Theola, I'm going to sue you. I just fell off my chair laughing. Just kidding about the sue. I'm going to send this story to all my friends. Barbara >From: "Theola Walden Baker" <bakermail@alltel.net> >Reply-To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >To: GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re:American Beer >Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 03:02:50 -0700 > >Was the Czech beer really bitter? Yuck. I know a German in B-W who swears >Czech beer is the best. > >My husband's experiment with micro-brewing produced something (I hesitate >to >call it beer) very dark and with an alcohol content approaching that of >Everclear. > >I used to make some wonderful wild Blackberry cordial that I would serve on >holidays and give as gifts. Amazingly, though, it would sometimes turn >into >sparkling wine. I never could figure out how I did that. I used to bottle >it in Grolsch beer bottles--you know the ones with ceramic stoppers and >wire >bales. Well, one year the stuff was so potent they started blowing their >tops. The first time was in the middle of the night. I thought a gun had >gone off in the house. Scared me Scheiße-less. I don't know how many >hundreds of pounds of pressure there was in the pink bubbly, but those >stoppers and bales were no match. You should have seen my pink-purple, >formerly white ceiling. For about a week I was spending my days washing >walls and furniture after each sticky explosion. As I recall, I lost 7 >bottles. Got to where I was scared to get near the bottles, even to remove >them from the house. I was afraid I'd get killed. (And my death >certificate would read "due to wine." What would my future descendants >think of that?!!) I swore off the stuff after that year. > >Theola > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Newtross@aol.com> >To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:33 AM >Subject: Re: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re:American Beer > > >| Ah yes, Lois: The minibrews, my experience has shown, that are now quite >| prevalent in various locales are really quite superior to the "canned" >beer >| available in stores. I've never, for instance, been a particular fan of >| Budweiser (though my wife is, if she's going to drink American beer at >all), >| though I like Michelob. We were very recently in the Czech Republic and >had >| opportunity to try the original Budweis -- and we didn't care for it at >all >| !! Tastes do vary :-)) >| >| Dave Ross >| >| ______________________________ > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== >Complaints: >Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com