DIRTY BOMBS, DIRTY PLAYERS AND.......DIRTY BEER?
Today, I should be writing about the Hamas whack jobs kidnapping soldiers but that's too depressing, or the World Cup Red Card, but that's too French, or the Mumbai/Bombay bombings but that's too sad. So I watched the All Star Game, thinking I would write about that. Unfortunately, there's nothing left to be said.
But, I did watch the beer commercials and saw one for Bud Select that re-raised a claim from earlier ads. Bud Select......FINISHES CLEAN. I have no freaking idea what that means. I used to drink my share of beer and somebody else's. Never once did my last gulp of any brand have dirt in it. If BS is the only beer that "Finishes Clean" does that mean that all the other brands "finish dirty?"
No Joke. I have no idea what this term means. Educate me.
posted by UMRBlog @ 08:04
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20 Comments:
Maybe no after taste? No burps? Won't even go into urinary output LOL.
This msy be Lootie's area of expertise.
na, It's an American union made beer. Lootie only drinks those non-union beers unless the union made ones are forced on him.
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Hey,
I'm somewhat serious. It's like when oenophiles talk about a wine being "nutty"--I have no clue what that means either. Now, when somebody describes the oenophiles as being "fruity", I GET that!
Hep Me, Hep Me!
Have you seen the TV commercial of a local pub advertising "jug beer"?
Isn't "jug" beer diluted beer they sold in the depression?
The lingering sensation after a beer has been swallowed is called the finish. Depending on the style, a beer might have a long lingering bitter finish, or it might completely disappear without a trace, hence a clean finish.
Jug beer, as it has been known in Quincy for many years, is simply beer from the tap of the neighborhood bar contained in a glass jug brought by the person purchasing the beer. The customer would normally purchase the gallon of beer and take it home to enjoy on a warm summer night. Those were the days!
At one time, Tony would know this, a question arose as whether this practice constituted open liquor in public or vehicle.
The lingering sensation after a beer has been swallowed is called the finish. Depending on the style, a beer might have a long lingering bitter finish, or it might completely disappear without a trace.
I think Dolly Pardon makes the "jug" beer....
Years ago, folks in Quincy would take a glass jug - most often a gallon - down to the corner tavern where the barkeep would attach a rubber hose to the draft beer spigot and fill the jug - hence "jug beer". I am told such practice is now (maybe it was then too) against the law. Has something changed?
Thanks for the description. Is that like a term of art in beer drinking. I mean, if you went up to another beer drinker in Seattle or Buffalo and said "this beer finishes clean." would they know what the hell you were talking about?
Alas,
Even somebody of age can no longer transport beer home, even walking, in an open jug. Of course, in the old days, no adult ever transported the jug. That was left to the first born male, even if he was seven years old.
For those of you reading from outside Quincy, our city is largely established by North German immigrants, thus the jug. Apparently, the germans from the south and west regions preferred buckets. I am told that the largely Bohemian population of Cedar Rapids favored buckets. I imagine that cultural bias disappeared quickly given the size and number of the mosquitoes in CR.
Wonder if a mosquito can tell whether a beer "Finishes Clean".
Thank you all (even the one who couldn't spell "Parton") for coming by.
Ouch !!!
That hurt !!! It was 520 am and I couldn't see well. Must have had some "jug" beer last night !!!
Just want you to know how closely I pay attention to your submissions!
TYFCB.
UMRBLOG,
Does this same law apply to microbreweries? You would think that they would be permitted to package thier product in some form. Maybe a gallon or half gallon jug.
Being the good law abiding German Catholic that I am, Don't want to see teh back of a paddywagon for partaking in a little of Gods Nectar.
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Great post & follow-ups, enjoyable & informative reading, love the historical & cultural info.
The City Ordinance prevents "open liquor in public". There may be other, revenue stamp issues with MB's but a capped jug either held by an adult pedestrian or in some place other than the passenger compartment of a vehicle wouldn't violate any city ordinances that I can think of.
As I understand jug fetching, the jug was never capped and, if called upon to do so, a cap probably couldn't have been located.
TYFCB
12:19
But a cap would keep it safe from Lootie.
This conversation has brought back fond memories from my childhood.
No, I was never sent to fetch the "jug", but that was probably because my parents and/or grandparents didn't trust this little hooligan to come back with a full jug.
I used to walk a couple blocks down to the grandparents house. Me and G-pa would take a walk up to "Larry's" with the before mention "jug". G-pa would sit down and have a beer while they filled his jug. I used to get a soda and a pack of Baseball or Football cards. Then we would make the walk back to our appropriate homes.
And to answer your followup question. Most of those baseball or football cards have survived and are still neatly packed away. Unfortunately this Cowboys fan did take out his frustration on a few Steelers cards. Wish I wouldn't have shoved those in the spokes now!
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p.s. Lootie, This conversaton puts me in the mood to pick up a couple "Growlers" from O'Griff's tommorrow night. What do you think?
Naw,
If Lootie were wearing a cap, he'd still be a looter, it would just be harder to get an in court identification.
TYFCB
Anon 1534
Just so it wasn't at "Parkside Dairy"
TYFCB
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