Guinness Draught
Guinness is far from a microbrew, but it really is an example of what all beer should be like. The Guinness Draught in cans and bottles has a nitrogen capsule that pops open when you pop the top that creates a head with excellent retention. This particular beer is designed to be enjoyed from the bottle rather than a glass, but I'm a fan of the glass. The aroma is part of the beer experience, and you don't get that as much when drinking from a bottle.
Alleycat Amber Ale
Alleycat Amber Ale is a product of Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe in Eureka, California. I picked up a six-pack of this last week at Gail's Hops and Grapes to try out. This beer has a nice copper color and the head retention is rather poor overall. The beer has an excellent aroma along with a nice crisp flavor... definitely another good summertime beer with a medium body. They definitely get an A+ in the label design department... I wish all brewers spent this much effort on their labels :) I would have also preferred a bottle without the twist-off top type so I can reuse it in my own homebrewing...
Guinness Barbecue Sauce
My culinary skills must be getting rusty. I actually let this recipe boil over by accident and I'm gonna have fun cleaning it up off the stove top...
Guinness Barbecue Sauce
1 cup Molasses (don't substitute here... use molasses)
1/2 cup Mustard (yellow or whatever you want to use)
1 cup chili sauce
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup Guinness beer (or whatever beer you like if you can't handle Guinness)
Combine all the ingredients in a 2.5 quart saucepan. Mix it up really well to get the molasses disolved as much as possible. SLOWLY (see picture above) bring the mixture to a boil while stirring rather constantly. When it comes to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool. If you aren't planning to use the sauce immediately, put it in a jar and refrigerate... Use this on anything that calls for barbecue sauce and enjoy a Guinness while you are making it...
Mendocino Red Tail Ale
When I first decided that Amber Ales were going to be one of my favorite beers, I went on a search for some favorites. It didn't take me long to find Mendocino Brewing Company's Red Tail Ale. To this day, the Red Tail Ale is still one of my favorites.
From the bottle:
Red Tail Ale, naturally brewed in the traditional style, is a full flavored amber ale. Red Tail Ale has a lasting character created by a blend of Pale and Caramel malted barley and is balanced to a slightly dry finish with whole hops. Red Tail Ale has delighted fine ale drinkers and is legendary for it's crisp, clean flavor.
Mendocino Brewing Company has added a Red Tail Lager to their line-up as well, but I haven't been able to try that one yet. I'm gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for this one because I haven't seen it locally. I'm going to make another run to the World Market sometime during the next few days to pick up another assorted six-pack for sampling and maybe they will have it. I got the Red Tail Ale there but I don't recall seeing the lager or I would have certainly grabbed it...
Duck-Rabbit Amber Ale
The Duck-Rabbit Amber Ale is another sampling from a mixed six-pack that I bought at The World Market a few weeks ago. This beer is one of the more nicely balanced amber ales I have tried recently. It has a wonderful malty aroma that is followed by a nice hop presence on the palate. The color of this brew is very nice... It has a darker ring to it than some in its class... It's on the upper level of hop bitterness that I like in an amber ale, but it's worth a second shot down the road. This beer is brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville, North Carolina.
I'm thinking about ordering the stuff I need to rebuild my homebrewing kit in the next week or so... I'm looking forward to getting back into this again...
Guitar Shorty
Guitar Shorty, born in Houston, Texas in 1939 as David Kearney, began playing guitar at an early age with influences from B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, and Earl Hooker. By 17, he was playing regularly in clubs in the Tampa, Florida area. During the 1960s, he married Jimi Hendrix's stepsister and lived in the Seattle area. His career has been full of ups and downs with one notable down as an appearance on The Gong Show where he won first place as he played "They Call Me Guitar Shorty" while balanced on his head...
This is definitely an act I would love to catch live at some point :)
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