Pleasure, Pride, and Fear. Also, a thank you for EdWort.

[Silviakitty]

So a friend had a party for early St Pat's this evening, and I brought along my party pig of stout to share. It was kind of a test run; my friends are generally respectful people, but I don't know some of _their_ friends. I also brought over a bottle of EdWort's Apfelwein to share.

I find, to my pleasure, that respect was shown to the homebrew! There were compliments, people drank a glass or two, and nobody got trashed on it or wasted it. I was pleased.

As for the Pride: A houseguest of my friend asked what was in the party pig when I was first putting it in place. When he found out it was irish stout, he said something like "Man, I hoped it was something German." He had apparently lived in Frankfort for many years. I replied, "Apfelwein?" while holding up the bottle. I poured him a glass, and he said "Oh, man...this tastes like home. Where did you get it?" So thank you, EdWort; you made a guy in North Carolina very happy tonight.

And then the Fear: I get home, I unload my stuff, and I head toward the apartment. The Piggie slips its leash and hits the pavement, where it commences to roll away. I get it in the house finally and inspect it. There are scratches all over the surface, but there don't appear to be any cracks. I swear, it was horrible watching my stout roll away like that...

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Congrats on passing your "test". My friends are mostly BMC drinkers that claim to not like the "heavy homemade" stuff. Funny, though, how when I take my coolerator on a camping trip filled with brown ale, it's gone the first night. Then I'm stuck with mooching their BMC the rest of the weekend.:cross:

 

[EdWort]

As for the Pride: A houseguest of my friend asked what was in the party pig when I was first putting it in place. When he found out it was irish stout, he said something like "Man, I hoped it was something German." He had apparently lived in Frankfort for many years. I replied, "Apfelwein?" while holding up the bottle. I poured him a glass, and he said "Oh, man...this tastes like home. Where did you get it?" So thank you, EdWort; you made a guy in North Carolina very happy tonight.

Very cool! Thanks! Lots of folks will categorize my Apfelwein as a dry cider and leave it at that, but folks visiting from Frankfurt, Germany will know exactly what it is.

I still have this in the fridge at home. I'm going to have to do a taste test soon.

I hope the Party Pig is OK!