tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post8659177177288558368..comments2009-03-16T05:31:11.784+02:00abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558abufares@abufares.netBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-76694208715571802192009-03-16T05:31:00.000+02:002009-03-16T05:31:00.000+02:00I m affraid i really love you man,i read a lot of your posts since 3 years, the one you wright in your birthday was the one i was waiting for....you are just great.. thank you for being hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-10554063470132030642008-10-12T04:05:00.000+03:002008-10-12T04:05:00.000+03:00<I>Yeah right, the haughty Italians ended up making Fiats while the savage Germans contrived Beemers and Mercedes-Benzes.</I><BR/><BR/>That's a perfect line, too. I have never thought of it this way!!!Ascribohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10582175676256624202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-9011012925167699372008-10-07T13:31:00.000+03:002008-10-07T13:31:00.000+03:00LOL!<BR/><BR/>w.b. yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-34640927386495054842008-10-07T13:05:00.000+03:002008-10-07T13:05:00.000+03:00@JGM<BR/>Thank you for your delightful invitation to share a pint or 2 (most likely 2). If I ever have the chance to set foot in Ireland (something I always wanted) you'll hear about it for sure.<BR/>The pickup lines were out of this world:-) I LOVE the last oneabufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-7670257938895051082008-10-07T13:01:00.000+03:002008-10-07T13:01:00.000+03:00@w.b. yeats<BR/>Did you ever think that I don't know what your name means?<BR/>Haven't you ever noticed how I acted like Hercules with you around?abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-30569852753862998672008-10-07T01:15:00.000+03:002008-10-07T01:15:00.000+03:00Hey abufares thanks for the insight...check this out <BR/><BR/>http://www.5ives.com/archives/2008/03/13/five-terrible-fake-astronomical-pickup-lines/<BR/><BR/>... and If you ever happen to land In Ireland give us a shout...I'll be delighted to sample a pint or 2 with you.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice day.JGMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006985362873821979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-4311795238139189432008-10-06T19:01:00.000+03:002008-10-06T19:01:00.000+03:00Thanks! :)Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08041562002182646511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-60527267300042043022008-10-06T13:47:00.000+03:002008-10-06T13:47:00.000+03:00So now, beer is the nectar of the Gods...? : )<BR/><BR/>Look for the definition of my name in the dictionary, and you will see why I am smilling.<BR/><BR/>w.b. yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-77624508726036838182008-10-06T09:00:00.000+03:002008-10-06T09:00:00.000+03:00@Omar<BR/>I guess it was not meant for us to meet this past summer.<BR/>You have a wise cousin and you're lucky for that. You are also sage beyond the years ("I tried beer in every city I visited this summer."). If you can get your hand and eventually your lips on a Duvel bottle, give it a try and Ed3ili.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-65349242209067454162008-10-06T08:57:00.000+03:002008-10-06T08:57:00.000+03:00@Diana<BR/>The words you skimmed were delighted to get a glimpse from your eyes. Those you read thoroughly were blessed to have reached your mind.<BR/>Thank you for being here and more importantly for introducing your wonderful blog "The Quiver" http://the-quiver.blogspot.com/ to me.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-28703346304448076932008-10-06T07:20:00.000+03:002008-10-06T07:20:00.000+03:00Beer according to my cousin is "the best gift that God bestowed upon us" and I must say I agree.<BR/><BR/>I tried beer in every city I visited this summer. The best selection of course was in Berlin, mainly because I didn't visit Brussels. <BR/><BR/>You posted once about Belgian beers, which compelled me to go the beer store and got my self a Leffe Brune. The wonderful dark beer has become my favourite beer, two bottles of which are on my desk.Omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13527462088128356678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-81283197463926341322008-10-06T04:58:00.000+03:002008-10-06T04:58:00.000+03:00Over the past week I have taken a good look at your blog, skimming some posts and reading every word of others. I like it. :)Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08041562002182646511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-70589842034023010772008-10-05T10:14:00.000+03:002008-10-05T10:14:00.000+03:00@w.b. yeats<BR/>naughty, naughty...<BR/>you've been doing so many things behind my back :-)<BR/>A cold beer, a sunny day and sailing with a virgin... you sure got that right. Wait a minute, the Virgin Island Channel, ah, that would be nice too!abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-54593176138069908392008-10-05T01:09:00.000+03:002008-10-05T01:09:00.000+03:00The "ambiance", the ambiance... : )<BR/><BR/>I do remember the Moosehead, which I tasted for the first time with you and I still like, and let me see...the Jolly Blond from Lafayette, Rolling Rock from New York, Heineken (favorite of the Caribbean Islands), hate Budwieser, hate Coors or Miller, tried Peroni in Italy, like Dos XX and Corona from Mexico, tasted draft beer in London (do not remember which??) but they also like to drink it room temperature like the Irish and the Scots, forget the Indian brandname and the Tai beer that I like and overall agree with you that the colder the better. Nothing like a cold beer, a sunny day and sailing in the Virgin Island Channel! : )<BR/><BR/>You definetly have to try THAT! I'm sure the whole family will enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>w.b. yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-55187575097335510312008-10-04T17:12:00.000+03:002008-10-04T17:12:00.000+03:00@w.b.yeats<BR/>Ireland is one of the places I dream of visiting. I always try the beer whenever I'm in a new country. Although I'm not very fond of dark beer (I tried it once in Heathrow Airport and it was served at room temperature) but I'm sure that I will have a change of mind and heart in an Irish pub.<BR/>One of these days...abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-85102582079391302372008-10-04T17:08:00.000+03:002008-10-04T17:08:00.000+03:00@lê<BR/>I think I was too generous when I gave Bira Al-Shark &amp; Barada from 0 to 5. It&#39;s more like from 0 to 3 but you&#39;re right the quality deteriorated with the passage of years. From my knowledge of public sector industry, I&#39;m certain the machines are not maintained, cleaned and consumables and filters not replaced...etc.<BR/>Sa77a Wa Hana and have a good time on your trip. Have one for me.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-32705629474840355552008-10-04T15:38:00.000+03:002008-10-04T15:38:00.000+03:00Do you enjoy dark beer as well? suggestion for the best Draft dark beer ever: Go to Ireland, any small local pub will do, order a Guiness Draft and enjoy!<BR/><BR/>My husband swears is the best "Dinner" ever! No need for anything else. I was pregnant at the time : ( Sadly I couldn't drink because I already had a very difficult pregnancy at the time. Lost the baby 3 days after, when I arrived home. I should have had the guinnes and maybe it would have had a miraculous effect...<BR/><BR/>In any event, I think it gives me the perfect excuse to go back to Ireland ; )<BR/><BR/>w.b.yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-19484610866147663152008-10-04T13:48:00.000+03:002008-10-04T13:48:00.000+03:00Abufares, 2 weeks ago I was in LA, I had some Arminian beer, I guess the lable was Van, any way it is the kind of old stile beer with the thik foam, (beera al shark)alepo made was good, the last time I tierd it was on 96, it was undrikable, Brasilan beer is like the bud,wery(GASOSA)I don´t like it, ok Ill put some beer in my cooler, I´m going fishing, taking with me some humos some mohamara, and i´ll make kabab(hele kele)of the interior part,with kezbara, e tum, I´m taking you with me,we will have oure litle HALAB with us<BR/>lêAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-23175794738948194762008-10-04T09:39:00.000+03:002008-10-04T09:39:00.000+03:00@Mariyah<BR/>What would my post be without your comments. I'm very glad you took the time though.<BR/>What you would not try? The sneaky insinuation of the first one or the beer?<BR/>I hope I can make you try "either" with me:-)abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-72479588428533442392008-10-04T09:36:00.000+03:002008-10-04T09:36:00.000+03:00@Saint<BR/>I got a 60 (Fair) score on my first and only attempt at Budweiser Pour Challenge. To tell you the truth though, I'm a very good beer pourer in real life.<BR/>Budweiser was one of the first brands of beer I tried. Remember I became 18 after I landed in the US. Back in those days, my most crucial preference was price. My friends and I would buy whatever was offered on sale at Walgreen's. Thus I learned about the various American brands like Old Milwaukee, Schlitz, Budweiser and Miller. Eventually I became a little more sophisticated and started enjoying Coors. Ultimately I discovered the Canadian brews like Moosehead and Labatt and my favorite at that time, the Mexican Dos Equis (XX).<BR/>Today, highest on my attainable list, that is I can get from the free shop in Tartous Port is Grolsch Dutch beer then the ubiquitous Heinneken (depending on where it's made). I love, however, to try local beers wherever I travel and my all time favorite remains Duvel of Belgium.<BR/>Finally, the land between the 2 rivers, that is our Jazira would be a perfect place for a brewery (water,wheat and history). Too bad the name Ninkasi is already taken by a brewery in Eugene, Oregon but we can take our pick from the dozens of good-natured Syrian gods of old.<BR/>5 km to the southeast of Tartous, there's a big sign marking the site of a new brewery "Royal Beer...." supposedly an under license operation with some German company. The sign has been there for 2 years but still no beer. I hope they are taking their time to perfect their brew and not because the project has been canceled or whatever.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-60272629382035159242008-10-04T09:10:00.000+03:002008-10-04T09:10:00.000+03:00@Yaser<BR/>Welcome my man. Our local beer is served in almost all the 2nd grade restaurants and bars in Syria. Make sure it's as cold as possible to ease the pain.<BR/>Whether it is Al-Shark or Barada, it comes in different bottles (depending on what they have on hand). So you can drink Al-Shark in a clear, brown or green bottle. I suggest you pick the clear one just to be sure there is no hidden "gift" inside.<BR/>Being public sector companies they still collect the empties and re-use them. Now I have a friend (a restaurant owner) who has a friend in Al-Shark beer factory who always insures that his friend (the 1st one) gets his beer from a good batch. I'm not kidding, I swear... They have "good" batches and shitty batches. Let me put the matter in the proper perspective... just imagine that all the Damascene restaurants were owned and operated by our government...<BR/>I rest my case.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-31148566084641248062008-10-04T09:02:00.000+03:002008-10-04T09:02:00.000+03:00@w.b. yeats<BR/>I wish I'd get a chance to try Puerto Rican beer one day. Preferably a very cold one, on a very hot day, on a very deserted beach... with you.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-77252731150726296632008-10-04T09:00:00.000+03:002008-10-04T09:00:00.000+03:00@Dubai Jazz<BR/>See what you did! You made my w.b. yeats wonder about you... I wonder about you myself sometimes.<BR/>Just to straighten matters up, before you embark on your doomed sea voyage you'd better fill up with some beer yourself and make certain that the hot girl had plenty of something much stronger. That's your only chance to ride her dinghy or at least to let her believe that your buoy actually floats.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-66383471847113658912008-10-04T03:46:00.000+03:002008-10-04T03:46:00.000+03:00When I saw the title of your post I wasn't sure I'd have anything to comment since I don't drink beer. But since YOU wrote it, dear Abu Fares, I thought it must be worth a read...and I was right!!! A very interesting history and I love the pick up lines...especially the sneaky insinuation of the first one!! :) Still don't think I'll try it, but drink it in health!Mariyahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12607860742976353292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-12387888198688383162008-10-04T01:08:00.000+03:002008-10-04T01:08:00.000+03:00Correction: instead of which: I wish<BR/><BR/>BTW, Abufares, if you want to build a new plant for beer in Syria, what place do you choose, and why?sainthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15541130185079402352noreply@blogger.com