"Alexander D. Mitchell IV" > wrote
in :

>
>> My (actually "our") crowning achievement was something we
>> ended up calling Romulan Ale. My brew partner and I
>> started to try to make a light ale (whatever that is) for
>> St. Patty's circa 1987 using two cans of light Geordie's.
>> There were three or four dumbasses in the other room going
>> quickly through two cases of Bud and a six of Guinness and
>> a six of Bass (as were we). They'd swoop in to the
>> kitchen...we were just as stupid/impaired as they
>> were...At one point an entire 5lb bag of C&H got dumped
>> into the kettle. At pitching, we added an entire (1oz?)
>> bottle of green food coloring (you could taste it in the
>> finished "product"). At the end of the ferment, the whole
>> mess was pale blue. Go figure. But hence the name. The
>> stuff was drinkable, but it was thin and vinous and just
>> nasty.
>>
> So YOU'RE the one.

Heh! But no, it was not widely distributed.

> There's a bottle of Romulan Ale sitting on my friend's beer
> shelf today (western suburbs of Baltimore).
>
> The glass of the bottle is stained blue.
>
> Do you need a photo for your collection?

Please. . Please send a pic. My brew partner
at the time is still I of my best friends. We will toast
you.


Spinster McPrude McAsswipe O'Dumbass
Long Beach, CA