Beer Shenanigans

[Mmenges]

Father in law came over to visit the house and go to a college basketball game. We both had three DFH 60 Minute IPA homebrew clones which he enjoyed thoroughly (wants me to brew up a batch for him). We then left for the game and had a couple Saranac IPA'a and a Black Forest and at that point we were starting to feel a little toasty.

We left for Dinosaur BBQ which is a trendy restaurant with great food and an awesome beer selection. I Started off with a SN Celebration ale and my father in law got a sampler (including a pale ale, scotch ale, porter, and celebration ale). Up to this point the day was going great and we had a lot of good and tasty beer.

In all of the fun my father in law thought it would be a great idea to order a bucket (5 16oz) cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon, the award winning corn flavored fizzy drain cleaner that we've all come to know and love (not really)! I consumed two cans of the PBR and I immediately felt ill. Not sure what they're putting in that beer but whatever it is, it didn't agree with my stomach.

All in all it was a great night with great company but ended on a sour note, all due to some nasty PBR's. Tasted bad going in, felt worse coming out.

 

[Pappers_]

Hahahahaha. You had, lets see . . . seven beers before the PBRs. Then 32 ounces of PBR. Its shocking that you didn't feel well.

 

[cruckin78]

Yeah and the 7 you had aren't exactly low gravity beers LOL

 

[Mmenges]

It wasn't that at all. I felt great and all of the sudden as soon as the PBR went down the old gullet I started feeling queezy.

 

[Sparky]

Did you guys also watch "Blue Velvet?"

Gotta love Dennis Hopper

 

[Airborneguy]

We left for Dinosaur BBQ which is a trendy restaurant with great food and an awesome beer selection.

Trendy? I'm heading up to Syracuse next week and was planning on stopping there. Is it a place that's going to be annoying to go to or is the BBQ really worth it like the Travel Channel said?

 

[bovineblitz]

Trendy? I'm heading up to Syracuse next week and was planning on stopping there. Is it a place that's going to be annoying to go to or is the BBQ really worth it like the Travel Channel said?

Dinosaur is awesome, it's not trendy in an annoying way.

 

[Mmenges]

It's trendy in Troy because it was recently opened. I don't know what it's like it Syracuse but there was a lot of hype surrounding the place when it opened in the beginning of November. The food is awesome! Get the crackers, cheese and smoked sausage for an appetizer can't beat it. I don't think you can really go wrong with the food, just stay away from the PBR.

 

[RogerMcAllen]

It wasn't that at all. I felt great and all of the sudden as soon as the PBR went down the old gullet I started feeling queezy.

I'm thinking the PBR was colder and had more carbonation than the previous beers. You also probably drank faster in an attempt to rid yourself of it. Upon drinking it the CO2 was released into your stomach giving you the sudden sensation of fullness/queasiness.

If you had carefully decatned the PBR into a snifter, allowing it to gently warm in your hand to release its bouquet of flavors you wouldn't have had a problem.

 

[Sparky]

If you had carefully decatned the PBR into a snifter, you wouldn't have had a problem.

Take Dennis Hopper's advice in post #5 ^^^^

 

[FatherJack]

Sparky,

Love the picture. When I was about 10, my brother about 8, I watched my brother do something strange...

He had a pair of tweezers in his hand and was staring at a light socket. He looked at the tweezers. Then back at the light socket. Then, without warning BANG he put the tweezers in the light socket, his hand flew up, the wall turned black and sparks flew everywhere. My brother was fine, but dang...

ANYWAY, back to the topic, decant PBR? Sniff PBR? Why prolong the suffering?

 

[Airborneguy]

Dinosaur is awesome, it's not trendy in an annoying way.

Nice because I'm really excited about this. I want some good BBQ and no pretensions.

 

[Sparky]

When I was about 10, my brother about 8, I watched my brother do something strange...

He had a pair of tweezers in his hand and was staring at a light socket. He looked at the tweezers. Then back at the light socket. Then, without warning BANG he put the tweezers in the light socket, his hand flew up, the wall turned black and sparks flew everywhere. My brother was fine, but dang...

We'll hire him!

PS, over in the "electric" section of brewing, it doesn't even get mentioned. Everyone looks at the avi and goes, "ya, that was me as a kid."
Included.

 

[Stellrbrewr]

Probably wasn't the PBR. I and a lot of people I knew could drink an 18 pack of the stuff in our early 20s and survive week in and week out. I'm sure 32 oz was more the straw that broke the back then the haystack.