Thursday, January 22, 2009

RJ is Coming to Town

If you are an avid follower of IBN than you can see by the title that the man present when the first thought of IBN entered the Founding Father's mind will be around today. He has not been around for any IBNs to date nor has he scheduled an attendance although it is a possibility in the future. However, in the present time (since this is still an addition the the "Working Backwards" series) RJ is coming to school to pay a visit and possibly share a few laughs and brews with me and the locals. Back to the more important function of this ever-so-popular blog, te boys of IBN would like to discuss with you the findings of a night that encountered 6 European beers, 5 from the mainland and 1 from those islands in the Northwest that we love so much. Here is what we found:

1. Tanner's Jack -England 7.85

  • - Had a slight berry smell to it.
  • - A very unique flavored beer.

2. Warsteiner -Germany 6.40

  • - A bland "Budweisery" taste.
  • - Had a smell that matched the taste of the beer.

3. Kisz Bier -Czech Republic 6.37

  • - A hint of barbecue sauce was in this beer.
  • - Definitely not as bad as we expected.

4. Heineken -Holland 5.75

  • - A regular beer that had nothing exciting to it.
  • - Kind of wheaty.

5. Lomza -Poland 5.08

  • - A very light drink with a watered down flavor.

6. Jever -Germany 2.63

  • - The worst smelling beer in IBN history.
  • - A bad metallic taste came with each sip.

Clearly it was not a very successful night. Especially with the appearance of the worst beer that any of us had ever drank. I would like to apologize for the beer's that I could not find website's for now and in each of my posts.

In another episode of IBN, the boys were oddly discussing soething about a tomato. I do not remember what the conversation was but it was definitely an original question asked by Max and for some reason Kevin's reponse was, "Wait a tomato taking a poop, or you pooping a tomato?" Please do not ask me what transpired on this night but for some reason I have that quote written down in the sacred IBN notebook. I have not mentioned the IBN notebook before but it is a very special thing. All the logs of each IBN have been kept in the book since the beginning. It is hidden in a secret place and is only accessed by the Founding Father and other members of IBN who formally wish to seek knowledge from the great book. What you are seeing on this blog is only but a taste of our infinite beer knowledge. We boys of IBN have deemed it necessary to enlighten the world as to what we have fathomed about beer. The following is just a taste of another night of our sacred ritual:

1. Smithwick's -Ireland 7.37

  • - This beer is the definition of an Irish drink.
  • - It shows the dominance of Ireland over other countries' brewing capacities.

2. Warka -Poland 6.80

  • - A chochlatey beer with little carbonation.
  • - This beer's smoothness complimented it's strength.

3. Leffe -Belgium 6.25

  • - This beer had a nice smell and a wheaty aftertaste.
  • - It got better as it went along but it was not a beer that you would drink the last sip of.

4. Presidente -Dominican Republic 5.71

  • - This light beer tasted like there was nothing there.
  • - A perfect beer for the beach.

5. Hollandia -Holland 5.19

  • - This was a watery Grolsch.*
  • - There was nothing special to it.

6. Lowenbrau -Germany 4.98

  • - Not as bad as we expected.**
  • - A heavy beer that had very little flavor.

*We described it as a watery Grolsch on this night because we had already had Grolsch. Grolsch was actually the first beer that we had in IBN history. I realize that those of you that have not had the Grolsch experience or will not understand where we are coming from with this description but in due time I will catch up with the present IBNs.

**This description was given because Lowenbrau was a beer that was tasted by the Founding Father on the night IBN was born. It was before his tastebuds had matured to appreciate the flavor of all beers and therefore he had a poor memory of it. However, it was still not a good beer.

These two nights combined to give us nothing overly exciting except for the worst beer anyone has had. That really is nothing to boast about. I believe you will enjoy the next post especially for its revelations.

Cheers!