When I'm out and the selection at the restaurant is limited I usually end up with Corona (or Dos Equis if it is a Mexican restaurant).
At home I don't drink much beer, but my son brings me over some imported German beers once in awhile. His favorites are Krystal and Franciscaner. I'm getting quite a taste for the Franciscaner, but at $2.50 a bottle, I can control my need for it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Guess it is a left over taste for German brews from my time in the Army stationed near Stuttgart. Nothing in the world like Oktoberfest in the Homeland! Even had a beerman that delivered beer right to our door every week just like the milkman used to here! Man, that was living!
The Portland area was just named the "Micro Brew Capitol of the World" by some "knowledgable" editor of a beer brewing magazine. There are so many microbreweries around here that I'll never be able to try all of their wares, but I'm getting pretty partial to a few Hefeweizen's that are a staple of this area. In fact, we served a keg of it for my son's wedding a couple years ago and I still get comments about it.
When I was in Colorado on vacation quite a few years ago, we visited the Coors factory in Golden. That fresh beer right out of the finishing vats was some of the best stuff I ever drank, and I drank plenty of it! Good thing there was a bus to take me back to the campground we were staying in- I surely couldn't walk there unassisted!
Never could get a taste for straight whisky, Bourbon, vodka, or anything hard alcoholic- even though I tried like heck when I was younger (Army days again). However, I really like some blended drinks once in awhile like Mudslides. Yeah, I know, those are sissy drinks- YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
My main drink anymore is wine. We have some of the best wines (dare I say it?) in the world around here these days and I love to stock up with a good vintage to have around when company shows up. Ask Pumpgun about the wines here. I think he took home 4 cases each of the last couple times he came up. He must be about out by now, Tom- time to stock up again, buddy! - Bob 'da Butcher
