"I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?"
I live outside Chicago with the Redhead, the poet, three cats, and two dachshunds.
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Of course, I couldn’t have just one beer on St. Patrick’s Day. The second Irish beer of the day was Wexford Cream Ale, which actually is brewed in
About the only thing this has in common with Murphy’s Stout (see previous entry) is that it has a slow-forming, creamy head. It is almost orange in color, and is indeed creamy – one web site compares it to drinking half-and-half. As cream ales go, this is definitely not Little Kings.
It’s an unusual beer, but a very good beer.
Since Saturday was
If you say “stout” to a beer drinker, odds are they would reply “Guinness.” And well they should, as Guinness is the finest of beers. However, there is another fine stout, Murphy's Irish Stout. It is smoother and less overpowering than Guinness; although I would not rank it ahead of Guinness (actually, I would not rank any drink ahead of Guinness), it is a very good stout.
According to the Wikipedia entry for Murphy’s, a small quantity of chocolate is added during the course of brewing, but honestly, I cannot taste it. That may just be my underdeveloped palate speaking.
It's also a good day when Notre Dame loses:
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It's always a good day when a Bob Knight team loses:
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Born on this date in 1905:
Born on this date in 1904:
