Ale
Day off of a very slow, pathetically slow, week. D had to take a vacation day, this close to the end of the fiscal year. We got the car cleaned yesterday afternoon, including vacuuming out the detritus. Today, got to the park for a Good Walk (forgot the camera), recycled some glass, lunched lightly, and stopped for Epic beer. Imperial Stout is fabulous. In reserve, a Smokey Porter, which is amazing.
D asked a very smart question, for a non-drinker especially, about the difference between beer and ale. I could not answer. So I looked it up on wiki when I got home. Unsurprisingly, the entry is extensive. It's not simple. I wish he'd asked at the brewery, I'm sure the guy there would have given a good answer. Brewer guy commended my choice of beers, neither of us understands why some people only like lite beers, where we both love stouts and porters. We both loved his enthusiasm. I did get to take some credit for turning on a lot of the drinkers at work to their (now one year old) brewery.
Much low back (euphemistic for butt) pain, beer is pleasant anesthetic. Going for massage on Saturday, taking nsaids, stim and D will put his elbow into the soreness.
Life, whatcha gonna do?
Labels: beer
Posted by Zhoen on Wednesday, June 08, 2011
3 comments:
and then there is beer, and small beer!!
I like small breweries.
warming thoughts for your back.
the word is "baral"...they can't spell!
Beeeeeeeeeeer!
I had not heard of Epic Brewing. The two you mention sound quite good. Had D asked me the beer/ale question, I would have explained that I prefer ale to beer (the historical definition of ale we won't bring up, because it really complicates things). Of course there's the top vs. bottom fermenting yeast thingie, but for me it comes down to intriguing flavour. The ales just taste more complex and interesting in my mouth, which is why, when given a choice, I'll reach for a porter over a lager any day. And I feel that beers should be drunk much colder than ales. These thoughts brought to you by an amateur home brewing enthusiast.
gz,
Enough beer, it's hard to spell barrel.
Rou,
Not surprized you haven't heard of them. Local to Salt Lake, only a year in business. The first month, after a write up in the paper, they sold out of everything they'd made, and it took about six weeks before they had anything like a decent stock on hand again. They had to buy more tanks.
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