Has anyone met a Christian?

[Haipule]

I know this is way off topic but, just what is a beer/barrel-aged Gin snob? I for one, am a big time Tanqueray fan and love it on small ice as it should have no mixers in my opinion. That is, unless someone enjoys headaches and hangovers. Yet, it's not a hangover if you hang on! Yes, I love being "filled with the spirit" of Gin!

Yet, I realize it's a manly pursuit and NOT FOR GIRLS! Like whiskey and cigars!

Well, I love craft beer, like Revolution's "A little Crazy" or Ska's "Modus Hoperandi". Trappist ales are a regular favorite of mine. So much so that I cannot abide even the whiff of a Budweiser and hold those who drink such swill in abject contempt. And I love GOOD gin, like Aviator or St. George. The absolute best Martini IMNSHO is 3 parts St. George Terrier gin with 1 part Dulin vermouth, and 1 pimento olive, poured into a glass shaped like Marie Antoinette's breast, served with a thin glaze of ice across the top.

Trappist ales! Oh my God! I remember the first time I drank a Chimay Grand Reserve! I usually have a couple on hand to share with friends as they DO age well in the bottle being top fermented. I buy them younger and don't drink them until they are at least a year old.

I love the beer from Deschutes Brewery Bend Organ(not available on the East Coast) and always had a keg of Mirror Pond Ale on tap here in Hawaii. Their Christmas ale--JUBELALE is a welcome treat every year(I gots one left) and their Obsidian stout is the bomb!

I went to Belgium: Oh my God! You go into a restaurant and they advertise something like, 475 available beers.

My martini is a 6-1 with a manzanilla olive stuffed with a piri piri pepper made by Gil's Gourmet. However, I de-brine(no dirt) a selection of olives and pickled habaneros and use them to infuse my vermouth!

I sent a sample of Budweiser to the CDC for analysis. The report they sent back said that my horse, Budweiser, had diabetes!