The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[ötzi]

We bought, consumed, and shot our beerballs right there at home in Massachusetts. We imported that shit. But it was fun. It also wasn't the worst import we consumed, that honor would have to go to The Green Death, from Rhode Island:



my head hurts thinking about it

Pretty good description here: http://365beersand50pounds.blogspot....r-private.html

The little puzzles under the bottle cap were fun at least.

[Brownski]

Who would win in a fight then, a Woodchuck or a Mainer?

Good question. I believe they would get along famously so we may never solve that one.

[BmillsSkier]

Good question. I believe they would get along famously so we may never solve that one.

I had a feeling.

[BmillsSkier]

We bought, consumed, and shot our beerballs right there at home in Massachusetts. We imported that shit. But it was fun. It also wasn't the worst import we consumed, that honor would have to go to The Green Death, from Rhode Island:



my head hurts thinking about it

Pretty good description here: http://365beersand50pounds.blogspot....r-private.html

The little puzzles under the bottle cap were fun at least.

Woah, also from Upstate. Private Stock Brewing Co., Utica, NY.

[EWG]

No one is arguing, we just don't know what parts of the state are what, exactly.

Huckbucket's map is helping us get there though.

Now, who wants wings and cheap beer for lunch?

Me. Very much so.

So much I made wing sauce and put it on a BBQ sandwich for lunch today.

[EWG]

All this talk of Utica Club and Genny Cream brings me back to the infamous Matt's Beerball. Matt's is the parent company that makes UC as a premium beer. They named their shittier cheaper beer after themselves. And they put the shittiest of that in the beerballs.

The best thing about them was shooting them with a pellet gun when they were empty, the pellet could go through the plastic to get inside there but it wouldn't have enough power to go though the other side to get back out so it would just spin around inside the ball at high speed making this weird sound that only a Matt's beerball shot with a pellet gun can make.



From the very relevant newyorkupstate.com btw

All of this is absolutely true.

[EWG]

Who would win in a fight then, a Woodchuck or a Mainer?

This is not a good question. This is a stupid question. I know the answer. Based on personal experience and observation, the Upstater beats the shit out of the Mainer 9 times out of 10. It’s not because they are stronger, quicker or better fighters. It’s because they no longer feel pain. Emotional or physical.

[ötzi]

Woah, also from Upstate. Private Stock Brewing Co., Utica, NY.

It's been brewed by about 5 different companies, the early ones were Falstaff and Narragansett , both from Rhode Island. The company in Utica I think is actually Matts under a different name, so it was part of the Utica Club family for a while. Now I think Pabst has the trademarks but doesn't make it any more.

[ötzi]

This is not a good question. This is a stupid question. I know the answer. Based on personal experience and observation, the Upstater beats the shit out of the Mainer 9 times out of 10. It’s not because they are stronger, quicker or better fighters. It’s because they no longer feel pain. Emotional or physical.

They're basically Russians. Life doesn't matter to them.

[Stu Gotz]

The real genius of the beerball was that you could pack it in ice in the box it came in.

As someone mentioned earlier, I don’t remember the beer having any carbonation at all. Just flat beer. But who knew any better?

Southern Tier kid.

[BmillsSkier]

This is not a good question. This is a stupid question. I know the answer. Based on personal experience and observation, the Upstater beats the shit out of the Mainer 9 times out of 10. It’s not because they are stronger, quicker or better fighters. It’s because they no longer feel pain. Emotional or physical.

Damn. Given that it’s end times, I should probably start looking into a bugout cabin Upstate (WNY) somewhere around the Avalanche Zone. If shit hits the fan I’ll be surrounded by emotionally dead warriors with nothing left but the desire to fight off the impending doom.

In.

[wooley12]

Utica had the best looking women in Upstate when Mohawk was training all of their stewies there. Endicott was #2 for eye candy on the street.

[east or bust]

The real genius of the beerball was that you could pack it in ice in the box it came in.

As someone mentioned earlier, I don’t remember the beer having any carbonation at all. Just flat beer. But who knew any better?

Southern Tier kid.

Southern Tier is the shit. One of my favorite breweries.

[Flounder]

we drilled a hole in a matt's beer ball and inserted a long threaded stem piece with a bowl at the end

at the top we cut a hole large enough so you could insert your head into the beer ball and sealed the "space helmet" up with towels around your shoulders.

last step was light bowl and see how long you could wear the space helmet

good times - good times

plattsburgh state 1983

SU 1985. Same thing only one of the guys had a kids science kit that had a build your own mini vacumn cleaner. Modified it and put it between the bowl and the ball. Put helmet on, light bowl, turn on blower and enjoy.

[Timberridge]

SU 1985. Same thing only one of the guys had a kids science kit that had a build your own mini vacumn cleaner. Modified it and put it between the bowl and the ball. Put helmet on, light bowl, turn on blower and enjoy.

Wtf. You had a beer ball on your head, a bowl of weed in your hand and these were connected to a vacuum cleaner stuck between them and turned the vacuum on?

The 'Cuse was always a weird place.

[BmillsSkier]

Wtf. You had a beer ball on your head, a bowl of weed in your hand and these were connected to a vacuum cleaner stuck between them and turned the vacuum on?

The 'Cuse was always a weird place.

From the school that produced Bob Costas and Marv Albert; the above story checks out.

[Flounder]

Wtf. You had a beer ball on your head, a bowl of weed in your hand and these were connected to a vacuum cleaner stuck between them and turned the vacuum on?

The 'Cuse was always a weird place.

In essence, yes. The vacumn cleaner was a kids science kit so it was miniature. Suction attached to the bowl, exhaust into the beer ball. Guy that created it was busted at the syracuse Airport in 86 picking up 26 pounds of weed shipped from Arizona. Lots of weird shit went down, lots of fun times as well. Quite a bit of overlap.

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[Stu Gotz]

In essence, yes. The vacumn cleaner was a kids science kit so it was miniature. Suction attached to the bowl, exhaust into the beer ball. Guy that created it was busted at the syracuse Airport in 86 picking up 26 pounds of weed shipped from Arizona. Lots of weird shit went down, lots of fun times as well. Quite a bit of overlap.

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That's awesome.

[Stu Gotz]

Endicott was #2 for eye candy on the street.

If you like Italian women.

[EWG]

Yup. If you are only trying to survive and eat tasty food that’s bad for you it’s the perfect exit plan for the Apocalypse. I’m already set up like you outline above. Cosign. It’s one of my two exit plans, the one I will use if the world is on fire. Plus who would ever look for you there?

My exit plan if the world is intact is to move to the Caribbean and sell Red Stripe on the beach.

Damn. Given that it’s end times, I should probably start looking into a bugout cabin Upstate (WNY) somewhere around the Avalanche Zone. If shit hits the fan I’ll be surrounded by emotionally dead warriors with nothing left but the desire to fight off the impending doom.

In.

[EWG]

The 'Cuse was always a weird place.

No “the”. It’s just ‘Cuse.

For some reason this always makes me irrationally angry. Like when people call A Basin A-Bay.

[Benny Profane]

Took me a while to get used to Toga when I lived there.

[Brownski]

Took me a while to get used to Toga when I lived there.

For some reason I find it jarring when people refer to Ticonderoga as “Ti”.

[riser4]

For some reason I find it jarring when people refer to Ticonderoga as “Ti”.

Growing up in Chittenden county, VT, we always called it Fort Ti. Bunch of unruly Green Mountain Boys.

[Brownski]

Growing up in Chittenden county, VT, we always called it Fort Ti. Bunch of unruly Green Mountain Boys.

I loved visiting the fort as a kid but felt very betrayed when I brought my kids and realized it was a rebuild/ replica.