Mmmmmmm.... beer...
OK. Did you do it? You're a horrible bastard if you didn't, you know. Beer, good beer more so, has done so much for us, you and me personally, that it deserves a moment of appreciation. So, if you skipped it, take that moment now.
In the last few weeks, I have dunked my head in the finest of the world's beer rivers (pictured below).
The Fifty-Fifty Eclipse Imperial Stout, was,without a doubt, one of the finest beers ever aged in a whisky barrel and bottled for my personal joy. I won't say much about it, except that it redefined what a goddam great beer is. (Not available in Texas).
The Fifty-Fifty was so good, in fact, that I was tempted to try something... different for this week's beer blog. A cider.
I was conflicted at first: is it really a beer, does it have a place in this blog, am I being wild and brash, what are these feelings I'm feeling, do I dare do all that may become a man? After a period of reflection and meditation, I decided to go ahead and try the cider. What is the worst that can happen?
Texas Keeper Cider Weizen, cider made with fancy beer yeasts. It is a dry cider, with an interesting idea behind it. It is also horse-piss swill, and I don't even think that horse was a diabetic. Sure I choked it down, but only to decide how much I hated it. I hated it very many and super much.
I have enjoyed many ciders. Most of them were acceptable, some were even good, but there are always a few bad apples.
"I'm funny as hell and deserve this award for Best Pun Of The Century."
~J. "Bad Apples" Dodson
9-2015
Pun Awards Dinner acceptance speech
This cider sucks, but mainly because it is a very dry cider. I accept that some weirdos like dry ciders. That's fine. As long as they don't try to force their beliefs on me (I'm looking at you, IPA people). If that's your bag, then by all means, chug away. For me, I will continue to look for a decent and respectable beverage, something more in line with my system of beliefs. I'm a decent person. That's how I roll.
I hope that, if you take something away from this blog, you make an effort to drink good beverages instead of bad ones, and where bad ones enter your life, you have the good sense to recognize and shun them. In that spirit, I invite you to join with me in a pledge:
"I, (state your name), pledge to drink mostly exclusively good booze, and will cast my vote
for the Author of this blog to win the Best Pun Of The Century Award, just as soon as I can."
Thank you
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