OT - Friday Night, Let’s Drink
I've been exploring canned cocktails lately. Sipping on a Cutwater Tiki Rum Mai Tai tonight. 12.5% and a good change of pace from the strong ales I usually go for. Was sorry to read though that Cutwater was bought by Anheuser Busch last year. Tasty drink but I probably won't be buying it again.
August 17th, 2023 at 9:43 PM ^
Liquid IV.
Alcohol is for the weak.
August 17th, 2023 at 9:49 PM ^
I have found Ultima Replenisher to be superior to Liquid IV when it comes to achieving “Championship Hydration”
August 17th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
Nothing worse than a judgey teetotaler
August 18th, 2023 at 12:14 PM ^
I don't see the point in judging anyone when I already know I'm better than they are
August 18th, 2023 at 4:08 PM ^
lol. I do both.
Cocktail or beer, Liquid IV, Cocktail or beer, water, repeat.
I rarely have two drinks back to back these days. I get really bad hangovers if I'm dehydrated.
August 17th, 2023 at 9:45 PM ^
Oops, Thursday night. Close enough.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:11 PM ^
AKA Friday Junior!
August 17th, 2023 at 10:36 PM ^
I gave you a +1 because I have tomorrow off. But I’m drinking water.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:40 PM ^
Lol. I’m taking tomorrow off so I thought it was Friday 😂
August 18th, 2023 at 12:13 AM ^
I'll drink with you, DT! Just finished a Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA and I believe I've got a couple more in the fridge.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:26 AM ^
TGIF?
SHIT (Sorry Honey It's Thursday)
August 17th, 2023 at 9:48 PM ^
Is it Friday night somewhere?
August 18th, 2023 at 6:29 AM ^
Didn't stay up too long to find out. Guess I was drinking Decaffinated Colombian Coffee Crystals
August 18th, 2023 at 10:06 AM ^
Such a great skit
August 17th, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
Wrong night, don't care
August 17th, 2023 at 9:52 PM ^
Was sorry to read though that Cutwater was bought by Anheuser Busch last year. Tasty drink but I probably won't be buying it again.
I get the feeling that your overwhelming need to share this with us was whole reason you started this thread.
Now I'm going to go out and buy a 12-pack of Bud Light just to spite you.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:43 PM ^
Was hoping for canned cocktail recommendations actually but sure, go ahead and play your dickhead card.
August 17th, 2023 at 11:33 PM ^
Was hoping for canned cocktail recommendations actually
If that were the case you should’ve, you know, asked for some recommendations. Instead you chose to let us all know how you’re boycotting Anheuser-Busch. Good for you.
I could give a shit less if you never drink another AH product in your life or even your reasons for it. It’s your right. But it sounded to me like you were pussyfooting around and making a political statement in your post.
Or maybe I’m wrong and you weren’t making a political statement. If that’s the case I apologize. There’s been too much politics on the board lately and I might be overly sensitive.
August 18th, 2023 at 8:45 AM ^
That drinking an icy cold bud light is now a subversive act makes me happy. Nothing is static.
August 18th, 2023 at 10:20 AM ^
There have been A LOT of good reasons to avoid buying AB InBev products for a looooong time that have nothing to do with their pro-LGBT marketing ploys. Generally speaking, unless you're one of their shareholders eager to take advantage of disproportionate market power, it's pretty normal to look at market consolidation as a bad thing.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:49 PM ^
NTTAWWT
August 17th, 2023 at 10:52 PM ^
Probably better luck finding modelo these days...
August 18th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
Rather cringe, my dude. Of all the completely rational and progressive-aligned reasons to be disappointed at Anheuser Busch gobbling up yet another player in the beverage market, you go there. Really?
C'mon, man. This ain't it. Narrow-minded, hypervigilant, and condescending behavior just gives people valid reason to hold your views in contempt and distracts from their merit. Upvotes from the peanut gallery be damned. Let's all try to do better, eh?
August 17th, 2023 at 9:54 PM ^
I'm not drinking it right now because I haven't been able to find it anywhere but my favorite beer is Maharaja Indian pilsner, not to be confused with Avery Brewing's Maharaja IPA. It's delightful and easy to drink.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:10 PM ^
Drizly can get it for you.
https://drizly.com/beer/lager/pilsner/maharaja-premium-indian-pilsner/
August 18th, 2023 at 2:22 AM ^
Used to drink Lal Toofan in England at curry places. Refreshing lager to cut that heat/oil. Badass glasses that seemed to always find their way into my coat
August 18th, 2023 at 9:14 AM ^
I had the Maharaja at an Indian restaurant and thought it would go with a lot of different kinds of food -- Mexican, Japanese, any southeast Asian really.
August 17th, 2023 at 9:54 PM ^
What’s the problem with Anheuser Busch?
August 17th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
Horrible, horrible stuff. Like. Oh man. I can't come up with the right words to describe the atrocities. You'll have to do your own research on this one.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:12 PM ^
From what I understand, it’s like 9th grade when your friend saw you talk to someone who she didn’t like. Instant rage.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:44 PM ^
Would much rather support indies.
August 17th, 2023 at 11:30 PM ^
I'm a large-batch pilsners kinda guy
August 17th, 2023 at 11:49 PM ^
I happen to agree! The backlash shit is incredibly asinine but I'm most definitely a pro-craft brewery guy.
August 18th, 2023 at 2:35 AM ^
Beer should be common ground. It cuts across socio economic lines. It is a refreshing and inexpensive beverage that all walks of life enjoy. Like a coke. Bud Lite did one modest product placement with a trans YouTube personality and 30% of the US lost their damned minds. You know, if an Ohio State fan, or worse, a Trumper, said “I really like Two Hearted,” I would tip my hat to their taste, and our common humanity. I have done so, many times. It is not hard. It is water, hops, barley, yeast, and it does not politick !
August 18th, 2023 at 9:16 AM ^
What's so crazy is that before this whole thing happened, lots of gay and trans people were drinking Bud products. Right under our noses!
August 18th, 2023 at 11:02 AM ^
*GASP*
August 18th, 2023 at 8:03 AM ^
Well thats a heavy question - we should really be asking what's wrong with AB INBev.
August 18th, 2023 at 9:08 AM ^
Not sure if serious but I'll bite. My first read was the older concern, especially amongst the craft beer bros of not wanting to drink the "sell outs" to the corporate suits. Leine, Goose Island, Terrapin and other highly successful former craft breweries sold to AB or MillerCoors. Many didn't want to buy "corporate" beer preferring local independents.
But yes there is the recent boycott of AB due to transphobia from a influencer/model/whatever who posted on IG/TT/whatever who was drinking Bud Light.
August 18th, 2023 at 10:09 AM ^
Anheuser Busch is owned by ABInBev, which is notorious for anti-competitive business practices. In addition to the linked examples they bought up the local Ann Arbor homebrew shop (Adventures in Homebrewing), apparently brokered by a shadow entity to trick the owners into thinking they were selling to someone who will continue operations, then liquidated the business to bolster their Northern Brewer supply.
To use the parlance of our times, "[way more than] A million bucks from fucking needy [craft and homebrewers]! [ABInbev] are scum, man!"
https://beerandbrewing.com/killing-craft-ab-inbev-blocks.../
https://www.federalregister.gov/.../united-states-v...
https://www.justice.gov/.../case.../file/1331221/download
https://www.reuters.com/.../exclusive-ab-inbev-faces-eu...
https://ec.europa.eu/com.../presscorner/detail/en/IP_17_5041
August 17th, 2023 at 9:59 PM ^
friday?
August 18th, 2023 at 5:50 AM ^
Is that Noho Hank?
August 17th, 2023 at 10:19 PM ^
Lemme guess. You've already started drinking, quite a while ago, and started this Friday night Bud Light silliness on Thursday.
C'mon. 🤨
August 18th, 2023 at 2:05 AM ^
Definitely quite a while ago. OP started on October 6, 2009 (a Tuesday). According to the surveillance evidence, Anheuser-Busch was involved in the incident.
August 17th, 2023 at 10:24 PM ^
Today was Friday! 🤯
Sparkling Ice Black Raspberry
Hey Dwight, did Jim fool you again that today was Friday?
August 17th, 2023 at 11:29 PM ^
This thread is epic because it's Thursday. Well done!
Also, make this:
https://www.recipefiction.com/2020/12/the-oh-oh-mac-cocktail.html
It's fantastic.