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Our Favorite Beverages, Three Beers Per Week, and the Monday Email

November 21, 2011 By Jeff 60 Comments

I drank 101 ounces of water last night at work.  On Saturday I went to the grocery store with Toney, which is something that almost never happens, and bought a big three-pack of 101 ounce jugs of spring water — for something like two bucks.

“I’m going to drink one of those per night at work,” I told Toney.  She shrugged her shoulders in a “knock yourself out” kind of way.  And I carried the first jug to my desk last night, causing people to do double-takes while I walked.

I’m convinced I don’t drink enough water.  I have a little when I’m not working, and almost none when I’m on the job.  I drink more Mountain Dew White Out than water, and that’s no good.  So, I occasionally go off on a water-swigging tangent, and that’s what I’m doing right now.

I’ll let you know if I notice any changes.  Other than pee so clear you could read a newspaper through it…  I love that.  Crystal clear pee is a worthy goal, I believe.

Before this current one-day-old tangent, here are the most-consumed beverages in my daily life:

1. Coffee
2. Mountain Dew White Out
3. Water

What’s your Top 3?

And speaking of liquids, I had three beers on Saturday night, as planned.  We purchased a six-pack of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, which is something we’d had many times before — and loved.  During the coming weeks we’ll do some exploring, but this first one was dedicated to an old favorite.  Mmmm… Celebration.

Semi-related tangent:  I don’t understand the methodology behind the beers Wegmans chooses to stock inside their coolers.  They have hundreds and hundreds of incredible craft beers and microbrews in their store, but stock the dullest stuff in the cooler.  So, if you want to drink it the same day, your options are severely limited.  They had Celebration in there, and Bell’s Two Hearted Ale, but other than that… it was a fairly unexciting lineup.  If they’d let me take it over, I think I could increase their sales by 20%.

Anyway, I was concerned how this “three beers per week” program might work out.  But… so far, so good.  We had two before dinner, one after, and then settled in for a movie on Netflix.  It was perfect, a thing of beauty.  Not too little, and not too much.

Starting this week, though…  I’m going to buy Saturday’s six-pack on Thursday, so I’m not limited to the cooler.  Man, that cooler is a thorn in my side.

Any suggestions for next Saturday’s beer snob selection?  Help me out, won’t you?

I sent out the second of the weekly Monday Dispatch emails early this morning.  If you’re a Surf Report VIP, you should have received it, around 3:30 a.m.  I’m still not sure how this thing is going to manifest itself.  The first two have basically been bonus updates, with no place to post comments.  It feels like it still needs some tweaking…

If you have any ideas on how to make the Monday Dispatch better, please let me know.  I want it to be a value-added feature for Surf Reporters, but don’t feel like we’re all the way there yet.  Please let me know your thoughts on the weekly emails, so far.  And if you’re not subscribed, there’s a box in the sidebar where that problem can be remedied — under Become a Surf Report VIP!  Do it.

Before I call it a day here, I’d like to start my annual appeal to you folks to PLEASE use one of our Amazon links before doing your holiday shopping there.  It costs you nothing extra, but we’re paid a small percentage of whatever you spend.  It’s a painless way to support the Surf Report, and I sincerely appreciate it.

There are Amazon ads all over the site, and any will do.  Also, at the end of every update I link to the CD that’s “Now playing in the bunker.”  Those will work, as well.

Thanks, folks!  I’ll be back tomorrow.

See ya then.

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  1. Ognir says

    November 21, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    People from WV love Mountain Dew. I like Pepsi.

    Reply
  2. WB in OH says

    November 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Holy hell!

    Reply
  3. dto says

    November 21, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Just poppin’ a Corrs while checking in,,,and it wasn’t my FIRST!

    Reply
    • dto says

      November 21, 2011 at 3:01 pm

      crap….I

      Reply
      • icecycle66 says

        November 21, 2011 at 3:30 pm

        Nor was your comment.

        Reply
  4. WB in OH says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Coffee
    Diet Mt. Dew
    Beer

    Reply
  5. Good2go says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Careful you don’t over-exercise your kidneys with all that water.

    Reply
    • Henderson says

      November 21, 2011 at 3:35 pm

      It’s the brain you should worry about. The occasional frat boy will die during pledge week. Drinking too much water can put you in a coma. I read it on the internet, so it must be true.

      1. Powerade
      2. Squirt
      3. Skyy vodka

      Reply
  6. madz1962 says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    Water (I drink quite a bit)
    coffee (MUST be with 1/2 and 1/2 and sugar)
    wine (preferably white)

    I used to drink a lot of beer in the 80’s – Beck’s was my brand. I like a really cold beer on a sweltering day but haven’t dabbled in microbrews. I need to change that. But beer makes me feel bloated. isn’t aging grand?

    And thanks for reminding me to pick up some ginger ale for Thanksgiving.

    Reply
    • bikerchick says

      November 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm

      Not only does beer make me bloat like a starving child, my ankles swell to 2+ pitting edema. Very attractive when wearing shorts or capri’s in the summer. Oh, how could I forget…I get gas from hell. Yes…aging is fucking grand. So I tend to forgo beer. And since I really don’t like the taste of any alcohol, I drink those Mike’s Hard Lemonade. Then my belly feels like I have a huge hole in it that takes my breath away.

      Milk (skim)
      Water
      Diet soda of some sort

      Reply
  7. phreesh says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    Any way to get Amazon.ca links in there for us Northerners?

    Reply
  8. Limey says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    By volume:

    Beer
    Tea
    OJ
    Wine

    It’s pretty rare for me to drink plain water. I haven’t died yet, but you could use my piss for newspaper ink.

    Reply
  9. dto says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    I have seventeen thousand, six hundred and thirty three dollars dollars worth of stuff.in my shopping cart right now. Happp?!!!?

    Reply
    • clintcurtis says

      November 21, 2011 at 5:13 pm

      Shit, dto, I live in Nome Alaska and could probably do that and be able to get through the 10 items or less express aisle! lol! 7 bucks for a gallon of milk…15 cents less and you can get a gallon of gasoline! Perhaps it’s time we started drilling for milk and training cows to produce gasoline.

      Reply
  10. AngryWhiteGuy says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    1. Coffee
    2. Mountain Dew Black Death
    3. Water

    When I drank beer, I usually recommended Hamms and Little Kings, so I got nothing.

    Stay thirsty my friends.

    Reply
  11. Tipsey McChugney says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    my top three drinks:

    1) water
    2) beer
    3) the blood of virgins

    Reply
    • Limey says

      November 21, 2011 at 3:28 pm

      What do you do when you visit New Jersey?

      Reply
  12. icecycle66 says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    Favorite drinks:
    Water
    V8
    Fancy-pants root beer.

    You’re such a tool. I hate seeing people walk around with jugs of liquid. Have people always done that? I don’t remember my parent ever carting around a bucket of fluid every time we went somewhere. We had to use the bathroom and get a drink before we left the house and that was it. No more until you get back home.

    I probably never drink more than 16 ounces of liquid before 5 o’clock (damn irish) in the afternoon.

    Cooler space is sometimes dictated by who pays more to have placement. Some places, particularly chain types of stores, have a higher shelving cost for different product placement. The more common and unexciting brands tend to be owned by the giant companies that have more money to put towards store placement.

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    • Henderson says

      November 21, 2011 at 3:42 pm

      We got a guy at work who drinks protein crap. shake-a-shake-a-shake-a. It must be bad to leave two molecules stuck together. shake-a-shake-a-shake. He shakes the stuff into a bottle of water for 5 minutes. shake-a-shake-a-shake.Three time a day. shake-a-shake-a-shake. And it must be bad to leave two molecules in the bottle when you’re done. shake-a-shake-a-shake He rinses the bloody thing for 5 more minutes. shake-a-shake-a-shake I wish I had some nitro glycerin shake-a-shake-a-shake

      Reply
  13. dto says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Bev says my Indian (feather not dot ) given name would have been, “Two beersi n the morning”. Then I’m on to coffee and then a gallon of water and then back to beer. My life cycle I guess.

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    • CADude says

      November 21, 2011 at 3:36 pm

      dto: you have two beers when you get up in the morning, and a woman who lives with you (and, presumably, loves you)?

      My hero.

      Reply
      • dto says

        November 21, 2011 at 4:31 pm

        Yes,yes and yes…BUT….you ain’t met Bev and hold on cowboy when you do.

        Reply
  14. Biff says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Stone IPA if they have it.

    Reply
  15. Alice in WV says

    November 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    iced tea
    lemonade
    water

    rankings by vol varies from day to day.

    Reply
  16. Vicki says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Fall daily beverage menu:

    Coffee (all day)

    Gin & Tonic (limited to 2-3 each evening between 5:30 & 7:00 p.m.)

    Iced Tea w/ artificial sweetner if fairly new or If Tea is over 3 day’s old in pitcher–then 1 diet soda with dinner

    Reply
  17. Phil Jett says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    water
    coffee
    Big K Sparkling water

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  18. CADude says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    Water
    Diet soda (7-up, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper)
    Skyy Vodka with water (well, there’s water in it when the ice melts.)

    And on Sundays, while watching the Chargers suck, I’ve been enjoying Firestone Double Barrel Ale. Good stuff.

    Reply
  19. CADude says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    And, of course, this topic brings to mind a quote from the great philosopher:

    “Water? Never touch the stuff! Fish fuck in it.”
    — W. C. Fields

    Reply
  20. Big Bear in OH says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    Diet Mt. Dew
    Sweet Tea (With Splenda!)
    Milk. 2% or greater milk fat. If I wanted watery milk, I’d add water to it, instead of drinking that skim piss milk water.

    I only drink water if I have to, or if I’m being super cheap.
    As for beers, I find a nice hard cider goes well this time of year–a Woodchuck or a Crispin, or even a Strongbow from England. Perfect for late fall into early winter.

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      November 21, 2011 at 5:11 pm

      I love Strongbow. But they are about $10 for a 6-pack, so they have fallen out of my budget. However, I do get a 1-liter bottle of Blackthorn Cider from Trader Joe’s for $3.50, so I buy 3 of those per week. I went overboard this weekend & am already out of my 3 giant bottles of cider, so I think I’ll make a concession & go get 3 more. That should last me till Thanksgiving!

      Reply
  21. G.R.I.T.S says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    1: water
    2: 1/2 caff coffee
    3: Jager/Red Bull

    Reply
  22. hot fuzz says

    November 21, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    1.scotch
    2.scotch
    3.scotch

    Reply
    • chill says

      November 21, 2011 at 11:43 pm

      That’s the spirit! (See what I did there?)
      .

      Reply
  23. hot fuzz says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    To in-FIN-ity!!! UP YOUR BEHIND!!!

    Reply
  24. hot fuzz says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    I wish I had two vaginas…but the 1 I live with now may not like it.

    Reply
  25. clintcurtis says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    1. Water
    2. Water with lemon juice.
    3. An occasional 7-Up

    Used to drink a six pack of Coke, switched to a 12 pack of Diet Pepsi. Since liver and kidney failure, a solid diet of diuretics and wter seem really good.

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  26. Melissa says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:15 pm

    I’m trying to break an addiction to soda. I can go for weeks without having one, then as soon as I taste even a little bit I’m back on the sauce. Only the sauce makes me fat & feel awful, so I’m trying to go back off it.
    I too go on water tangents. For a while I was drinking 160 oz. (10 water bottles) a day & everyone thought I was crazy. But I felt good about it, minus the constant peeing. I noticed a difference in body weight & I hadn’t changed my diet at all, just cut out sodas & alcohol & drank all that water.
    Since it is Fall & cold I’ve found I’m back to drinking my hard cider. I can’t break away from it, no matter how hard I try, or how much it bloats me up. I ADORE Strongbow but can’t afford it right now, so I’m instead purchasing Blackthorn & am enjoying it thoroughly. Get me in fat pants, my fluffy robe, a space heater at my feet, video game on the PC & a giant glass-o-cider & I’m one happy girl!

    But starting today I vow to join Jeff on his water quest & I WILL consume 10 bottles of water before I leave work at 5:30. (It’s 1:15 now…)

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  27. icecycle66 says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    I’m a big fan of Red Hook. But, if I had to push a beer I would say Abita Amber; or any Abita beer for that matter.

    Reply
  28. hot fuzz says

    November 21, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Water
    decaf coffee – black – like a manly man
    decaf hot tea – black – like a ..

    Melissa I hear you about soda/pop. I’m addicted to coke (cola, not the nose candy) and enjoy it on a visceral level. I miss the taste but also the smell…the burn as it goes down…the satisfying burb when I’m done. I went cokeless this year up until almost July and added back about 2 cokes per month. I as long as I don’t buy it, I don’t drink it…go figure.

    Reply
  29. icecycle66 says

    November 21, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    I like my coffee like I like my women, cold and bitter.

    Reply
  30. Uncle_Wedgie says

    November 21, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    Suddenly Bert and Ernie are not so creepy when compared to the guys working them.

    Water
    Beer
    Scotch

    Reply
    • hot fuzz says

      November 21, 2011 at 10:53 pm

      How’d you like to spend that much time with your face in Jim Henson’s armpit?

      I guess it’d be worse now that he’s been dead for so long

      BTW – Kermit KILLED on SNL weekend update…

      Reply
  31. debra says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    coffee with cream
    water
    black tooth grins

    Reply
    • madz1962 says

      November 22, 2011 at 9:57 am

      debra – what are black tooth grins? (Is it something you get when you eat too many Oreos and not enough milk?)

      Reply
  32. Chuck in Belpre says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    Coffee
    Arizona Sweet Tea
    Occasional Diet Pepsi

    Thinking of buying a sixer for Thanksgiving. Any idears?

    Oh…and where the hell is Dorothy?

    Reply
  33. renn says

    November 21, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    coffee (Community, bold)
    water
    Fountain Coke

    Beer recommendation: This is a relatively new (local) brewery. I heartily recommend them, though:

    http://www.aviatorbrew.com/aviator-beers

    Reply
  34. hardoxdan says

    November 21, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    Strong coffee, tiny bit of sugar.
    Yuengling Lager
    Dry Chardonnay
    Bordeaux
    Capt. Morgan, rocks, splash of water.
    Sometimes all of those in one day, in that order.

    Reply
  35. Alex says

    November 21, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Water.
    Coffee.
    Milk.

    Reply
  36. Airandee says

    November 21, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    Water
    ICE Tea
    Coffee (one cup a day)

    Wait until you have Three 101 OZ beers a day; that will be a problem.

    Reply
  37. hot fuzz says

    November 21, 2011 at 10:56 pm

    1. The tears of my enemies
    2. hobo blood
    3. platypus venom

    Reply
  38. chill says

    November 21, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Over the course of a typical work day:
    1 – Espresso
    2 – The crap coffee at work. Black, of course.
    3 – Water
    4 – Beer
    …although by this time of year, we are well into Whisky Season; my most recent was Highland Park 12, but I’m out at the moment. I very rarely drink soda, maybe one a month if that.

    For a good beer to try: I can recommend Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ if you can find it. My Wegman’s has it off and on. A couple of reliable go-tos are Dogfish Head 60 Minute and Bell’s Two Hearted, both very good IPAs. I also like Green Flash Imperial IPA lately, but that’s not an everyday beer.
    .

    Reply
  39. t-storm says

    November 22, 2011 at 12:48 am

    Leaving tomorrow for Turkey week. Flying into louisville, driving to marietta, then to cincinnati then back to louisville. Maybe the fish will show up somewhere.

    Reply
  40. SaucyDeb says

    November 22, 2011 at 3:31 am

    1. Diet Coke
    2. Good white wine
    3. Water

    I get up in the morning and have a diet coke. I pretty much drink diet coke all day. I always drink water with meals but that’s pretty much just to make me feel better about the massive about of aspertame I’m ingesting.

    After the kiddos go to bed, I pull out the wine. And none of the cheap crap either.. I went to college and had more than my fair share of Boones Farm. If I’m going to do permanent damage to my liver, I’m going to do it with something delightful and full bodied, by god!

    Reply
    • madz1962 says

      November 22, 2011 at 1:13 pm

      Agreed. My friend has a T-Shirt “Life’s Too Short To Drink Cheap WIne”

      Reply
    • chill says

      November 22, 2011 at 9:46 pm

      Hmmm… my ex-wife was”delightful and full bodied”, but there were other issues.
      .

      Reply
  41. another Jeff...alienjeff says

    November 22, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Oh, sweet sainted mothers of Bill Wilson and Doctor Bob. I can almost hear the clock ticking down the time ’til the next beer drinking moratorium and requisite climbing up on The Wagon. Any Surf Reporters out there interested in wagering? Starting a pool?

    Reply
    • dto says

      November 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm

      I’m flying out to head back into the box on Thrusday. I’ll actually be in a wagon so nutin’ for me for a couple months. Then what they call ‘home time’ will happen. And then the Coors folks can breath a sigh of relief knowing I’m back.

      Reply
  42. icecycle66 says

    November 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    “What do you mean ‘How do you take your coffee?’ I take it the normal way like everyone else, up my ass.”

    Reply
  43. Jacksonator says

    November 22, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    1 – Flashy, hip energy beverage of the moment
    2 – meat drippings
    3 – olive juice

    Reply
  44. icecycle66 says

    November 22, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    Jeff’s had “Poor Little White Guy” on the Bunker Cam for a while now.

    I hope he doesn’t get dick blisters.

    Reply

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