It is truly a testament to this nation's inability to focus on anything lacking a celebrity component that the quotidian story of a black man arrested for being surly in his own home continues to get major coverage well over a week after the initial event. As the President prepares to host Henry Louis Gates and the Cambridge police officer who collared him at a White House summit meeting, the press is asking the important question: What beer is he going to serve?
Does the president choose a lager for Thursday's gathering? A porter? Maybe a wheat beer? Does he pick something light to help the men with the Washington, D.C., summer heat?This is indeed a serious issue. As we learned, the White House does not stock foreign ales, so it'll have to be a good old American quaff. As someone whose knowledge of beer has expanded ever since I started to feel that searing pain in my abdomen each time I had a sip of bourbon, I have a few suggestions.Whatever the president picks, it is likely to be closely watched and could even help propel a lesser-known beer into the mainstream.
- Sierra Nevada Not Pale Enough Ale
- Yuengling Uppity Lager
- Celis Whitey
- Anchor Steam Lippy Porter
- Saranac Summer Cuff Wheat
- Samuel Adams Boston History Of Racial Intolerance Manifested In Violence And Intimidation Bock
- Coors
I think any one of these would set the tone for rapprochement and finally help heal this nation's terrible racial divide until the next incident, which will probably happen within a week or two. But I'm not an expert; you may have a better option.
Colt 45
We just call it "Sam Summer" up here.
Probably Red Stripe, the godless commie bastard.
Whocallsthecopsontheirneighboranyway?gaarden
Oh right domestic. Sorrynac?
(Life's a beach, and then you get sand in your Schlitz.)
Balk loves to break salty with the cops.
You know, an Awl is considered a weapon. When you climb on top of someone else's car and shout "Top of the world, Ma!", you really shouldn't brandish it.
Olde English 800
Will they take it in a bottle, 40, quart, or can?
Which of the three do you think will bring weed?
I vote for Canadian Ace - a Chicago Beer. Here is a post from Google
GANGSTER BREWERY - In 1919, gangster Johnny Torrio bought the Malt-Maid Brewery at 3901 S. Emerald. The property took up almost the entire block. He changed the name to the Manhattan Brewing Company and hired Lou Greenberg as resident manager. When Greenberg, a pal of Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Dion O’Banion and Hymie Weiss became owner in 1933, he changed the name to the Canadian Ace Brewing Company and the entrance was changed to 3954 S. Union.
A Chicago Beer I tasted in 1949 - They do things up brown in the windy city.
On December 8, 1955, Lou Greenberg, former owner of the Canadian Ace Brewery, and his wife Pearl, had dinner at the Glass Dome hickory barbeque pit at 2724 S. Union. When they left the place and walked across the street to their car, two men stepped from the shadows, killed Greenberg with their 38s and calmly walked away. It was reported that ten days earlier, Greenberg had defied a friend of Frank “The Enforcer†Nitti’s son in a business matter. Greenberg left an estate of $4 million. One of Nitti’s cousins who attended the funeral said, “Now he’s the richest son of a bitch in hell.â€Â
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khdetw [#1220]
Yuengling Black & Tan is the clear choice.
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whowhahuh [#57]
Sigerson wins, best list posted thus far. Yes, everything IS a competition.
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Either
Jesus Christ for the Last Time "Boston" and "Cambridge" Aren't Actually the Same Place Porter
or else
Harpoon Leviathan Quad
Ipswich Nut Brown
Tremont Bitter
I'm betting Rahm is a home-brew fanatic who has ten or fifteen kegs going in the White House bomb shelter. That's what they'll be drinking, while he looks on anxiously and they do their best not to hurt his feelings.
If they were real Americans, they would drink moonshine.
Bathtub gin.
It's classier.
Shiner Bock?
Samuel Adams This Is What Happens to Black Lager
Yuengling Lager -- if you can get it on tap, that would be the balls.
Close second: Anchor Steam. Mmm. Only Yuengling on tap would make me quit you.
I'd also like to suggest "Peak Organic" the nut brown ale is an up-and-comer.