More Beer
April 30th, 2006
As long as I’m posting I might as well mention that the Merlin’s Ale did not much impress me. It’s not that it was bad, it just didn’t have quite the body I wanted from it. This could be attributed to the rainy days we’ve been having in Minneapolis. I wanted something a little heavier, and the ale, while clear and crisp tasting, lacked a body that I wanted it to have. I don’t need an ale to be big an heavy like a stout, but it should have some weight in the mouth. I Merlin felt just a bit thinner than water.
The flip side is St. Peter’s Cream Stout which had a lighter body that I expect from a stout. It actually didn’t have a very creamy texture to me. That being said it tasted great, and on a rainy day (three in a row now, and they say more tomorrow) it was just perfect “rainy Saturday night” beer. St. Peter’s also has some of the coolest bottles I’ve seen.
Kelli and I were watching Hotel Rwanda while I was drinking it, and I needed a bright spot like a good beer to get through. Seriously, the tagline for that movie is: “When the world closed it’s eyes, he opened his arms.” I can’t think of a single movie who’s tagline so completely fails to capture the gravity of the situation. Tagline aside it was an amazing movie, but it’s also one that will play havoc with your Netflix subscription. We had that one out for about two months. You know it’s going to be depressing, so you try to find a time when you feel emotionally ready. Eventually you give up and order the next level of Netflix. You do this so you can have the “movie we know we’re going to watch, but we’re afraid” slot and cycle the other discs.
