The Texas connection
Our friend Mike Orren of Pegasus News in Texas visits Greensboro (his hometown) and proposes that by seeing Shiner Bock on tap at New Horizon Stadium that the Lone Star state's conquest of the world continues unabated. His blog post even gets a comment from former News & Record reporter and current Texas resident Kathryn Hopper.
I dunno. It'd be a stronger case if the Hoppers were serving Lone Star. Anyway, with all the Greensboro folk in Texas, seems to me that Greensboro is making the inroads into a conquest of Texas. 'Course, that's coming from someone raised in Oklahoma, a state that loves Texas about as much as Carolina loves Duke.
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The true proof would be serving Pearl.
I want to see more NC incursion into Texas. I'm contemplating a crusade to bring Biscuitville here.
Posted on August 28, 2007 12:43 PM
In my three years in Texas, my Lone Star consumption was exactly zero. Most folks drank Shiner (or the sorely missed Celis White). The most popular beer was probably long-necked Budweiser, just as it is everywhere else.
Me? Shiner all the way. That's some fine beer.
Posted on August 28, 2007 12:46 PM
That's interesting. I drank Pearl throughout college and into my 20s -- I was in North Carolina. I stopped when the only thing I could find on the shelves was 70-calorie Pearl Light.
I think the Biscuitville idea is a winner. But, as my daughter at UNC suggested to me, if we wanted to make some real money, we would put a franchise in Chapel Hill!
Posted on August 28, 2007 12:48 PM
It's a mistake to talk to people from Texas. Even casual eye contact can lead to manic outbursts on Texas's supremacy in this or that. The best strategy is just to walk away slowly and calmly, as you would from a polar bear.
Posted on August 29, 2007 2:44 PM
What's that about Carolina and Duke? Works for me and my wife. The kids may have to go to Wake or UVA as a compromise, but that's OK.
Posted on August 29, 2007 11:23 PM