Re: Mmmm, beer...
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:55 pm
XANDER: What have we learned about beer?
BUFFY: FOAMY!!!
XANDER: Good. As long as we have that straight.
BUFFY: FOAMY!!!
XANDER: Good. As long as we have that straight.
A place to discuss the world of Wapsi Square
http://forum.wapsisquare.com/
I'm down with you on the experience of Blue Moon on draft...served properly it can indeed be yummy! As for firemans #4, I think back to the first time my family and I were dining at a neo-hipster joint in the SoLa district of Austin called Olivia (yes kids, Austin is starting to New Yorkify its trendy parts...so sad). The food was so awesome and I saw the barkeep pouring a perfect honey-colored pint of something that turned out to be fireman's 4. The pairing of the beer with my food elevated it to almost transcendence, so every time I drink one, I get echoes of the experience. Try it with like a charcuterie with cheese and something really savory like braised mushrooms. You won't regret it.Julie wrote: Ya know...I've never really liked Fireman's #4 for some reason. Blue Moon I can generally enjoy. The best experience I ever had with Blue Moon was at a Sherlock's in Austin. It tasted different than any other time I've had it, and it was yummy. There were hints of vanilla or something complementing the orange...it was awesome.
I refuse to be "down" about my age. Every year I'm still kicking is worth pride and celebration.txmystic wrote:BTW, happy 30th. Try not to get too down on being over the hill, it only makes the entire decade go faster!! Enjoy it...
Not as bad as you might think. A Bostonian I used to work with talked me into a Heineken and a piece of chocolate cake. Works very well together...bmonk wrote:My dad always enjoys beer and chocolate. I assume it's an acquired taste.
crêpes works very well with dark porter or stout. The traditionnal drink in that pairing is cider or mead, but I prefer beer, especially with galettes (salted not sugared, & oat not wheat flour).Julie wrote:I refuse to be "down" about my age. Every year I'm still kicking is worth pride and celebration.txmystic wrote:BTW, happy 30th. Try not to get too down on being over the hill, it only makes the entire decade go faster!! Enjoy it...
And I'm all for good beer/food pairings. My husband doesn't like doing that, so I don't always get to enjoy good beers with good matching foods. Any other pairing recommendations from the peanut gallery?
Kids.Julie wrote:I refuse to be "down" about my age. Every year I'm still kicking is worth pride and celebration.txmystic wrote:BTW, happy 30th. Try not to get too down on being over the hill, it only makes the entire decade go faster!! Enjoy it...
I was talked into one called, "Blackened Voodoo". I've had it before, as in Before Katrina, when it was bottled in New Orleans, and had it not too long ago. Flavour changed very little from then. It's one of those like or don't like ones. It's...interesting. Kinda like chocolate caramel, but the overpowering yeasty flavour had me reaching for my kahlua to made it drinkable for me. If the flavour were a straight liquor, I'd be in sooo much trouble, because it was tasty. I'm just not so much into that liquid bread aftertaste.Julie wrote:And I'm all for good beer/food pairings. My husband doesn't like doing that, so I don't always get to enjoy good beers with good matching foods. Any other pairing recommendations from the peanut gallery?
My husband and his friend were drunk enough to think it would still be funny to drink this beer and call their attempt "Man vs. Beer" in honor of a Travel Channel show we enjoy. I kid you not...less than a minute after the first drink, they were both stone cold sober. They soldiered through their drinks anyhow because, as they put it, there were no refunds on the beer, and their manhoods were on the line. I think my favorite point in the evening was when my husband was looking at the beer very sadly and muttered, "I need to pee, but I'm afraid of how it will feel."Six kinds of hot chili peppers go into this fiery-ass beer including the infamous ghost pepper, serrano, jalepeno, habenero, fresno & anaheim also lend their rich flavors to make for a taste-sizzling good time. Keep away from children and the tepid of tongue.
Wow. This would be quite the beverage to go with the "World's Hottest Hamburger" served at the Prince of Wales pub in San Mateo, California. This thing has a thick layer of red relish on top, which is nearly pure stewed habanero and/or savina pepper. You have to sign a waiver before they'll serve you one. If you finish one, they'll give you another for free, if you should happen to want it. And, about six hours after eating it, "You will have a religious experience" in the words of the guy who lured me there.Julie wrote: I think my favorite point in the evening was when my husband was looking at the beer very sadly and muttered, "I need to pee, but I'm afraid of how it will feel."
Sounds tasty! I wish I had brewing capabilities sometimes. (I know that home brews are possible, but it won't happen in my apartment with a 3 month old puppy.)NOTDilbert wrote:I have made meade (in the SCA), and the best-recieved version was almost non-alchoholic; it was a 'fresh' meade, made to be drunk only a day after making. Made with lemon zest, a cinamon stick and (of course) honey, it was naturally carbonated with only a fraction of a percent alchy. Very nice on a summers day, you could drink it without brain freeze! (Putting the brew on ice suppressed/killed the yeast providing the carbonation.) Lemony without being lemonade.
The worst part (other than waiting a day to drink) was clarifying. The spices, honey and water had an egg white whipped into them and stirred thoroughly, then boiled. The egg whites made a 'rocky' head, trapping the powdered spices and any clouding agents, and had to be keeled (scooped off the top of the boil) as it formed. It forms FAST. Done properly it leaves a lovely clear yellow-brown liquid, cooled to room temp and then seeded with bottom-fermenting yeast. 24 hours later, Drink!
So, some added sobriety at home is the heir of the dog?Julie wrote:Sounds tasty! I wish I had brewing capabilities sometimes. (I know that home brews are possible, but it won't happen in my apartment with a 3 month old puppy.)
Maybe they need to do their home brewing at the experimental facility? That way they can have some beer lab tests.Dave wrote:So, some added sobriety at home is the heir of the dog?Julie wrote:Sounds tasty! I wish I had brewing capabilities sometimes. (I know that home brews are possible, but it won't happen in my apartment with a 3 month old puppy.)
(Yes, I'm dreadfully ashamed about that. But, I never let shame deter me from puns before, and I'm not about to start now.)
(Drops a golden retriever in the Pun Jar)
Dave wrote:So, some added sobriety at home is the heir of the dog?Julie wrote:Sounds tasty! I wish I had brewing capabilities sometimes. (I know that home brews are possible, but it won't happen in my apartment with a 3 month old puppy.)
(Yes, I'm dreadfully ashamed about that. But, I never let shame deter me from puns before, and I'm not about to start now.)
(Drops a golden retriever in the Pun Jar)
Not too much sobriety, but she gets into everything...and I wouldn't want to see what happened if she got into a home-brew-in-progress.bmonk wrote:Maybe they need to do their home brewing at the experimental facility? That way they can have some beer lab tests.
(Drops in a Labrador Retriever to keep the other dog company.)