Aviation Beer

If you ever get off your ass and fly somewhere good instead of one flat
land airport after another

This from the guy who never, EVER flies into Oshkosh?

Wimp.

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

At MUC there is Airbrau that has very good beer. I have a 5 liter
bottle with a plop-top that I brought back.

Am I reading that right -- a "5 liter bottle"?

Damn, they aren't messing around, are they?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

They've driven the smokers out into the cold,

Well, I for one rejoice at that. Smokers should be driven out not
because it harms them to smoke (if you want to hurt yourself, be my
guest) but because it fouls the air for other people for days.

Jose
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I highly recommend a visit to McMinville, Oregon's Golden Valley Brewery.
Excellent brew-pub with great food. They have a generous sample tray of
their products, with descriptions of the beers and ingredients, that I had
the pleasure of drinking my way through. Good Beer.

The FBO (at least a couple of years ago) had an ex-police black&white sedan
as a courtesty vehicle, with obligatory outboard swiveling searchlight.
Park that on the side of the road and watch the brake lights show!

http://www.goldenvalleybrewery.com/

Another great reason to visit McMinville is the Evergreen Aviation Museum,
home of the Spruce Goose as well as a superb collection of other aircraft.
You can walk to it from the airport - or alternately take your ex-police car
over there on the way to the hotel.

http://www.sprucegoose.org/

And a short flight west over the hills takes you to the Tillamook Air Museum
on the Oregon coast, with another great collection of aircraft housed in a
genuine WWII blimp hanger - the largest wooden structure in the world. The
building itself is awe inspiring - I remember they measure the roof area
(all wood) in acres.

http://www.tillamookair.com/

At that point, you're at a perfect launching point for flying the Pacific
coast - a fantastic air adventure in itself.








"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Okay, since no one seems to be flying much, we might as well talk
about something truly important...like beer.

Mary just picked up a 6-pack of "Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat" ale
from the store. Why?

Well, because it has a biplane on the container, of course! (Gotta
love her taste in beer... ;-) It appears to be a Stearman, but the
cockpit has a turtle-deck, so that's not quite right...

But I digress.

As I'm sitting her supping it (and it's quite good, actually, although
I'm not sure that "pomegranate juice" has any business in beer), I
started to think about all the "aviation beers" I've imbibed over the
years.

For some strange reason, brewers -- especially microbrewers -- seem to
be enamored with aviation. Can you name any of your local "aviation
ales"?

Better yet, can you bring any of them to the "Rec.Aviation H.O.P.S.
Party" at our campsite during Oshkosh, for all to enjoy?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Jose wrote in news:GoO7i.24890$JZ3.3963
@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:

They've driven the smokers out into the cold,

Well, I for one rejoice at that. Smokers should be driven out not
because it harms them to smoke (if you want to hurt yourself, be my
guest) but because it fouls the air for other people for days.

I haven't smoked in a long time, so I'm not upset that the laws supposedly
protect me from second-hand smoke, but I think they've taken it too far in
many areas.

In Seattle, for example, you are not allowed to smoke within 25' of a
building. I think that's ridiculous.

In New York, they have made it impossible to smoke at any restaurant or
Bar. I think that's also ridiculous.

The law should require some sort of signage on the restaurant to indicate
that is a smoking establishment, and if you don't like smoke, you don't go
there... If there is concern that all restaurants would choose to be
smoking restaurants (which they wouldn't) they could put an incentive in
for restaurants and bars that completely smoke free.

If a man owns a small business, he can't smoke in his office, even if he's
the only one there. I say let him smoke if he takes the necessary
precautions to prevent his smoke from venting into the rest of the
building.

The laws for asbestos are less rigid than the laws for cigarrete smoke.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Be careful. Some counties, like the one I live
in, are "zero-tolerance." There is NO legal BAC.

Which means that even one beer, regardless of the
effects on your driving, count as a DUI.

So, did you think I was posting from my car?

Let me get this straight: You have NO legal blood alchohol level where
you live? A glass of wine with dinner is now completely illegal in
your county?

That's sickening.

This crazy, never-ending expansion of the "Nanny Society" will
apparently never be complete, until every last one of our freedoms has
been taken away. They've driven the smokers out into the cold, so now
they're looking for some other "threat" to address. All in the name
of "the greater good".

Soon, we won't be able to go for a walk after dinner without complying
with a mandatory helmet law...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Dam Jay!!!!

I like you hahahaha Need to get there and have a few brews with ya!!!

"Jose" wrote in message
et...
They've driven the smokers out into the cold,

Well, I for one rejoice at that. Smokers should be driven out not because
it harms them to smoke (if you want to hurt yourself, be my guest) but
because it fouls the air for other people for days.

Jose
--
There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that just want to know
what button to push, and those that want to know what happens when they
push the button.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.


But it takes away the freedom of choice dumbass!!! Don't like the smoke go
to a place that chouses to be smoke free!!!!

P.S. I am non smoker!!!!

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
At MUC there is Airbrau that has very good beer. I have a 5 liter
bottle with a plop-top that I brought back.

Am I reading that right -- a "5 liter bottle"?

Damn, they aren't messing around, are they?

:-)

They must have bladders as big as churchbells.

http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/spitfire_ale.htm

They had fun with the advertising...'No Fokker comes close'
etc until smacked by the Advertising Standards police.
-C-
"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)