On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:20:18 AM UTC-4, RAG Seely wrote:

"Glass of Stout"
by R.A.G. Seely
IPAs and pilseners
Have merits I'll not flout
But the beer style I prefer
Is, assuredly, stout
Your first sip may seem a shock
The drink is dense, no doubt
When my watch reads Beer O'Clock
I opt for thick, dark stout
Stout evolved from stout porter
It's black as all get-out
If it's fresh and unfiltered
I'd like a glass of stout
Brit brewers may add lactose
Yeast's benefits I'll tout
Pick the hops, let barley roast
Transform it into stout
Hops bring balance, bitterness
A pleasing herbal note
Beamish, Murphy's, or Guinness?
A dusky Irish stout
Doppels and dunkelweizens
Are well worth seeking out
I savor obsidian
Velvety, viscous stout
Germans call beer "liquid bread"
Quite credible, those krauts
Though Spaten sports a fine spread
I'd sooner sip a stout
San Quentin is the shiz'nit
Rogue Shakespeare sure has clout
Ipswich Oatmeal, my fav'rite
A potent pint of stout
See the head of fizzy foam?
Remedy for a drought
Through the barley, let us roam!
Silky, sepia stout
Bubbly beer, "Vitamin B"
When it pours, I won't pout
Where's the nearest brewery?
I'd like a glass of stout
-=RAGS=-

Here's a great stout that's perfect for Halloween: Pumpkin Spice Yeti. I don't usually like pumpkin beers, but this one is from Great Divide. They can brew no wrong. The base stout is rich and strong enough to hold up the pumpkin pie-type spices.

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On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 7:53:07 AM UTC-4, Lord Valve wrote:

On Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 6:12:08 PM UTC-6, Cindybin wrote:

A "stout". Oh brother. You guys all think you have to drink beer to fit in and be a man and be all social. It shouldn't be that way! My husband doesn't drink and neither do our grown sons!! It is immoral and just plain immature to use mind-altering

drugs like alcohol! A casual booze drinker is no better than a casual pot smoker, except they aren't breaking the law! People need to grow up and set an example! And what gets me is that I have ranted about this for 20 years online! TWENTY YEARS!! Haven'
t you guys read a thing I have written?? It's so frustrating!

Hey, babe - relax. Chill out. Have a beer, a shot,
or smoke a blunt. It's not for you to pass judgement
on anyone's choice of recreational intoxicants. These
poor bastards on RMB are obsessed with 50+ year-old
teenybopper music and they damnwell *need* something
to take the edge off their maniacal devotion to losers
who pushed communism and weird religion more than half
a century ago. So let 'em smoke, let 'em drink or pop
pills - it makes 'em stupid and easy to beat. I don't
drink, never have (I'm 71) but I don't give a shit if
anyone else does. It's not my problem, see? And it ain't
yours either. So stuff it.

Lord Valve, ThD
American/Patriot (fuck you!)

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I can't believe how *human* you were in this thread, LV - that is, aside from the profanity and Trump sh%t at the end.

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On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 10:04:07 AM UTC-4, Cindybin wrote:

On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 8:07:09 AM UTC-5, Norbert K wrote:

On Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 8:12:08 PM UTC-4, Cindybin wrote:

On Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 5:34:21 PM UTC-5, Phil Reynolds wrote:

On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
Kenji <kenj...@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:20:18 AM UTC-4, RAG Seely wrote:

"Glass of Stout"

by R.A.G. Seely

IPAs and pilseners
Have merits I'll not flout
But the beer style I prefer
Is, assuredly, stout

Your first sip may seem a shock
The drink is dense, no doubt
When my watch reads Beer O'Clock
I opt for thick, dark stout

Stout evolved from stout porter
It's black as all get-out
If it's fresh and unfiltered
I'd like a glass of stout

Brit brewers may add lactose
Yeast's benefits I'll tout
Pick the hops, let barley roast
Transform it into stout

Hops bring balance, bitterness
A pleasing herbal note
Beamish, Murphy's, or Guinness?
A dusky Irish stout

Doppels and dunkelweizens
Are well worth seeking out
I savor obsidian
Velvety, viscous stout

Germans call beer "liquid bread"
Quite credible, those krauts
Though Spaten sports a fine spread
I'd sooner sip a stout

San Quentin is the shiz'nit
Rogue Shakespeare sure has clout
Ipswich Oatmeal, my fav'rite
A potent pint of stout

See the head of fizzy foam?
Remedy for a drought
Through the barley, let us roam!
Silky, sepia stout

Bubbly beer, "Vitamin B"
When it pours, I won't pout
Where's the nearest brewery?
I'd like a glass of stout

-=RAGS=-

Missed the original posting.

I too like stout, not exclusively though.

My favourites:

Amber Chocolate Orange Stout
Bristol Milk Stout
O'Hanlon's Port Stout

For a "that doesn't look like stout but tastes like it": Durham White Stout.

--
Phil Reynolds
mail: phil...@tinsleyviaduct.com
PLEASE followup news posts in news
Web: http://phil.tinsleyviaduct.com/

A "stout". Oh brother. You guys all think you have to drink beer to fit in and be a man and be all social. It shouldn't be that way! My husband doesn't drink and neither do our grown sons!! It is immoral and just plain immature to use mind-altering

drugs like alcohol! A casual booze drinker is no better than a casual pot smoker, except they aren't breaking the law! People need to grow up and set an example! And what gets me is that I have ranted about this for 20 years online! TWENTY YEARS!! Haven'
t you guys read a thing I have written?? It's so frustrating!

Your "husband," eh? Is he a closet queer and pursuer of high school boys by any chance? In your neo-prohibitionism and hysterical tone, you remind me of someone I once had the misfortune to be acquainted with.

Now see? This proves my point! You guys are such sheep, so unsure of yourselves, that you think you HAVE to drink beer in order to prove you are a man. You think that anybody who doesn't drink must be gay or something. Again, you are more of a man if

you DON'T drink. And Heavenly Father doesn't want us using alcohol. I'm a convert to the Mormon church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and we have revelation from God about why it's wrong to use mind-altering drugs like alcohol and
marijuana. Using drugs to have "fun" is not what true fun is! The LDS church is the one true church, restored on the Earth in the latter days by Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I invite you to read the Book of Mormon and study, ponder and pray and ask
God if it is true. It will change your life! But my husband isn't even Mormon and he still doesn't drink. He experimented with alcohol in college (as did I) but soon realized that he didn't HAVE to drink beer to be social or be a man. And YOU don't have
to, either! You are better than that!

Come back, CindyBin. You were hilarious.

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On Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 10:20:18 AM UTC-4, RAG Seely wrote:

"Glass of Stout"
by R.A.G. Seely
IPAs and pilseners
Have merits I'll not flout
But the beer style I prefer
Is, assuredly, stout
Your first sip may seem a shock
The drink is dense, no doubt
When my watch reads Beer O'Clock
I opt for thick, dark stout
Stout evolved from stout porter
It's black as all get-out
If it's fresh and unfiltered
I'd like a glass of stout
Brit brewers may add lactose
Yeast's benefits I'll tout
Pick the hops, let barley roast
Transform it into stout
Hops bring balance, bitterness
A pleasing herbal note
Beamish, Murphy's, or Guinness?
A dusky Irish stout
Doppels and dunkelweizens
Are well worth seeking out
I savor obsidian
Velvety, viscous stout
Germans call beer "liquid bread"
Quite credible, those krauts
Though Spaten sports a fine spread
I'd sooner sip a stout
San Quentin is the shiz'nit
Rogue Shakespeare sure has clout
Ipswich Oatmeal, my fav'rite
A potent pint of stout
See the head of fizzy foam?
Remedy for a drought
Through the barley, let us roam!
Silky, sepia stout
Bubbly beer, "Vitamin B"
When it pours, I won't pout
Where's the nearest brewery?
I'd like a glass of stout
-=RAGS=-

I tried a stout called "World's Best Boss" a few months ago. It comes in those super high-priced four-packs so beloved by hipsters. I broke up the four pack to obtain a single can. The brew was excessively sweet (it's a milk stout, so this wasn't a
huge surprise) and one-dimensional. I'm glad I bought just one.

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On Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 10:53:24 AM UTC-4, curtis...@gmail.com wrote:

On Sunday, September 22, 2019 at 7:53:07 AM UTC-4, Lord Valve wrote:

On Saturday, September 21, 2019 at 6:12:08 PM UTC-6, Cindybin wrote:

A "stout". Oh brother. You guys all think you have to drink beer to fit in and be a man and be all social. It shouldn't be that way! My husband doesn't drink and neither do our grown sons!! It is immoral and just plain immature to use mind-altering

drugs like alcohol! A casual booze drinker is no better than a casual pot smoker, except they aren't breaking the law! People need to grow up and set an example! And what gets me is that I have ranted about this for 20 years online! TWENTY YEARS!! Haven'
t you guys read a thing I have written?? It's so frustrating!

Hey, babe - relax. Chill out. Have a beer, a shot,
or smoke a blunt. It's not for you to pass judgement
on anyone's choice of recreational intoxicants. These
poor bastards on RMB are obsessed with 50+ year-old
teenybopper music and they damnwell *need* something
to take the edge off their maniacal devotion to losers
who pushed communism and weird religion more than half
a century ago. So let 'em smoke, let 'em drink or pop
pills - it makes 'em stupid and easy to beat. I don't
drink, never have (I'm 71) but I don't give a shit if
anyone else does. It's not my problem, see? And it ain't
yours either. So stuff it.

Lord Valve, ThD
American/Patriot (fuck you!)

T R U M P 2 0 2 0 - M A G A - 1 7 7 6 - 1 8 6 1

W W G 1 W G A

I can't believe how *human* you were in this thread, LV - that is, aside from the profanity and Trump sh%t at the end.

I've got a fat redneck neighbor who reminds me of Valve. He worships Trump, demonizes all women in politics, and howls profanities in a falsetto voice each time he opens his door.

He stumbled over, reeking of scotch, when I was getting my lawnmower ready a few days ago. "Uh-oh," I thought, "Is he going to remind me of the time he supposedly fought the South Koreans?" This guy was in the National Guard until they kicked him out
for his refusal -- after decades of warnings -- to get into some semblance of shape. He, claims, however, to have served in the Army; and after many scotches, he claims to be a veteran of the Korean War -- albeit one who fought our allies in South Korea!


Anyway, no; this time he wanted to brag about his latest purchase. I use a humble push-mower. My neighbor pointed to his hulking new Husqvarna riding mower and boasted, in his thick Dorcester accent that it had cost him five thousand "dollas." I asked
him if he had ever used it. "Nah," he said, "I pay [our other neighbor] Steve to do all my mowin'." I had been aware of this. So why on earth did he buy the Husqvarna? This was gratuitous money-wasting -- something this guy loves to do. I wonder
what con-job he's got going to obtain all his cash.

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