Beer (was Worst Jokes At Oshkosh)

In article , Anthony wrote:
Now for a Brit joke. Why do Brits drink warm beer? Lucas refrigerators.

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else). Real ales have very varied and complex tastes. If you chill them
too much you don't actually taste anything. (As the poster says in our
local pub, "What's the matter lager boy? Afraid you might taste
something?".

This goes for American real ales too. There are quite a few of them
about. When I lived in Houston, our local Albertson's had quite a good
selection. Many were best enjoyed at room temperature.

As for Lucas the Prince of Darkness, I was slightly concerned when I
lifted the hood of my Audi to find it packed with Lucas electronics.
So far, they haven't actually failed...

--
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In article ,
Dylan Smith wrote:

In article , Anthony wrote:
Now for a Brit joke. Why do Brits drink warm beer? Lucas refrigerators.

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else). Real ales have very varied and complex tastes. If you chill them
too much you don't actually taste anything. (As the poster says in our
local pub, "What's the matter lager boy? Afraid you might taste
something?".

This goes for American real ales too. There are quite a few of them
about. When I lived in Houston, our local Albertson's had quite a good
selection. Many were best enjoyed at room temperature.

As for Lucas the Prince of Darkness, I was slightly concerned when I
lifted the hood of my Audi to find it packed with Lucas electronics.
So far, they haven't actually failed...



Of course there is the ever present Lucas Three Position Switch:
1. "Dim"
2. "Flicker"
3. "Off."

Dylan Smith wrote:

As for Lucas the Prince of Darkness, I was slightly concerned when I
lifted the hood of my Audi to find it packed with Lucas electronics.
So far, they haven't actually failed...

It's one thing to have a failure in an Audi, quite another for an
Airbus. There are lots of Lucas contributions in the Airbus FBW
system. They seem to be successfully staying aloft in most cases.

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
...
In article , Anthony wrote:
Now for a Brit joke. Why do Brits drink warm beer? Lucas
refrigerators.

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else). Real ales have very varied and complex tastes. If you chill them
too much you don't actually taste anything. (As the poster says in our
local pub, "What's the matter lager boy? Afraid you might taste
something?".

This goes for American real ales too. There are quite a few of them
about. When I lived in Houston, our local Albertson's had quite a good
selection. Many were best enjoyed at room temperature.

As for Lucas the Prince of Darkness, I was slightly concerned when I
lifted the hood of my Audi to find it packed with Lucas electronics.
So far, they haven't actually failed...

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man

I'm not a beer drinker but I used to ride BSAs and Nortons. I have to admit
that's an old joke and I'm sure I heard it over 20 years ago. It's good to
hear that Lucas has gotten there act together... ;o)

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else).

In a country that favors drinking the likes of "Bud Light" -- would you
expect anything else?

Shoot, if you were to warm a glass of Bud to room temperature you'd soon
realize what a skunky glass of swill you were drinking. Thus, it's best to
keep it really, REALLY cold.

;-)

And actually, on a really hot, sticky day, an ice cold glass of
Bud/Miller/Pabst/Grain Belt/Schlitz/Hamm's/Coors ain't bad. It just ain't
beer.

(BTW: Considering the hardships endured to fetch beer at OSH, we ended up
with a nice collection of mostly good microbrews at the rec.aviation party.
Good job, people!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:50:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else).

In a country that favors drinking the likes of "Bud Light" -- would you
expect anything else?

Shoot, if you were to warm a glass of Bud to room temperature you'd soon
realize what a skunky glass of swill you were drinking. Thus, it's best to
keep it really, REALLY cold.

;-)

And actually, on a really hot, sticky day, an ice cold glass of
Bud/Miller/Pabst/Grain Belt/Schlitz/Hamm's/Coors ain't bad. It just ain't
beer.

(BTW: Considering the hardships endured to fetch beer at OSH, we ended up
with a nice collection of mostly good microbrews at the rec.aviation party.
Good job, people!)

I've been to the UK for fairly long business trips 3 times, and was
astounded at how many people there drink Bud when there are so many
wonderful ales. Can't stand the stuff myself.

Mike
Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...

My economics prof claimed that American beer companies were the best
marketing
success story there was. He said that, prior to the 50s, nearly every city
with a
population over about 30,000 had at least one local brewery. By 1965,
however,
advertising had convinced most people that nothing made outside of
Milwaukee was
worth drinking, and nearly all of the small breweries disappeared.


There isn't much made outside of Wisconsin that's worth drinking today.

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...

The problem here in the US is finding somewhere that serves ale that isn't
too cold. Bass, Bodington's, or any of the excellent US ales taste just
like Bud when ice cold. Ugh. We seem determined to standardize beer
temperature like the taste of what we call "beer" (Bud, Miller, Coors,
etc.)
it all tastes exactly the same, because most of the "Joe Six-Packs" out
there want it that way.


Anybody that says Bud tastes exactly like Miller doesn't know beer.

Right, because neither is actually beer! grin

Brian.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Mike Patterson wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:50:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Seriously, it's because the beer actually tastes of something (all you
get with ice cold lager is the taste of the CO2 and alcohol and not much
else).

In a country that favors drinking the likes of "Bud Light" -- would you
expect anything else?

Shoot, if you were to warm a glass of Bud to room temperature you'd soon
realize what a skunky glass of swill you were drinking. Thus, it's best to
keep it really, REALLY cold.

;-)

And actually, on a really hot, sticky day, an ice cold glass of
Bud/Miller/Pabst/Grain Belt/Schlitz/Hamm's/Coors ain't bad. It just ain't
beer.

(BTW: Considering the hardships endured to fetch beer at OSH, we ended up
with a nice collection of mostly good microbrews at the rec.aviation party.
Good job, people!)

I've been to the UK for fairly long business trips 3 times, and was
astounded at how many people there drink Bud when there are so many
wonderful ales. Can't stand the stuff myself.

I was in the UK in 2000; and Foster's was the beer of choice... OK,
"Australia's Finest" is slightly better than Bud, but not by much, and
there're so many good local beers - why Fosters, for Dog's sake?

Yes, I'm a beer snob.

Brian.

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
Just shows you the power of advertising. There is no beer better than a
Wadsworth XXXX fresh from the pump at cellar temperature, but that's
considered "local beer" in the UK.

Bob,
Wadworths 6X is my personal favourite too, I would travel a long way for a
decent proper pint (20oz) or two of the stuff.