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My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
My objection to Coors is not the lack of bits, it's the lack of taste. Also the fact that the bxstxrds tore down all the examples of the world's olderst trademark and replaced them with their dull logo.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
To be honest I got the distinct impresion he would have been happier with 6 months but could see that wasn't going to fly.
As the alcohol is more to do with my triglycerides than my sugar levels I have no other dietary instructions. Though it would be foolish of me not to cut back with high sugar levels.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Coors Lite and Bud Lite were my tipple of choice whilst in the USA. I found them plenty tasty.
How much of their lack of taste is due to your smoking? I only ask because i have a friend who can't 'taste' food until it's layered in ketchup or spices. Both he and I know this is because he smokes.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
*shrug* well, I don't have a problem with real ales, and can happily distinguish between a wide variety of ales. I think it's more to do with the temperature it's normally served at. My palette is adjusted to drinks served at room temperature, so drinks served chilled don't taste of anything to me. I have the same problem with other lagers.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
Look, even the French know room temperature beer is an abomination.
And I can assure you it's the last thing you'd want in Las Vegas.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Frankly the last thing I'd want anywhere in the US is their piss-poor excuse for beer.
What's wrong with room temperature drinks? It allows the flavour to shine through, after all, you don't chill red wine, do you?
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
I've seen it done.
Room temperature drinks are what we had to settle for before we invented proper methods of refrigeration. We don't have to do that anymore.
A bit like eating raw meat since we invented fire.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
And what's wrong with steak tartare?
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
We have fire now. It is not necessary to eat raw meat.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
One could equally say we have cars now, it is not necessary to ride horses.
Just because you don't *need* to do something doesn't mean people don't *want* to.
My paternal Grandfather,
azahar Posted Jul 18, 2005
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They do in Spain in summer. Or at least in the south of Spain. The reason being that 'room temperature' in most bars is about 40ºC. And once you are half-way through the first glass of the bottle the rest of the wine ends up becoming 'proper room temperature' for wine very quickly.
I only drink beer (lager) in summer and I want it to be as cold as they can get it to be - using refridgerated glasses also helps. I know that ales and stouts should be drunk at 'room temperature' (not warm!) but the reason I drink icy cold beer in summer is to slake my thirst, not to appreciate the flavour (which for most lagers is not all that flavourful, imho).
az
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
That's fair enough in a hot country like Spain, but it's rarely that hot over here (granted it happens occasionally) real ale is quite a delicate product, and all sorts of things can mess it up. Being too cold, being served through any other system than a gravity feed, forcing air through it (away damn sprinklers! Back to the lager where you belong).
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Oops. Clearly rants about the temperament of real ale kills threads full of cider and wine drinkers. 
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 18, 2005
No, just that I don't really want to argue anymore about something I can't have for two months 
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 18, 2005
Well, you know what they say about anticipation.
Besides, it will probably do you good anyway, blood tests or no. A friend of mine goes dry for the whole of January every year.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 19, 2005
Ok, the clever half of the marital unit 
has gone away and done some research, and this is why it takes two months;
Firstly, my body has to recover from the bashing I've given it. Simple enough.
But - because alcohol is such a virulent poison, the liver will always stop all other duties to process it first. Therefore the stuff of 'lesser' importance like the dear old triglycerides get stockpiled. My liver has to have time to 'unstockpile' them so they can get an accurate figure.
Of course, it may not be the alcohol causing the problem at all. My father had high triglycerides and he drank far, far less than me. But the quack wants to know before he starts doing anything drastic like putting me on pills.
As to the diabetes, well, I'm not diabetic, but am showing high blood sugars - about 6.4. They have to be over 7 consistently before you are diabetic. I'm guessing coming off the very high in fruit sugars 
might just sort that one out as well, as I don't really do much else in the way of 'sweet' stuff. Except the tin of suckie sweties, as Victor would know them.
Anyway, went down the pub last night night and stayed off the booze, so one down, 59 to go.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 19, 2005
Well, looks like we'll both be moody gits going through withdrawl. I rather rashly announced last night that I've quit the demon weed 
. If I hadn't got pissedit wouldnt have happened. *sigh*. So I sympathise dear sir.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 19, 2005
Whose being a moody git. I went down the pub last night and enjoyed a totally alcohol free night.
Made rather a change actually.
My paternal Grandfather,
Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jul 19, 2005
Glad to hear it 
. It'll give you a whole new perspective on life. From ills come goods, and all that.
My paternal Grandfather,
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jul 19, 2005
Well, I hope so, yes. 
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