| "Here and There" by Clay Moore and Jay Silvers Hello fellow beer lovers - it's me, Jay. Clay is on vacation so once again I get to write my "Here and There" column. If you like it please write the webmaster and ask that it become a regular feature. Besides, it's more fun than Clay's column. Just kidding! Jay Silvers -------------- Watch the great Elvis movie Jail House Rock while sipping a drink of the same name. Here's the recipe: one ounce Jagemeister and 1/4 ounce of rum into a pint of pale ale and stir gently. Goooooood stuff! Wit beers are great summer thirst quenchers. However is it fair to say if you've finished half of your glass you're a half wit?? And when you've emptied your glass might you be at wit's end?? You might not be a fan of Corona but you'll love this - mix 12 oz. of lime soda, 1 teaspoon lime juice, 2 teaspoons of confectioner's sugar and a bottle of Corona in a tall glass over ice. You've just made a semi-bad beer into a great party drink for non-beer lovers. Did you know that pale ales got their name from the color of the malt they are brewed with? Good pale ales are usually balanced with a nice hop finish. Speaking of Pale Ales, I was just at the Carolina Brewing Company in Holly Springs, NC and fell in love with their Carolina Pale. Nice hoppy kick which I love Beer needs baseball and baseball need beer. ESB stands for Extra Special Bitter but it's not bitter. It's usually a pale ale with an ABV under 5%. A bit wimpy for USA hop heads but still a great style. Heard this toast at my local last night- "May the roof above us never fall in. And those gathered beneath it never fall out.? Hops are used in Julmust, a carbonated soda like drink in 'Sweden and Malta, a Latin American soft drink. Some herbal sedatives also use it. Next time you have a bottle of Vienna lager match it with some steamed asparagus drizzled with sesame oil and lemon juice. Great! Thought of the day: there's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. Some sources credit Charlie and Ernie Otto, Wyoming pub owners, with the creation of the modern growler - a 64 ounce jug for taking home beer from the brewery. I have to agree with author Raymond Chandler (great mystery writer) when he said "I think a man ought to get drunk at lease twice year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it." Read up on Melvin Pervis and you'll wonder why a terrific beer from Great Lakes was named after a rival Elliot Ness and not Melvin. My friend Augie told me that the best place to drink beer is at home. Or on a river bank, if the fish don't both you. He also tole me that the only drink more ancient than beer is water. No wonder everyone loves Augie! Hey homebrewers - need good bottles? Try looting the recycling bins in our neighborhood. Hey, of course I'm not serious; I'm Jay. What might seem depressing to in poor taste to many will be an absolute scream to someone who has had between 5 and 8 beers. I used to like peach schnapps in my martinis then I found that if you mix 2 ounces of it with most pale ales you have a great, refreshing drink. Some historians believe the world's first IPA was brewed by Loren Jennings' Bow Brewery in the mid- 18th Century. He called it "October beer". What a bozo.. |
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