You kids sure have strange ideas about drinking alcohol

[Greg Nog]

They've got that Vintage Ale or whatever that's made by Unibroue.

What!  I don't think they carry that in my local store!

[elpollodiablo]

I'm sure store brand beer has the potential to be decent, but I've never had one that was.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Kennebunkport Apricot Wheat has the best name.

I don't want to think about Bush 41 and Barbara in cardigans on the beach when I'm drinking.

[alex]

It's just a funny word to me. I figured it was probably a place name, but not one I had any associations with. Now you've ruined my enjoyment of Kennebunkport Apricot Wheat!

[coldforge]

Yeah, in America Kennebunkport = The Bush Family (and lobstrers)

[alex]

That's too bad. It sounds like the sort of place that people can hear repeatedly in jokes - "where do you think I'm from, Kennebunkport?" - and then be surprised when realising that there is actually a real place of that name.

Fun fact: When I was about 12, my geo/history teacher was doing the annual "making sure that he has the correct personal data for all students" thing, wherein he read out everyone's name, adress, phone number, religious affiliation, data and place of birth to make sure he had it all right. He complained about the number of people who had not listed any place of birth, saying he just had to assume that they were all born in Oberpullendorf. One boy protested: "What's wrong with that? I was born in Oberpullendorf!" And I said, "I think I might have been, too. My parents are from that district, anyway." [it turns out I wasn't.] And another boy said, "My dad was born there, too!" My teacher sighed deeply and complained about being surrounded by Oberpullendorfers. And a boy who later became my friend later told me that he was really shocked by the event, because he'd heard of Oberpullendorf in jokes for ages, but had always assumed that it was a mythical place that someone made up because it sounded funny, and now suddenly he had three classmates who were from there.

[dumbfish]

Poughkeepsie and Schenectady can fill the Kennebunkport-shaped hole in your heart, alex.

[alex]

Those are good ones! And of course, there is always Erps-Kwerps.

[davy]

In my brain: Schenectady = Vonnegut

Which of course is far more bearable than the Bushes.

[Greg Nog]

Let us not forget Walla Walla, Washington!

[FreddyKnuckles]

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Pointless/Cities.html

[Aglaya]

They forgot Balltown and Woodville in the Wisconsin list.  My mom's family lives in Woodville, and we had to drive through Dickeyville and Balltown to get there.  This is not a joke.

[ellaguru]

So for Comic Relief this year, the cast of The Inbetweeners embarked on a Rude Road Trip, where they challenged themselves to visit 50 places with rude names in 50 hours. Mostly rude street names and not rude town names, but still.

[alex]

This reminds me of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guCHinKLRrg

which I don't think is going to make sense to anyone here but me, but which you have to admire on principle: the lyrics can pretty much be summarised "I want to fuck you", but it's made up of a long, long list of Austrian place names that either phonetically sound like dirty words or simply sound like they should be dirty words. It's entirely untranslatable, of course, and probably quite inscrutable even for those with a fair understanding of German, but at least the youtube video shows all the place names that they used. (Spoiler: "Fucking" is not one of them.)

[FreddyKnuckles]

So for Comic Relief this year, the cast of The Inbetweeners embarked on a Rude Road Trip, where they challenged themselves to visit 50 places with rude names in 50 hours. Mostly rude street names and not rude town names, but still.

I know someone who lives on Mary Jane blvd.  They had to extend the signs by 5 feet to stop people from stealing it.   

[The_Tourist]

They've got that Vintage Ale or whatever that's made by Unibroue.

What!  I don't think they carry that in my local store!

it's seems like they'll sporadically get a few cases in around here, so your store might be the same deal.  but it's unibroe maudite for under five bucks, so it's worth grabbing one if you see it.

also, isn't the two buck chuck in NY not actually two bucks? that's bull honkey.

[Greg Nog]

Well, it's three buck chuck here.  Which is still absolutely a price I don't mind paying for eminently drinkable wine.

[davy]

I ended up going with the $4 La Playa (made by Tecate, apparently). Sadly no Vintages, but now that I think on it, they might've had the Mission St. for $6 or $7.

La Playa's all right. Be better with lime.

Ended up drinking the Chuck last night. The 4-buck variety. Livin' large.

[Greg Nog]

I had some tzatziki at lunch, and I believe its lingering taste is why I am now experiencing a massive craving for Retsina.

[jess]

Went out for happy hour with some fellow students. Tried the Goose Island Winter whatever, which sucked, and followed it up with a 312 and remembered I'm not a big fan of those either (this bar doesn't have a lot of selection, so Goose Island is about as good as it gets). Both just seemed pretty weak to me. On the plus side, the two beers and an order of very delicious fried pickles was $8 plus tip.

[FreddyKnuckles]

I'm supposed to pick up some beer to bring to a party tonight.  It's supposed to be nicer beer but standard for the average beer-drinking folks and for some reason I'm drawing a blank.  I'm saying I can' bring them a 6er of Two Hearted Ale but also not Rolling Rock Green Light.

[Greg Nog]

Sam Adams is my usual go-to for "not actually great, but unostentatiously mimics the trappings of better beers."

Although actually I kinda like their noble pils brew they came out with a little while back.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Wound up getting bells amber

[Antero]

That's a good solution.  Won't scare anyone off.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Basically looked for the best non hoppy beer