Austin Beer Festival.

Nothing listed there yet.  But you may want to keep your eyes peeled, Austinites.

So, at the store the other day, waiting to check out, I noticed they had a bunch of new candies that I’d never seen before.  One of them was from Nestle, and is called Carlos V.

Anyway, why this stuck out at me.  It’s described as a “Milk Chocolate Style Bar”, or something to that effect.

Is chocolate really that hard to come by that Nestle has to create an artificial chocolate?  And Nestle calls it the “king” of bars in Mexico.  Guys, when you’re marketing something, you can call it the King of whatever without having to put that bad boy in quotes.  No one’s going to try regicide on the chocolate bars, or some sort of palatial faux-chocolate coup.

Hell, Budweiser calls themselves the King of Beers, no quotes.  And they’re awful.  (I remember very distinctly drunk people in London standing above a trough urinal, and one of the guys said, “Look, lager.”  Oh, drunk people, is there no end to your wisdom?)

Maybe more info than you wanted to know.

I noticed the other day in my neighborhood that the only beer bottles discarded/littered on the side of the road are Bud Light bottles.  This is pathetic.

Where are my classy hobos at?

If you’re going to discard beer bottles, at least show some taste.  Chimay?  Any number of perfectly acceptable American microbrews?  Just avoid the BL, it’s pathetic.  If you’re going to discard beer bottles, make it worth it.  You either go high brow (Chimay) or low brow (Mad Dog 20/20).  This is no time for equivocating.

Hobos, don’t say you haven’t been warned.  I realize that this means you’ll probably be panhandling more.  I’m ok with that.  Please understand that I don’t have any cash on me right now.

What idiot thinks this is a good idea?

Yes, you’ll raise more money per barrel, but don’t you think they’ll sell less beer if you make it more expensive?  Is it a rule that politicians must have their brains removed before they go into office?