(Well, it looks like our file-upload tool is in a mischievous mood tonight, so that ambitious 26-song mp3 post I was planning for today will have to be delayed. Great. My post is due in 7 hours and I've gotta start from scratch. What can I fall back on?)
Oh yeah -- beer. OK, this one goes out to Adler.
In the movies, nobody ever says "gimme a Michelob", or "a Corona", or even "a Saison Dupont". No, it's always just "a beer". (Or, in rare cases, "a Heineken".) Last night, I said "gimme a Saison Dupont", and I felt like an asshole. Could I have asked for that in a more colloquial way? Probably. Here are a few snooty brews that have already made the trip through my beerbelfish.
Kasteel - "Gimme a Whimsey Beer"
This 11% ABV whopper is whimsey beer, so named for the emails it inspires me to write, and the insipid little dances it inspires me to dance around the kitchen. Mike Lupica and Liz Berg will testify to the emails; no one but my dog is party to the dance.
Foret - "Gimme a Devendra Beer" (or "Espers Beer")
This one gets its "gimme a" name from its label, as you'll plainly see. This is the beer label of the new weird americana, and it happens to be what I'm drinking as I write this. Mmmm mmmm - bartender, gimme an acoustic guitar!
Kwak - "Quack"
This one presents the opposite problem. The sort of establishment that would carry this super-sweet Belgian brew isn't likely to hire a bartender who plays well with patrons who quack at him/her. Nice beer though! Reeeeeally brown, if a little puckery. But what's with the hourglass-at-the-gallows contraption it comes in?
BUD - Now that the Belgians own it, I expect you all to order your next Budweiser by demanding "gimme a liquid corn vomit". Oh, and hey - happy Halloween.
Cool, I like it
Posted by: kevinseo | October 31, 2008 at 02:00 AM
that saison dupont is indeed some tasty shit!
Posted by: k. | October 31, 2008 at 02:28 AM
The reason the kwak glass is shaped like that is b/c it is an homage to the stirrup cup, basically the cup holder for carriage drivers back in the day. Supposedly, any way.
Posted by: quinn | October 31, 2008 at 01:18 PM
I have had the Kwak. The taste is good. Kwak is fun, but in crowded places it's a pain to carry it around in crowds.
More beers need to be served in crazy contraptions, but this is way more classy than the beer helmet.
Posted by: Magda | October 31, 2008 at 01:21 PM
What say thee of 4:20 distractions?
Posted by: Wm. | October 31, 2008 at 02:55 PM
Where's the love for Vuuve (the Belgian beer which most sounds like a female sexual organ?). Its like a more fermented less healthy Kombucha without that entire "drinking this will help you live forever because the hippies have ordained it so" thing.
Plus it sounds so cool to order a "Vuuve" at the bar.
Posted by: Mike G. | October 31, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Trust me, we St. Louisans did everything we could to block the AB/In Bev merger. When the deal went through, everyone I know chose to boycott Bud and drink Schlafly instead.
Posted by: Mike | November 01, 2008 at 10:52 AM
finally, my favorite topic.
everyone should try Tripel Karmeliet! Same brewery as Kwak, but much better. I have convinced many people to become Karmeliet addicts. Once you tried it, you're hooked. it is also served in a fancy glass.
+ saison voisin. the sweeter brother of dupont. really tasty!
Posted by: uit belgiƫ | November 06, 2008 at 09:31 AM