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It was Friday night, May 19th when I found myself inside a local Austin bar called Emo’s with some form of new tasty beverage in my hand, begging me to consume it. This tasty beverage was entitled “Shiner Bock”. Such a title scared me at first and three things went through my mind as I heard the name: (more…)
I find myself shopping at Wal-Mart all too often these days. Unfortunately its just convenient. One particular evening, as I was browsing their beer selection, I wanted Guinness in a can but they only had bottles on hand. The bottles usually taste sour, the cans, for some reason, always taste better to me. So I continued to browse their interesting selection, when I came across Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat. I thought, well that’s an interesting looking beer, and I tend to like wheat beers.
Lets give it try. When I arrived home with this new beer adventure, my friends had already arrived and started drinking. So I put some things away and got ready for what I was hoping was a tasty beverage. At first sip (more…)
It was a very hot and miserable day, the day my oldest cousin, Jeff, decided to get married. What though could I expect, it being the middle of August and all? And in the middle of the afternoon. On a sunny day. In Georgia. And, oh yeah, set OUTDOORS. Despite my best efforts to stay cool (short dress, no stockings, hair up, and waving one of those little oriental fans around), I still somehow managed to get heat exhaustion in the 20 minutes the ceremony went on for (it would have only been about 5 minutes had they skipped all the praying. I spent most of the time praying for cloud coverage, not holy matrimony. Sorry guys).
Needless to say by the time the (thankfully) indoor reception rolled around I was practically dying for some sort of tasty beverage. The bar had this: Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite, an assorted selection of white and red wines, water and soda (pop for you northerners). Now, let’s analyze the situation. I’m at a wedding. A wedding with free alcohol. Not the best selection of alcohol but free alcohol nonetheless and I’m practically on fire having sat outside for 20 minutes when there was a heat index of 120 degrees. Any guesses as to what I went for? (more…)
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