Actually, that quote "In heaven there is no beer, that is why we drink it here", has been attributed originally to the trappists.... not to a polka song. Anyway, its really great to see a thread on beer, and see Robert Earl Keen mentioned. If you like him, you may want to try out Robbie Fulks, too.Telegram Sam said:I did not assert that there is no beer in heaven...Frank Yankovich (-the Cleveland Polka King...ask your parents who he is-they will know if you live in America) did. While I don't doubt that there must be beer in heaven- it is a great drinking song. It was determined long ago by a friend of mine who is a member of the clergy that my ticket has been stamped and I will be going straight to hell (where there is probably only something like O'Douls).
Now- as for Tech- Being the portarait of maturity and sensibility you have presented yourself as (and perhaps been a little critical of those that aren't as chaste), I am sure you are going to heaven. Perhaps, you may find that consumption is in high order there (it sure is among preachers here)...but I caution you, continue your crusade against drunken behaviors. I here that when you pass out around angels, they write on you with permanent markers.
Instead of pasta for your carbo-loading, add a little dubbel, or trippel to your regimen, after all, the monks drink dubbel during lent while fasting, hence, 'liquid bread'....
Oh, and its just not fluorescent light that causes light-struck beer, sunlight and incandescent lighting can do it too. It is a chemical reaction involving the hop components in beer...
Beer was originally brewed to get drunk and as a food source. The egyptians used to put bread in jars, add water and let it ferment. They would push a straw through the gunk on the top to get at the beer underneath. In fact, the Sumerians baked a special bread (bappir, I think) that served as the main ingredient for their beer, they even had a beer god - Ninkasi, they would drink for the euphoria - brought them closer to god, and for the nutritional aspects, of course...