The virtual pubs are a monthly “gathering” of DBR posters to get together and explore a style or theme of beer. A monthly volunteer host picks a date for the gathering. It is not a sports-watch party.
This month’s theme is to pick drinks from a place you would like to go vacation if everything was normal and there were no travel/social restrictions. I’d like to go to Italy so I’ll probably be drinking wine. But all beverages, including water, are fine. (May go get som San Pellegrino too).
There is also an hour-long social zoom tomorrow from 4-5 for those who want to have a drink and talk with some other friendly DBR posters. All are welcome, details will be posted on that thread today or tomorrow. Last time FWIW I drank water and was still more than welcomed.
The only rivalry I have on DBR is with the cheating bastards in nauseating blue that exist on the south end of 15-501. I can peacefully co-exist on multiple threads without choosing one over the other. I thought that’s what this site’s format was intended to encourage, actually.
Must spread comments... I don't post on the beer thread anymire, but I read it. I find that I am not terribly interested in most of the beers that they talk about, I am a beer traditionalist. There are 4 styles that I absolutely love and I can find variations of those four everywhere I travel and I will have one or two of them at dinner. But I find those guys to be very kind and welcoming and I am bringing back a white whale IPA when I lecture in Louisiana next week that I will share with those yum beer folks who live in northwest North Carolina. I will even try to get a couple to that devildeac character. He seems like a real nice dude.
I am a huge college football fan and love watching games. I would classify myself as "interested" in Duke football but I am really a basketball fan. The two best athletes my dad ever coached both played at Duke. One played basketball and the other played football. So I did get to see George Rogers run all over the Blue Devils in 1980 or so during his Heisman Trophy season I believe.
(I don't really view things as contentious, but, they did make fun of us for talking about lawn mowers.)
Roughly any area serviced by the Winston-Salem Journal. This is a rough list but give or take.
Alexander
Allegheny
Ashe
Caldwell
Davie
Forsyth
Iredell
Stokes
Surry
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
I would throw in Davidson, Catawba and Rowan, but hell, I'm an inclusive guy.
If you want to compare me to Fitzgerald though . . .
Reading Hills Like White Elephants makes me want to punch somebody in the face.
I have read enough Hemingway in my life and life is too short to read any more of him.