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Monday, Feb. 6, 3:17 a.m.
Style & Culture

Have one for the girls

You can call us the typical female drinkers: at Margaritas you’ll find us sipping a frozen concoction of some sort. Stop at the Bear Brew and we’ll be sailing with Captain Morgan. We’ll leave the beer (and beer breath) to the boys. But for some reason, blenders and Captains are missing from the Stillwater Canal Co.

Someone was thinking when they decided to put Sea Dog Raspberry Wheat Ale on tap. We’re pleased with the cute bartenders serving up the brew, but agree that the shaggy white dog is cuter than any bar keep we’ve seen so far.

Sometimes you need to have one with the boys. That’s where this fruity and not too girly drink makes an appearance. Put the taste with the added bonus of a microbrew, making us look sophisticated and like we know exactly what we are doing, and we are two happy women.

This beer is light, with a hint of sweet. And the beer breath is a lot better than with something like Beast. It goes down rather smoothly, but don’t try to slurp this down at a party, you’ll do it a disservice and break the bank in the process.

This is a gossip with the girls beer. The pick label is proof this is marketed for the female population, regardless of whether we are watching football or discussing anything from world politics to who has hooked up with whom.

So next time you are in the Stillwater Canal Co., you’ll see us discussing midget porn, Osama bin Laden, boys and drinking beer. And unless the bartenders improve, we’ll be the ones gazing longingly at the puppy.