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Ask a Dumb Question by Fonne Tayne
May 4th, 2007 6:24 PM
Sheesh. I'm supposed to know all about beers but sometimes I admit my knowledge isn't so complete. I'm not a total asshole but I basically have to pretend I know more than I really do sometimes, otherwise I get beat up verbally for not being prepared. (Especially by the chef, the one with tats).
Today I was confused by someone sitting at the bar (I'm usually outside) with a glass like the first picture you see below. Surrounded by women, he was chatting it up and enjoying his opaque, amber-colored drink.
Now, the second picture (attached below) represents the type of glass a good friend of mine always always always uses for drinking trappist and other belgian beers. So you can see why I was confused.
Stupidly, laughing, I asked if it was some other drink like a thick ale or something. It was Chimay. This earned me horrified looks as if Chimay was being drunk every day by everyone, and that it was appalling I couldn't recognize it through the window.
It also earned me a 20-minute lecture on the history of Trappist monks and how I need to pour Chimay, and how to drink Chimay and how not to give Chimay too much head and how to let the customer enjoy Chimay's bouquet and why monks make good beer cause they can't do other things and and and and....
Yeah that was a dumb question.
Today I was confused by someone sitting at the bar (I'm usually outside) with a glass like the first picture you see below. Surrounded by women, he was chatting it up and enjoying his opaque, amber-colored drink.
Now, the second picture (attached below) represents the type of glass a good friend of mine always always always uses for drinking trappist and other belgian beers. So you can see why I was confused.
Stupidly, laughing, I asked if it was some other drink like a thick ale or something. It was Chimay. This earned me horrified looks as if Chimay was being drunk every day by everyone, and that it was appalling I couldn't recognize it through the window.
It also earned me a 20-minute lecture on the history of Trappist monks and how I need to pour Chimay, and how to drink Chimay and how not to give Chimay too much head and how to let the customer enjoy Chimay's bouquet and why monks make good beer cause they can't do other things and and and and....
Yeah that was a dumb question.
rounded glass.jpg
the glass in question.
normal glass.jpg
the glass i'm used to seeing.
chimay is that you.jpg
chimay is that you? i want to tir aux pigeons.
not a real chimay.jpg
not a real chimay. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/cice/cja/cja.html
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posted by anna one on May 19th, 2007 1:09 PM
oh, I'm sorry. Us Belgian-lovers are notorious for spewing out endless lectures on glass-shape, pouring and what not. I'm guilty myself, but then, that's because everyone does drink Chimay, everyday, all the time. Everywhere.
Same thing happened to me a few years back. Now, I'm from a long line of good old alcoholics from the "It's in a glass, I'll drink it" school.
Honestly, anybody who spends that much time lecturing you about beer and not drinking it probably needs a good smack down.
Next time, break the lager glass over their head............