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Around the world in 116 beers

We here at rowtow love beer, so I really enjoyed peeping this post.  You should also check it out.

Flickr Find: A Seriously Awesome Photo from the Library of Congress

What a beautiful photo. If I ever own a bar, a big print of this is going over the bar.

You can snag a high res tiff from the library of congress here. It’s 7829×6081pixels, making it high rez enough to print posters and shit. Best of all it’s public domain for US citizens, since it’s a government document!

Alex Springer endorses Newcastle pint glasses for throwing at friends

For when you just have to throw a pint glass at a friend.

Beer of the Day: Schlitz

Mark this occasion: it’s the first bascule-posted Beer of the Day that Jesse might actually find tolerable.

For being so cheap, Schlitz manages to stand out by actually having a flavor.  When other beers in the category, such as Budweiser, only manage to conjure a flavor that can be best described as “ass”, Schlitz actually manages to manage a flavor that one can actually describe as verging on “good”.  PBR manages a not-so-close second in this category with its “skunk”, but that said, Schlitz actually manages a mild hop flavor, but certainly one not strong enough to be offensive to hop haters.

The Schlitz story in a nutshell: Decades ago Schlitz was #1 in America, but suffered disaster after making a number of substitutions of cheaper ingredients in the recipe.  People were pissed off at how the flavor suffered, and the brewery whose beer “made Milwaukee famous” went bankrupt.

Fast forward to the present: the company who makes PBR started brewing Schlitz again a few years ago.  It’s starting to find its way into bars and liquor stores.

When I eventually get over my microbrew beer snobbery and just want a nice cheap beer I can crack open at the end of the day, I can see it becoming Sclitz.  This stuff rocks, and it’s cheap.

My last 3.2 beer ever (I Hope)

Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos heri like how i’m practically posed like the mummy on my t-shirt in the photo too

(I like how i’m practically posed like the mummy on my t-shirt)
Colorado finally fixed their retarded ass blue laws some what and this Sunday was the last day that liquor stores had to be closed by law. Next week they’ll be open if they so choose to be.

I happened to be at the grocery store on this day and I bought a 3.2 tallboy of PBR for the LULZ.

They could stop me from buying booze, but they couldn’t stop me from drinking Listerine!

Felíz Cinco de Mayo to all our (one) Mexican readers

Eat some tacos and pound down some Modelo, it’s your day!

PS, did you know that Morrissey has a huge Mexican following? Not too bad for an English maricon!

Beloved Leader Kim Jong-Il Addresses You From RowTow Krib

Beloved Leader

The Chosen Leader would like to remind you to have a Happy Fun New Year and be sure to honor and practice The Juche Idea constantly.

 Oh…and pick up a pack of super fun happy luck smokes for him on the way back from Wendy’s.

Kill Ugly Radio

Kill Ugly Radio - Lagunitas Brewing Co.

I’m typically a sucker for a good booze label, and it usually results in some relatively crappy booze in the bottle.  As a Frank Zappa fan, this label could have easily sold me a bomber of Jenkem.  From Lagunitas Brewing Company, this IPA actually turned out to be pretty darn good.  Packing a 7.8% ABV, slightly harsh, yet fruity pine flavor, this ended up being a good purchase.  I’ll definitely be checking out more brews from Lagunitas in the future.