June 10, 2009
I can taste colors
Posted by pete at June 10, 2009 11:11 PMI watch Deadliest Catch. It isn't out of some unfulfilled desire to test the limits of my endurance out there on the edge of the envelope, or whatever, but because I kind of enjoy watching a bunch of alcoholic psychos chasing marine cockroaches across the Arctic Circle. And because I think chain-smoking, blood clot suffering Capt. Phil is going to drop dead in his seat and that'll make for great TV.
But...because it is such a manly exercise, I tend to have a beer or two while viewing. The local Spec's has gotten some nifty stock over the last few weeks, and being an IPA fan I was especially interested in this:
20% ABV (by conparison, Stone Ruination is 7.70%). Nice alternation between hops and sweetness, and distinctly hallucinatory. I may have had an actual conversation with a mirage that looked like Frank Reynolds, the ABC News anchorman.
I think I'm going to have a "freak out" beer tasting with this, Russian River's Damnation Ale, and La Fin Du Monde. Then we'll all take naps and log our dreams.
Deadliest Catch is the fave of the bus stop moms in my neighborhood. Hmm?
I watch Deadliest Catch on occasion myself. It reminds me of my days in the Bearing Straights, chipping ice off of radars knowing that if we went in we had less than 5 minutes to live. Yet, somehow, we were comforted by the knowledge that at least in the summer we would have a chance to go to the Persian Gulf where it was safe?…But I wax nostalgic.
Beer good. Strong beer better. I personally celebrate the entire Dogfish line. Thanks for this reminder on the morn of the Stanley Cup game 7.
I think JUST the Damnation will be enough to set you off….why toy with a perfect brew that creates incredibly vivid, yet pointless dreams that last all night??
Graham calls it “rednecks on boats.” The Hilstrands fascinate us.