Kilts and the brewers who wear them

[solstice]

I own one kilt. I wear it all the time despite the fact that it doesn't fit quite right anymore. I need to buy a smaller kilt or 10.

 

[Zymurgrafi]

man, you this thread is really making me want to get a kilt sooner than later.


Only problem I see is a couple hundred bones could buy an awful lot of brew gear or supplies...

Gotta have the priorities you know. Plaid or beer? Hmmmmm.

Guess I can always get a plaid skirt at the thrift store.




or brew without pants!

 

[Joker]

I wore a kilt for halloween one year. Bo Peep and I were taking turns flashing each other, that was a great party. :rockin:

 

[monty73741]

UTILIKILTS : Products

 

[WortMonger]

Here's a couple of fun sites you can draw your own tartans on.
Tartan Designer - Tartan Maker - Tartan Background pattern generator
Tartan generator

I got two complements last night wearing it to the liquor store . Fine ass ladies too!!!

 

[nostalgia]

I've been known to once or twice. I <3 my great kilt:

And of course my Utilikilt workman's, which I'm modeling here with a sweater:

I know it's long - it's at the seamstress' (read: mother-in-law) right now being shortened 1.5". And just for the record:

Utilikilts are designed to be UTILITY garments, not traditional relics.. The waistband should sit on your hips where your pants normally ride. The hem should rest between the bottom and center of the kneecap.

-Joe

 

[WortMonger]

Yay!!! more pictures. OK now everyone has to show theirs. I know there are ten of us right now that own them, so.... Start posting for the ladies I thought this woman last night at the liquor store was going to turn cougar on me the way she was looking. I am soooo going to have to wear it out more and get many many more.

 

[BrewBrain]

I have the "loch" last name and have always liked bagpipe music and Braveheart is my favorite movie, but no kilt has ever semi-housed my privates.

 

[nostalgia]

I thought this woman last night at the liquor store was going to turn cougar on me the way she was looking. I am soooo going to have to wear it out more and get many many more.

Wear it out to the pub.

Trust me

-Joe

 

[MadDwarf]

Chose the top option on the poll, but 'occasionally' isn't really accurate. Been wearing kilts full-time for about 6 years now, and nobody at my current job has ever seen me in anything else. I still own a pair of old jeans I wear occasionally as needed (painting on a ladder comes to mind), but it's very much the exception. Brewing, definitely kilted.

At work, I usually wear Utilikilts - have about 6 of those. They come in neutral tones, so after the initial shock people adjust to them really easily. I've also got a couple tartans I wear for special occasions, including a new one from NeoKilt in MacDonald Lord of the Isles blue tartan. That one's poly-v rather than wool so I can wear it when I throw at the Highland Games, but looks and moves pretty much the same.

To those who recommend wearing them out to a bar - yes. Do this. I've loaned out kilts to friends who thought I was exaggerating, and have trouble getting them back.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Not only wear it out to the bars, but wear it to the beerfests!

 

[WortMonger]

Chose the top option on the poll, but 'occasionally' isn't really accurate. Been wearing kilts full-time for about 6 years now, and nobody at my current job has ever seen me in anything else. I still own a pair of old jeans I wear occasionally as needed (painting on a ladder comes to mind), but it's very much the exception. Brewing, definitely kilted.

Awesome man, I would love to be able to wear them just anywhere. It isn't worth the comments I would receive from bubbas here though so I pick and choose. When I move to a bigger city and especially a college town I will go full bore when I want. I mean who's more fun to pick on, me in a kilt or the chick with purple hair and every square inch of her tattooed and pierced??? Not saying anything is wrong with that, just a definite detour from me. I'm gonna check out neokilt and I am still trying to get ahold of Frugal for my newest one. I have to get custom because 24" length is just way too long for me.

 

[schneemann]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

 

[flyangler18]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

And?

I still dig my kilt. :rockin:

 

[olllllo]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

Kegs have skirts. Just sayin'.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

You're absolutely right. A kilt, by definition, is a type of skirt. A pleated skirt worn by men. It's kind of like a stout is a type of beer. All stouts are beers, but not all beers are stouts. So if you were attempting to offend you've utterly failed.

 

[schneemann]

You're absolutely right. A kilt, by definition, is a type of skirt. A pleated skirt worn by men. It's kind of like a stout is a type of beer. All stouts are beers, but not all beers are stouts. So if you were attempting to offend you've utterly failed.

Hey, I'm just sayin. If you're cool with being a man in a skirt, I say go for it.
You might look prettier in a dress, though.

 

[Nurmey]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

Speaking as a woman, men in kilts are HOT!
I have never had one moment of doubt about the virility of the men I know who wear kilts. You are kidding yourself if you think attachments are what make kilts manly, however, when you add a sporran and good legs and that kilt wearer can get laid anywhere.

 

[MadDwarf]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

Yeah, that's one of the fairly common responses I hear from guys when I'm at a bar. About 80% of guys have a "Dude, a kilt! That's awesome!" reaction, 18% have some skirt/dress remark, and 2% want to pick a fight. 99.9% of the girls have reactions ranging from "positive" to "really, really positive"

I try to give a funny lighthearted response to the skirt comments if I have time, but more often I'm forced to respond "Yes, you're right, it's a skirt. Now please tell your girlfriend to stop grabbing my butt and licking her lips before my wife knocks her ass out."

 

[WortMonger]

Hey, I'm just sayin. If you're cool with being a man in a skirt, I say go for it.
You might look prettier in a dress, though.

Well, I won't respond with anger because it doesn't anger me. I ask you for your explanation of why you feel it is "whatever" you think it is. I ask you one question that I beg you specifically to answer honestly.

"schneemann, which sexes anatomy is better suited for which garment; women-pants or skirts, and men-pants or skirts?"

Answer honestly, and I think you will find why throughout history and even today some of the rest of the world still wears comfortable clothes unless they need to do something specifically. (disclaimer- yes I am talking about your nuts, and no I am not bragging about mine, or any other man that decides to wear a kilt)

Whether or not it is socially excepted in a region, doesn't make up for the fact that it makes anatomical sense. That is makes way more sense than to the groin inseam pants do.

 

[schneemann]

So what about Lederhosen? Is that OK to wear, or would I be laughed at for it?

 

[flyangler18]

So what about Lederhosen? Is that OK to wear, or would I be laughed at for it?

Only one way to find out.

 

[WortMonger]

Yep, I'd be willing to bet the guy that can answer without answering a specifically asked question about a kilt wouldn't have the balls to wear lederhosen either. What is the problem with ethnic dress? And like I said earlier, the German men even have a skirt and it is full length.

 

[ChshreCat]

My wife has been reading some celtic bodice-ripper novels (chick pron) and wants me to get a kilt now. Gonna hafta find my tartan...

 

[EvilTOJ]

You're absolutely right. A kilt, by definition, is a type of skirt. A pleated skirt worn by men. It's kind of like a stout is a type of beer. All stouts are beers, but not all beers are stouts. So if you were attempting to offend you've utterly failed.

 

[WortMonger]

I, like Kilted Brewer am a member of the kilted forum X Marks The Scot. If you guys would like to ever know anything about a kilt, then that is the place. I know Kilted Brewer already mentioned it, but it is such a great forum I had to reiterate.

 

[Hagen]

I have a Gordon and a bastardized cross between Royal Stewart and Tipperary that I sewed myself. Six yards in the one I made.

Now that I've done the research, I have to get a proper Tipperary. I'm Clan Egan, County Tipperary sine the early 1000's

 

[Joker]

A skirt is a skirt, no matter how much other crap you attach to it to try to look manly.

Hey if you're to scared to have a woman ask you what's under the kilt and not man enough to show her your that's not our problem.

 

[schneemann]

Hey if you're to scared to have a woman ask you what's under the kilt and not man enough to show her your that's not our problem.

No, what I'm afraid of is that she'd think I had the same thing under there that she has!

Nobody's answered my Lederhosen question, BTW.

 

[flyangler18]

Nobody's answered my Lederhosen question, BTW.

I did- I said there's only one way to find out- wear 'em and see.