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Nectar Of The Gods

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

There’s only one brew that can be called a true beer.

That’s obviously GUINNESS! Nothing is so smooth and tasty. I don’t care for the 250th Anniversary edition nor the Extra Stout. Just plain ol’ Draught is where it’s at for me. I can’t wait to taste it in Ireland, fresh from the brewery. I hear there’s absolutely nothing like it. YUMMY!

After Guinness, it’s a tough pick. I’ve tasted some other stouts and liked them but Guinness is my first pick. For ales I’d go with Newcastle Brown Ale for sure. That’s a tough call because Smithwick’s is downright delicious, it tastes like the ale version of Guinness. I might have to leave that as a tie. Bass is alright, I’ll leave that for a Black and Tan. The former two make for a good Black and Brown and BlackSmith when topped with Guinness, respectively. For lagers I’d go with Harp and then Killian’s. Again, that might be a tough call, you can’t go wrong with either. There’s different names but I just call those two Half and Half  and a Black and Red again when topped with Guinness, respectively. I like the Dos Equis Amber and Amber Bock. For a cheaper domestic beer I usually get a Miller Lite. Personally, I found I’d much rather pay a little more for a proper beer but I’ve drank anything and everything if it comes down to it, especially if it’s free. The one swill I can’t stand (though I’ve drank plenty of) is Bud Light.

A word on creating the black and tans or half and halfs… please don’t mix them. I about slapped someone that did that. It just isn’t proper, for one why would you even want to dilute down that precious Guinness? Secondly, it foams the stuff up and gives it a bad taste. I’ve since gotten him to stop. I’ve found that using a spoon and a slow pour is the easiest way to cascade the Guinness on top. I don’t really create these drinks because I find I much rather drink a Guinness straight. :-)

I guess you noticed my affinity for the Irish beers. I found I love them best. I guess it helps that I’m half Irish, half German.

I’ve tried many types of beers now through Old Chicago’s World Beer Tour. It’s expensive but fun. They have a helluva good pizza there too. I highly recommend them. I’ve had my share of problems but I know the store manager at my local one and she is excellent.

I need to take my darling there. She hasn’t been and I know she’d enjoy it.

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Just Like A Curse?

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Where to start. Hell, let’s go with last night. Yesterday, I was worried about Ms. Sexy X all day. By afternoon she at least turned her phone back on. That’s a relief but I’m still down. Whatever. I’m looking forward to getting off work and going over to BDubs to watch the game. (That’d be Buffalo Wild Wings, y’all! Also called BW3) I didn’t want no watered down pissy beer but a real man’s beer so I got the nectar of the gods… GUINNESS! Oh, I knew a tall glass of import was going to hurt the ol’ pocketbook but I went there for the atmosphere. A lot of us Steelers fans gather there on gameday. I couldn’t find a spot to sit so I sat with a black dude who was rambling on about all sorts of stuff. He was nice but he was a bit touched. I’m sure he was a little tipsy but I think there was a bit something more than that. However, he was nice and he was talking about some football and about his army life and living in Pittsburgh and some other stuff. I wasn’t really paying any attention because I was there to watch a game. I had 2 Guinness and I wish I had more but that cost me THIRTEEN bucks right there. I got wings too and that put me over $20!!! FUCK. I’m trying to save money so that’ll be my splurge for a while. The wings were actually fairly hot which is weird because I am usually NOT impressed. I think I was having an off day because I don’t normally find them spicy.

The Georgia Tech/Clemson game looked good. GT ran a train with the deadly triple option but then choked and Clemson came back. GT barely pulled that shit out for the win by a field goal. I wish I saw the game but NFL takes precedence for me.

The question that’s floating around is if Troy Polamalu’s injury is half of the “Madden Curse” since he and Larry Fitzgerald were on the cover of this year’s game. I think it’s silly because this is football and everyone gets injured. To top it off, the human missle gets that nickname from me because he plays no holds barred smash mouth football. He gets in on blitzes, run defense, and drops back into zone and breaks up all sorts of plays with hard hits. He’s bound to get shaken up. It sucks that he got hurt on a simple grab for a ball but that’s how it goes sometimes. He should be good in a few weeks I think.

I left the place at halftime and came home to watch the rest. I honestly don’t remember how I spent the rest of the night after the game. I talked with someone for a while, cleaned up for bed, and I guess I just watched SportsCenter as well as typed up some emails and drafts for here. I was feeling slightly better but I’m still sad.

This morning I was so-so. By lunchtime it was hitting hard. I won’t butter it up, it’s depression. I’m trying not to feel it, right now I’m in a bummy mood and I shouldn’t be. I just feel so empty, I don’t feel like eating and I just feel so… empty. :-( I haven’t talked with her in 11 days now. I have heard from her in other ways as recently as 4-5 days ago via a text. But that’s hard to get nothing but silence. It ain’t her fault, nosiree. I just feel sad and there isn’t much I can do about it. I’m trying to buck up. I will. Tomorrow is a new day. Maybe she’ll call, maybe she’ll say the word. If nothing else, I’ll go watch the OSU/USC game with a friend. Blah.

Tonight… I have no idea. I’m going to try to call her. I don’t expect to get an answer unfortunately. But at least I can try. My friends mentioned drinking but I don’t feel like it, especially when depressed as it makes it worse for me.

I know, I know… three fucking posts in one day? These posts help alleviate the feeling, this is a therapy for me.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, bllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. That’s how I feel. I’m just awwwesome I think. Fuck it, fuck y’all, fuck everything. Mmm, that made me feel a little bit better. Ha.

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Bad luck all around

Friday, July 31st, 2009

I’m not the only one with bad luck. Well, I guess I don’t believe in luck, per se, but I still use the phrase. Hey, I’m part Irish so I have to “believe” in it just a wee lil’ bit. I know I’m just being silly.

I’ll get to the luck thing in a minute. Let me start off by saying that I haven’t had chest pains since whenever I posted about it last (not counting the other day but it was a different pain and not stress related I don’t think. Maybe indigestion?? I don’t know.) I also haven’t cried since… maybe Sunday but Saturday for sure. That’s a good thing of sorts. I’m a guy and naturally I don’t care to cry even in private. It’s most definitely a pride thing and I think most people in general - man or woman - would agree. I feel good in some respects like I’m not down but then how could I not be? It’ll be back I’m sure but I’m enjoying the serenity of the moment for now. Oh, I miss her every fucking second of every fucking day. I lament as to why I can’t be with her now. Blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine. Yeah, tell me about it as if I don’t fucking know already. But as this is my blog I’ll do whatever the hell I want. ;-) The point of it is for me so hush!

Work was short yesterday. I had my share of problems and I was busy the whole night. It sucked because I planned on taking a huge break and leaving early. That so didn’t happen. I didn’t get the last break (not that I was supposed to) nor could I sneak out early. It was just one person after another. One lady had scanned so many pictures in by the time I got there and the machine reset randomly so she lost the whole order. I laughed because I couldn’t help it. The lady was very good natured about it and was laughing too so it’s not like I’m just a jackass. (HUSH! :-D) She rescanned 80 of them and submitted them except she did it wrong and only got 1 print. At that point in the night I’m closing down and I surely laughed again. Poor woman, now THAT is the bad luck I’m referring too. I have my own set of “bad luck” but I guess I just spread that pain around. :-S We laughed about it and that was the highlight of my night, but I use the word “highlight” carefully here because I don’t want to see someone’s time wasted so absurdly like that.

After work I went to eat at a bar type place. Their menu reflected bar pricing on drinks and food which is to say it’s crazy expensive. The sandwich was $10 and alright but surely not worth that much. The beer was Guinness which is always delicious. I had a Young’s Double Chocolate Stout which was positively horrible. To me it tried imitating an Irish Car Bomb but fails and leaves me with a bad aftertaste, almost like the Jameson whiskey. That could be good or bad depending on how you like that. I’m not opposed to whiskey flavor but something wasn’t right here. I also had a “Black Barrel” as they called it. It’s a Black and Tan, the tan portion being “Kentucky Bourbon Ale.” If you’ve never had that, that shit is stout. I guess they let the ale finish fermenting in used whiskey barrels which adds flavor and alcohol to it (I think.) That was an interesting drink. All that shit cost me way too much but I was just trying to give my self a night off to have fun. It was though it made me miss my Ms. Sexy X even moreso.

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