It's been a while since I've enjoyed a good laugh from those crazy toons at Homestar Runner. I don't even like techno music, but this always makes me laugh: the system is down...!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Eighth Beer Of Christmas
The Eighth Beer of Christmas: Probably the king of wheat beers is the Aventinus, a German Doppelbock Ale brewed in Kelheim. It comes in a largish 500 ml bottle and weighs in at a respectable 8.2% ABV. You're going to need the tall glass.
It features original bottle fermentation, which is prodigious. Aventinus pours medium brown and cloudy with a big white head. The nose is both spicy and yeasty. This beer is a delicious wheat-y flavor with just the right amount of banana and clove spiciness. Warming and delicious.
The official write up:
Aventinus, the world's classic top-fermenting wheat-doppelbock, has received accolades for the perfect balance of fruity spiciness (banana, clove, vanilla) and notes of chocolate (crystal & dark malts). Unfiltered, unpasteurized, bottle-conditioned. Enjoy Aventinus, the massive twin of SCHNEIDER WEISSE.
Hawking For Hawks
"Sorry to bother you, but we're looking for our red-tailed hawk. Big bird, about 3 pounds. Solitary hunter."
What can you say? Feel free to have a look around. Apparently, they were hawking out in the woods, when the bird spotted something and took off. To make matters worse, the hawk's transmitter and bindings fell off so once they lost sight, they had no idea where the bird went. Usually they stick within a 5 mile radius, but so far, no luck.
I saw a trio of turkey buzzards circling in the sky, but no red-tailed hawks. Even if I did spot it, what am I going to do? Call here kitty, kitty and get my arm clawed off?
I don't know that much about it, but I always thought that hawking was super cool. It ranks right up there with knights and jousting. Watching the movie Ladyhawke a bazillion times in high school probably had something to do with it.
Seventh Beer Of Christmas
The Seventh Beer of Christmas, is the Rare Vos, by Brewery Ommegang, in Cooperstown, NY. This Belgian style Amber Ale is one Sly Fox (the Flemish meaning of Rare Vos). It pours a beautiful and clear amber color, with a white head made up of fine, tight bubbles. The head settled relatively quickly and there was not much in the way of lacing on the glass.
The nose on this beer is subtle, but hints at a certain spiciness to come. When cold, the Rare Vos exhibits its spiciness like a small bite, but not at all unpleasant. The ale really benefits from some warming however; as it approaches room temperature the ale mellows dramatically and allows the fruity undertone to balance out the heady spices and moderate hops.
In what must be a trick of the tongue, the body appears to deepen slightly and its character becomes warming. A sly fox indeed. It clocks in at only 6.5% ABV. I recommend serving at cellar temperature to enjoy the Rare Vos to its fullest.
Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival #89
This week on Sunday Snippets, WBN presents: Stewards of Creation.
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- Gate Of Heaven, Star Of The Sea
- 24:15 Stewards Of Creation
- Pope: Every Child Needs The Love Of Family
- Ecce Virgo
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