I am not posting a photo of this beer, because I am afraid that some of you will see a Shiner Holiday Cheer display in a store someplace, recognize it from the blog, not remember what I said about it, and buy some of this bottled shit. Flavored with pecans and Texas peaches, this manages to taste like chemicals, with a metallic aftertaste. It is sickly sweet and medicinal, almost as if a cough drop was dissolved in it, and that is the best part of this beer. Shiner is very much hit or miss, with more misses than hits, but this is a new level of crappiness. I would not even use this shit for cooking, which is my preferred method of getting rid of lousy beer. I am not going to grade this, but please avoid it at all costs.
On a more cheerful note, check out Marah covering A Fairytale of New York. It is only a fragment, but I like it:
This is the Pogues performing the song on Saint Patrick’s Day, 1988 in London. I was at this show, and can pick myself out of the crowd in the shot at the end of this clip. I would point out which one was me, but then you’d all ask, “How’d you get so fucking fat since then?”:
in the middle with the rugby shirt on ?
I saw it but I am still extremely scarred after Ruby Red Bird so I actually ran from this display.