George Shirley wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>>>> Obviously we don't celebrate it here, but a great many r.f.c.-ers
>>>>> do. So
>>>>> what's on *your* menu?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheap beer, grilled hamburgers, coleslaw, good beer, fireworks,
>>>> watermelon, and (if I get ambitious) homemade ice cream.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>> You get Pearl beer in Minnesota?
>>
>>
>> No, but we can get Lone Star now (it doesn't qualify for cheap or
>> good, tho') and Shiner. :-)
>>
>> There's lots of breweries in MN and WI, and they run the full spectrum
>> -- the most pretentious cheap beer is called "Milwaukee Special
>> Reserve Ice" from LaCrosse, WI. I don't know what's Special or
>> Reserve about it, but it's cheap and it wets your whistle; about like
>> Pearl Light but with twice the alcohol. No nasty flavors to it, just
>> not much flavor at all.
>>
>> Bob
> I think the cheapest beer I ever bought was Buckhorn. Back in the
> sixties it was 99 cents a six-pack and worth every penny of it.
>
> I've had Narragansett beer in New England, National Bohemian in
> Maryland, Pearl and LSD (Lone Star Draft) in Texas and I finally just
> quit drinking in disgust. Oh yeah, don't forget Falstaff, Jax, Dixie and
> Griesedick from out west.

My very favorite is Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale from Halifax, Nova
Scotia. They refuse to export it so I have to rely upon the kindness of
Canadian friends who are coming south for the winter to bring me a 6 pack.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life