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 | re: Official What will you be drinking this Memorial Day Weekend! - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 1:48 pm
[quote]What will you be drinking this Memorial Day Weekend![/quote]
Yes....
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| re: What degrees are "stupid" or "useless"? - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 1:21 pm
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I agree. I'm just saying last time we did this thread, that's what it turned into. [/quote]
Roger that. ...
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| re: What degrees are "stupid" or "useless"? - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 1:04 pm
[quote]1) People who think college is a way to help yourself get a job and provide for yourself and family.
2) People who think college is for becoming more cultured.
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I see no reason why college can't involve both of these things. ...
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Food and Drink Board
| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:31 am
[quote]What is more profitable: a BMC addict sitting down and having 4 or 5 Bud Lights or a beer snob have 4 or 5 craft beers? What is the pricing like? [/quote]
The pricing (on the crafts at least) is a little on the high side.
My guess would be that the BMC bottles have a higher mark-up. ...
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| re: Greek Fest 2013 roll call - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:20 am
[quote]That was BR. This is New Orleans.[/quote]
Information that would have been far more useful in the original post....
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| re: One Beer for Me, One Beer for my Wife - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:19 am
[quote]Will there be any more of this to be had?[/quote]
It's still around, I think. Saw some at Cuban yesterday.
It won't be released again until next year probably....
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| re: Greek Fest 2013 roll call - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:13 am
Wasn't that 3 weeks ago?...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:11 am
[quote]Frankly, I hope someone points the owners to this thread.[/quote]
They lurk, I'm pretty sure....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 10:07 am
[quote]I actually think its quite the opposite, I think everyone is offering constructive criticism because they want to see the place succeed.[/quote]
This. ...
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Food and Drink Board
| re: Charlotte Craft Beer - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 9:45 am
[quote]Black Dismal is a really good Black IPA for the price.[/quote]
I'll have to see if she can get that one....
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| Charlotte Craft Beer - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 9:29 am
I've sending a friend of mine who lives in Charlotte some LA craft beer and she is planning on sending me back some good ones from Charlotte. Anyone know what I should be requesting?
I'm not too familiar with the NC beer scene these days, other than Highland Brewing. ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 8:32 am
I have three... I don't really want to either, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't. ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 8:28 am
[quote]Apparently they were selling bottles of Westy XII last night. Had an acquaintance drink one for $60.[/quote]
I'd have sold him one of mine for $55!...
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| re: Sunday brunch in Baton Rouge - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 8:23 am
[quote]Is Mason's Brunch any good?
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It's not bad.
Beausoleil is really good....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 7:29 am
[quote]i dont drink whiskey out of either of those and they're calling themselves a whiskey bar so....
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My bad, I meant for the draft beer. Not that you didn't already know that....
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| re: FBL: What was the first beer of your life? - LSUBoo on 5/24/13 at 7:23 am
The first one (excluding the old man giving me a sip of his BL every now and then) was a Dos Equis Special Lager....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 3:26 pm
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I'd agree with that. Well, plus tasters for flights.[/quote]
Yeah, 4-ounce tasters too. :cheers:...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 3:01 pm
[quote]In fact, I almost always end up drinking out of a cocktail glass simply because I prefer the shape and find it easier to hold (I'm talking about at home not at a bar). [/quote]
I drink 99% of my beer at home out of some sort of tulip glass.
Usually the Spiegelau version, unless it's d...
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| re: Recomedations on good place to for dinner in Baton Rouge tomorrow night. - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 2:04 pm
Price range?
Location preference?
There have been plenty of good suggestions so far. ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 1:44 pm
[quote]I imagine you fellas have a more refined beer palate than I do. And it possibly could have been the briny oysters and horseradish throwing the taste off for me.[/quote]
There are definitely plenty of factors.
I've disliked beers that get rave reviews on here before....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 1:40 pm
I thought the Mayhawk was Abita's best beer in a good while. ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 1:30 pm
[quote]That's annoying. [/quote]
It was. Not a huge deal, but she definitely didn't know/care anything about the beer selection.
I guess I'd rather her tell me about beermenus.com than say something like, "well uh... we have a new Pale Ale from Sierra Nevada, and um, an IPA from Abita..."...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 1:17 pm
[quote]the chimes east recently started using and they seem to update it often. It's nice to be able to pull out my phone and see what they have on rotating tap. [/quote]
It is nice, but it was also kind of odd when the last time I was there I asked what they had new and the bartender told me to ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 12:28 pm
[quote] [quote]Fortunately they use the far right for the rotating taps so I just start looking at that end.[/quote]Thank you for that.... [/quote]
It's also usually less crowded and easier to get a drink. :cheers:...
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More Sports Board
| re: Do you remember your first birdie/ eagle putt? - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 12:20 pm
I only remember one time in my life where I made a birdie putt... at the LSU course on a par 3.
It might have happened before, but I've played less than 10 rounds of golf in my life, so I doubt it.
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 12:16 pm
[quote]Very hard to pick anything out in that mass of tap handles. [/quote]
Especially when the bar is crowded.
Fortunately they use the far right for the rotating taps so I just start looking at that end....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 12:12 pm
I think that's a very valid complaint.
A board showing everything new that they have on tap would be extremely nice....
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 11:58 am
Avenue Pub is one of the best beer bars in the country, as far as doing the most with what they have available.
Pelican House will probably never compare, and it's not really fair. They aren't very comparable places other than being beer bars. ...
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| re: Pelican House Tap Room and Whiskey Bar off of Corporate - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 11:48 am
[quote]I haven't been in nearly 2 weeks, so I don't know if they've gotten their snifters in or not. But I sure don't trust the bartenders to figure out which beer belongs in a snifter. They just don't care. [/quote]
They have, but I agree.
[quote]For a bar that is supposed to be a big craft b...
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| re: A new Astrodome idea: Strip the dome to its skeleton and put a park underneath - LSUBoo on 5/23/13 at 11:46 am
[quote]a) how do they plan to get grass to grow under there, that was the original plan for the astrodome and it worked out so well we now have astroturf [/quote]
I assume they intend to remove the ceiling panels as well to allow natural light throughout.
[quote]b) an open air structure not ...
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