Never far from home!

[Laird_M]

Stitchwiz, great story. When I few to live in the US for a while, a kid sitting next to me was carded, and I had to speak for him that he was of legal age, even though we'd met on the plane.
When we arrived at MacNamarra the first thing he did was ask a State Trooper if he could 'Bum a fag' (Borrow a cigarrette) and couldn't understand why the Trooper and I looked at each aother and burst into uncontrollable laughter.
I can understand about US beers - were far too light and tinny for my palate - there's a great one liner in one of the Tartan Terrors shows about American Beer.

My personal favourite, is the Belhaven Best as its very smooth drinking and goes down a treat on it's own or with a nice big lump of coo. It's light and hoppy, with a creamy after taste.
Hope your Dad enjoys his bevy.

[Kiltedjohn]

Congratulations on your early retirement. Hope you enjoy many years of country walking.

[Stitchwiz]

I went to school in the USA for 4 years, and everyone used to compare the different brews. The general consensus was that Canadian beer was better, I think it was just a higher alcohol content that they liked. Of course, we were all just 'kids' and what we knew about beer (or life, for that matter) wouldn't fill a glass!

Thank you, Martin, you describe a brew just like he does, so that's what I'll get for him. Just saw him Saturday night, so it will be a few weeks until I see him again. I'll let you know how it it goes.int:

May I suggest that you take one home to the missus next time? She'll appreciate your thoughtfulness...

Love this rabble, I'm learning all the time. Someone always steps up to the plate and helps out, no matter what what the issue is.

Cheers!

[Grizzly]

glad you are having a good time mate, give me a shout when you are back home and we'll try and fix up a meeting, hopefully with artisan (John) too. You both missed out on the recent meet up with Anne and Mel, so would be good to catch up.

[StevieR]

glad you are having a good time mate, give me a shout when you are back home and we'll try and fix up a meeting, hopefully with artisan (John) too. You both missed out on the recent meet up with Anne and Mel, so would be good to catch up.

Love to mate. I'll drop you a pm at the weekend.

[Laird_M]

The general consensus was that Canadian beer was better, I think it was just a higher alcohol content that they liked.

Again, Tartan Terrors.

Martin, you describe a brew just like he does, so that's what I'll get for him.

Well grew up on Kentish ales and was a food scientist for 5 years working with chocolate and alcohol. LOL

[Stitchwiz]

Wow! What a job to have! Two amazing 'necessities of life' and you got to 'play' with them. I can think of a lot of people who would think that was a dream job.