fortunately, it was just the alcohol (fumes?) on the bar top that caught on fire ... there were multiple flaming drinks involved so the effect was dramatic if not actually destructive. if he ever gets off the couch, he might log on and tell the story himself.

BTW - we, Slartibartfast and South Fulcrum (brothers and house mates), hosted the party (damitgravity's birthday) that started this thread . i'm not proud, i'm just saying. so how was that ride home, Timarchy ... or should i say, Lamb Sandwich?

I was on the couch watching the Barves get beat by Boston (bunch of jerks). I don't have the energy to tell the story of the Gravity Pub catching fire because I'm too sad and too sober now.

BTW - it was her lesbo mitzvah, not really her birthday.

most beers are no good from a can or bottle, anyhow.
the only way i can drink a guinness or murphy's is on tap.
but there's no real reason to have a guiness or a murphy's when you live in the best place for breweries in the u.s. ... the bigger ones are mactarnahan's (portland brewing), henry's widmer bros, bridgeport, full sail, etc etc.
but if you're gonna drink a beer in a bottle or a can, can't go wrong with the cheap stuff. and that dr pepper concoction sounds alright.

pbr is pure dog ****...ill stick to my black n tans thanks

Old Style or "The Style" as it is affectionately called, is a bit rough on the nerves. It is not really what you would refer to as "good". The point remains, it is all a matter of economics. Some of us simply can't afford to drink good beer every night. When you think that you are getting two PBR or Old Style drafts for the same price as two decent beers it all of the sudden seems more appealing. The secret in my mind is to only drink cheap beer. If you start mixing good stuff in then things start to go horribly wrong.

Several extraneous points:

1. The oddest thing I have seen done to cheap beer is the addition of citrus fruit.
2. The Heil stands for Heilmanns...you have nothing to worry about.

i dont know about that... im as far from the islands as geographically possible and, for a month in the summer, i did 3 pints per weeknight (to help me sleep, of course) and 6 pints per weekend night.

it helped that the local store had em for 10$/12-pk case... my friend and i took a truck to the store, and went home with 8 cases per person. it wasnt heaven..but it was pretty close


lately i've been splitting my purchases 80/20 between hefeweizen and (american) brown ale... maybe i should diversify

so, as a followup to my origional post:
I made it home after the party. I think I rode Moreland to McClendon to the bike path on Dekalb . I remember stopping off at another party I saw on Moreland and having at least one more drink. I'm officially known as "bike dude" to several people I don't know and will probably never see again (hopefully).
so, I'm safe and home and sick as hell.
I do remember someone mentioning a Dr. Pepper and I did the flaming shot glass in the beer thing. it was after that that I just started pouring the amaretto into my beer. If there had been cider there I wouldn't have had to take such drastic measures.
Thanks Slartibartfast and South Fulcrum for showing concern. Enchantingwiz dropped by on sunday to make sure I was still alive.

tim
(the Lamb Sandwich)