Thread about N9thing: 99 pages of Naught on the Wall (Page 74)

Artemis - 2007-09-24 12:56 PM

Afternoon, TAN!

My thoughts on today's topics (at least some of them):

1) My asthma has been really bad lately, too. Maybe it's because of the season changing and the different pollen in the air.

2) I love XKCD! Not so much for meeting parents.

3) Mmm....beer. I'm a big fan of stouts, but right now it's pumpkin beer season. The Harvest Moon beer, not so good even if you like Blue Moon.

puellasolis - 2007-09-24 4:00 PM

x2 on the stouts, and on being disappointed in Harvest Moon. Have you ever tried Young's Double Chocolate Stout?

Artemis - 2007-09-24 1:02 PM

Oh yes. It is delicious! One of my favorites. I also really like Rogue's Mocha Porter. A little lighter, but really good.

Rynamite - 2007-09-24 1:02 PM

GAAAA. No, you are not supposed to like that.

Do you remember the "Man Law" commercials. Well, one of the man laws was to never put fruit in beer. So what's Miller go and do? They put it in for you.

Blah, I don't like it.

spokes - 2007-09-24 1:04 PM

I haven't had it yet, but beer is CHEAP at Trader Joe's. $4.99 for nearly all of the different microbrew 6 packs. I love stouts, so we'll see how it is. If I can see THROUGH the beer, its not dark enough, as far as I'm concerned.

The Blonde is more into wine, and they had good prices on that as well. We both like sweet wines, so maybe one night she'll 'shoot up' (her term for taking insulin) and we'll kill a bottle and swing from the ceiling fan, or something like that.

spokes - 2007-09-24 1:06 PM

I'm still trying to decide what kind of beer to have for the post CIM party (which will probably be at my place). I could get a keg, but I'm also thinking of maybe just buying a few cases of bottled microbrews (although that would be more expensive). What do you think, since you'll likely be in charge of the beer tap?

spokes - 2007-09-24 1:10 PM

No idea. I've never been much of a drinker, it'll take me a couple of weeks to get through that six pack (its in the Blonde's fridge). The first time I got really wasted was on iced down Boone's Farm wine... I *still* like the taste of that stuff. I'd probably be happy if they'd come up with a wine that tastes like orange soda. Then again, I just dump some vodka in a can of Sunkist and I'm ready to go

puellasolis - 2007-09-24 4:15 PM I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and pretend you meant Sauternes. And I'm going to ignore the comment about orange soda-flavored wine. (HERESY!)

LowcountryTRI - 2007-09-24 1:25 PM

Went last year to Napa with my wife and a couple we are really good friends with. Did sort of our own self guided tour to some of the places we wanted to see and then did one of those bus tours the next day. Let just say our own tour blew the bus one out of the water. Anyway, the bus takes us to one bad place after another... until we reached the pinnacle of our tour when the guy behind the bar at one stop actually described the wine tast as a 'watermelon Jolly Rancher'. Yeah... ummm... NO!

crowny2 - 2007-09-24 1:32 PM I AM NOT DRINKING ANY F***ING MERLOT!

puellasolis - 2007-09-24 4:29 PM

*snerk*

Okay, yeah, that's pretty awful. There are some good wineries and some great ones, but there are also some really bad ones. Glad your experience in Napa wasn't limited to the bus tour!

LowcountryTRI - 2007-09-24 1:33 PM

Yeah... me, too!! On our own tour, we really liked Trefethen, Cakebread, Duckhorn and Jarvis the most. There are so many out there but your palate kind of loses its senses after more than a couple days of tasting. We are talking about taking another trip out to continue our tour.