Need some unique ideas for groomsmen gifts, please!!?
Q. Not interested in shot glasses, beer steins, flasks, lighters, pens, etc...and nothing monogrammed! What I am truly interested in are those items you gave or were given that you never see on the bridal websites...true originals! Thank you for your time and your advice!!
Asked by Nikki - Fri Jan 8 18:08:39 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. What's your price range? What are they interested in, sports? Golfing? Fishing? Camping? Just thought of it...what about bobbleheads made of each groomsman? Very unique but kinda pricey!
Answered by Newlywed! - Fri Jan 8 18:28:07 2010

Does milk damage a pilsner glass and how does it happen?
Q. I have heard that drinking milk from a beer stein or pilsner glass will ruin it for drinking beer. It's supposed to make the foam flat or something. Is this true, or is it a tale? How does milk ruin the stein/glass? Wouldn't thoroughly cleaning mlk out of the stein/glass keep it suitable for beer drinking? Thank you for any facts. (I already have the stories)
Asked by Pam W - Wed Jul 23 21:21:23 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If your pilsner glasses are kept super clean after drinking milk out of them they will be fine. Bad cleaning can leave a layer of milkfat that will make the beer not stick to the sides while drinking - a sign of fresh beer in a clean glass also has a 'head' the entire time while drinkin it. In a dirty glass, the beer will not stick to the sides, will not maintain a good head and will go flat faster. The glass may look clean but even a tiny amount of fat - or oil for that matter from lipsticks and makeup can do the same thing. This is a big problem in bars where the glasses are not scrupulously cleaned with HOT water and sanitizer. I would probably save my pilsners at home or the bar for beer only and stick to a regular glass for drinking… [cont.]
Answered by sweetroll - Wed Jul 23 21:53:43 2008

Help with anniversary gift idea?
Q. What is a good, creative thoughtful gift that I can get my boyfriend for our four year anniversary? In the past I have bought him a engraved Zippo lighter, a glass beer stein with his family crest on it, and expensive cologne. The gift has to be unique, because my boyfriend seemingly has everything. Everything he wants, at least. I usually am really good with gifts, but this one has me stumped. A bit about him: He loves video games, cars, drinking, and anything Irish. Also, he is starting law school next fall. Any ideas?
Asked by lizzykins with sugar on top. - Mon Nov 9 11:54:57 2009 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hey Liz, Especially since you said he's someone who "seemingly has everything," maybe you should take a different route. What about a mystery date night? You could surprise him by taking him to the location of your first date, or make his favorite dinner at home and then take him out for really awesome dessert. How about something related to a new experience or learning something new: he likes drinking? What about materials to try his hand at making his own beer? You can buy kits nowadays for this. Of course, there's always the de-stressing gift route -- he'll be in law school and will probably be really stressed out. What about a massage package, or really nice noise-canceling headphones for when he's studying and needs to shut out… [cont.]
Answered by Jenny - Mon Nov 9 12:08:17 2009

Beer Stein from India?
Q. I have a large Beer Stein (and the like) collection from around the world - and i have a friend that will be travelling to Bombay india - is there a traditional vessel, mug, glass, etc used for drinking beer or alcohol in India?
Asked by nate o - Fri Dec 7 10:34:04 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Here are: 1) bamboo beer mugs with tray: 2) crytal: 3) metal: 4) ceramic: Brief history of alcohol in India:
Answered by Sabrina(Susananita) - Fri Dec 7 11:03:15 2007

Beer Stein From India?
Q. I have a large Beer Stein (and the like) collection from around the world - and i have a friend that will be travelling to Bombay india - is there a traditional vessel, mug, glass, etc used for drinking beer or alcohol in India?
Asked by nate o - Fri Dec 7 10:33:24 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There are many but they might not be available in a big Metro City like Bombay...In the Himalayan mountains...I have seen lovely Cones made out of Bamboo to serve local alcoholic beverages called "Thomba" Other than that...you will get Silverware...and many other items to collect.
Answered by dipta_j - Mon Dec 10 02:19:54 2007

Fish eggs are fertilized. What next!?
Q. Hi all. Earlier in the week i posted about my chasing fish, bush behaviour and white eggs in the morning. 1 gold fish and a shabumpkin. ( may not be spelt right) some eggs on this plant are still white. Others are darker with what looks like a little baby alien inside! i have removed the plant and popped in my german stein glass ( 2 pinter) with natural fish water and an air hose on 5 second bubble delay. releasing a bubble every 5 seconds. Should i pop them in a bigger tank and what should i be watching out for now, and what next. in total these are aprox 5 little fishwiees ( ha ha ) and i cant drink my beer until i get my glass back! ( i hope they pay rent!) Cheers people and i hope to have a couple of responses by time i come… [cont.]
Asked by Mr Beefy - Thu Mar 29 03:10:04 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi My fish spawned in my pond last spring, and it just so happened I was in the garden so saw it! I whipped the lump of plant out and put it into a small tank I had with a air filter bubbling gently. Eggs that are no good, go a sort of milky white, and then get like a mould, which can affect the good eggs. I left them to it, and got 100's of hatchlings which were minute. Basically the law of nature has meant that I have been left with after nearly a year, one fairly reasonable size baby, several smaller ones, and some that have not progressed at all! Biggest of the lot had to go into the pond this weekend, as he was just too brutish! There is lots of information if you google fish breeding, koi breeding, fish spawning etc, but… [cont.]
Answered by DEBBIE A - Thu Mar 29 05:23:03 2007

If you are a true Beer lover, will you join the boycott of breweries that try to pass off a can as a bottle?
Q. they think that we are so stupid that if they shape a can like a bottle we will not know or taste the difference. I shot up all of my Budweiser steins and consider them beer traitors. Miller disrespects you by giving you a plastic beer bottle, they can kiss my asss. boycott the cottle! Men drink from glass,F*#kers
Asked by 45.cal infidel - Wed Dec 12 05:11:43 2007 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Real men don't drink Bud or Miller in the first place, so real men are already boycotting that swill.
Answered by fsfa - Wed Dec 12 07:13:07 2007

For all you Yahoos; Why the Clinking of Glasses?
Q. Have you ever noticed people at parties or in restaurants clinking their beverage glasses before taking a drink? If you asked them why they did this, most of them could not give you an answer. Or they may feel it is a harmless act among friends. However, they may be surprised to learn that it is an ancient superstitious custom. According to the American Library Association, thousands of years ago people had the ridiculous notion that when they took a drink the Devil could enter their bodies through their open mouth. And they actually believed that this evil spirit could be frightened by noise. So to avoid this danger they noisily banged their goblets. In Europe, drinkers still bash their beer steins or make the sign of the cross. And some… [cont.]
Asked by arioch - Sat Nov 29 16:04:53 2008 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Many today don't see the harm in doing silly little things, like saying "bless you" when someone sneezes. But, when one becomes a Christian, we are expected to "put on the new personality" mentioned at Ephesians 4:17-24 This, therefore, I say and bear witness to in [the] Lord, that YOU no longer go on walking just as the nations also walk in the unprofitableness of their minds, 18 while they are in darkness mentally, and alienated from the life that belongs to God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the insensibility of their hearts. 19 Having come to be past all moral sense, they gave themselves over to loose conduct to work uncleanness of every sort with greediness. 20 But YOU did not learn the Christ to be so, 21… [cont.]
Answered by serving obediently - Sat Nov 29 19:27:06 2008

A bit of history question - slogan "Bumper to the Flag"?
Q. This slogan dates back to the US civil war. I have seen it on many glasses and even on a beer stein I recently purchased. Does anyone have any idea what it means, how it got started, or where it first appeared? Norm
Asked by nikonphotobug - Wed Jan 31 20:57:56 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. "Bumper" is a word with multiple meanings. One meaning, now out of fashion, was a glass or mug filled to the brim with alcoholic beverage, to be use in a toast with companions holding similarly replete glasses. So, "Bumper to the Flag" (or "Bumper to" ... just about anything one chose) was a way of saying: "Here's a toast to the Flag!" I do not know when, or quite how, the word "bumper" came to be used in this fashion, but I speculate that it has to do with the happy habit (retained to this day) of clinking (or "bumping") glasses with one's companions immediately prior to toasting the health of some symbol or person. I am reasonably certain that the word "Bumpers!" was used to invite such glass-clinking, in the same way that… [cont.]
Answered by Gromm_who_is_gone - Thu Feb 1 19:25:55 2007

Whats a popular antique German stein brand in Germany? ?
Q. My brother in law is German. I would like to get something part of heritage. He enjoys beer so I thought a antique stein would be nice. And what kind of stein should I get him? A wooden, silver or glass? Thank you! <3 special
Asked by 84andOne - Thu Nov 13 11:40:31 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you want antique and you want the best you then must get Mettlach. Be ready to spend some good $$$. you can also get Thewalt, Kings, and many others. But if you want to get a "new" german made collectors stein your options are more open. Be sure the stein is made in Germany and not Brazil or China. But by open I do not mean the number of manufactuerers. As the number of stein makers in Germany has dropped to just 3-5 as the rest of them contract out of Germany for the production of the stein. It is not German now is it? Old wooden steins are very difficult and usually very expensive. I myself would like antique wooden beer mugs/steins. I think of an ole 15th or 16th century smokey pub with the locals drinking their ole… [cont.]
Answered by Polar Nights - Thu Nov 13 11:48:54 2008