we are in the middle third of eichel's career as a sabre
I feel we have now wasted the first 5 years of having him - homiedclown
I get it. Way too bad for way to long, but how long did it take the Caps to win it with OV... I don’t think all is lost, yet... I was expecting a couple more moves and maybe we will see something...
Once upon a time in Rochester, in the mid70s when I first started stealing beers from my old man, the only question was whether you drank Cream Ales or Red Eyes. Neither one was particularly good but they were both OK and they were cold and they brought a buzz, and Topper and Standard had already closed up shop by that time.
Some people thought they were fancy. They drank Lowenbrau - premillennial poseurs. Mostly McQuaid asswipes from Pittsford.
Then in the late 70s along came OVs, and Molsons, and Labatts - and Coors! - and they were deemed exotic and new and better. So Genny had to branch out and went on this odd diversification of brands - Lite Beers, 12 Horse, JW Dundee, Honey Brown, all that stuff. Right around the same time Utica Club switched its name to FX Matt’s at first, and then more romantically, Saranac. utica club...havent had that since the early 80s gotta find it for old times sake
And good old Cream Ales and Red Eyes got left behind and couldn’t sell because that was your grandfathers beer. And then came Coronas and all the microbrews and ABV and home brewing. And for the Cream
Ales or the Red Eyes to move, they had to be cheap enough for your grandfather who by now was 80, or your occasional “ironic” 20-something beady-eyed-douchebag who claims to love it in some kind of contrarian bid for authenticity.
So yeah, they're still pretty cheap, and now, ironically under the proper Genny label, in addition to the Bock, which was always a big deal every spring, they’re making the Kolsch, and an Octoberfest. I didn’t like the Kolsch - the grapefruit was way over the top - and after a couple of Octoberfests I start to suspect they’re just Bocks in a different can. It’ll be interesting to see what Genny uses to bridge the season from Octoberfest to Bock, some sort of marketing thing, a Saison maybe, or porter??
I’ll just keep kicking the Red Eyes. And the Bocks when I can find em. - Der Kaiser
Location: PROUD MEMBER OF RED SOX NATION SINCE 1975!!!! , SD Joined: 01.14.2008
Sep 27 @ 11:52 AM ET
Love the area - I have a condo farther south (Estero, which is North of Naples, South of Ft. Myers) but I'm always keeping my eye on the Sarasota Area. I love Long boat Key (relaxed, but close to Ana Maria, Sarasota and St. Armands). - turbo044
What are your HOA fees in Estero? I'm retiring next year, thinking of getting a condo for the winter. I know that area well and would prefer somewhere in SW Fla.
I get it. Way too bad for way to long, but how long did it take the Caps to win it with OV... I don’t think all is lost, yet... I was expecting a couple more moves and maybe we will see something... - Gr8daygo
I can agree with that. I think if the team doesn’t start making a push this year you may start seeing a unhappy jack.... they have to make a big step. But I’m not sure if there has been enough done in the forward group to make that step...
