I have tried a few craft beers and I wasn't crazy about any of them, except for Lienenkugel's. (I'm not sure about the spelling, but that's how it's pronounced.) Lienie's, as it's affectionately called by it's fans, began in a little Wisconsin town, where it had been brewed by the same family for three generations. I used to hang out at Legs Inn, in Cross Village, Michigan. That place is famous for, among other things, it's extensive inventory of domestic and foreign beers. One day, I think it was back in the 1990s, Willie, their chief bartender, was traveling in Wisconsin when he came across some Lienie's which, at the time was only sold locally. He contacted Jacob Lienenkugel, the patriarch of the family, and expressed an interest in adding his beer to the Legs Inn repertoire. Jacob told him that Miller had recently bought the company, but had promised to keep the name and the recipe the same. Willie brought a couple of cases home with him and soon arranged for the brand to be sold at Legs Inn on a regular basis. It was so successful that Jacob, his son, and his grandson traveled all the way to Cross Village to congratulate the owner, and to sample some of the Polish cuisine, for which Legs Inn is also famous. Not long after that, Lienies started appearing in stores all over Northern Michigan, but only in bottles, which are more expensive than cans, so I never buy it, although I used to drink it at Legs because it was he same price as all their other domestic beers. Lienenkugel originally only produced a regular yellow beer but, soon after they went national, they branched out into several designer varieties, and the yellow stuff is hard to find on the shelves anymore.
I used to brew my own beer from a kit, not from scratch. I ordered my supplies from Bierhaus International, I think in Erie, Pennsylvania. Most of the ingredients came in a can of syrupy like stuff, and all I had to add was water, sugar, and yeast. I finally gave it up after the company "improved" the formula of my preferred brand several times, raising the price each time. Each change also modified the taste and, each time, I preferred the earlier version. It finally got to the point that I liked store bought beer better, so I quit making my own.
I don't think of the Bible or the constitution as holy instruments of God, but I respect and admire them both as historical cornerstones of what used to be American culture. I don't claim to be an expert on either document, but I think I know more about both of them than the average man on the street. In my opinion, the constitution neither condones nor prohibits gay marriage, or abortion either for that matter. The 10th Amendment clearly says that such matters are not in the federal domain, and are "reserved to the states respectively, or to the people". I think the U.S. Supreme Court overstepped its bounds when it legalized abortion, and will overstep its bounds again if it legalizes gay marriage. The only valid constitutional argument for gay marriage is Article IV, Section 1, which says that each state must give "full faith and credit" to the laws of every other state. This seems to imply that each state must recognize gay marriages that are performed in a state where they are legal, but I don't think it can be construed to mean that every state must legalize the performance of gay marriage within its own borders. From what I've read and heard, however, that is not the argument that the gay marriage advocates are using. They are using the "equal protection under the law" clause, which is probably in there somewhere, but I don't know exactly where so I can't quote it for you.
Have a nice trip.
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