Beer Review Thread - Beyond Tiki

S Shipwreckjoey Member San Diego, CA Joined: Nov 29, 2002 Posts: 1794	S Shipwreckjoey Posted posted on Fri, Apr 2, 2004 6:55 PM On 2004-04-02 17:23, thejab wrote: I think this has been said before here, but here goes again. Canadian beer = skunky And, green bottle = usually skunky In total agreement here jab. No offense to our Canadian ohana, but I'm hard pressed to remember a Canadian beer that I really liked (not just tolerated, but LIKED). The "greeen bottle stigma" has gotten so bad...I even avoid green beer on Saint Patrick's Day (well, at least until I've had a few whiskeys)! Of course this might just be some kind of ingrained thinking that "Green" infers not yet ripe or ready for consumption. Hey jab, remember the days when we (I'm assuming you did this too) used to hit up the Mayfair on Robinson in Hillcrest for a 99 cent six-pack of generic beer that was a white can with the word "BEER" on it in blue letters? I often wonder how that would taste right now and think...WHERE'S THAT BEER BONG?

On 2004-04-02 17:23, thejab wrote:
I think this has been said before here, but here goes again.

Canadian beer = skunky

And,
green bottle = usually skunky

In total agreement here jab. No offense to our Canadian ohana, but I'm hard pressed to remember a Canadian beer that I really liked (not just tolerated, but LIKED). The "greeen bottle stigma" has gotten so bad...I even avoid green beer on Saint Patrick's Day (well, at least until I've had a few whiskeys)! Of course this might just be some kind of ingrained thinking that "Green" infers not yet ripe or ready for consumption. Hey jab, remember the days when we (I'm assuming you did this too) used to hit up the Mayfair on Robinson in Hillcrest for a 99 cent six-pack of generic beer that was a white can with the word "BEER" on it in blue letters? I often wonder how that would taste right now and think...WHERE'S THAT BEER BONG?

Post #84306 by Shipwreckjoey on Fri, Apr 2, 2004 6:55 PM