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October 24, 2008

Shoot the messenger: Spinning beer bottles predict Ravens loss

What do you do when you don't like the message ? You blame the messenger.

That is what I did today when the spinning bottle of Wild Goose IPA , which had correctly prognosticated the last two games, now predicted that the Oakland Raiders would defeat the Ravens this Sunday.

I tossed the Wild Goose and went with another Maryland beer, a bottle of Hook & Ladder Backdraft Brown. It too predicted a Raiders win.

What does this mean?

Are the spinning beer bottles of the world conspiring against us?

Should I switch to Ravens beer?

Anybody else have trouble finding Ravens beer in liquor stores.? I got shut out last time I looked for it.

What do we think of Backdraft Brown?

I found it thin, but lots of folks like it.

Posted by Rob Kasper at 1:28 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Backdraft Brown is an under-utilization of a great beer style. Good brown ales usually have such a great flavor (Brooklyn Brown is great, and Wild Goose has a good brown too, as I recall), and this one is, you are exactly right, thin.

I was very disappointed.

Posted by: Grant | October 25, 2008 12:56 PM

Rob,
If I remember correctly, Harford Beverage Co. (Harford and Taylor) carries the Raven beer.

The last time I had it was before the playoff game between the Ravens and that team in Indy that calls itself the Colts.
I put the last empty on the Johnny U statue before the game. Lotta good that did.

Posted by: PCB Rob | October 25, 2008 4:44 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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