Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-17 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > Love my pair of these and they are great for IPA and Pale ale. So thin yet > fantastic to force a bubble of carbonation when sipping. > Glad you like them, too. I have four styles of Spielengau glasses, a fairly conventional pint glass fo

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-17 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Jerry Wolper wrote: > > guess I will never be a beer connoisseur as I prefer mine nearly froze > > and in a miller lite can. > > If that's what works for you, enjoy it. > Yeah -- why do people get so uptight about matters of taste? I like stuff that makes me happ

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-15 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
interesting, I loved it out there. Used to own two houses on S. Pearl St (4391 and 4451) Two different contracts is why had a chance with a realtor buddy of mine to buy all 39 PT's Pubs back in 2002 for 3.9 million and I'm wishing I had done it with some other investors. Oh well, fun times. Alway

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-15 Thread Ken McGinnis
I live in Vegas and sometimes hang out at the Sin City Brewery (there are 3 of them) It is owned by the guy that used to be the brew master at Gordon biersch. There is a Gordon biersch near me but I have heard some bad things about the management so I have not been there. My favorite is Innis &

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Pete Theisen
On 01/14/2015 06:59 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: As far as glassware goes, I've reached the point where I'm turning down brewery logo glasses unless they're sufficiently different. Life's rough. -Jerry I do not have even one glass or mug that is not promoting something. Are they any good? D

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
one of the disadvantages of living in the boonies.. used to enjoy a pale ale every friday at gordon biersch's in vegas. We have a brewery in fredericksburg, tx but I haven't been there much as its out of my reach at the current moment. I'm not a wine drinker, but there are lots of wineries cropp

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Jerry Wolper
> guess I will never be a beer connoisseur as I prefer mine nearly froze > and in a miller lite can. If that's what works for you, enjoy it. As far as glassware goes, I've reached the point where I'm turning down brewery logo glasses unless they're sufficiently different. Life's rough. -Jerry

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < foxh...@information-architecture.com> wrote: > Beer -- don't get me started. Actually -- get me started, please. > > Just last night I was at a local tavern with a great selection -- about 60 > on tap. I had a couple really good ones, but

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
guess I will never be a beer connoisseur as I prefer mine nearly froze and in a miller lite can. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < foxh...@information-architecture.com> wrote: > Beer -- don't get me started. Actually -- get me started, please. > > Just last night I was a

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox)
Beer -- don't get me started. Actually -- get me started, please. Just last night I was at a local tavern with a great selection -- about 60 on tap. I had a couple really good ones, but they were both too cold. I sat for the first few minutes cradling each of the glasses, warming the wonderful eli

Re: [OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Ed Leafe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/14/2015 08:21 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > When the brewer places temperature based inks letting you know that > the beer is now cold enough for you to not really taste it you > might want to find a new brewer. Ha! Excellent observation. - --

[OT] was 5 Best Practices Now BEER.

2015-01-14 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Allen wrote: > You have the wrong friends on faceache :) > Al > > Understatement. Plenty of wine as well as whisky folk to not leave any group out. Cheers to proper temp of beverages earlier as well. When the brewer places temperature based inks