JGowans Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 ...sux. - Tiny cups that needed filling every 3rd swig - $20 for 10 tickets that filled said tiny cups. The good beer took 3 tickets though. - Said tiny cups not enough to make me like the shite music - Fat sunburned women all over the place Quote
sobo Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 Ah! Now we understand the related post. Sux, man, all around. Quote
JGowans Posted July 14, 2003 Author Posted July 14, 2003 Also forgot to mention all these yobs wearing tank tops thinking they were sophisticated smoking the cheap cigars. sitting on the grass was a challenge just trying to avoid discarded socks, cigar butts, and dog shite. Quote
iain Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 yep, same as the Oregon Brewer's Festival. You will never see bigger beer guts either. Unbelievable. Quote
sobo Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 When I was a kid living in Italy (in a beach town on the Med), every summer all these German tourists would show up and hog space. And I'm not kidding, I mean hog! It seemed to me at the time that every one of them was fat and sunburned. I thought, "That's just the way they come." Until I went to Germany. Then I realized that they are just fat. Quote
JGowans Posted July 14, 2003 Author Posted July 14, 2003 If I might just continue with my rant...most of the beers on show are commercially available at your local QFC. I was hoping for a trip into the unknown and a chance to taste the beers of some small local brewers and international of course. Pilsner Urquell to my mind does not constitute an International Beer Festival. Having said that though, the Spaten Pils was excellent for a sunny day! Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 All those beer festivals are bunk. Way too much money for miniature samples of beer you can get at any pub or market, consumed amid throngs of "alternative" dudes who went all-out and wore the backwards baseball cap (AE, AF, or some other out-there brand) and the chunky leather sandals. Some of them even wear their prefab AF cutoff cargo shorts, and maybe a way crazy, super-zany hawaiian shirt to show off their "tribal" design tattoos ... "like, dude ... this Beerfestival is, like, rad ... how come everyone else here looks just like me ?.. where'd we park, like, the Rover, dude ?.. c'mon, let's go to Kell's, 'cause I'm, like, part Irish and being Irish is rad because, like, you can drink Guinness and go to Kell's ..." Quote
JGowans Posted July 14, 2003 Author Posted July 14, 2003 Dr_Flash_Amazing said: All those beer festivals are bunk. Way too much money for miniature samples of beer you can get at any pub or market, consumed amid throngs of "alternative" dudes who went all-out and wore the backwards baseball cap (AE, AF, or some other out-there brand) and the chunky leather sandals. Some of them even wear their prefab AF cutoff cargo shorts, and maybe a way crazy, super-zany hawaiian shirt to show off their "tribal" design tattoos ... "like, dude ... this Beerfestival is, like, rad ... how come everyone else here looks just like me ?.. where'd we park, like, the Rover, dude ?.. c'mon, let's go to Kell's, 'cause I'm, like, part Irish and being Irish is rad because, like, you can drink Guinness and go to Kell's ..." You hit the nail on the head...although the Rover jibe was a bit too close to home. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 There, there, mate; it takes more than a Rover to make a yuppie idiot fratjock. Although if you're sporting any of the other above listed defining characteristics, we need to talk. Quote
catbirdseat Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 Gowans, you really, really need to go climb something at the first opportunity. You are going crazy, man. Quote
Kiwi Posted July 14, 2003 Posted July 14, 2003 I agree about the selection. Sounded like a rip too. Quote
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