A one night stand with a visitor, then back to spinning the bottle
While taking time off from work, but never from beer, I happened across a bottle of Dark Island Reserve.
This is an ale from Norman Sinclair of The Orkney Brewery in the Northwest Isles of Scotland. This beer is finished in oak casks that have been used to age Scotch.
Dark, full- bodied and packing a 10 percent alcohol wallop, this beer was a rare beauty. I spent the better part of a night enjoying its smooth, malty company.
I loved it, but alas it is in town only for few days. The shop were I found it, The Wine Source in Hampden, said Friday that its 30-bottle supply, of $30, 750 ml bottles, had all but vanished. So it goes in the beer hunt.
Anyone else ever enjoy the company of Dark Island Reserve? It tasted somewhat of Scotch. Do we think that it is a bad thing, when our beer tastes a little like booze?
Meanwhile, trying to soften the harsh reality of the Ravens' sorry football season ...
I picked up a bottle of Snow Goose and gave it a spin.
This was an empty bottle. My sons, 27 and 22, are home for Christmas break and man, is it hard to keep full bottles of beer in the house.
One of the boys' holidays favorites is Snow Goose, a Maryland brewed, winter ale with chocolate and coffee flavors.
As is my custom I gave the bottle a spin on my "roulette" wheel to predict the outcome of this week's Ravens game. Two out of three times, the Goose pointed to the Ravens' opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers, as this week's winner. So it goes in the world of football fans.
Comments
personally i donot enjoy "strong" beer.i have a limit of just over 7% alcohol content for me to enjoy beer.otherwise it tends to fall into the whiskey catergory(at least taste wise)and oh my those are days i do not wish to revisit........i would say hop devil victory beer is about as strong as i would go......
Posted by: malco49 | December 28, 2007 8:59 PM
Can we get a final tally of how accurate you spinning was?
Posted by: TS | January 2, 2008 2:46 PM