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[m.oreilly]

banjovi! welcome home

[banj0]

Thx MO! Got some pics I'll be putting up once I get 'em all organized. Course you West Coasters will prolly be all at the Valley of Fire and Red Rocks stuff, lol.

The girls are amazing out there! Dueling slots is right.

[stormrosson]

glad you made back ok Banjer ,lookin forward to some pics,

[m.oreilly]

stormrosson, on Apr 29 2009, 10:34 AM, said:

glad you made back ok Banjer ,lookin forward to some pics,

yes, the dueling ones would be quite nice...

[Camaro]

Welcome back, glad you had a good time.

[Christopholofigus]

Welcome back. Pony up yo! Dueling slots indeed!

Glad you had a good time.

[banj0]

Thanks guys! For all you imbibers of beer I had the best tasting brew of my life out there. It's a west-coast brewery (so I was told) but, lo and behold, my local Kroger in Detroit sells it:



Absolutely has to be in a pint glass, served cold as possible, with a slice of lemon floating on top. The barkeep/hottie insisted on the lemon and she was right. Brings the flavor right out. I don't even drink beer usually but it's absolutely sublime. If Widmer was an eBay seller my review would be A+++++++++.

edit: just noticed it says Portland, Oregon on the front. Yep, west-coast.

Edited by banj0, 02 May 2009 - 03:44 AM.

[m.oreilly]

i have never tried it, at least i don't think so...does it have a slight licorice flavor to it? or is that lagunitas or flat tire ale?

edit: do they have a "pyramid ale"? if so, it was quite nice...oops, nope, wrong. i'll have to try it...

[banj0]

No, it's a wheat base. Honestly, MO, I would put it into familiar terms if I could. Simply put, it's the best tasting brew I've ever had. A few friends and I went into a bar called Meatheads in LV. It's a Detroit bar and the place was full of Red Wing fans and stuff. Made some small talk with the bartender (DDD's, no lie ) and she insisted we try it. I wanted a Ketel One/tonic and the hottie said, "nope, you're gonna have a Widmer, you'll love it." I'm not usually one to argue with hot bartenders so I acquiesced. She served it with a lemon slice floating on top and I tried to argue again: "I don't like frilly drinks, I'm a trout fisherman." Again, she insisted.

Ended up buying 4 pints. Got home and saw it at my local grocery store for $7.49/sixer. Bought two. And one lemon.

[Christopholofigus]

banj0, on May 1 2009, 08:40 PM, said:

Thanks guys! For all you imbibers of beer I had the best tasting brew of my life out there. It's a west-coast brewery (so I was told) but, lo and behold, my local Kroger in Detroit sells it:

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Absolutely has to be in a pint glass, served cold as possible, with a slice of lemon floating on top. The barkeep/hottie insisted on the lemon and she was right. Brings the flavor right out. I don't even drink beer usually but it's absolutely sublime. If Widmer was an eBay seller my review would be A+++++++++.

edit: just noticed it says Portland, Oregon on the front. Yep, west-coast.

Great beer, had it many times. Mmmmmm

[RJsPC]

Yep great beer
welcome back Banj

[eniparadoxgma]

"I don't like frilly drinks, I'm a trout fisherman."



Every now and then I'll get a Long Beach Iced Tea when out. Then I have to try to convince everyone I'm not having a Sex on the Beach or something similar. "It's tequila, rum, vodka, gin, sprite, and cranberry juice! It tastes like hooch, damn it!"

I'll see if I can locate any of that Widmer around these parts.

[Sphere]

Ow yeah, I finally, after two months almost, got a new fridge!
The story
(Don't mind the crappy translate... it's very bad, but I hope you understand)

[banj0]

eniparadoxgma, on May 2 2009, 07:12 PM, said:

"I don't like frilly drinks, I'm a trout fisherman."

lolz, thought you'd like that.

eniparadoxgma said:

Every now and then I'll get a Long Beach Iced Tea when out. Then I have to try to convince everyone I'm not having a Sex on the Beach or something similar.

Never would judge a man by his drink. Does yours run OS X? You could probably run Leopard if you added a lime.

[m.oreilly]

banj0, on May 3 2009, 10:45 PM, said:

...Never would judge a man by his drink. Does yours run OS X? You could probably run Leopard if you added a lime.