Let's talk BEER for a little bit.

[Swish]

Thanks good ol' bubby, do yo have my current address? Yummm, beer


Heehee, just kidding! Probably wouldn't ship very well across this wide country to my little refrigerator in Hooter Valley, but hope that's some good shit! Picked up a couple creamy bottles of Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale last night and that surely did hit my pleasure button. Good stuff, this beer.

remember. It's in the Silicone Valley, so of course there are hooters o'plenty there. I've had some Sammy Smith's but not the brown stuff. I think it was a stout and it was too sweet for my taste buds, as well as some expensive shiite.

My brother asked me to split that case of Fuller's Vintage Ale with him, so I agreed. Then I drove to another distributor and bought another case. It's the 2004 vintage so it's already aged for at least 11 months, so what the hey. It's only money, right?

As for shipping beer, I suppose it can be done, but you can't send me any in return. The aforementioned PA LCB doesn't allow any alcoholic beverages to be shipped into the state. Everyone must buy from them, period. So let me ask this question. If the PA LCB is the largest single purchaser of alcoholic beverages in the world, and they are, why do they have among the highest prices in the country? Because it's run by the PA government and is staffed by union labor. Go figure. We have the biggest and most expensive state legislature in the US, and they refuse to privatize the alcohol distribution system. They suck giant hippo balls. If you're lucky enough to live near the NJ, DE, NY or MD border, and many Pennsylvanians do, you can just cross the state line and buy your booze for much less. It's illegal to bring it back and you will be fined if you're caught, but many thousands do it anyway.

PA, the land of taxes and high booze prices.

Swish