What I'm Drinking Tonight

NoCoPilot wrote:

WTF.

They suck.

Bad.

NoCoPilot wrote:

Okay.
That's kinda cute.
In a how-can-I-torture-my-cat-today kind of way.

_Howard wrote:

Lisa wrote:

_Howard wrote:

No tiny John Deere hat swizzlers in the drinks.

I'm sorry, but they sound adorable.

You're starting to worry me.

It really was a major disappointment to me too.

Lisa wrote:

That's kinda cute.
In a how-can-I-torture-my-cat-today kind of way.

Contrary to received wisdom cats do not, in fact, enjoy hats.

Unlike rabbits -- who positively SAVOR pancakes on their heads. Compare to cat:

Try putting a hat (or pancake) on this cat!

Jenni wrote:

I had a Crispin the other day from the new Whole Foods.

OMG that place is pretentious! But I digress.....

The Angry Orchard definitely has a more 'slap you in the face with apple' flavor than the Crispin. Crispin is way more subtle.

Jenni,
Besides Crispin (which we do NOT buy at Whole Foods), I have been drinking another hard apple cider, Woodchuck Granny Smith, which has more apple taste, but is just a bit too sweet. I tried the Angry Orchard on your recommendation, and have dropped the Woodchuck in favor of the Angry Orchard Crisp Apple, which is now a regular inhabitant of my refer. Yummy stuff. Thanks for the tip.

Tonight I am enjoying "Mirror Mirror" a barley wine from Deschutes Brewery in Oregon. It's a very tasty, ass-kicking, 11.2%-alcohol libation.

Anyone who prefers unusual heavy-taste beers should consider this fine brew - if you can find it. Warning: Not for chugging.

Light taste + high alcohol? Intriguing.

You misunderstood. It is a heavy-taste beer.

Ah, that makes more sense. Don't mind the moron.

And I just took my last sip of the stuff. Damn.

I have a Young's Double Chocolate Stout I'm going to tuck into one of these nights. Waiting for the right night.

I've never been a big fan of stout, But I do love chocolate, so that one is a quandary for me.

My big problem is that I normally only have a bottle or two of excellent brew in the refer, so when I run out of that I must revert to more pedestrian beers. Oh, god, life was easier when I was so poor that Budweiser satisfied me just fine (of course, it took a hell of a lot of it).

I like a beer you can stand a spoon up in, but it's a meal, not a beveridge.

Knowing that you are a reasonably gud speler, I had to look up beveridge on Google. After rejecting the English economist and the Senator from Indiana, I decided you must be referring to the Beveridge Place Pub in Seattle. Well played.

I remembered this morning that last year our oldest girl bought me a bottle of chocolate stout and I quite enjoyed it. I just may get another.

Sorry, chalk it up to posting from my phone while out riding around for work.

I always get it confused with the electrostatic speaker manufacturer.
http://www.bevaudio.com

It's a beautiful sunny day in Seattle, I'm sitting on the deck reading a book on the Yanomamo and I've decided to pop the chocolate stout.

It's dark and thick, almost black, with a substantial amber head which does not evaporate.

The taste is smoother and sweeter than I expected.  I don't taste much chocolate, but a lot of molasses and hops.  Unlike other dark stouts I've had, there is not a strong acidic bite, the ale punch I'm used to.  There's just a hint of it in the aftertaste.

It tastes very refined and complex.  There is none of the "rotting leaves and bark" flavor I got from that awful stout I've forgotten the name of (did I mention I bought a beer bread mix for the remainder of the bottle I couldn't finish?  Well the bread ended up tasting like dirt too and got thrown away.)

I finally noticed that you had provided a link to the Chocolate Stout, so I took a look at it. It's the same thing that I had. Not a bad brew. Not something I would drink every day, but not something I would turn down either.

Yeah, text in blue is what's called a "clickable link."

I thought "Text in Blue" was an old Robert Blake movie.

"Did you know that me and Alan Ladd were exactly the same height?"

"...down to the quarter inch."

Just threw down a Davy Brown Ale. I'm not a big fan of brown ale, but this was a very nice tasting brew. Not overly heavy on any particular component, just a very refreshing drink. I wouldn't recommend it for breakfast, but it's lovely for lunch. Unlike most brown ales, I think the glass should be ignored and this one should be consumed straight from the bottle.

Bottle fed? Really, whyzat?

Another brown ale today. I seem to be developing a taste for the stuff.
This one is Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron.
Roasty  and nutty, with just a bit of vanilla. Quite tasty. Oh yeah, and 12% alcohol. Think of the time and effort I save by not having to use the bottle opener quite so often.