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Happy Hour: Bombshell Blonde

Posted on June 28, 2024 | Leave a comment
I super dig this can.

I super dig this can.

I do love a good dive bar after work on Friday. The Tattooed Moose is 2 blocks from my office, has a sandwich called “the Thanksgiving Leftover” and proffers several dozen beers.

The Bombshell Blonde is a Southern Star American Blond Ale and runs you about $3.50 a can. It’s rich and creamy, and has this great bread-y taste. It’s a little maltier than your average ABA, but it went well with the duck club sandwich I had. I won’t say it’s the best blond ale I’ve ever had, but it was well above average and affordable. I recommend.

What are you drinking to welcome the weekend?

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Lazy Sunday, 2 June 2013

Posted on June 2, 2024 | Leave a comment

Welcome back to Lazy Sunday! Do some reading and don’t feel obligated to shower or get fully dressed today.

  • On small talk, something I’m terrible at.
  • Yelp, the wisdom of the crowd, and monoculture.
  • Keeping your house totally clean in 20 minutes a day. I know, I know, 20 minutes is basically forever, but imagine NOT spending an two hours doing this every weekend.
  • French pressing your beer to make it even tastier? Sounds great/dangerous/great.
  • You admire a character more for trying than for their successes.
  • I desperately wonder what movies they were watching here. Probably not the Hangover 2, but maybe not, like, Breathless, either.
  • If you’re sure that feminism’s work is done, take a look at all these examples of spaces still comprised 100% of men and get back to me.
  • An oldie but a goodie regarding the Secret World of Alex Mack (aka “the government). Was I the only one who did NOT know about Oak Ridge, Tennessee?
  • I consider picky eating to be reflective of terrible parenting and even worse breeding (yeah, I’m the kind of person who says things like ‘ill-bred’, wanna fight?), but maybe there’s more to it than that. Probably not, though. What does science know? Amirite, climate change deniers?
  • Here is how to coldbrew. Stop wasting $5 every morning on ice coffee.

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Happy Hour: Rocket Girl Golden Lager

Posted on May 31, 2024 | Leave a comment

I think I may have mentioned this when I did my Asheville guide a few months ago, but a lady can drink some pretty incredible beers in the Paris of the South.

And, lo, this is not one of them.

And, lo, this is not one of them.

This week’s happy hour brew comes from the high-on-quality-low-on-charm Asheville Brewing Company. The Rocket Girl Golden Lager, which you apparently cannot buy anywhere online, is exactly what it sounds like: a light lager.

I’m not going to sing the RGGL’s praises; it’s just okay. Maybe a 6 on a scale of 10. It’s really, really light, not at all hoppy, and has pretty low carbonation. Since it’s low ABV (3.2), it goes down very, very easy. It’s not hard to imagine drinking a lot of these over the course of a bonfire/party/NASCAR race/bar mitzvah.

So where does this beer fit into your life? Well, maybe you’ve got family coming who really really really won’t drink anything other than, like, Miller High Life, or maybe you’ve just mowed the lawn (I’ve never done that, but I can imagine)? This is a great, microbrew alternative to a PBR, a Falls City, or a Natural Lite.

Have you had this one? What’s your light beer of choice?

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The Freakin’ Weekend

Posted on April 12, 2025 | 4 comments
Kentucky, mid-spring.

Kentucky, mid-spring.

What are you up to this weekend? I’m going on a 12 mile walk out thataway, catching up on Chronderlust business, and spending all day Sunday at Holy Grale on the porch. And you, my friend?

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Happy Hour: 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat

Posted on March 29, 2025 | Leave a comment

Sorry if half-eaten food is kind of gross to you, but you need to see this.

It's not THAT gross. You eat food, too.

It’s not THAT gross. You eat food, too.

Picked up the 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon Wheat beer on a visit to Mission Chinese this weekend and I am here to tell you this is the feel-good hit of the summer. I am growing pretty weary of this endless-winter-snow-flurries-seeing-your-breath-at-noon nonsense, so I decided to ignore the weather and get a fruity summer beer. This definitely worked (it’s warm now), sort of like pretending to ignore boys so they’ll notice you was a very effective strategy in middle school.

Crisp, dry, and very light on the melon- this drinks like a dream and has a pretty low ABV (4.9%), so you can have more than one. I personally loathe getting a fruit beer that tastes more like Hawaiian Punch (and no disrespect to HP, but there’s a time and a place for everything), so I was pretty delighted to try this.

Also, it kept my mouth from igniting during lunch, so that was also a plus.

I looked around on the internet for where you can pick it up, but came up short, so I guess for now you can buy it on eBay by the can. Do you know where to get this? Are you into it? Into fruit beer generally? Tell me.

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Happy Hour: Founder’s Red Rye Pale Ale

Posted on March 15, 2025 | 2 comments

I just have to get to tomorrow and then I’m on vacation. That’s what I told myself when I sat down to lunch today and ordered a gouda/havarti/pepperjack grilled cheese and this little wonder:

70 IBUs of salvation.

70 IBUs of salvation.

Are you into Founders? Because you should be. I’ve only ever had their pale ales, and I don’t really need to know anything else about their ish.
The Red Rye Pale Ale is everything an IPA lover should theoretically love- really bitter, citrusy hops, a little bit of caramel, and a good, creamy mouthfeel (oh, gross. Sorry I said that.). I can’t really explain this, but it felt almost healthy to drink it; maybe it’s the herbal quality the hops have? Either way, I’m going to chalk it up to health food.
And it goes great with grilled cheese sandwiches, so it’s a perfect match for today. I feel better already.

So are you into Founders? IPAs? Are you pissed because you thought this was going to be another post about wine and you really don’t “do beer”? (If the answer to that last one is “yes”, next week is going to be hard on you.)

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Fantasy Life Update: Homebrew

Posted on March 14, 2025 | 2 comments

In my increasing effort not to eat anything I didn’t make myself, I’ve branched in to homebrewing. A couple weeks back, I started a double IPA and it is finally ready. This takes forever and is completely worth it in every way.

Brew Awful Double IPA.

Brew Awful Double IPA.

We bought all our supplies at My Old Kentucky Homebrew, and y’all, they couldn’t be nicer. Your start-up costs on homebrew supplies are going to set you back about the cost of a keg of Bud Light, but once you’re rolling, you have great, handcrafted beer for about 70 cents a bottle. Since I am fancy, we asked Portland-based designer Autumn Hutchins to make our labels for us, and I couldn’t be happier with her fast, prompt work. In the weeks to come, I’ll post some stuff on how to DIY some beer. Invite some friends over, promise to give them half your yield, and get started. I don’t know what I was waiting for.

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