Greetings to BA

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012.

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  1. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    normalno, piva bi ne pomeshalo ;-)
     
    #21 Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012
  2. herrburgess

    herrburgess Grand Pooh-Bah (3,077) Nov 4, 2009 South Carolina
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    Imagine not being able to cross the Charles Bridge without seeing at least two groups of flannel-clad, dreadlocked white kids surrounding (and singing along with) a guitarist crooning "Give Peace a Chance." At least they stayed out of the old-school places I liked to hang out in like U Medvidku, U Tomase, and U Zlateho Tygra.
     
    #22 herrburgess, Jul 12, 2012
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  3. jaybags

    jaybags Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2012 Michigan

    good thing for google translate. i was about ready to notify homeland security. i thought these russians were getting ready to attack.
     
    #23 jaybags, Jul 12, 2012
  4. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    Thanks for correcting, I've been trying to find a photo of the bottle i grew up seeing, I remember it being more green. You must be right that it had to have been pretty light in abv. So many labels and bottles now but i can't figure out which is pre or post Iron curtain. Anyway, not all that important.
     
    #24 Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012
  5. acurtis

    acurtis Grand Pooh-Bah (4,540) Sep 27, 2010 New Jersey
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    haha, i'm not russian and can't speak it but kak dela is one of my favorite sayings.
    it is pronounced **** delah and means, "How's it hanging?"
     
    #25 acurtis, Jul 12, 2012
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  6. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    You are understanding. USSR controlled production of everything, in the case of beer, variety wasn't considered important enough. I guess Beer was BEER. Just like the only vodka i remember ever seeing was Stolichnaya
     
    #26 Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012
  7. Mavajo

    Mavajo Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2007 Georgia

    Shit! And Patrick Swayze is dead! All our hope rests on Charlie Sheen and C. Thomas Howell. Wolverines!

    Lea Thompson hasn't been useful for anything since the 80's. Caroline in the Shitty more like.
     
    #27 Mavajo, Jul 12, 2012
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  8. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    You got it. "how are things" It's a pretty cool language actually, especially when coming out of a Russian girl's mouth
     
    #28 Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012
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  9. acurtis

    acurtis Grand Pooh-Bah (4,540) Sep 27, 2010 New Jersey
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    I got Ok and something about beer. Welcome aboard
     
    #29 acurtis, Jul 12, 2012
  10. acurtis

    acurtis Grand Pooh-Bah (4,540) Sep 27, 2010 New Jersey
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    yes indeed, been there done that
     
    #30 acurtis, Jul 12, 2012
  11. FTowne

    FTowne Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Missouri

    Welcome aboard!
     
    #31 FTowne, Jul 12, 2012
  12. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    Apologies- I wasn't correcting so much as goofing off a bit. But allow me to extend a sincere welcome to Beer Advocate, and to say that I look forward to yur contributions.
     
    #32 TongoRad, Jul 12, 2012
  13. NJOssie

    NJOssie Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2012 New Jersey

    *must resist inappropriate comment*

    welcome Zhiguli!

    and am I the only one that has been reading this thread with an accent?
     
    #33 NJOssie, Jul 12, 2012
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  14. jaybags

    jaybags Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2012 Michigan

    is it this one?

    http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23305/62144

    if so, it was just a dirty russian trick in getting me to think it was 11%
     
    #34 jaybags, Jul 12, 2012
  15. SammyJaxxxx

    SammyJaxxxx Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2012 New Jersey

    Did you know that they re-made Red Dawn?
    Looks like a fall release. The North Koreans invade this time. WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234719/
     
    #35 SammyJaxxxx, Jul 12, 2012
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  16. FTowne

    FTowne Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2012 Missouri

    No you're not. I have a deep, scratchy, heavily accented voice in my head right now. HA!
     
    #36 FTowne, Jul 12, 2012
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  17. Zhiguli

    Zhiguli Initiate (0) Jul 12, 2012 California

    You made me dig further which is a great thing, i was just a kid after all. Looks like different factories had different labels, so it was regionally different. Most of them were 11% (someone in this thread says that's the density but the abv is about 6% this doesn't really make sense to me)

    all of the labels read bottle price 30 Cents

    http://www.russian.fi/forum/showthread.php?p=1547124
     
    #37 Zhiguli, Jul 12, 2012
  18. mcaulifww

    mcaulifww Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2011 Virginia


    I hope it's good....
     
    #38 mcaulifww, Jul 12, 2012
  19. libbey

    libbey Initiate (0) May 18, 2008 British Indian Ocean Territory

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    #39 libbey, Jul 12, 2012
  20. TongoRad

    TongoRad Grand Pooh-Bah (3,884) Jun 3, 2004 New Jersey
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    I've heard that in the Czech Republic you order beer by degrees brix (or percentage of sugar in solution), so this might be similar. But, you're right, the numbers don't seem to relate. 11 degrees would be an o.g. of around 1.044, which would make a beer with around 4.4% AbV, not 6%- so something else is going on.
     
    #40 TongoRad, Jul 12, 2012
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