[at-l] Beer the new Gatorade?!

[Steve Landis]

To make this trail related.. 
http://www.abcbrew.com/gettysburg/brewery_flagship.htm
be careful with the "Purist" Ale

...and if you haven't yet you must... 
http://www.victorybeer.com/hopdevil.html

Steve


Frank Looper wrote:
> Apparently GO is not drinking the same beer that I am. Becks, Black and 
> Tan and some other favorites are definitely not possible to confuse with 
> horse urine.
> 
> I generally only drink one beer per day, so I spend a little more. 
> Budweiser is not beer. Nothing with the words light or lite in the name 
> is beer. If you can't seriously taste the hops, it's not beer. Get it?
> 
> The absolute minimum qualified "real" beers are Yeungling Traditional 
> Amber Lager and Killian's Red. We could argue about this all day with a 
> smile. Especially if taste testing is involved!
> 
> :-)
> 
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM, <TrailR at aol.com 
> <mailto:TrailR at aol.com>> wrote:
>  >
>  > In a message dated 6/10/2009 10:08:20 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> grey.owl at comcast.net <mailto:grey.owl at comcast.net> writes:
>  >
>  > Interesting.  I know several runners who will down a beer immediately 
> after a race.  It has protein,  electrolytes, carbohydrates needed by 
> the runners.  Of course we are not talking about the horse piss that 
> passes for beer in the United States.  The trick is only one beer, they 
> then drink water.  Alcohol is a poison and the body tries to eliminate 
> it by dehydrating itself.  A hangover is nothing more than dehydration 
> and the cure is the same.  Drink plenty of water.
>  >
>  > *
>  > Hmmmm... So I've really been rehydrating,  not drinking....
>  > I drink plenty of water, and a good beer (by European definition... 
> The darker & thicker, the better) once in a while. Even on the AT I 
> couldn't tolerate Gatorade unless it was mixed with double the water. 
> But one morning, we had Budweiser for breakfast (it was free trail 
> magic... and it's almost pure water... LOL!).
>  >  
>  > Hotdog AT03