As mentioned in an earlier post about beer, plethora is not the word that comes to mind when describing the variety of beers here in Caracas. Never ones to shy from a challenge the beer club had a meeting and the goal was to bring something from... well somewhere else.
The results were, dare I say, astounding! I brought back some "old chub" scottish ale from Colorado, MSR found a delightful "grandmas pecan pie nut brown ale" from Los Angeles. Koffi had some Guinness from Togo! but drank it all before beer night (can't say I blame him it was Guinness after all), Nadjib actually found Pauliners in Venezuela! thats like finding whole milk, TP, and white flour on the same day at the grocery store- hard! He also fashioned us with bottle moustaches- very nice touch. Mike was not able to travel during the christmas break (something about having a baby) so we found a case of the fine Chilean "Kuntsman" and bought it for him. Adding to this impressive list was a new playa in the VZ beer arena- homebrew. Our friend Cesar (soon to be really good friend) has found some Caraquenos who are making some really good stuff. Might be fodder for yet another beer post.
We did find one main difference and its not to do with taste! Venezuelan beers are in small cans -10oz or so, maybe 8. Compare this with a 16 oz merican beer and you find that drinking beer here makes your hands look HUGE!
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| Nadjib the DJ and Michael the Commissioner |
So thanks for another good night- MSR, Nadjib, Mike S, Koffi, Ian, myself, and Old Man Fox in the rocker.
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