Comments on: Drunken, America-hating loser Pete Coors fails the moral-izer test

By: V. Bacfarc

V. Bacfarc — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:46:54 +0000

I dunno if anyone is still looking at this thread, but since I’ve been offline a few days, I thought I’d answer the questions posed to me:

1. JackGoff, we may technically be required to hate each other, but since I’m a member of the Rutgers 1000 (against Rutgers’ membership in the NCAA division A), I couldn’t care less. ‘Sides, I don’t follow organized sports that much.

2. Douglas, thanks for the recommendation. I’ll keep an eye out for Ommegang. I have tried Fat Tire, and enjoy it (though I don’t eat hot dogs, ’cause I’m a veggiesaurus). Yuengling makes several different varieties including some ales, but the lager is the main one I’ve seen outside of Pennsylvania (where the brewery is located). I don’t know about availability in the Midwest, since I didn’t really start drinking beer in earnest until I was in grad school in New Jersey. (Take that as you will.)

Kate, I’m definitely with you on the microbrews. I try to make it a habit when I visit a new place to ask what beers are local (or at least brewed close by). I’ve found some very nice ones that are only sold one or two places within a five mile radius of the brewery, which makes me think I should write a travel guide.

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:14:29 +0000

I don’t like beer, but will stand for a micro brewed ale.

By: Douglas, Friend of Osho

Douglas, Friend of Osho — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 01:24:50 +0000

V. Bacfarc: There’s a brewery in Cooperstown, NY that makes outstanding Belgian-style ales. Their Ommegang (named after a Flemish holiday) is crisp and only slightly acidic, with a beautiful brown-red hue and a head you could stand your car up in. Fat Tire, made by another outfit, makes the perfect accompaniment to hot dogs, chili and baseball. I’ve never tried Yuengling; do they make ale? Can you buy it in the Midwest?

By: JackGoff

JackGoff — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:33:28 +0000

supposedly I’m supposed

Wow…terrible sentence…I’m at a loss.

By: JackGoff

JackGoff — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:30:26 +0000

Nice, except supposedly I’m supposed to hate you with a passion undying. I’m immune to effects of collegiate rivalry, because I have teh apathy.

By: Kyso Kisaen

Kyso Kisaen — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:28:57 +0000

My roommate can’t get enough Yuengling, but I think that’s just because of the artificial scarcity. For some reason, no one sells it within a two hour drive of us.

By: V. Bacfarc

V. Bacfarc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:16:51 +0000

Nope, we don’t know each other, then. We aren’t far from each other, though: I’m at Rutgers.

By: JackGoff

JackGoff — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:29:50 +0000

well, I go to Seton Hall University (crappy physics school that it is, but I get my tuition paid for…plus, I get to be a Pirate).

By: V. Bacfarc

V. Bacfarc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:21:09 +0000

Jack, you’re in Jersey? And a physicist? Do we know each other?

By: V. Bacfarc

V. Bacfarc — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:20:22 +0000

Good point; Yuengling kinda falls into the minimal requirement list. Does that mean I’m not really a snob, since I just don’t like Bud, Coors, etc.?