Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Sophistication


This weekend, Mike and I joined some friends of ours at a BYOB restaurant. For those of you who aren't familiar with the concept, BYOB is a policy that some restaurants have that allows the customer to bring their own booze.

90% of the BYOB population usually brings a bottle of wine. Not Mike, though. As soon as Mike was seated, he lovingly fished a 40 oz bottle of Miller High Life out of a brown paper bag and proceeded to pour a few ounces into a wine glass. He spun the glass in his hand to air out the beer and then gave it a deep sniff.

"Ah, carefully aged from a little vineyard I know of in Milwaukee," Mike said before he took the first sip of his Chateau High Life.

After some odd stares from other patrons of the restaurant, Mike exclaimed, "What? It says right here on the label, 'The Champagne of Beers.'"