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*sarcastically* Tell me about it.

 

Wow.
That can't possibly be real can it?

 

It probably depends on if the Gatoraid's homebrew or store bought. I find the following closer to being true, being a former Olympia drinker:

 

It'll buff out...

 

You drank Oly, Ivy? Cool. Dad was an Oly drinker until they were bought out back in the early Eighties. As a young man, he worked as a construction laborer on the brewery expansion back in 1947 or '48, in the days when you could go in to a brewery with a jug, a pail, a bottle, whatever, and the brewery workers would fill it fresh from the holding tank.

 

If I had known that, I would have brought my own sofa and then get it direct from the pump.
Did your dad stop chugging it because the company got sold or because of reasons as to why Bear Gryllis prefers the brand, between leak stops?

 

Funny you should ask. Dad stopped drinking Oly after the buyout because, in his words, "it didn't taste the same." So he tried other local beers (Lucky Lager, Weinhard's, etc.), and they were not to his taste. Now, here comes the 'funny' part: there was a time in 1980 when Mom and Dad were financially strapped because of back taxes, so one day, they want some beer, and dad had seen that the corner store had 'Buckhorn' beer, $2.50/half rack. So Mom scrounged six bucks out of her purse, and Dad ran up, got a couple half racks, and as he sat down to watch TV, he takes a sip, and gets a surprised look. "Hey, this is Olympia Beer!" In the grand scheme of things, it kind of worked out for him, as he drank Buckhorn up until he and Mom retired to Mexico in '87.

 

It could be that Buckhorn hired Olympia's former brewer who took his recipe with him, in case he was fired when the new owners brought their own brewer into the plant, if that was the case. I've never heard of those other beers you've mentioned, being that I was in Arizona for about a month and wasn't familiar with anything which didn't show up in supermarkets. Although, Buckhorn rings a bell. I think, they shipped out eastwards. If Buckhorn used the same water source as Olympia did, it wouldn't be surprising that the former Olympia brewer could duplicate his brew at another brewery

 

It was Dad's theory that after the buyout, the labels were shuffled, not the beers, hence, it was possible Oly was some other city's beer recjpe, and Buckhorn was brewed at the Olympia brewery. Lucky Lager, like Rainier, was brewed here, just in Tacoma, rather than Seattle, and Blitz Weinhard was from Portland.

 

And to think, Dad drove Mom, me and my four siblings in our '66 Bug convertible from Tigard, OR to Mountlake Terrace, WA.

 

Be glad that Ted Kennedy wasn't your dad

 

The Pope met with the College of Cardinals to discuss a proposal from Shimon Peres, the former leader of Israel.
“Your holiness,” said one of the Cardinals, “Mr. Peres wants to determine whether Jews or Catholics are superior, by challenging you to a golf match.”
The Pope was greatly disturbed, as he had never held a golf club in his life.
“Not to worry,” said the Cardinal, “We’ll call America and talk to Jack Nicklaus. We’ll make him a Cardinal, he can play Shimon Peres. We can’t lose!” Everyone agreed it was a good idea. The call was made and, of course, Jack was honored and agreed to play.
The day after the match, Nicklaus reported to the Vatican to inform the Pope of his success in the match. “I came in second, your Holiness,” said Nicklaus.
“Second?!!” exclaimed the surprised Pope. “You came in second to Shimon Peres?!!”
“No,” said Nicklaus, “second to Rabbi Woods.”