Hey kids, think fast! We’ve got a little pop quiz for you, on our favorite subject of all - BEER! I know, I know, most of you will just google your way through the answers you don’t know, but we’ll post the right answers later on this week, regardless.
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As I mentioned in my last post, my Memorial Day weekend was filled with incredible fun, fueled by Guinness, Pearl Street Brewery’s hefeweizen, Appleton Jamaican rum, sangria and, previously unmentioned, Jameson… oh! And some Hook & Ladder Backdraft Brown, which is an English brown ale made by Hook & Ladder Brewery in Rochester. Hmmmm… is there anything else I’m missing?
ANYway……
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I don’t know about all of you, but I had probably the best Memorial Day weekend ever these past 3.5 days. We began Friday with Guinness and a backyard barbecue at my pal Margaret’s house (she makes positively the best hummus from scratch). Perfect night for a bonfire and friends.
Saturday was a positively absurd amount of fun. Fritz and I traipsed around the city for 9 hours with some tasty Appleton Jamaican rum (thanks Mark and Dawn!) and incessant laughter (although, to be fair, the incessant laughter is standard for us). We hit up Buffalo’s biggest brew pub, Pearl Street Brewery, for some hefeweizen pints and a tasty meal. We were a little worn out by the time we got home, but not so much that we couldn’t stay up and hang out for a good part of the night.
Sunday was a very important day for Fritz. He was throwing a surprise party for his best friend Mark, who I mentioned earlier, because he and Dawn had just gotten hitched in Jamaica. Just when we thought it was all going to be a bust, everyone showed up in force and with Fritz, $hane (the same $hane who posts on the KegWorks blog), Earl and Bill each playing spots of live music, it turned out to be an incredible time. Ridiculously late (think bed at 630am) but wicked fun all the same.
On Monday we were up at 1pm (a bit later than we wanted but when shut eye doesn’t come til sun-up, it’s to be expected) and out on the motorcycle for the day, off to the pool for some swimming. Had a bit of sangria while spring cleaning the backyard and poolside furniture, and finally made it home to relax around 8pm, to finish up the weekend with a couple of good movies (I most definitely recommend Bill Maher’s documentary, Religulous, and the action packed apocalyptic number, The Day the Earth Stood Still, if you haven’t yet seen them.
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So begins one of the first celebratory holidays of near-summer. I’m sure hoards of people will be out tonight, sipping on margaritas, sucking down coronas, mowing through tacos and the like. I may even pop out for a nip of a margarita. As they say, when in Rome…
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Over the last two or so weeks we’ve been posting clips of humorous beer commercials. It started with the Heineken Walk-In Fridge Ad (thanks Jen) and pretty much spiraled out of control from there (there are a plethora of funny ads now, aren’t there?)
Like Liz, I am a fan of thoughtful, well-planned commercials - especially ones utilizing humor - but I am not, however, one to buy a brand simply because the advertising sticks with me. I tend to buy according to my tastes. Of course, not everyone’s buying habits work that way, otherwise expensive, witty commercials simply would not exist. So, my question stands:
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Tonight, I will find myself amongst a pile of rowdy women for none other than a stagette party. It begins at Coles, which is a great joint for craft beers, and then…. who knows where the limo will shuttle us to?
It’s been a while since I’ve attended a bachelorette party. The last one I was at was made up of jello shots, lifesavers glued onto a t-shirt and penis straws. I wonder what’s in store for us tonight? It’s not my bachelorette party, so I suppose I’ll just have to wait and see.
Of course, we all have ideas of stagette standards, like the above jello shots, male strippers and the like. Personally, I would do something a bit out of the ordinary, perhaps pub crawl oriented, filled with tons of craft beer and bourbon. But, do most people just stick to standard drinks, ie, cocktails for the bachelorette-attendees and pilsners/shots for the stag-goers?
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Really, there are few things as sacredly American as baseball and beer. That is why the thought of baseball without the cold stuff is almost appalling to us KegWorkians!
On Tuesday, just the day after Jay’s opening day in Toronto, beer sales were banned! Read about it here.
The Jays liquor license was actually suspended for three games for permitting drunkenness, permitting the use of narcotics, selling and serving to apparent minors, failure to request approved identification and permitting illegal liquor on the premises.
Ha!
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