Personal Top Lists & Rankings

My top 4 sausage rolls from that street vendor on Broadway:

1. WHITE SAUSAGE 🙏
2. smoked kielbasa
3. spicy deli sausage
4. horseradish sausage

Man, those sausage stands in Chicago are my absolute favorite thing about December😍

I can never walk past without stopping🙂

Dana Anderson4 said:those sausage stands are my absolute favorite thing about Chicago during December.😍

I can never say no when I walk by.🙂

Load them up with extra mustard...
And make them Christmas style...

Then serve them with eggs.

In the spirit of classic progressive rock—where every song seems to be about architecture or comfort food like bratwurst and mulled wine—I’m adding my two cents.

Last winter, I definitely put on some extra weight thanks to those street food stands.
I’d walk through downtown, grab a quick bite, and tell them, "Give me one of those thick ones, please, with plenty of ketchup and mustard..."
The problem is, I really shouldn't be eating pork.

crimsonfalcon17 said:more mustard...
and some holiday blend...

plus some eggs too

Are you talking about that absolute swill they sell as Christmas Ale? You know, the one with that ridiculous label that looks more like a counterfeit hundred-dollar bill than actual branding?

Sandra Chase16 said:Is that a fancy designer label on a linen banknote???

Are you kidding me? The label looks great, but I honestly expected more from those two....

What a mess of a design.

My current top 5 soundtrack picks for getting through chores—cleaning, cooking, or whatever other household nonsense I'm tackling today:

1 Go! Team
2 Pulp
3 M.I.A.
4 Body Count
5 Darkness (not the new stuff, though; that’s way too Queen-esque for me😁)

Dana Anderson4 said:Are you actually being serious right now? I'll give them credit for the label, but honestly, I expected much better from these two....

The design is just pathetic.

I really should have put quotation marks around "beautiful." That label is nothing short of "angelic."

Dana Anderson4 said:Are you actually being serious right now? Sure, the label itself is decent enough, but honestly—given who these two are—I expected much more competence than this....

The design is just terrible.

Oh, please. Once you actually prove you've got some talent, Uncle Raymond Barrett12 will be more than happy to show you what a real class act looks like when it comes to holiday packaging... 🙂

Dana Anderson4 said:Are you being serious right now? The label is alright, I guess, but you’d expect much better from these two guys....
The design is just terrible.

The design looks like absolute garbage, but honestly, the beer itself is perfectly fine. When I found out they aren't brewing the Miller Winter Reserve this season, I actually shed a tear...

My top list of best local craft beers:

St. Michael's
Miller Winter Reserve (R.I.P.)
Holiday Special
Miller Black
Budweiser

Raymond Barrett12 said:Listen. Once you finally prove yourself, Uncle Raymond Barrett12 will show you exactly whatrealholiday label collecting looks like... 🙂

Man. Who else here hasn't completed their full Christmas collection dating back to 1994?

crimsonfalcon17 said:Man. Who else is still missing any from the '94 collection?

Well, if we're going there, let's see a definitive ranking by year and author then, please...😁

Dana Anderson4 said:Fine then. Please, I am asking nicely. Let’s see a top list sorted by year and author...😁

Personally, my favorites are always the ones that get downloaded fast...

crimsonfalcon17 said:Personally, I love the ones that come off easily...

Who doesn't? 😁(Looks like we're all feeling pretty motivated today)

crimsonfalcon17 said:Man. Who else hasn't collected every single Christmas edition since 1994?

Plenty of people. 😁

crimsonfalcon17 said:The design looks like a total mess, but honestly, the beer is decent enough. When I found out they aren't brewing any seasonal winter lager this year, it actually broke my heart...

There’s no seasonal winter lager available.😲 😲

Alright, here is my definitive ranking of Christmas-themed art pieces based on the artists
1. Vjekoslav Vojo Radoičić (the one featuring the Brodić family)
- Vasko Lipovac - sailor and fish themes (just okay)
- Rudolf Labaš - look, I’m not usually a fan of little angels, but this one looks slightly edgy enough to pass

The absolute worst is the piece by Zlatana Vrkljan—just another plaster-collage angel. Meanwhile, the one by Lovrenčićev is tolerable, mostly because it reminds me of those old illustrations you'd see in elementary school textbooks back in the day.
And Šutejev is just nonsense to me—what am I even looking at? A pile of gifts or just a heap of junk?
- Đuro Pulitika - mediocre at best
- Atač - some half-nude lady and a guy in a suit; honestly, it isn't even that bad

I feel like I'm missing something, though maybe I just haven't had a beer yet.

crimsonfalcon17 said:The design looks like a total mess—sort of a jagged disaster—but honestly, the beer is actually pretty decent. When I found out they won't be restocking the seasonal winter lager this year, I actually felt a little tear well up in my eye...

🙂 🙂 🙂
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stormyviper11 said:I was shuffling a playlist with Franz Ferdinand and Interpol this morning—just kind of mixing them up—and it's actually alright. I find Interpol a bit weaker and more soul-less, but they aren't bad. It’s kind of like picking two types of mushrooms for a stew; one is incredible, the other is just okay, but when you mix them, the final result still turns out fine even if the second one is a little bland on its own.

Franz Ferdinand being a phenomenal band? Please.

Look, Franz Ferdinand might not be "phenomenal" to everyone, but they’re the kind of band that would've absolutely crushed it back in 1979 and stayed legendary. They've got that specific vibe, sort of like the Subtext...