CC Beer Thread

[DarkCreep]

Whats the big difference between tap and bottle beer? Ive never had tap but everyone says the taste is soo much different.

 

[joe7987]

Spaten is very good. I really like their oktoberfest variation.

Had a Sam Adams Blackberry witbier tonight.... for some reason I like it as it warms up a bit.

 

[Kswest]

Wheat ale brewed with passion fruit
'Nuff said.

 

[253eg]

Whats the big difference between tap and bottle beer? Ive never had tap but everyone says the taste is soo much different.

I personally feel beer on tap has a much better crisper taste to it.

 

[oddeb707]

I prefer beer from the bottle even tho' everyone says tap is better.

 

[joe7987]

Wheat ale brewed with passion fruit
'Nuff said.

Now that sounds excellent.. I'm gonna have to try to find that somewhere now.

 

[DarkCreep]

I just picked up some Hefeweizen today.. I love the taste, doesnt really need a lemon. I also love how it tastes with pizza. Corona just doesnt cut it with food for me, I really wanna try it with cold fish though..


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Beer and Taxes


Suppose that every day, ten me go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
IF they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59. So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in a bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve.

“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.
But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing. (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free.

But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.
“I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!”
“Yeah, that’s right,” Exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got TEN times more than I!”
“That’s true!!” Shouted the seventh man, “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.
In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

By David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

 

[joe7987]

Hey now, let's not get political in here. This is a friendly thread for us to share our love for beer. Let's keep it politics free! =o)

Went to an Italian restaurant and tried a Peroni. I'm going to give it a "meh." Hardly any flavor. The little it did have wasn't so good. I wouldn't recommend this to anybody who likes full flavored beers.

I sure could go for a Hefeweizen.

 

[DarkCreep]

I just thought it was funny and it fit in with the thread..

Ive never even heard of Peroni. I drank a Hef by itself, and I guess im so used to eating it with pizza because it just didnt taste the same. :/

 

[joe7987]

Man, I love Hef any way you give it to me. With or without food. lol

 

[DirtyD]

Bud Light Lime just came to Canada... not a bad deck beer. Although they really took the beer out of it.

 

[CajunRicer]

Bud Light Lime just came to Canada... not a bad deck beer. Although they really took the beer out of it.

I can't stand that beer, way to much lime taste, toooo sweet. If you want a good lime beer go with Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus, that stuff is amazing.

 

[DirtyD]

Maybe it's different in the states because this beer is anything but sweet. It's like club soda with lime.

 

[EK|B]

YES! Widmer is the ish!

 

[DarkCreep]

I really wanna try these lime beers, but too much negative that prevents me from buying a set lol..

 

[253eg]

I really wanna try these lime beers, but too much negative that prevents me from buying a set lol..

Don't. Save yourself the money and time from shitty tasting beer.

 

[oddeb707]

Word up, Dennis, you try the Fire Rock yet?

 

[253eg]

Word up, Dennis, you try the Fire Rock yet?

No one sells it up here. I even asked one place if they could start stocking it.

 

[oddeb707]

 

[joe7987]

^^Nice, lol.

Yea, save yourself from the lime beers. Not worth the money.