Nate's Beer #54

So last night I enjoyed a Mactarnahan's Amber Ale. And I seriously enjoyed it. What a tasty fluckin beer. I will most definitely be drinking this beer again in the near future.
This weekend I look forward to trying to finish up the beers that I picked up at Belmont Station about two months ago. With all the different beers I've been drinking I have neglected a couple of ones that have just kinda been hangin out in the fridge. So I'm gonna have to drink a couple of those and I'll probably have a couple of Ruby's from McMenamins too.

WARNING!

DO NOT DRINK WESTCOTT BAY ORCHARDS VINTAGE CIDER. I REPEAT, DO NOT DRINK WESTCOTT BAY ORCHARDS VINTAGE CIDER!

So, I get home from work tonight. I have the house to myself. I'm looking forward to sitting down and writing a quick entry about my last couple of beers before plopping down in front of Craig Royale. My fridge is abundant with bottled libations from which I select the only cider I've had since begining this endeavor.

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I take a sip. Sour, winey, flat. Maybe it's supposed to taste like that. I take another sip, this time straining my taste buds for any redeeming qualities. Scanning. Scanning.

Nope. None. Not a single enjoyable aspect to this putrid swill. Even the label disgusts me - pure groovy, hippy drivel. What is that? An eagle flying into the sunset drawn up in pastels? Jesus. That was $6 I didn't mind pouring down the drain. Don't say you haven't been warned. Unfuckingpotable.

I wish I could go back in time to Monday night when I had a delight bottle of MacTarnahan's Amber Ale. She was delightful. Refreshing, satisfying. Nothing quirky about her, just a good drinkable beer. This brewery also made (but sadly retired) Bourbon Cask Aged Blackwatch Cream Porter. Trout are you taking note? I wonder if Hales got MacTarnahan's retired bourbon barrels?

As you know from Dicko, Tuesday's beer was a refreshing and serviceable Shiner Bock. The kind of beer that makes you want to have another and another and another...

So, as I sit here recovering from the the devil's urine I tasted just moments ago, I am finding comfort in a Golden Pheasant. I like it. I haven't tasted Grolsch in years but it reminds of that for some reason. Grolsch and pot stems. The Golden Pheasant has a definite cannabis quality. Right on.

Oh wait, as it warms, it doesn't taste nearly as good. Oh well, I guess tonight's just not my night.

Now, where'd I put my pipe?

blazers win again

Sunday
I knocked another staple off my list with a Mac's Amber Ale's I had before the Blazer game last night. When your choice is coors light, or Mac's, you choose Mac's even if you already had one in the fridge chilling for another day. Then after another $8 beer during the game (Widmer Drop Top, man this is good beer) Abby and I went to BJ's Pizzeria and Brewhouse for dinner and enjoyed a pitcher of the Brewhouse Blonde. Blazers won by 20 or so, and I had a good buzz going along with some buffalo wing pizza that I just finished the leftovers of for lunch a few minutes ago. I also picked up a growler of Tatonka Stout that Nate and I plan to share on Tuesday while making some bracket picks and hopefully watching Borat.

Saturday - Anchor Steam. I was introduced to this beer by Nate and Dr. Bert, and shit, I like it a lot. It went great with chinese take out after our 12 hour tournament and cleanup. I had the other one from my fridge Sunday with leftover lunch, cause that's the kind of guy I am.

Friday - Dinner at Amy's for her birthday, and she gave me her last Tilt so I could wake the fuck up, then enjoyed a Jubeale instead of the wine we brought her, because this isn't 365 days of wine motherfucker, and 2-a-days is gonna take some commitment. I even tried one of the girls Schmirnoff Twisted Arctic Blue or some shit like that. It was pretty good, but couldn't count it cause I only had an ounce or so. I will have to mix and match a sixer of these fruity crazy bottles of headache later in the challange, cause there is no way I am purchasing extras of this stuff.

Also, while adding more to the beer list, I found that Fish Brewing (probably Trout's favorite) makes Spire's ciders. I added a few of theirs and some other oganics to my fridge, and when I went to add to the cider list, I found hornsbys on this site. Apparently these two guys are responsible for bringing all the "quality" wines to us in our favorite supermarkets. Man, they make some horrible shit.