? Oatmeal stouts? Belgian ales? Trappist ales? Browns? Nut browns? Reds? Ambers? Scottish ales? Dunkels? Dunkel-weizens? Pumpkin ales? Black beers? Malt ales? Hell, the list could go one and on, and probably does. (The above is just off my head.)

And then we get into specific brewers, of which I think there are a lot of good ones. Red Stripe, Pacifico, Xingu, Tucher, Hacker-Pschorr, Franziskaner, Guinness, Harp, Bass, Elephant, Steinlager, Lindeman's, Anchor Steam, Full Sail, Sierra Nevada, Sam Adams, Shipyard, Kirin, Negra Modelo, Alaskan, Wassatch, Rogue, Four Peaks, Bohemia, Viru, Xywiec, La Fin du Monde, Abita, Magic Hat, Left Hand, Breckenridge, Red Hook, Oskar Blues, Native, Newcastle, Red Brick, Cigar City, Samuel Smith, Dos Equis, Estrella, Leinenkugel's, Bell's....the list goes on and on. And again, these are just off the top of my head.

Good beer? Right. No problem. It's a pretty simple thing.

Of course, if you insist, I'll just fish in to the cooler and find you....oh, what's this? A Big Sky Moose Drool? Oh, you lucky, lucky man....
(Despite the name, a wonderful beer.)

Actually, his name was Tennant. Three N's, one E, one A.

Still not "tenant." Which was pretty much my point, after all.

[Mytical]

A bit off topic, sorry. As a non-drinker Jester..I'd have to say.."Afraid I have no clue, pour me something and we will start there." which is bad I realize..but before I hit age 31 my drinking experience fell into..

Budweiser, Miller, Little Kings, and Strohs. IE I know nothing about good beer.

Now I've had Guiness (spelling?) which was decent, long island ice tea (which I didn't like) and Samuel Adams (was decent..but then again look at what I had to judge against).

[Mikkel]

I mean, do you like stouts? Porters? Ales? Lagers? Pale ales? IPA's? Hefeweizens? Wheat beers? Fruit beers? Lambics? Milk stouts? Oatmeal stouts? Belgian ales? Trappist ales? Browns? Nut browns? Reds? Ambers? Scottish ales? Dunkels? Dunkel-weizens? Pumpkin ales? Black beers? Malt ales? Hell, the list could go one and on, and probably does.

My answer to that list would be YES .

Of course there are beer types I like more than others.

[MyNameIsn'tSweetie]

My answer to that list would be YES .

Mine too! Just reading the list made me want to find a decent beer, however, this *is* Wyoing, and 4 am....unless I have it here, I won't get it until at *least* 7 am.

[nicolecj]

Well now I want to be living at a house numbered 404 just so I can play with the junk-mailers!

That would be fun... the closest I have ever gotten was living on a street with the same name as my last name. Sadly, I did not notice until after I signed the lease. I am far too used to seeing my last name as multiple products brand names and as street names, i just don't even see it anymore!

[seigus]

All this talk of good beer has me very thirsty, and very glad it's Friday.
Jester, there's a brewery in Bend, Oregon - Deschutes - that makes some EXCELLENT beers, although I'm guessing geographically they are unavailable to you.
If you ever get the chance, Red Chair, a Northwest pale ale (NWPA), is superb...

[Ironclad Alibi]

That would be fun... the closest I have ever gotten was living on a street with the same name as my last name. Sadly, I did not notice until after I signed the lease. I am far too used to seeing my last name as multiple products brand names and as street names, i just don't even see it anymore!

I grew up on a street named after my mother's maiden name. But then, that neighborhood (10 houses) was built by her cousin, and I assume he got to name the street. There is also a famous prison with the same name, but my geneological records do not show a relationship with the family it is named after.

[lineswine]

I'm far from a "drinking man", but a decent pint of hand-pulled Tetleys/Timothy Taylors Landlord/or our very own output of the Sair in Linthwaite (Linfit to those in the know) will do just nicely, cheers!

[Jester]

A bit off topic, sorry. As a non-drinker Jester..I'd have to say.."Afraid I have no clue, pour me something and we will start there." which is bad I realize..but before I hit age 31 my drinking experience fell into..

Budweiser, Miller, Little Kings, and Strohs. IE I know nothing about good beer.

Yes, but you're a novice. My mini-rant was more aimed at Jay, just to get his goat, because it seems clear to me that he knows good beer.

Guiness (spelling?)

Guinness. Two n's, two s's. And that spells AWESOME!

My answer to that list would be YES

My kind of dude!

Of course there are beer types I like more than others.

Of course. Most beer drinkers do. I for one am more inclined towards a hefeweizen, an amber, or a nice, rich, malty ale, and generally don't like IPA's or other especially hoppy beers.

Mine too! Just reading the list made me want to find a decent beer, however, this *is* Wyoing, and 4 am....unless I have it here, I won't get it until at *least* 7 am.

And this, my friend, is why it is wise to stock one's cooler with choice beers in general, just so on those days when you find yourself desiring one, it does not matter where or when you are.

I am far too used to seeing my last name as multiple products brand names and as street names, i just don't even see it anymore!

I have seen my last name on products, stores, businesses, streets, historical time periods, and on and on and on. It's a fun name to have, but the jokes get old very fast. And yet people still think that they're being funny....OR original!

Jester, there's a brewery in Bend, Oregon - Deschutes - that makes some EXCELLENT beers, although I'm guessing geographically they are unavailable to you.

I can't remember if I've seen it here, but I KNOW I've tried some of their offerings back home in Phoenix, especially on my last two trips in September and January. I really should have taken better notes.....but I think I did try their Abyss.

[Amethyst Hunter]

A petition was once organized to get Mayor Giuliani to repeal the ban, and he refused. His response was, "A ferret is a weasel. What happens if one morning it wakes up and decides you smell like a rabbit?"

Yeah, because having a VENOMOUS SNAKE running loose in a city* is somehow so much better than a ferret (which is basically a furry snake anyway, but is nowhere near as dangerous. Although they can give nasty bites if inclined...).




* = See also, Mia the cobra

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yes, but you're a novice. My mini-rant was more aimed at Jay, just to get his goat, because it seems clear to me that he knows good beer.

Actually, I don't. I don't drink all that often, to be honest. As I am living with my folks, I just grab a can (since they don't buy bottled) of whatever they have that's cold. (Usually Coors Light or Heineken Light.)

Hence why I was deferring to the opinion of one of the gods. (Because bartenders are gods, right?)

[Jester]

Bartenders ARE gods. Of course.

But that doesn't mean we are omniscient, and know what you want to drink. You give us just a little bit of information, and we'll set you up with a world-class cocktail, my friend!

[Red_Dazes]

Ferrets..... ferrets yes, they are the ultimate weapon of confusion and DOOM.


...I speak from experience.