Rev. Erudite Redneck, B.S., B.S., M.A., M.Div.

Wet barbacue ribs with Cribari deep red sweet wine, also meatballs and speghetti with Cribari sweet rose.
Cribari was/is an inexpensive California wine (screw on cap stuff) used as a house wine in the local Italian family restraunt where I often ate in Fullerton California. It is a good wine with food. Cribari used to be called "Ole Numb Gums" because it had the founders picture on the lable and he obviously had no teeth. They have since changed the lable.
 

Me, I like beer. Whiskey's too rough, Champagne cost too much.
Vodka puts my mouth in gear.

Beer with Pizza, preferably something with a little body like Harp or Guinness.

Beer with Brats, uh, yup.

Beer with Ribs, of course, again a beer with body, maybe a Killian's Red.

Beer with Chops. I might go with a lighter beer like Sam Adams. With sauerkraut, then maybe a Pilsner Urquel.

Beer with Tacos or burritos, then I go with a Mexican like Dos Equis, maybe dark if I they are on the hot side.

Beer and popcorn, then I go for something a little more, shall we say, megabrew. I would go with MGD on a hot Saturday afternoon.
 

Just an aside. I was in central asia a couple years ago. The culture was a drinking culture. Vodka, vodka, cognac, vodka. Just a little. Just a little a few times, and you've had a lot. The brand of cognac was named after the city we were in, Aktau, Kazakhstan. It went for about $4. per bottle. tasted like a $4 bottle to. Poison it was. Vodka at least a little taste. I brought home a bottle just for the novelty of it. It is still unopened, and most likely will stay that way for a long time.
 

Jim, I have a bottle of Fighting Cock like that. I bought it when the outlawing of cockfighting in Oklahoma became inevitable. I bought it to toast the passing of the pastime.

Rot. Gut.
 

Oh, and Drlobo, that *does* sound oike a real drinkin' wine for the table.
 

Not a real drinker here -- maybe a couple of beers OR a glass of wine or two over a year's time. I find Diet Coke my most acceptable beverage. Iced tea or really cold water also do the trick.

After this week I believe I will succumb to true gluttony and broil a thick steak, accompanied by horseradish sauce, a big baked potato and maybe something green. I also see some Ben and Jerry's in my future. Must. Have. Comfort. Food.
 

I like beer. In my college days when money was harder to come by, I preferred Coors Light but drank Wiedemann, Schaffer, Schaffer Light, Natural Light ... whatever I could afford.

Then Coors came out with Keystone Light, and it was brilliant for post-college, because it tasted a lot more like it's better brother ... similar to how Busch tastes compared to Budweiser -- not quite Bud if you're a Bud man (or woMan), but better than Meisterbrau by a long ways.

I like Coors Light with brats, with burgers, with steak, with ... I like it with pretty much everything.

Gimme the occassional, well built margarita, and I'm tickled. I will admit that I don't drink often anymore, and the ol' tolerance level shows through. A month ago, I joined a Jack-n-coke-drinkin' friend. Maybe it was more like JJJJJJAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKK n co ...

And we drank a few of 'em. I'm too old for that chit.

Last weekend, I was hangin' out with buddies in Omaha on Friday night. A few Coors Lights later, and I snoozed hard. Then I woke up with the ol' hangover.

Ouch.

Damn, I'm old.
 

Oh where to begin. Okay: yesterday was payday.
One bottle of Old Forester and a pack of Nat Sherman Havana Ovals, purchased from my favorite ex-prison-guard-ex-bartender current liquor store clerk Jackie, who brought me the phrase:
"Yer the one f***ing this horse; I'm just holdin' the head."
Then I picked some figs off my neighbor's tree, roasted them in olive oil, balsamic vinegar and sweet chili sauce, after stuffing them with gorgonzola. Then I wrapped them in prosciutto.
This is not how we always eat in the Bachelor pad, but payday is special.
 

Curiously, the drunk catcher feature on your blog, a moment ago, spelled out a word that sounded like somebody evacuating the contents of their stomach: Bruwkuaa!
 

i only drink booze in the summertime. hard lemonade.

never to excess, of course.

ooh! just remembered; saporo beer with sushi/japanese cuisine. but that's a no-brainer....

KEvron
 

Hi, Sheila!

I've seen that Smoking Loon in my local shop. I'll have to check it out!