Thanks to one of my regular blog readers, who shall remain anonymous, who helped me realize that I mis-labeled the flavors emanating from the Lienenkugel (I spelled that drunk, can you believe that) Summer Wheat. It’s not cherry flavored as I first speculated, but blueberry. If you were at Pint Nite tonight you could’ve had it for $2.50 – otherwise it’s $4.
Walking to the Saucer tonight, I saw the following sign in the window of Pancho’s:
That’s right, Downtown Pancho’s has CLOSED. That’s a shock – they’ve been around forever. Granted, their food was pretty awful, but after 5 or 6 or 8 margaritas, who noticed? They were one of the first restaurants downtown – wonder if the rent got too high, especially in the face of competition from Rio Loco and The Happy Mexican.
So anyway, I made it down to the Flying Saucer for Pint Nite. (I wonder if blog reader “Stan” will accuse me of taking payoffs from the Saucer to promote the place. Now that I think about it, as much as I mention them they probably should pay me off.) Hung out with two of my regular blog readers for a while, one of whom is mentioned above at the beginning of this post. She pointed out that if Sunset Wheat does indeed have a blueberry taste, it should be considered a breakfast beer. (“It’s like a blueberry muffin in a glass.”)
She want on to provide a classic Thanksgiving quote (yes I know it’s December and therefore a month past Thanksgiving). “I’m not a fan of cranberry sauce. The only way I eat cranberries is with vodka.” Now that’s a true Downtown Memphis quote if I ever heard one.
Later in the evening I hung out with regular blog readers Kyle and Clonts. By that point it had gotten jam-packed at the Saucer; you could tell college was out for the semester. Here are a couple of pics, taken about 11:30:
Kyle pointed out that one of the regulars’ favorite Saucer beers from Halloween/Thanksgiving, Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale, is no longer available at the Saucer, but is on sale for $3.99 a six-pack at the Avenue at Carriage Crossing in East Bumblefuck.
The warm weather continues, and we had a tube top sighting at the Saucer on December 18! Nice!
My regular blog reader from the early evening and I discussed ways to write off our purchases on our taxes. Her take was that you can write off medical expenses, and alcohol (being a drug) qualifies as a medical expense. My take is, part of the money I spend at the Saucer helps deserving college students pay for tuition. It’s just that I choose to support the subset of the college community that wear miniskirts. And serve me beer. Oh, and also, from August to October some of the money I spent at the Saucer went toward the “Feed Romania” project. That’s charitable, isn’t it?
And that’ll do it for this drunk post. After I finish my can of Campbell’s Fajita Chicken soup, I’ll be headed off to bed for almost 6 hours of sleep! And then I get to go sit in a cubicle again! Yay!