Beer and basketball
When a beer company with a fancy name says it's entering the North Carolina market because of our "savvy" beer drinkers, I have to laugh.
Isn't Bud Light still a big seller around here?
We do have some good local brews for the more discriminating consumers.
Speaking of exotic imports, however, Kenny reports spotting Tusker for sale in Charlotte. That's what elephants drink in East Africa. Not so much for savvy beer drinkers.
All this is my lead-in to a question: What's your opinion of beer sales for college basketball games at the Greensboro Coliseum?
I'll be there for the big game Thursday, but I'll probably stick to soft drinks.
I don't have a problem with other fans enjoying a beer or two -- as long as the Davidson rowdies behave themselves.
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I have no problem with this, even if I am a non drinker.
Is it true the tickets are $5.00?
Posted on February 3, 2009 11:29 AM
Not the tickets I bought.
Coliseum web site says $15 and up.
http://www.greensborocoliseum.com/calendar_details.cfm?id=1193
Posted on February 3, 2009 11:33 AM
Plus parking fees !
Posted on February 3, 2009 11:54 AM
True, you could buy a couple of beers for the price of parking.
Posted on February 3, 2009 12:33 PM
Fat Tire is a really good beer.
I love a good Red Oak, but there's tons of other local brews to pub as well. I'll be heading to the Cottonwood Brewery for a tour a week from Saturday...
Speaking of beer - best Superbowl commercial - High Life!
Posted on February 3, 2009 1:13 PM
And Tusker?
Posted on February 3, 2009 1:16 PM
Doug..do tell me that it only takes 90 miles one way to find Tusker Lager. The history of Tusker name are stories retold and retold. One, something about a fellow (brewer) trampled by a bull elephant and gored by the tusk. That is just only one of one-thousand tales. If local brewers could just compare this stuff to their concoctions it is worth being gored to learn an ancient art. Christine
Posted on February 3, 2009 1:20 PM
Christine,
That's the story I heard, too.
Kenny reports the location:
Brawley's, 4620 Park Road, near the Park Rd Shopping Center.
http://www.brawleysbeverage.com/
Looks like an impressive establishment, although the web site doesn't seem to be up to date.
Anyone seen Tusker's in Gso?
I found it palatable, but I wasn't very choosy when I was in Africa. I also liked Castle (South African) and Kilimanjaro (Tanzanian).
Posted on February 3, 2009 1:46 PM
Doug, many of us always felt that your African sojurn was nothing more than a cover for one long Scotsman's debauch, a cavort, featuring John Barleycorn, not to mention an imperialist-at-leisure's entitled license with the local ladies. We seem to be getting some confirmation...finally.
Posted on February 3, 2009 3:05 PM
The drink was for medicinal purposes only. I did not go near local ladies.
Posted on February 3, 2009 3:53 PM
Doug,
I'll be working in a concession stand operated by the Archdale-Trinity Band Boosters, and I would be happy to sell you a beer and a soda. Beer is $8 for a 24-ounce can, and a 20-oz bottle of soda is $3.50. (Sorry, we have no control over the prices.)
Posted on February 3, 2009 4:09 PM
Doug, that's quinine that's supposed to help with malaria, so unless it was Gin and tonics, we're not buyin'.
Posted on February 3, 2009 4:15 PM
Mefloquin and Tusker is more than a match for African mosquitos.
Eight bucks for a beer? As much as I'd like to help out the A-T band boosters, Larry, I'll have to go for the $3.50 soft drink.
Posted on February 3, 2009 5:21 PM
Dad, the Tusker sold in the US is as it was in Kenya, where it originated. It was brewed under license in Tanzania and tasted quite different. I thought the best beer over there was a Tanzanian one named Ndovu, which is one of the Swahili words for elephant.
I've seen Tusker around DC from time to time, but never Castle. This kind of surprised me because it's such a hit in Africa that it's the third most consumed beer in the world. It's not bad either.
Sadly, Savage, the malaria parasite has adapted to quinine, so gin and tonics aren't that effective anymore. It's too bad.
Posted on February 4, 2009 11:07 PM
I had a Tusker in Nairobi.
Ndovu? Didn't see that. You owe me one.
Posted on February 5, 2009 11:14 AM