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By jcalvert | October 30, 2005 at 8:10 am
Three things happened while I was in London that potentially spoiled me to the local Columbus, GA cuisine for many (many) weeks to come. First, I had the best Chinese food ever – today’s take out from one of Tonya’s favorite places paled in comparison. Second, pizza will never be the same thanks to the Dickens Inn (near the Tower). Finally the beer - oh, the wonderfully delicious beer; the sheer variety of beer on tap in London is amazing.
Every once in a while I like diving into a cheap beer or two just to see what is what. I mean, I have kids to feed and all, so I have to be a cheap ass from time to time. To drown away my sorrows from today’s UGA loss, I picked up a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. [No I did not really drown away my sorrows, but it sounds like a good line.]
Typical American light lager, best served cold. Honestly not too bad, but certainly not that wonderful. Did you expect more for about $0.60 a pop top? Not much flavor to be had, but I do like this better than my other two cheap beer mainstays – SouthPaw Light and Natty Light (beer flavored water to coin a phrase of a co-worker). OK, PBR is certainly not in the same league with Amstel (the full-body version, not the light stuff) or Stella Artois, but PBR is refreshingly cheap.
To each their own, I suppose.
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October 30th, 2005 at 10:38 am
Not too many beers or anything in London for just 60 cents, I bet.
They’re talking about banning smoking in pubs and restaurants in the UK.
October 30th, 2005 at 10:39 am
Oh and PBR figures into one of my favorite movie lines, from Blue Velvet. Not exact but it went something like this:
"Heineken?" "Heineken?!?"
"Pabst Blue Ribbon!"
October 30th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
No, no beers for 60 cents, but since I was on company business, the corporate Visa paid my way.
I would have no issue with them banning smoking in pubs - man you stink after a night out. I packed Fabreez for this trip; it did wonders to help take the smoke out of my stuff. In Georgia, restaurants have smoking bands - what a wonderful idea for those of us that do not want to smell like a cig.