Hanging out with your Dad

[JKelley]

Just had a great night, hanging out with my dad and drinking beer at a bar I built in my house. Spent the night bull****ting about everything from politics to our respective SWMBO's (mine's in St. Louis visiting family and his is my mother). We even sampled a bit of home brew, however the variety I currently have on tap is a Belgian White of sorts which isn't exactly his cup of tea...not to mention the recipe didn't turn out exactly as smooth as I might have liked, but that happens when you let your fancy free with a recipe for the first time.

I guess what I'm getting at, anyone else here consider their dad their best drinkin buddy (not necessarily the most frequent).....

 

[Bob Loblaw]

yep, had mine over today as well (the inlaw dad, actually but he is cool). Sampled the latest and sent him home with a few.

 

[homebrewer_99]

That sounds like a great time. Treasure the moments...

I just tossed out both of my parents ashes off of Diamond Head in Hawaii last weekend...they always wanted to go there.

 

[King MF Midas]

last time i saw my dad was in limo in myrtle beach. we where indulging in party favors and beer with a few strippers in the car. great time but terrible father.

 

[boo boo]

Although my father don't drink anymore, he and I still hang out. In fact I consider him my best friend other than my wife. At least while he is alive, I can treasure each memory we create each time we are together.

 

[PeteOz77]

I have to say I HATED my father when I was growing up. He's a great bloke, but not much of a father. Seems everythin I ever did was WRONG....

Then I grew up and realised that he wasn't a bad bloke.. just BAD father. I got past that part and decided I liked hanging out with him. As a person, he's a GREAT guy, he just never should have had kids... but then I guess I never would have been born eh?

Wish I wasn't haflway around the world from him now... Wish he would get his Hillbilly arse on aplane and come visit me in paradise, instead of me having to go visit him every 5-6 years...

 

[CodeRage]

Never had a drink with my father. He swore off drinking when I was about 16. He's an alcoholic who doesnt drink. He is a far better person from it though. We do golf quite a bit though.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

he swore off drinking when I was about 16. He's an alcoholic who doesnt drink

At 16 can you be an alcoholic?

 

[talleymonster]

When I turned 21 instead of going out with all the guys from work who wanted to get me hammered, I drove back home and me and my dad went out for a steak dinner and a few beers at the bar. It was a fun night, and it meant a lot more to me than if I would have gone out binging with the guys.

 

[bobjenkins79]

My dad is awesome. He loves Miller High Life, so I'm steadily trying to broaden his horizons We get together pretty frequently to bbq & drink beer w/ friends. He's kinda like the cool dad your friends all want to hang out with. We have a pretty good time

 

[Demon]

SWMBO and I hang out with my parents more than any of my friends. We go out to dinner a couple times a week, BBQ at my place and theirs, vacations, its great. When I was growing up and living with them, we didn't get along well at all. I was the rebel of the family and never wanted to do anything they said, which resulted in many many arguments. After moving out 5 years ago we have become very close. I can't imagine not hanging out with them.

 

[mrk305]

I remember my last beer with my dad. He was in the hospital, dying from cancer. I owned a small auto parts store at the time and he called me at work. I could hardly hear him speak, because his throat was ruined from constant vomiting from chemotherapy. He whispered "I want a beer."

I closed my store and bought a six pack and drove straight to the hospital. I snuck it into the cancer ward and helped him drink some in a little plastic cup. After a few minutes a nurse came in and just about hit the flipping ceiling. I told her that if my dad calls me and says he wants to have a beer with his son, then by God we are gonna have one! She just turned around and walked out.

He probably only drank a couple ounces. I think I just finished that one off. He died a couple weeks later. That was about 20 years ago.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

mrk305

damn- that is depressing. Good on you- now you would probably have been put in jail for domestic terrorism.


My dad IS Hank Hill, I swear to God. Except he doesnt drink

 

[Hopleaf]

My Dad tends be a giant prick, so no.

 

[mrk305]

damn- that is depressing. Good on you- now you would probably have been put in jail for domestic terrorism.



I typed that out real quick without thinking about it much. Then I hit submit and read what I had just typed and walked outside crying.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Damn I cant even imagine.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

I remember my last beer with my dad. He was in the hospital, dying from cancer. I owned a small auto parts store at the time and he called me at work. I could hardly hear him speak, because his throat was ruined from constant vomiting from chemotherapy. He whispered "I want a beer."

I closed my store and bought a six pack and drove straight to the hospital. I snuck it into the cancer ward and helped him drink some in a little plastic cup. After a few minutes a nurse came in and just about hit the flipping ceiling. I told her that if my dad calls me and says he wants to have a beer with his son, then by God we are gonna have one! She just turned around and walked out.

He probably only drank a couple ounces. I think I just finished that one off. He died a couple weeks later. That was about 20 years ago.

I hear you. My dad died when I was in my middle twenties after twelve years on a kidney machine. What I wouldn't give to have a few warm Augsbergers ( his beer of choice) with him today while sitting in a boat drowning a few worms.
Enjoy it now, everyone, because it won't last forever.

 

[Moonshae]

My dad is a BMC kind of guy. We have the same opinion of each other's taste in beer..."I don't know how you can drink that s**t."

 

[Klainmeister]

My father and I are best friends, he had me young so he can still go out and be fairly active with me. We hunt, fish, bbq, camp, and he comes down to football games at the college he went to and where i currently am. Not for one moment do i take it for granted, i realized after being a dick of a teen that my dad is one of the best people i'll ever know and we have a lot of respect for each other.

...now if i could say that about my bat**** crazy mom...

 

[chrisr]

Pops and I met out for a few beers during the day yesterday then he came over to get some my IPA homebrew and Apfelwein. We lived in Germany for little while (he was in the Army) so I wanted him to try it. He liked it. It was real cool we used to hang every weekend but his and my schedules have been colliding.

While I have your eyes, the place we usually go hang out here in Galveston was packed so we went to the shop next to it, I had liked thier beer selection better anyway, BUT they added a wine cellar that had about 6 different Meads, Possman's apfelwein, & 4 different Sake's, as well as an awesome beer selection. We got the 60,90 min Dogfish head. So he could have a baseline to thrash my IPA.The place has been there forever but has really improved it selection in everything like in its hey day. It called The Strand Emporium. You sit out front and enjoy your Chimay or wine or walk and window shop with a bomber in hand. I will miss this place and my Pops when I move in July.

 

[niquejim]

My father passed away when I was 11(37 years ago) so I wish I could share one with him.

 

[eschatz]

my dad is a brewer (beer and wine). actually i learned to brew while in college and never told him that i even drank. so eventually i started to get known for my beers around town and one time he came up and i gave him some. he was pretty surprised to see that i "out-brewed" him! haha but now he's kicking some serious ass. just brewed and arrogant bastard clone.
the other day we brewed a RIS and he told me about the first time he ever brewed. He was 13! living out in the country he stole a can of malt from the local grocery store. he stole an old crock from his house and went to the basement of the local church (catholics!). he put the malt in and filled it up with warm tap water and put a rag over the top and put it away in the corner. three days later him and his friend were gonna bottle it. so they used bottles that they found from the dance in the church hall from the night before. stole a bench capper and got it done. then the came back the next day and about half of hte bottles had exploded. so they used a welders glove and a trashcan lid as a shield and they opened them up as best they could. they hoisted one and it tasted like cigarettes! turns out there were smokes in the bottles from the dance! hahahah

 

[McKBrew]

I don't see my dad as often as I would like, maybe once every couple of years, but we do talk about every week or so. I wouldn't expect my dad to sample any of my beers as he is diabetic and has some other conditions where he has been told not to drink alcohol in any significant amounts. While he has said it's OK to have the occasional drink, it's not a big enough deal to him to drink at all. Haven't seen him since before I started brewing, but he's shown interest in the hobby and would probably like to help me brew a batch, and perhaps sample some small amounts of homebrew.

My Dad is a cool guy and I wish we could get together more often.

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

My father passed away when I was 11(37 years ago) so I wish I could share one with him.

Me too mine died when I was 2 or 3 never knew him.

 

[rfidd]

Like others my dad passed when I was young. But I have had the opportunity to hoist a few of my craft brews with my 21 year old son. He and his buddies stop by and check out what is on tap and shoot a few games of pool.

Rick

 

[CodeRage]

A little OT...

Here about that Austrailian fellow and his 31 year old daughter having a kid together? They must of been really good drinkin buddies.

 

[VatorMan]

My Dad's been gone 6 years now. Here's to you Dad.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

Wow this thread really took a nosedive

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I'll sit and have a beer with my old man a few times a year. He's not much of a drinker, and he drinks BMC when he does drink - but that's one of the few times that it's not about the beer so I don't mind.

 

[MULE]

I guess what I'm getting at, anyone else here consider their dad their best drinkin buddy (not necessarily the most frequent).....

I live for these times. It's even better when my brother, dad and I get to hang out.