Chief Beer Officer

November 22, 2006 11:19 AM

The best job in the world... Jebus let it be true!
posted by xmattxfx (25 comments total)

Come on. Head beer officer. This stuff writes itself.
Hopsi Blue.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 11:26 AM on November 22, 2006

It is true, at least in Canada! If you could combine these jobs, maaaaan...
posted by Bravocharlie at 11:28 AM on November 22, 2006

Duffman begs to differ.
posted by rob511 at 11:28 AM on November 22, 2006

OH YEAH!
posted by jonson at 11:28 AM on November 22, 2006

I once saw a want ad in a Portland newspaper for a brewmaster for a microbrewery in Palau. Benefits included living in paradise, two tickets home each year, and beer. To this day I regret not applying - I mean, after all, I had just made my first batch of homebrew that didn't cause an automatic involuntary gag reflex.
posted by Staggering Jack at 11:43 AM on November 22, 2006

Hopsi Blue.
It is true, at least in Canada!

Labatt Blue.
posted by Opposite George at 11:45 AM on November 22, 2006

The questions in Part 2 are great.
posted by Revvy at 11:51 AM on November 22, 2006

In a past life I was the United States Beermaster General under President William Howard Taft.
posted by XMLicious at 12:17 PM on November 22, 2006

(In lieu of the img tag, imagine a pic of Bob and Doug McKenzie working on the line at the Elsinore Brewery.)
posted by evilcolonel at 12:18 PM on November 22, 2006

For some reason the Adblock Plus extension prevents the contents of the linked pages from being displayed. You need to turn if off and reload.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 12:46 PM on November 22, 2006

Good on Sheraton for serving good beer. That lineup is pretty pedestrian, but a lot better than any hotel I've ever stayed in.
posted by gurple at 12:51 PM on November 22, 2006

That lineup is pretty pedestrian, but a lot better than any hotel I've ever stayed in.

I should qualify that. Once I stayed in a hotel in Bruges, Belgium. THAT lineup put Sheraton's to shame.
posted by gurple at 12:54 PM on November 22, 2006

i also raise my glass to the designers of those pages

proof that Flash doesnt always have to suck
posted by tsarfan at 1:01 PM on November 22, 2006

Yeah, gurple, I think this would have to qualify as one of the best beer selections I've ever seen at a U.S. chain hotel. On rare occasion, I've seen hotels attached to brewpubs that had pretty stellar beer, but those are few & far between. Looks like Sheraton has all of the major styles covered, and each with an excellent, if not always best-in-class, selection. Maybe they'd ought to hold onto the current CBO...
posted by rkent at 1:29 PM on November 22, 2006

Just in time, too. I've begun to tire of my career as a fellatio critic.
posted by sourwookie at 1:33 PM on November 22, 2006

I've begun to tire of my career as a fellatio critic.

Those who can't do, criticize ...
posted by me & my monkey at 1:40 PM on November 22, 2006 [2 favorites]

I've begun to tire of my career as a fellatio critic.

Yeah, that job sucked.

Yes, I'm 12.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 4:15 PM on November 22, 2006

I have a dyson.
posted by econous at 5:18 PM on November 22, 2006

me & my monkey wins.

(Go me.)
( & my monkey.)
( hey, at least it isn't slashies.)
posted by eriko at 5:22 PM on November 22, 2006

proof that Flash doesnt always have to suck

The Theban Mapping Project proved that some time ago, but hey, I'll all about better flash for beer.
posted by eriko at 5:23 PM on November 22, 2006

eriko writes "proof that Flash doesnt always have to suck

"The Theban Mapping Project proved that some time ago, but hey, I'll all about better flash for beer."

Oh my God this is incredible. Thank you, eriko. Thank you very much.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 7:04 PM on November 22, 2006

If you try to fill out the form but miss a required field, they tell you "Put down that beer and finish answering the questions!". Pretty cute. I will forgive them for misspelling "lightning" (they spelled it "lightening", which since it's also a real word, probably escaped their spelling checker), and for claiming that aluminum does not conduct electricity.
posted by ubiquity at 7:14 PM on November 22, 2006

No, the best job in the world is to be a hustler in Kabukicho- Tokyo. Take a customer to a hostess bar or strip club- $10-$50 commission depending on how classy. Take one to a brothel and get anything you can charge the customer in excess of their standard rate. Perks= cheap or free if you want to go to the clubs or sleep with the girls, get to hang out in the coolest place in the world, meet lots of hot women and if your good at your job make some serious $$$
posted by regicidal at 2:37 AM on November 23, 2006

Cons= yakuza
posted by blag at 10:46 AM on November 23, 2006

not to mention chlamydia
posted by johnny novak at 11:08 AM on November 23, 2006