As an amateur beer brewer I'm a stout man- Beamish,Murphys, Heck even a Guiness. Those 'Stones go down good too though! My Mouton box is mitred, but that was not the decision maker for buying it. I personally prefer mitres, but I don't think it makes a working box. If I were to try building my own, I would attempt mitres, but to each his own. Them mitres didn't make me play a great deal better either! Shucks!

Yeah, I like Chimay and Maredsous, but... I can't enjoy the function of drinking them for hours straight -- doing things like limin', fishin', or shootin' pool. AND, as a man, it's also fun to pee several times in the backyard during these activities. A 4-pack of micro-brewed Hoppenschwarter Barking Spider Porter gives me like... one... maybe two shots at my neighbor's dog through the hole in the fence.

Plus, bottled brews just don't have that... you know, that sound when they get opened. "purkSHICKah!" And all those expensive bottled beers aren't twist-offs. They will mangle that stretchy flap of skin between your thumb and index finger -- at least on the first one until you hunt down something to open it with. On the 4th one, you forget it ain't a twist-off and mutilate your hand again.

That's why the cheap, light stuff is so alluring to me, not to mention a 30-pack of 'em costs the same as 12 of the heavy stuff. Plus, it's easier to strap on your buzz unit and do maintenance with the light stuff. I get tangled up with 5%+ malts and wheats and SHAZAAM! I'm off doing freaky stuff in the fish tank -- and not remembering it over breakfast the next day.

Life is complicated in the morning...

R!CK

Ha!Ha!Ha! Yeah I hear that! Dem "Tick" beers are good for sippin and sittin, But I Drink Keystone on a regular basis as my "matainance" brew. I like knowing that I can brew 5 gallons of stout for the price of two sixpacks though.

Fortunately there is a DFH alehouse right around my corner. All draft, some bottles.

Canned beer. Try Dale's Ale from Co.

I will be all grain brewing and BBq'ing this weekend!

Craig (burb)

Boy, you sure can't beat those grain recipies craig! Its true brew, not syrup and sugar! Oh well, they all need to be consumed BBQ and drink a few? That sounds like a winner Those mitre cutters look pretty cool too.