By ERIC BARTON
On Thursday, Michael Krueger, a 44-year-old law firm analyst from Overland Park, went to the Flying Saucer bar in the Power & Light District to relish in the fact that he can drink a lot of beer fast. Krueger was the first in Kansas City to drink all 200 of the Flying Saucer's beers.
Here then is a breakdown of Krueger's accomplishment:
When he finished: 11:01 a.m. July 10
Time it took to drink final two beers: One minute ("I can down a pint of beer in no time," Krueger says. "It's a skill I learned in college.")
How he came in first: Krueger says he beat out second-place finisher Rian Moe, an H&R Block analyst, by saving a couple small beers for last. Rian finished minutes later.
Last beer he drank: St. Louis Framboise, a raspberry lambic from Belgium
Days it took: 67 (the bar only allows members of its UFO Club to register three beers a day)
Beers he liked: 194
Beers he didn't: Four, including Peroni, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Boulevard Bully Porter
Prizes the bar gave him along the way, in order: Free pint, free 22-ounce, free hat, plate on the wall with his name on it, $100 party, which he held on Thursday
Meaning of message "Fumar" that he has on his plate: "F-U Matt and Rian," meant as some smack talk to the second-place finisher and a another friend who had to go out of town on business and couldn't finish on time
Pounds he gained: 20
Krueger's next goal: Lose weight
What he learned: "It's ridiculous, I understand, but it was fun."
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Congrats Michael! I just hit my 50 and can't wait to be sitting up on the wall next to you soon :)
Maybe now I can start working on getting my name in the top 10. Michael and those other guys broke my spirit during the first week of non-competition. I will forever hold it against my daughter for being born the week prior to the opening of the Saucer.
Thanks Fanny! I come from good German stock, so I learned to like beer from a young age. Training included high school (when it was legal to drink cereal malt beverages at 18 in Kansas), college, grad school, and law school. All of those venues provided substantial opportunities for training. To be fair, the beer I disliked most was Ft. Collins Pomegranate Wheat. That beer was terrible. And, I do like quite a few of the Boulevard beers, I am just not a porter fan. Beers I would recommend: Arcadia Hopmouth IPA, Bells Two Hearted Ale, Belhaven Wee Heavy, Brasserie de Rocs Triple Imperiale, EKU 28, Lindeman's Framboise, Maredsous 8, McEwan's Scotch Ale, Pauwel Kwak, Schneider Aventinus, Spaten Optimator, and Spaten Franziskaner Hefe-Weizen. Now, off to lose that weight!
OP representin� up in here! Yet, I offer some more accomplishments for your consideration (in order of importance):
Chuggin� down brewski at 11:01 AM on a Thursday in a bar that faces a giant shit hole (KCMO) is the JOCO Kansas way of retaliating against Missouri�s Sheryl Crow drinking beer at noon on Tuesday in a bar facing a giant car wash.
Like cats, the JOCO Kansan followed the rules to add 20 pounds in 67 days by drinking 3 beers a day. The Missourian, like a dog, would drink all the beer in the first day and then be starving by the 67th day. Of course this is hypothetical because we know that Missourians cannot afford to drink at the Power and Light District.
Krueger proves his legal analytical skills in spades by working up a pre-driving drunk in the City where cops spend all their time talking in groups around yellow tape encased crime scenes instead of on patrol. Plus, his blood alcohol level would likely be worked off before it was time to head back to the more sunflowery state.
See JOCO Kansans can do everything Missourians can do only, better, fatter, with more money, and better planned.
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