{"id":1366,"date":"2009-01-17T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/17\/now-drinking-2\/"},"modified":"2011-06-19T07:47:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T11:47:36","slug":"now-drinking-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/01\/17\/now-drinking-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Drinking &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back by popular demand (at least the demand for me to drink beer), another edition of \u201cnow drinking\u201d \u2013 because you know you want another cold one.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Guinness Draught<\/strong><\/em> in the 14.9 oz can; best served extra cold.  Everyone knows this is the original great stout, perfect for a cold winter day.  And does it get any freaking colder than it has been lately?  A former boss (way back when in the early 90\u2019s) always likened the \u201cblack stuff\u201d to mother\u2019s milk.  I would not go that far, but Guinness is damn good.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Terrapin Rye Pale Ale<\/strong><\/em> is a personal favorite.  I have written about it before, but man is it good.  Some colleagues from the UK liken this one to a proper beer (meaning a bitter or ale).  I suppose that is worth something.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/images\/misc\/terrapin_rye_pale_ale.jpg\" alt=\"Terrapin Rye Pale Ale\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><em>Mmmm \u2026 delicious Terrapin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Right now I am freezing my ass off cooking some ribs on the grill, writing this entry, and of course sipping on a cole one.  The honors goes to <em><strong>Samuel Adams Winter Lager<\/strong><\/em>.  This \u201cseasonal\u201d specialty beer is a nice robust wheat lager.  Best described as yummy for the tummy. Not bad for the price at $1.02\/per beer ($12.29 for a 12 pack).<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, a lift up a cold one and thank your lucky stars that beer is a wholesome liquid diet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back by popular demand (at least the demand for me to drink beer), another edition of \u201cnow drinking\u201d \u2013 because you know you want another cold one. Guinness Draught in the 14.9 oz can; best served extra cold. Everyone knows this is the original great stout, perfect for a cold winter day. 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