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angelikaJ -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:15:34 PM)
In my opinion, many beers are served ice cold because the cold hides the various issues mass produced beers often have. America does have some fine micro craft beers. As for horses, there are plenty of them near Houston. And You might like venturing into Austin.

tj444 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:19:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ShaharThorne I know that there are some places to stay at...The Woodlands, Conroe (can't think of the others right now) well, thats not part of Houston.. it is part of Harris County & north of Houston.. there is a (peak time) bus that runs from The Woodlands directly to downtown Houston that many office workers take..

tj444 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:30:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: Wayward5oul quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent cold beer ain't for me. Word of advice-don't say that in Texas. They have the death penalty and they don't hesitate to use it...just sayin'. Any lunatic in a cowboy hat ranting about cold beer comes near me and I'll call in a few favours from Digger Barnes to sort the job out. I'll introduce the locals to the wonders of warm ale, it's all in the taste - if you want to drink beer cold then have some orange juice or something - you reckon the natives will warm to cricket? I could teach them a thing or two about that! hurmph... If I want something warm I will drink tea.. when you are hot (like after slinging straw bales all day in the sun), cold beer isnt for the taste, its to cool you off and quench an unquenchable thirst.. and no, cold orange juice or other cold drink doesnt do it..

CherieAmore -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:34:32 PM)
I'm not much of a beer drinker but I will say Houston's alright... My first thoughts were " Christ It's Hot!" later it was " How does anyone drive Here". Just chiming in.

freedomdwarf1 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:43:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CherieAmore I'm not much of a beer drinker but I will say Houston's alright... My first thoughts were " Christ It's Hot!" later it was " How does anyone drive Here". Just chiming in. I suppose a lot depends on what you call "beer". I've not been to Houston (only went around NC and a big lump of FL) and I have to say I couldn't find a decent beer. Most of what the US call 'beer' I would call pissy lager - just like most of the European continental 'beers'. The nearest I got to one was Amber Bock in Jax and that was only just palatable.... chilled. Even the British imported beer isn't the same. It seems to be butchered to cater for the American taste. YUK!!

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:48:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 quote: ORIGINAL: CherieAmore I'm not much of a beer drinker but I will say Houston's alright... My first thoughts were " Christ It's Hot!" later it was " How does anyone drive Here". Just chiming in. I suppose a lot depends on what you call "beer". I've not been to Houston (only went around NC and a big lump of FL) and I have to say I couldn't find a decent beer. Most of what the US call 'beer' I would call pissy lager - just like most of the European continental 'beers'. The nearest I got to one was Amber Bock in Jax and that was only just palatable.... chilled. Even the British imported beer isn't the same. It seems to be butchered to cater for the American taste. YUK!! To be fair, it's reputation is improving over here. There are usually a few American beers on show at any one of our beer festivals. 20 years back, it would have been unheard of.

freedomdwarf1 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 12:59:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 quote: ORIGINAL: CherieAmore I'm not much of a beer drinker but I will say Houston's alright... My first thoughts were " Christ It's Hot!" later it was " How does anyone drive Here". Just chiming in. I suppose a lot depends on what you call "beer". I've not been to Houston (only went around NC and a big lump of FL) and I have to say I couldn't find a decent beer. Most of what the US call 'beer' I would call pissy lager - just like most of the European continental 'beers'. The nearest I got to one was Amber Bock in Jax and that was only just palatable.... chilled. Even the British imported beer isn't the same. It seems to be butchered to cater for the American taste. YUK!! To be fair, it's reputation is improving over here. There are usually a few American beers on show at any one of our beer festivals. 20 years back, it would have been unheard of. There's been a few showing up in the Kent CAMRA gatherings but I still wouldn't call them 'beers'. There's also been an explosion of Belgian and German beers too - same sort of shit. I can honestly say that in my worldly travels over the last couple of decades or so, nothing comes even remotely close to good British ale for colour, body, and flavour. Maybe I'm getting a tad jaded in my old age but I'm not liking the foreign muck masquerading as 'beer'.

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 1:11:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 There's also been an explosion of Belgian and German beers too - same sort of shit. Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese.

mnottertail -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 2:11:51 PM)
I think we're sorted. You must change your nick to Cumbrian Cowboy while ensconced in Houston and environs. Most of our toilet swill that we imprint the word 'beer' upon will not be something you would enjoy drinking at loo temperature. If you are ever in Minnesota me ol china, do pop by the house.

PeonForHer -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 3:24:30 PM)
quote: Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese. Agreed. All of the above are just horsepiss, albeit with different colourings and varying amounts of gas pumped into it. Bring your own, NG. Alternatively, if you really need to get drunk of an evening, try drinking really copious amounts of water. Are you going to buy yourself a stupid hat in Houston, by the way? You really should. As I understand it, nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat, and that's never more true than in Texas.

dcnovice -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 5:22:32 PM)
quote: nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat Are you sure you're not thinking of Ascot? [;)]

Spiritedsub2 -> RE: Houston (10/8/2015 7:39:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice quote: nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat Are you sure you're not thinking of Ascot? [;)] Hahahaha! DC, that was perfect!

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/9/2015 1:31:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese. Agreed. All of the above are just horsepiss, albeit with different colourings and varying amounts of gas pumped into it. Bring your own, NG. Alternatively, if you really need to get drunk of an evening, try drinking really copious amounts of water. Are you going to buy yourself a stupid hat in Houston, by the way? You really should. As I understand it, nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat, and that's never more true than in Texas. I'll settle for inconspicuous if it means I can go about my business short of a hat. Celebrity status isn't all it's cracked up to be!

mnottertail -> RE: Houston (10/9/2015 1:59:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese. Agreed. All of the above are just horsepiss, albeit with different colourings and varying amounts of gas pumped into it. Bring your own, NG. Alternatively, if you really need to get drunk of an evening, try drinking really copious amounts of water. Are you going to buy yourself a stupid hat in Houston, by the way? You really should. As I understand it, nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat, and that's never more true than in Texas. I'll settle for inconspicuous if it means I can go about my business short of a hat. Celebrity status isn't all it's cracked up to be! Christ Almighty you Geordie Knob!!! They'll be thinking you Yul Brynner there, won't they, stuff a goddamn stetson on if you want to be inconspicuous, mate. Pour your good beer in a lonestar can.

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/9/2015 2:11:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: mnottertail quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese. Agreed. All of the above are just horsepiss, albeit with different colourings and varying amounts of gas pumped into it. Bring your own, NG. Alternatively, if you really need to get drunk of an evening, try drinking really copious amounts of water. Are you going to buy yourself a stupid hat in Houston, by the way? You really should. As I understand it, nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat, and that's never more true than in Texas. I'll settle for inconspicuous if it means I can go about my business short of a hat. Celebrity status isn't all it's cracked up to be! Christ Almighty you Geordie Knob!!! They'll be thinking you Yul Brynner there, won't they, stuff a goddamn stetson on if you want to be inconspicuous, mate. Pour your good beer in a lonestar can. Ron, Cumbria is in the North West, mate. Northumbria was the Roman county that then included Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham on the North East Coast. The Normans conquered other parts of England but never the North East. And, the Vikings only reached as far as the River Tees, so anything above, i.e. Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle, where I come from, are undefeated on home soil since 560 AD. Now that is some fucking record. The great vowel shift that happened in the English language in the middle ages didn't affect us, so we still pronounce words like the Anglo-Saxons did as well as some Old Norse.

PeonForHer -> RE: Houston (10/9/2015 3:14:50 PM)
quote: The great vowel shift that happened in the English language in the middle ages didn't affect us, so we still pronounce words like the Anglo-Saxons did as well as some Old Norse. I've read and heard stuff along the lines that the septics speak English more like the way we used to speak it here. Not greatly relevant, but interesting all the same.

DesFIP -> RE: Houston (10/10/2015 10:03:44 AM)
Resistol, not Stetson. But not a white one, they're a bitch to keep clean. Just your basic straw, which should prevent too much sun.

BitaTruble -> RE: Houston (10/10/2015 10:22:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: NorthernGent I'll settle for inconspicuous if it means I can go about my business short of a hat. I'm a Texan and I promise you, sun stroke is a real thing. Hats or caps are just wise in the blistering heat. Oh, the other thing.. if you can't stand blistering heat.. just wait a minute. The weather doesn't hold much truck with boundaries and it's sure to change if you give it a minute.

ShaharThorne -> RE: Houston (10/12/2015 5:36:13 AM)
Lone Star beer is just armadillo piss...stay away from it. I can't drink most alcohols anymore (an occasional winecooler, Amaretto or cheap Boone's Farm wine) due to medications. Don't worry about the hat though. Nothing hurts by standing out in a crowd.

NorthernGent -> RE: Houston (10/12/2015 2:30:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PeonForHer quote: Not in my experience. The Belgian and German beers are like cat's piss and no more than gas, flavouring and colouring. The American beers on show at Northern festivals are light ales. Like chalk and cheese. Agreed. All of the above are just horsepiss, albeit with different colourings and varying amounts of gas pumped into it. Bring your own, NG. Alternatively, if you really need to get drunk of an evening, try drinking really copious amounts of water. Are you going to buy yourself a stupid hat in Houston, by the way? You really should. As I understand it, nobody is anybody in the USA unless he/she has some kind of stupid hat, and that's never more true than in Texas. I didn't mean the American beers are poor, Peon, in fact their brewing has more in common with English light ales than it does continental Europe. I think we agree that what you get in continental Europe isn't anything like approaching beer. Just gas, flavouring and colouring. But, you go to any beer festival these days and there will be some American beers on show these days because it has a good reputation and travels well. Gone are the days when Americans brewed alcohol like the continental Europeans.

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