Comments on: Nintendo Fingers & Beer

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:52:44 +0000

Thanks, Peter. I had fun rediscovering Mario. Glad you stopped by and hope to see you some more.

By: petersteel

petersteel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:40:35 +0000

that was really nice post.. it seem great game…. that’s great game to play

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:19:07 +0000

@Don Pilsner Urquel, Sierra NEvada PA, Killians, and Bass were up there for me in the beginning too.

@Mike…Cousins was cool as heck. I think the location was just bad. As small as Springfield was, there were plenty of great beer bars. It’s even better now than when we lived there.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:51:37 +0000

Thanks Don. I think Beelzebuth, Lev Black Lion, Boulevard beers like Nutcracker Ale, Wheat, Bully Porter were among them. Old Rasputin is another. This pizza place called Cousins had all sorts of Belgians, Germans, and US craft that got me on my way. It’s nice to think about that stuff. I’m going to look for some of it soon.

By: don

don — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:18:11 +0000

Your post got me to thinking about the brews that started me off on the craft brew journey Mike. Here are some in no particular order, except the first one, that was my first and will be the beer I credit for opening my eyes to the world of craft brews about 20 years ago.

1) Sam Adams Boston Lager–I didn’t know beer could be so good until I tried one of these on a business trip early in my career.

2)Pilsner Urkel
3)Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
4)Bridgeport IPA
5)George Killians Amber Ale
6)Anchor Steam
7)Bass Pale Ale
8)Mirror Pond Pale Ale
9)McTarnahans Pilsner
10)Sweetgrass IPA
These are really the beers that started it all for me. This was a fun comment to write, because each beer is associated with a memory. Great Post Mike.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:17:01 +0000

Pole Position 2. Great games. I had Spiderman and Kool-Aid man. I had some good games.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:36:59 +0000

Glad you guys liked it. You never know where the inspiration for a post it going to come from.
@Jason. I’ve got a few base beers but I’m going back to the ones that really captured my attention. For instance, I drank Beelzebuth early on and re-visited it last. I was actually able to appreciate it much more. It was better than ever. I like DFH stuff as a go to now but I’m interested to look back at some of the other beers I tried early on.
@All I’m glad that I’m not alone on this. Sometimes taking stock and going back to the basics is strangely comforting.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:32:04 +0000

Basic, everyone my age was buying Playstations, i bought a Sega Genesis. I was never very good at video games anyways.

I am huge on the term Base Beer. My Base is not bad, but it is what the beer should be. My base East Coast IPA is Dogfishhead 60 min. West Coast IPA= Green Flash. Basic Irish Stout= Guinness; etc. I take whatever beer I am drinking and place it against my base beers. It must level up to be considered very good. It may be a good beer, but my base beer is the safe, i know what I am getting beer. I like it, could drink it everyday; but I am looking for that great new beer (always on the lookout). But it is great to know that if I am in a bar, want an IPA, I know what to go to.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:05:07 +0000

@bigtex: I am on the lookout for an original Atari 2600. I think that would make for a fun evening with friends. Man those games were fun. I didn’t have a system, but would play at my aunts house. I was nuts over a game called “river raid.”

By: Big Tex

Big Tex — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:14:02 +0000

Basic… the last system I had was the original Nintendo. We also had the Atari 2600 prior to that. When it comes to video games, I prefer a joystick and one button, maybe two. Galaga and Moon Patrol come to mind. And on to beer, simplicity gets me through it all. I love complex uber brews, but my session beers are pale ales, hefes, ESB’s etc… Simple, basic beers that satisfy.