OK, Texas, Kansas, UCONN to Big Ten ?? Works for me.

[FfldCntyFan]

We should start a scotch/bourbon thread. I feel like we could get a lot out of it in terms of suggestions.

NY, we've already had that thread:

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/ot-bourbon-help.45117/

Why would you ruin a scotch thread by talking about bourbon? Corn is for ethanol.

I find Islay scotches interesting, but would stay with the Speysiders myself.

BL, check about halfway down page one of the above referenced thread and you'll find someone who is on record as preferring Speyside's to Islay's.

 

[businesslawyer]

NY, we've already had that thread:

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/ot-bourbon-help.45117/

O.K., that was a great post. We need to get together at some point.




BL, check about halfway down page one of the above referenced thread and you'll find someone who is on record as preferring Speyside's to Islay's.

 

[Gfunk]

Cisco. Liquid crack.

Oh man, that ^ shit nearly killed me.

I'll take the wine or maybe some Mad Dog.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Oh man, that ^ nearly killed me.

I'll take the wine or maybe some Mad Dog.

I was a student at RIT in Rochester when that stuff hit the markets en masse. For us college kids it was cheap and got you L-O-A-D-E-D. If my memory is correct, there was a push to ban the sale of Cisco within city limits of larger cities in NY state due to every corner market and bodega selling it for dirt cheap.

 

[IMind]

"That Night Train's a mean wine."

 

[dayooper]

"That Night Train's a mean wine."

Loaded like a freight train!

 

[Waquoit]

The NCADD also says that consumption of a single 375-milliliter bottle of Cisco within one hour by a person weighing 150 pounds or less will result in a blood alcohol content level of .11, over the legal limit for driving while intoxicated in every state except Georgia.

And the only answer to that is, "Why do you think I bought it?"

 

[dayooper]

And the only answer to that is, "Why do you think I bought it?"

Nasty stuff. A couple 40's of this got me started for my night:

 

[IMind]

Nasty stuff. A couple 40's of this got me started for my night:

We used to hit the Mickey's Ice to start with... I should pick up a 40 to see how stupid I was.

 

[UConn9604]

I love how this thread about a credible (?) B1G rumor devolved into a drinking thread.

That says it all about the state of conference realignment for UConn fans.

 

[dayooper]

I love how this thread about a credible (?) B1G rumor devolved into a drinking thread.

That says it all about the state of conference realignment for UConn fans.

If this thread could talk, this is what it would say:

 

[Chin Diesel]

Mickey's were best drank in the 12oz hand grenade bottles. Especially when they used to have the pull tab cap instead of a screw cap.

 

[Chin Diesel]

 

[dayooper]

Those were evil.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Those were evil.

You mean these?

 

[Waquoit]

You mean these?

I got a headache and nauseated just looking at that thing.

 

[dayooper]

You mean these?

I remember the pull tabs. The "mouths" we're so big, you could just pour it down your throat. Like I said before, pure evil.

 

[dayooper]

yup, this is what I remember

 

[dayooper]

BTW - Can someone explain to me the PBR revival? I remember that as nasty, one step above Old Mud (Old Milwaukee).

 

[FDNY99]

BTW - Can someone explain to me the PBR revival? I remember that as nasty, one step above Old Mud (Old Milwaukee).

I think the hipsters think it's cool..along with Coor's Banquet, Naragansset, and Miller High Life among others. And oh yeah they have driven the price of it through the roof. Supply and demand at it's best!

 

[DarthGrumpy]

BTW - Can someone explain to me the PBR revival? I remember that as nasty, one step above Old Mud (Old Milwaukee).

Blame Philly, PBR has been going strong there since who knows. The hipsters in Brooklyn picked-up on it in the last 5 years or so and it went downhill from there nationally.

 

[B1GOSU]

If the B1G was at 18 teams, that would mean basketball games would be home or away in conference, with 1 game left for a protected rival or rotating every year.

In football, I think you would have no choice but to go to 10 conference games (which was debated when the B1G decided to go to 9 conference games starting next season). So that would mean 8 division games, plus two rotating cross division games every year. Any form of rivalry with teams in the opposite division would be gone. The tradeoff would be having more elite teams in the conference.

 

[dayooper]

If the B1G was at 18 teams, that would mean basketball games would be home or away in conference, with 1 game left for a protected rival or rotating every year.

In football, I think you would have no choice but to go to 10 conference games (which was debated when the B1G decided to go to 9 conference games starting next season). So that would mean 8 division games, plus two rotating cross division games every year. Any form of rivalry with teams in the opposite division would be gone. The tradeoff would be having more elite teams in the conference.

It all depends on the outcome of the vote to deregulate conference championship games and what's allowed to determine the participants. If the need for divisions is eliminated, than they can have any number of teams. You could have teams choose three permanent rivals and the conference decide the other six. To make it even easier, you could have the conference decide one or two semi-permanent games and have the rest. You may say the two highest ranked teams in the playoff rankings make the championship game. It all opens up if the conferences allow it to.

 

[geohusky]

BTW - Can someone explain to me the PBR revival? I remember that as nasty, one step above Old Mud (Old Milwaukee).

Used to love the Old Milwaukee's, would stop at a package store on Rte 2 on the Mohawk Trail and pick up a six pack of kingers for the ride up to Mount Snow (back when we used to drink while driving)

 

[Hoophound]

Used to love the Old Milwaukee's, would stop at a package store on Rte 2 on the Mohawk Trail and pick up a six pack of kingers for the ride up to Mount Snow (back when we used to drink while driving)

How old are you? Pretty sure that custom went out with the high school class of 89, 90 or 91. It peaked in 88' or so. Drinking and driving around was a night out. I was a 91' grad and I started to think we might get in some trouble so we started partying around fires in the woods and what not. The trip to Mt Snow via 2 was legendary. I used to drive those roads at 65mph pot holes and all. Not a cop to be found.

 

[Bonesbrigade]

BTW - Can someone explain to me the PBR revival? I remember that as nasty, one step above Old Mud (Old Milwaukee).

"Heineken!?! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!"

Blue Velvet - David Lynch film (early nineties, late eighties if I recall) Dennis Hopper's line. Ever since then it has always been an option.

 

[Matrim55]

Blame Philly, PBR has been going strong there since who knows. The hipsters in Brooklyn picked-up on it in the last 5 years or so and it went downhill from there nationally.

Brooklyn hipsters have been drinking PBR for 15ish years. Source: lived in Williamsburg from 2001 to 2011, drank a lot of beer. PBR was ubiquitous.

The hipsters have since moved on to Genessee & Genny Cream, both of which are IMO superior beers (I personally love Genny Cream). Can still find a 30-pack of it in Brooklyn for about $23, and places that have it on tap usually price it at $3 or $4.

You're correct that PBR is often now more expensive, which blows my mind - the whole purpose of drinking it in the first place was that it was the cheapest option available.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Brooklyn hipsters have been drinking PBR for 15ish years. Source: lived in Williamsburg from 2001 to 2011, drank a lot of beer. PBR was ubiquitous.

The hipsters have since moved on to Genessee & Genny Cream, both of which are IMO superior beers (I personally love Genny Cream). Can still find a 30-pack of it in Brooklyn for about $23, and places that have it on tap usually price it at $3 or $4.

You're correct that PBR is often now more expensive, which blows my mind - the whole purpose of drinking it in the first place was that it was the cheapest option available.

I will never buy Genny Cream Ale, no matter what some hipster says, LOL. My old man used to by that stuff religiously and part of the reason he did so is because he knew even at 18 and desperate, I would not touch that stuff. That said, Koch's Golden Anniversary was worse.

 

[NickyNewark]

yup, this is what I remember

what....no Iron City. 2 quarts for a dollar.

 

[Matrim55]

I will never buy Genny Cream Ale, no matter what some hipster says, LOL.

That's how I feel about PBR - even if, by all honest definitions, I was definitely a hipster.

Takes all kinds, I guess. But if given the choice between a Genny Cream and any of these fawned over California IPAs where I llive now, I'm taking Genny 9 times out of 10.