Today's drink remembers Sir William Congreve, who experimented with the military use of rockets in the nineteenth century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Wi...e,_2nd_Baronet
Today, Black Knight porter.
Black Knight was a British research ballistic missile in the late 1950's and 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Knight_%28rocket%29
Titan I.P.E.(India Porter Export). India Pale Ale (I.P.A.) was the drink of he officers in the days of the British Empire. The troops drank India Porter Export (I.P.E.).
The Titan family of rockets were used between 1959 and 2005, firstly as I.C.B.M.'s and later as launch vehicles for the Gemini spacecraft and numerous satellites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)
Here we have Maverick honey ale (and no sign of Tom Cruise).
The AGM-65 Maverick is a precision guided air-to-ground missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick
Black Arrow porter. Black Arrow was a British satellite launch rocket developed in the 1960's. Only five were built. Four were launched and the fifth is in the Science Museum in London.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow
I have never found a beer that could match your types, pilots, but - taking into account our good ladies expectations - what if we think about another list...
I will start the thread by the weekend.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Bloodhound bitter
The Bristol Bloodhound was a British surface-to-air defence missile developed in the 1950's but later versions served on into the 1990's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_(missile)
Should have made a Russian imperial stout for that name.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
The Rocket ales Brewery describe Vostok as a "Dark, Smooh and Creamy Russian Imperial Stout" but that will not fit on the pump clip, Karl.
Today's offering is a traditional IPA| called Atlas.
The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States. It was later used for launching space vehicles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas
Last edited by Naharaht; 03-17-2020 at 17:58.
I never considered beer to be an energy drink. but I guess it does give you a pick-me-up. (and with enough, Dutch Courage )
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
But do any of these bottles whistle like block-busters going down when you drop the empties out of the bay at 20,000 feet?
I do not know. I have never tried it. They are supposed to whistle. Perhaps you have access to the facilities to try an experiment?
I see your point, Barry. It is not very appealing.
They also manufacture a special pale ale called S-55.
The story behind the name: The storied Italian general Italo Balbo, later to be named Commander-in-Chief of the North African Forces during WW2, lead a squadron (24) of Italian S-55 Savoia-Marchetti hydroplanes to Shediac in 1933 on his way to and back from the Chicago World’s Fair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Balbo
A Savoia-Marchetti S.55.
Last edited by Naharaht; 04-21-2020 at 21:48.
Famously so that for a while, a large formation of aircraft was nicknames a "Balbo":
https://travelforaircraft.wordpress....taliano-write/
Thank you for joining in Sam and Karl.
Another drink from Flying Boats Brewing is Dixie Clipper IPA.
The story behind the name: Pan American Airways had a weekly flight from New York to Shediac then to Europe, starting from 1939 and suspended by the outbreak of WW2. Many a celebrity used this service to get to Europe by air. The plane for this service was the Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the same type of aircraft to get to Europe during WW2 and landed in Shediac; this was to become the first presidential aircraft Air Force One and was called Dixie Clipper.
Last edited by Naharaht; 04-22-2020 at 17:43.
The is also the Flying Boat Brewing Company in St. Petersburg, Florida. They produce Farman Flanders Red Sour Ale. It is named in honor of Henry Farman, who in 1908 made the world’s first flight connecting two towns by air.
Henri Farman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Farman
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