October 31, 2007

Ale-Then-Bud, what does your phone number spell? Halloween, Humor, chat — by TDavid @ 12:39 pm PST

Trick or treat? Treat: Phonespelling looks like fun.

Our business line number is 253-843-6283 which is also TDavid on Skype. I kind of like Ale-then-Bud, but then my ale lager of choice is Budweiser (Update 6:17pm PST: I’ve since been corrected in the comments below that Budweiser is a LAGER, not an ale, now you know why I’m not a brewmaster). Or does the phone number reefer (!) to that other bud? Haven’t touched that stuff in years, sorry to disappoint the stoner crowd.

ALE = 253
THEN = 8436
BUD = 283

Slick, huh? I also like: 253-THEN-ATE, 25-DUG-EM-CUE (could be a call to digg something?)

On a serious note: please always include the numbers when spelling out your phone number. Not cool when people only include the name without the actual numbers and force us to work it out on the keypad.

Does your phone number spell anything memorable?

Did this post make you go hmm?

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8 Comments »

Aaw.

When you called me “mon”, I thought you were still on the bus.;-)

Bud isn’t ale.

Ale is much better.

Comment by Vince Williams — October 31, 2007 @ 5:33 pm PST

Bud is not ale. It’s lager. They’re brewed differently.

My number didn’t come out with anything interesting. The best one was: 20-OPT-095-AL

Comment by Sterling Camden — October 31, 2007 @ 5:35 pm PST

Hmm, interesting that both of you brought up Budweiser not being an ale. It’s clear I’m naive about brewmastering. Check out what Answerbag has to say:


Whether the beer is an ale or lager is defined by the type of yeast used in the brew and the temperature at which fermentation takes place. Ales are brewed with top-fermenting yeast which allows for rapid fermentation at warmer temperatures … Lagers are brewed with bottom-fermenting yeast which ferments more slowly and at colder temperatures.

I looked at a bottle of Budweiser. No word there about whether it was a lager or ale. So I asked Google. Indeed you guys are right: the common beers are not ales! Yowsa.

Maybe that’s why my phone number is ALE-THEN-BUD. It’s telling me try some ales, perhaps? Thanks for the correction, I’ll update the post above.

Comment by TDavid — October 31, 2007 @ 6:17 pm PST

I used to brew my own beer, back when I drank beer regularly. I tried various ales and lagers — when done correctly, home brew is far better than anything you can get at the store.

There is at least one more class of beer besides ales and lagers: lambic. It’s brewed with a completely different type of yeast that is native to the region around Brussels. Mighty good stuff.

Comment by Sterling Camden — November 1, 2007 @ 11:29 am PST

I don’t understand the draw to drinking beer warm like Germans do.

Comment by TDavid — November 1, 2007 @ 11:39 am PST

I didn’t know that Germans like warm beer — in fact, most German beers are lagers, so they would try to keep that as cool as possible while aging.

The Brits like their ales at precisely 54 degrees Fahrenheit — perhaps that’s what you were thinking of?

Comment by Sterling Camden — November 1, 2007 @ 12:16 pm PST

Should have said anybody who enjoys warm beer

Comment by TDavid — November 1, 2007 @ 1:20 pm PST

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