Monthly Archive: May 2008

May 13

False Assumptions and First Impressions

My sister and brother-in-law recently moved to Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, and my brother-in-law just sent an e-mail with his first impressions. I thought they were a bit profound and thought they should be shared. “Germany isn’t quite what I expected: no permeating smell of stale body odor and Drakkar cologne, no feminine hairy armpit sightings (yet!), …

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May 11

Cooper’s Premium Lager

I had this beer at Outback Steakhouse.  Decent beer but had very little head.  At least it came in a brown bottle.  I would get it again. Here’s the review from RateBeer.com.

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May 10

DAB Original

This showed up at the beverage store and I decided to try it. I am very skeptical about beers in green bottles, but there good beers in green bottles, e.g., Pilsner Urquell, so I do not avoid them completely. I poured this beer into an English pint glass. It pours a pale golden yellow with …

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May 02

Carlow O’Haras Irish Red

I had seen this beer at the beverage store and have always meant to try it. The $45/case price tag was a bit of a deterrent. I usually buy Guinness when I choose to drop that kind of coin for beer, but I figured what the hell. The beer pours a reddish copper with white …

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