Its March now, the beginning of Spring. As nature will have it, its really cold outside today. Go figure.
This blog is poised to get a lot better son, what with more pics and the work of others included in it. Kind of like a magazine to a degree, not just my personal spittle. Why? Well, why not? Onward and upward is our motto here. If we can find a way to squeeze more work into out days, somehow, we always do.
In politics, I read that the “pubic is outraged by the AIG bonuses”. As a member of the public, I for one am not outraged. Not at the banks for giving out bonuses anyway, and I think taxing those bonuses at a 90% rate is ridiculous, and as an American citizen I am pretty embarassed of our congress for coming up with this bit of legislation. If it holds up following a court challenge, then we will all know our courts have been bought. Enough with politics. I am sure you are all pissed that I even go there.
Its early in the morning. A good friend of mine and his family visited last night with their adorable baby girl. We went for beer, and he was doing the buying, extolling all the way the virtues of “light beer”. Never having been a proponent myself, I can understand the desire to reduce one’s calorie intake by half. So, I wouldn ‘t go for the Bud Light, and convinced him if we must go light, lets try the Samuel Adams Light beer. Hey, not half bad at 119 calories per bottle. I feel thinner already!
OK, I haven’t been blogging for a while. I know. But, I have to, at least a little. You see, last night I told some alumni from Vanderbilt that I have a blog and to check it out and I will share some secrets about what I am doing. So, here I am blogging. All I needed, it seems, was a bit of incentive, and humiliation always functions as a major avoidance factor for me. So, here we have it.
We were tasting some beers last night. Saison Dupont is a no brainer for me. It is clearly the best of the best of saisons, and I don’t even think Fantome or Southampton are in the same category. Were I living in Belgium where I could buy this at $1 per bottle around, my fridge would always have at least a few. Mostly for pairing with a salad. Ever pair a beer with a salad? If you do, choose a saison. They marry the best. What else did we do? Oh, yeah, Tripel Karmeliet. Now, this is a good tripel. Not too strong, but most of the characteristics you want in this style are here. The very best tripel in my opinion, you want to know? That’d be Westmalle Tripel. If I were to hold a measuring stick up to that beer, most others would fall well below. Notwithstanding all that, Tripel Karmeliet is very tasty. On down the line, we went to a bottle of Pottleoereke (hope I spelled that right). As usual, I am just winging it here. The aforementioned beer in question can be described as a brune, one pretty heavy on the malt and less than completely inspiring, although a perfectly acceptable ingestive all on its own. One of the lovely lasses from VU described it as “bitter”, and maybe when juxtaposed with another beer, it is such, but hardly bitter by American standards at all. We next rambled onto the Duchesse de Borgogne, a flavorful sample from the Flanders region of their red sours. This one is fully rounded and not near as sour as some, albeit a very nice beer with a label I just found out was St. Mary or something such, a woman who died earlier in life than would have normally seemed reasonable. I suppose she was a duchess. Door ringing. I must run. I’ll post here, no editing allowed, and perhaps get back later. Cheers