I like the Yuengling Black & Tan, and the Porter. The lager does nicely when the others are not available.

I had a very funny Yuengling moment when I was in Baltimore 6 years ago. I was at a conference and was spending my evenings in the hotel bar carousing with other conference attendees. I had been in this hotel before and knew the sports bar, Shula's often had several good microbrews on tap. The bartender did not know where I was from, and when I asked him about the beer selection he said, "Oh, great, you really like good beers! Hey, we just got this Brand New Beer!! Nobody else has this stuff, it's great, you'll love it!"

"Oh, cool! What is it?"

"Young-ling"

"Young? Ooooh. You mean Yuengling?"

"Yeah! It's really, really good!"

"Dude, I'm from Pennsylvania. We've been keeping it to ourselves for years. You got any of that Baltimore Brewed Raspberry Hefe-Weizen?"

"oh. yeah."

"Gimme one of them."

Have a YL t-shirt from ex-boss (his mom is the distributor for the state of PA) but haven't tried the beer -
My silly beer story: tried to order a Sierra Nevada at a bar in Ohio...
Bartender: "Honey, where do you think you are?"
Me: "Oops. I'll have a Coors Light please."
Didn't know you can't get it everywhere.........

my beer story takes place at the one and only bowling alley in paris, france back in '92. my best friend (a native from paris) and i had been seeing the sights all day and decided to bowl off some steam. i went to the bar for the first round:

me: "Je voudrais deux heineken sil vous plais"
(i would like two heinekens, please"

asshat, errr, bartender: (rudely) ce qui? (sp?)

me thinking i said it wrong tries it a different way: "Je voudrais deux pression"
(i would like two beers (pression means whatever you have on tap"

asshat, errr, bartender: ce qui? (even more rude)

me: (in english) i want two fuckin' heinekens you moron!

asshat: you should've ordered in english

me: i'm in your country, i was trying to be respectful and speak your language"

asshat (as he sets the beers on the bar): yeah, well, you didn't have ze accent down right."

blew him off as an asshat and enjoyed the bowling.

You let him live. That was very nice of you.

France has a good record of being nice to American murderers. Keep that in mind.

Very brave, Frederico. After that exchange, I would wonder how much of those beers was actually piss?

well with that in mind, i guess it was a good thing then!

none, thankfully. we watched him open the bottles.

oh, and seeing as how your fixing to go over there, NBN, be very wary of the waiters trying to rip you off. remember: the tip is INCLUDED in the final bill.

I AM at home getting drunk right now. Quite enjoyable really.

I'm on my second beer. I had to get up early to get my brother and his friend up and on their way back to St. Louis. I think I'll keep drinking until I fall asleep.

I got off work at 5:15 and was on my way home with my mouth watering for that cold heineken when my phone rang. now, bypassing the beer 'til later, i'm sitting at the airport waiting for a flight to college station. sure it's a good thing and all, i was just ready to unwind for the day and have a nice T-bone steak and a couple of beers. oh well. i'll fly to aggieland hungry and thirsty and settle for take out later when i get back later tonight.......

Does College Station still have that tiny-ass bar that claims to hold the record for most alcohol consumed per square foot?

Edit: "The Dixie Chicken," I think it is?

I think I drank 12 beers Monday, then passed out around 6 pm. Tomorrow night is Happy Hour at McMenamin's, and I have no intention of repeating Monday.

as long as there are aggies, that place will never close.

just made it back a half hour ago. 2.3 hrs there and back. 1.3 hours night, 2.3 "cross country" and now........i have my beer! :beer:

Good boy. You're practicing for forks. I'm proud of you. See you there.

.....the 8 gin martinis I consumed last night have me feeling a bit queasy this am......do you think it's because I ran out of olives on the last two? Or was it the last 3?.........