A brief article in Esquire explains something of use for the drinking man. Excerpt:
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Read the link to find out... even though the graphic gives the secret away. Who knew?"You wanna know my secret? How I can drink beer all night long and never get drunk?"
In fact, I had always wondered that. Though this was the first time I’d ever formally met Koch, I’d “met” him in the past at a few beer festivals. Those sorts of events are always kind of Bacchanalian shit shows, with people imbibing dozens of beer samples in a short period and soon stumbling around large convention halls drunk of their asses. Brewers included. But not Koch, who I’d long noticed was always lucid, always able to hold court, and hold his own with those much younger than him. This billionaire brewing raconteur was doing likewise with me at 4 PM on a Thursday afternoon despite the fact we were both now several beers deep. So what was the secret?
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Reminds me of what Robin Williams once said of non-alcoholic beer: "For those who don't want to get drunk but do enjoy pissing frequently!"
ReplyDeleteI remember drinking a non-alcoholic beer once... faintly. It tasted for all the world EXACTLY like a Coors Light (yeah, I drank one of those once, too). I REALLY sympathized with SN1 when he was over in the sand box, coz non-alcoholic beer was all he was allowed. Talk about a hardship tour!
DeleteRobin Williams is a hoot, and a keen observer of minutiae.
DeleteI used to cringe when anyone showed up with Coors (pronounced curs) or it's less hardy sibling.
DeleteThose commercials on TV with the trains drive me nuts.
But I guess the point of all of the Coors Light commercials is to convince folks the stuff's drinkable if the beverage (it isn't really beer, is it?) is cold enough.
@Skip: The Coors ads drive me nuts, too.
DeleteMireille Guiliano who was the spokesperson (often on morning shows during the food segments - which I seemed to never miss - ha) for Veuve Clicquot champagne (I'm dating myself) had to go to many wine events and noted that people always got plastered, which for wine and champagne is usually not a good thing in about 4 or 5 hours when the body starts trying to reject the shit.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, people never noticed that she only sipped the stuff. She would dump half of the glass out when no one was looking, and just sip, so it looked like she was drinking.
I've known a few women who used that trick.
DeleteI am such a lightweight when it comes to alcohol - even with a full stomach I am a sipper.
ReplyDeleteI find that old age has turned me into a lightweight, too.
DeleteWhere I came from, the point was to get drunk. If if tasted OK, that was a bonus.
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing? I never really acquired an actual taste for alcohol of any sort until later in life. I thought all of it was disgusting, callow youth that I was.
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