Historic Beer Discovery

ABC -- WPVI.com ^ | 11/10/2004 | The Associated Press

[Knute]

Life is too short to drink whimpy grainwater beer.
Give me a craft-brew when I'm thirsty!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Aah, beer-the cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems.-Homer Simpson

[Temple Owl]

Ein prosit nach Pabst!

[FreeAtlanta]

That was a fascinating article. Thank you.

[Willie Green]

You're welcome.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Issaquahking]

In Heaven there is no beer
(No beer?!)
That's why we drink it here
And when we're all gone from here
Our friends will be drinking all the beer.
In Heaven there is no wine
(No wine?!)
So we drink till we feel fine
And when we leave this all behind
Our friends will be drinking all the wine.
In Heaven there is no fear
(No fear)
So we worry too much here
And we drink ourselves full of beer
To help us when we deal with the fear.
In Heaven there are no drugs
That's why we hang with thugs
And when the Lord pulls the plug
All the thugs will still be selling drugs, yeah.
Thugs and drugs
Beer...
In Heaven there is no sex
(Oh no!)
So let's do that next
And when our muscles no longer flex
Someone else will be having sex.
In Heaven there are no wars
Or cars, or movie stars
And when we no longer are
The world will probably still be having wars.
What the heck! Yeah!
Sex and war,
Bars and cars.
Drugs, thugs,
And delicious food.

[knews_hound]

I thought of you when I read this for some reason.

Buuuuuuuurp

Cheers

knews hound

[FreedomFarmer]

I raise grapes for several wineries and cider apples for my (real) cider, even mead from my honey, and in every book on the subject I own, all credit beer with the advent of civilization.

I type this with a very civilized Boulevard Wheat Beer at my side.

[Khurkris]

I am not ashamed to say it...that story brought a bit of moisture to the eyes.


...sigh...beer...its part of American history...


schlamiel...schlamozzle...

[P.O.E.]

Frank's Cafe would stay open until one SECOND before closing time. So it was our "last stop" on the way home. All he had was Pabst. On tap. In bottles. And a huge refrigerator case of Pabst to go.

Ahhh, Pabst!

[SquirrelKing]

The saddest day of my life. *buuuurrrrrp!*

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ping!

[concentric circles]

What'll ya have?

[glock rocks]

oh man. I don't think I can... well, I just don't know how to ... um, ... Pabst was one of my college sweethearts. it's just... oh sheesh.

[xJones]

"Drink beer, the custom of the land! Beer he drank, seven goblets. His spirit was loosened, he became hilarious. His heart became glad and his face shone."
-- Epic of Gilgamesh, 1200 B.C.

[cmsgop]

Pabst Blue Ribbon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gabz]

Why did I figure you would ping me to this thread????

[Gabz]

How come I always get pinged to the beer threads???? (large innocent eyes)

[t2buckeye]

Thanks for the article. It brought to mind an event that happened years ago. My grandmother was from Milwaukee and used to tell me of her trips to the Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc when she was a young girl. Evidently, they had big picnics and such (like they used to show on Pabst commercials in the 60s)and she knew one of the Pabst girls. When I was a little girl in the 1960s, my grandmother took me to the Pabst farms to meet one of her elderly friends and I remember riding bikes there and seeing a working farm (particularly, I remember seeing a bull in the field and feeling quite frightened.) I hope they restore the buildings...thanks for sharing.