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... and it might be the last one. One of the blogs I follow up regularly is the Beer Nut - a blog dedicated to - and here you might be surprised - BEER. Anyhow, the beer nut recommended an American beer that my dad might like. So, I thought I treat my dad a bit and get him some more unusual beer. Off I went to the Abbot' Ale House which praises itself to have the biggest collection on different beers in Cork if not Ireland. But silly me forgot the list with the names the beer nut recommended -so there I was - all alone in the shop with a huge guy who looked at me with this knowing look - he knew I was a fake, that I had no idea what I was looking for. So I thought, be truthful and tell him that you want to treat your dad to some beer. Told him that daddy loves his German beer and that he hates beer that is sweet. So, what
did the 'expert' recommend:
Tyskie - Poland
Baltijos - Lithuania
Gaffel Kolsch - Germany
Asahi - Japan
Pere Jaques 2009 - US (Chicago)
I wasn't so sure about the Japanese one - although Bubble Brothers are selling IKI Beer from Japan - but thought that the German beer might do it at least. And how did daddy rate the beer (we used 1 - 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest - logically):
Tyskie - 0.5
Baltijos - 1.5 (he compared it to Budweiser which he hates)
Gaffel Kolsch - 3 (nothing compared with other German beers)
Asahi - 3 (he was actually surprised that it wasn't too bad)
Pere Jaques 2009 - -100 (he actually had to brush his teeth after the beer as the taste was so sweet that he thought even hours later that he still got it in his mouth).
He was actually asking me if I am trying to kill him off gently as the beer was really bad for his taste. I will not be giving up - he will get more beer but next time I will take the list of the beer nut with me to make sure that I have someone to blame if dad hates it again :-)
did the 'expert' recommend:Tyskie - Poland
Baltijos - Lithuania
Gaffel Kolsch - Germany
Asahi - Japan
Pere Jaques 2009 - US (Chicago)
I wasn't so sure about the Japanese one - although Bubble Brothers are selling IKI Beer from Japan - but thought that the German beer might do it at least. And how did daddy rate the beer (we used 1 - 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest - logically):
Tyskie - 0.5
Baltijos - 1.5 (he compared it to Budweiser which he hates)
Gaffel Kolsch - 3 (nothing compared with other German beers)
Asahi - 3 (he was actually surprised that it wasn't too bad)
Pere Jaques 2009 - -100 (he actually had to brush his teeth after the beer as the taste was so sweet that he thought even hours later that he still got it in his mouth).
He was actually asking me if I am trying to kill him off gently as the beer was really bad for his taste. I will not be giving up - he will get more beer but next time I will take the list of the beer nut with me to make sure that I have someone to blame if dad hates it again :-)
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Hi,
I am a researcher for the RTÉ programme The Restaurant. We are currently selecting diners to join us on our upcoming series.
Perhaps you would kind enough to forward the below message to your members so that any interested "foodies" could get in touch?
Should you have any queries or require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at this email address or either of the numbers listed below.
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Lorna Hartnett
Researcher
The Restaurant
+353 85 77 080 52
+353 1864 1444
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Do you want to dine in RTÉ's "The Restaurant"?
Are you a foodie who loves to eat out?
Do you know your chilli from your cayenne?
Then we want you!
We would like to invite any interested members of the Dine and Wine Club (Cork) to apply to be a diner on our upcoming series.
The Restaurant is back for its seventh series on RTÉ One. In each
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Dining at 'The Restaurant' involves becoming a 'critic' for the
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Hi Lorna,
Thanks so much for this info. I bet some of the guys will be delighted to come and dine in THE RESTAURANT. As it happens, we are having a dinner tonight and I will pass it on.
Elke
Hey Elke,
Your Dad must be one tough customer. You know what they say "If at 1st you don't succeed, try and try again."
Here some fav's of mine;
Polish - Zwyeic
Czech Rep - Pilsner Urquell.
Tyskie - yea it is not the best beer ;)) if you know what I mean ;))) But suprisingly it has been sold to submiller by Kulczyk Holding
Hi John,
yeah this beer seems to be quite bad but a lot of people seem to drink it.Anyhow, still have to get the 2nd beer tasting of the ground :-)
Watch this space
Elke
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