Why?

I'm not always sure that my brain is wired correctly. I have a strange gift (some call it a curse) of being able to connect seemingly random items together. My free word association and stream of consciousness often connects phrases with words, words with old school hip hop lyrics and lyrics with bad movies. At times I wonder if I have trouble making new memories - most of my cultural references are stuck in the 80s and 90s and are often connected to old school hip hop. This is my curse. The Curse of the Gers. Adding to the curse - a gift from my wife on the 1,001 beers to try before you die. I doubt she expected me to try them all. That is now an addition to my quest. So, add some alcohol to my random pop-culture linkages.

Saturday, January 24, 2015

I hate being right

I should have trusted my gut.  This fricking sour beers are not good. There's really nothing else too it - they just aren't good at all.  I'm a couple days behind in writing about the first two - mainly because there isn't much at all to say.  They were just bad.

Only one was sour, but two were bad.  This is coming from the snowy home while watching a movie.  Nothing too exciting, such is the life.

Rodenbach (Rating = 1.0)
Where to start?  Just plain bad, I couldn't do it.  Just too sour, too much crap.  The book claims it is capable of sharpening one's palate.  I guess mine is too weak.  This just sucked.  Don't try it - trust me on this one.

Stone Smoked Porter (Rating = 0.5)
I had really high hopes for this one.  Especially coming off that mess of a sour beer.  I like the dark beers and have heard great things about Stone's beers.  It was smoky, bitter and I couldn't get much else.  I couldn't push it down.  Normally I can make it happen, but no can-do-ski baby doll.

Geary's Pale Ale (Rating = 3.0)
So, at least this one is drinkable.  I've had it a few times before and liked it.  I'm still not a huge fan of the IPAs (as I've mentioned a few times).  Categorized as a blond ale seems a bit weird to me - this doesn't taste like a blond to me.  But, it is passable and drinkable.  It's good for me.

Update from the move land - watching "This is where you leave me" with Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, etc.  So far, not too bad.  Hope it gets funnier though.

That's it for now.

Beers Down: 79
Beers to go: 922

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