[clue] [EVENT] What do we have to do to be ready for MadDog in August ?

[Lorin Ricker]

MadDog -- Hey, you're my kind of guy, and I'll be glad to make your 
acquaintance!  I agree: quality over quantity -- I learned this in the 
great Pacific NW, where microbrew beer is king, and where I (and my wee 
weak bladder) could enjoy the calibre of the ale without feeling like we 
had to quaff the volume, or keep up with those who do!

Now, don't get me started on the single-malts... In my wicked youth, I 
always said that "I hate Scotch," until a former partner intro'd me to 
"the good stuff."  Made me realize that what I hated was "blended 
American (fake) Scotch" -- but a decent single-malt?  Rhapsody!  Yup, 
one can wax eloquent on the vapors, but the tasting's even better!

Again, I look forward to meeting you, and perhaps drinking with you a 
bit!  Cheap dates, indeed.  Cheers!

best regards,
   -- Lorin

On 05/23/2011 03:18 AM, Jon "maddog" Hall wrote:
> guspuppet (and friends at CLUE),
> 
> Alas, when it comes to beer I would like to say that I am a "cheap date"
> and that "pogger beer" is o.k., but I can not bring myself to do that. 
> 
> Several years ago I was diagnosed with diabetes, so it had to limit my
> beer intake considerably. Therefore when I do drink beer, I like it to
> be "good beer".
> 
> I prefer ales over porters and stouts, bitters are fine and beers that
> are hoppy are good.  Wheat beers on a hot summer day are refreshing.
> 
> Craft breweries/brewpubs where they brew their own beers and have
> "samplers" are often, but not always, good.
> 
> As to quantity, again the disease kicks in....so the good news is that
> other than your own consumption, I will probably still be a "cheap
> date".
> 
> We won't even talk about what diabetes did to my love of wine.
> 
> There are good sides to this, however, and where I used to weigh 270, I
> now weight 207, and I am headed (hopefully) to my post-college weight of
> 180....
> 
> So my mantra has become "Life is too short to spend time drinking bad
> beer."
> 
> I have also developed a fondness for single-malt scotch from the island
> of Islay....since you can sip a 1/2 oz "taste" of scotch for hours.  I
> have been known to simply smell a good scotch for an hour before tasting
> it the first time.
> 
> Warmest regards,
> 
> md
> 
> On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 20:19 -0600, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>> On May 22, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Jon maddog Hall wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:30 -0600, YES NOPE9 wrote:
>>> I await my marching orders
>>> 99guspuppet
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>> Beer!  Lots of Beer!   <==== what brand .....  or is pogger beer okay    99guspuppet
>>
>> md
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