I'm stuck in Mulberry/Lakeland for a while.

I could use a beer.

You still looking [goats.com]for something decent to drink?

try McEwan's Scottish Ale

In Response to kornz (#14194):

try McEwan's Scottish Ale

No, no. He said *decent*.

At least you didn't mention Tennents...

Cheers,
Graham

Yup still looking for a good one around here.

Found some decent homemade sangria at a great mexican restaraunt [seminoleheights.com], but no good local beer.

How long you in town for?

If I can get a break from work maybe we can buy some imports somewhere.

If you find yourself with free time coming up email me at stilllwaiting [at] hotmail dot com

See if we can find some mutual free time, if you're interested.

In Response to stilllwaiting (#14243):

email me at stilllwaiting [at] hotmail dot com

done.

Incidentally, if anyone is ever in my neck of the woods [charlottesville.org], we've got a couple of nice award-winning [charlottes...ourism.org] breweries [starrhill.com].

Unfortunately, my beers of choice generally come out of an agave plant or are mixed with ginger on the rocks, so I'm no good judge of the beers myself.

Still, I'd say my town is worth a visit. Consider this my opening-myself-to-freaks internet welcome: if you're ever in town, send a line to death@cvilleweekly.com and I'll hook you up with a couple of drinks (and, under extreme duress, a spare futon).

In Response to albionsoft (#14195):

hey, shut up, mcewans is the best, you wish you were as good as it

In Response to kornz (#14251):

hey, shut up, mcewans is the best, you wish you were as good as it

I look forward to you discovering a decent beer, and the fulsome apologies that will follow. While McEwans does compare favourably with, say, Bud, it is, essentially, swill. I have no idea which British beers make it to the US, but if the best we send you is McEwans, it's proof that we hate you.

Cheers,
Graham

In Response to Deathalicious (#14250):

Wow, that is awfully close to where my driver's license says I'm from. Have you ever had anything from Legend [legendbrewing.com] in Richmond? They make this Tripel that is awesome. Most of their beer is good, but that stuff is nectar of the gods.

In Response to Grimicus (#14261):

Wow, that is awfully close to where my driver's license says I'm from

And very very far from your shipping address... ;-)

In Response to Grimicus (#14261):

Tragically, I am so lame that I only get to go to Richmond when one of my cool friends has something they need to do there, so I know nothing about the city. I mean, I really should go; I do think some of the old buildings are very cool looking.

So, uh, no. I haven't been to Legend.

In Response to albionsoft (#14252):

Remember, America has ads berating people drinking Heinekens for being too "high-brow".

In Response to kornz (#14251):

No way.

You can go around the world, and never find a better tasting beer than Samuel Adams. Always a good decision.

In Response to Deathalicious (#14268):

meh, adams is ok, but, meh

In Response to albionsoft (#14252):

fine, then tell us what is a beer that is favorable to you?

In Response to kornz (#14277):

tell us what is a beer that is favorable to you?

That's the central point. Just about *any* real beer is better than McEwans. McEwans isn't even the best major brewery in Edinburgh - that would be the Caledonian, which makes an acceptable 80 shilling and a rather pleasant IPA (marketed as Deuchars). Whereas McEwans is the drink of choice for hard up teenagers and hardened alcoholics. It's right up there with Buckfast and Meths.

Cheers,
Graham

In Response to Deathalicious (#14268):

Sam Adams is always a good decision, if the other choices all end in 'Lite'.

There are hundreds of beers that are better than Sam Adams. Nay, thousands!

But Sam Adams is at least drinkable.

I got your other email, and replied to it.

Hopefully you got my reply, even though you didn't get my first email.

In Response to zamphir (#14282):

(This is also in reply to kornz; tragically, these forums don't allow for posting one reply to multiple comments, for some [very sensible] reason)

How unfortunate that it's not possible for me to have moderated myself ^-1, Ironic.

I was referring to the infamous "House of Beer" commercial -- you've seen it, right?

As I have mentioned before [goats.com], I am not actually a beer drinker.

In Response to Deathalicious (#14285):

yeah, I got the reference

In Response to albionsoft (#14278):

this is why we kicked british ass long ago, so that we could have a representation in concerns of taxation, and so that we could drink our favored beer without fear of molestation.

BOOO to the Bristish.

In other words, I like McEwans, untill I find a tastier beer I will continue to say otherwise. Besides, what do the British know? they drink freeking cider.

In Response to kornz (#14309):

that should be british, not bristish.

Bristish sounds like a party for a circumcision

In Response to kornz (#14309):

-Besides, what do the British know? they drink freeking cider.

Freeking cider, eh? So that's like Mulled cider, right?

  Boo to you sir.

In Response to kornz (#14309):

Besides, what do the British know?

What, besides being the people who brew McEwans? If you like McEwans, hunt down other Scottish ales, or anything labelled 70/- or 80/-. You *will* find that McEwans is a poor version of some good beer. Seriously, find that shop near you that sells international beers, and find out what they stock from Scotland. Much of it will be better than McEwans.

they drink freeking cider.

Yes, and some of us like cider. Providing its the real thing, not fizzy apple water made by strongbow. Very hard to get hold of in Scotland, mind. When the apple tree in my garden starts producing enough fruit, I may have to make my own.

Cheers,
Graham

In Response to Magus (#14313):

"I was saying bo-erns"

In Response to albionsoft (#14316):

not fizzy apple water made by strongbow

technically, the stuff strongbow makes is pear cider.