It’s simple:
1 cup of coffee
1 part Bailey’s Irish Creme (pour to preferred taste)
Not the natural that is hot chocolate and Bailey’s, but still a tasty alternative if you want a little something-something with the cup ‘o joe.
Each month, we here at Rhino’s Sports Pub will sample a brand-new beer. This month, it was the domestics’ turn in the rotation.
Brewery: Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Variety: Pursuit of Hoppiness Imperial Pale Ale
Style: American Amber/Red Ale
ABV (alcohol by volume): 8.5%
Puchased at: “Adult Disneyland” BevMo!
Beer was enjoyed with … Bison burgers, off the grill … the little ticket thingee at BevMo! suggested that the Pursuit of Hoppiness would pair well with meat off the grill, and that proved to be the case. It was right.
(You know, I’m going to go on record and suggest that basically all beers go well with meat off the grill. I have a hard time differentiating between a regular beer that might not be brewed specifically to be consumed with grilled foods, and one that is. I hope you don’t think less of me because of that aforementioned admission.)
Will we drink this beer again? Absolutely, but this is not a classic “session beer,” you would have to drink this one with food. That 8.5 percent ABV will sneak up on you and you might feel some regret.
What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!) than with an “Imperial” red ale. Like “The Imperial March,” the Pursuit of Hoppiness can pack a punch … 8.5 percent ABV, to be more precise.
There’s something about the Pursuit of Hoppiness that you’ll notice right away, the intricacy of the pour. Be careful when pouring it into your pint glass, otherwise you could wind up getting lots of head. Once you get past that stage in the process, the fine beer appears as a “burnt sienna” (the girl I’m sorta-kinda seeing described it as such … giving her due credit here). The flavor is, well, delicious. I’m going with “carmel-y.” On taste, Pursuit of Hoppiness is very smooth, not bitter. This is definitely a hearty effort out of the Grand Teton Brewing Co., which it should be noted is located at the base of the Teton Mountains in Victor, Idaho.
There are a couple of key points that one should keep in mind when considering consuming this fine brew selection …
That last point is most important, and will earn the Pursuit of Hoppiness an additional pint in the five-pint rating scale we use here at Rhino’s Sports Pub and Bacon Bistro.
Cheers!
Each month, we here at Rhino’s Sports Pub will sample a new beer. This month, it was the importeds turn in the rotation.
Brewery: St. Peter’s Brewery
Variety: Sorgham
Style: German pilsner
ABV (alcohol by volume): 4.2%
Puchased at: “Adult Disneyland” BevMo!
Beer was enjoyed with … The first — and definitely, absolutely, positively not last — attempt at grilled pizza. Between the beer and the homemade, grilled pizza, there were a lot of flavors going on that made the dining experience quite memorable. This will happen again, whether the Sorgham is along for the ride as well is really totally up to us and what sort of beer mood we might be in.
Will we drink this beer again? We definitely will not actively not drink this beer again. How’s that double negative work for you?
Thankfully — and I am forever grateful — I can be blatantly gluten. I actually can’t imagine a world in which my diet would be “gluten free” and what sort of devastating impact that would have on my beer-drinking lifestyle. Let’s just say that would totally suck.
So, it comes with some surprise that this month’s “beer of the month” is a gluten-free beer option. It comes with even more surprise that we couldn’t tell the difference, and that this beer was actually very tasty. The Sorgham is brewed without wheat or barley, which means it would not comply with the strict rules of the Reinheitsgebot, the “German Purity Law” that requires beer only be made of water, barley and hops.
Instead, the beer is made of Sorghum, or Sorghum bicolor, a species of grass used for some stuff, but for specific purposes here, beer. Sorghum helps St. Peter’s Brewery — which opened in 1996 in St. Peter’s Hall, South Elmham near Bungay in Suffolk, England (that’s almost as confusing as Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, almost) — to create a smooth German-style pilsner with a distinct flavor that totally mellows out after consumption and leaves you craving more. That’s a good thing. That being said, we still don’t figure it to rank among the top pilsner beers — Bitburger, Warsteiner, Weihenstephaner, St. Pauli Girl, Radeberger, Spaten (you get the idea, we really like our German pilsners). That being said, we applaud the effort to make a quality German-style pilsner that is also gluten-free. Bravo.
A word of advanced warning, however: Be careful on the pour, if not, a heaping helping of head will fill the glass as the Sorgham comes from its flask-style bottle. Once poured correctly, it gives off an aroma sorta-kinda reminiscent of Tequila. Thankfully, the beer doesn’t taste like Tequila. That would just be weird.
Cheers!
1. Blue
2. Red
3. Orange
4. Yellow
5. Purple
1. Bacon
2. Dill pickle chips
3. Red onions
4. Lettuce
5. Pepperoncinis
1. Beer
2. Hot wings
3. Bratwurst
4. Pizza
5. Chicken waffle sliders
1. Brats
2. Steak
3. Burgers
4. Chicken breasts
5. Hot dogs
Pub: South
Location: Santa Monica
Match: Ghana 0-1 Germany
Crowd: There were still some patrons left over from the epic USA win over Algeria, which ended a couple hours before Germany-Ghana kicked off. I admired their enthusiasm to continue to relish the great victory at such an early time … on a Wednesday. Great spirit shown by all. The icing on the proverbial cake was Germany’s victory over Ghana, which clinched the top spot in Group D for Die Mannschaft.
Pub: South
Location: Santa Monica
Match: England 1-1 USA
Crowd: It was the most anticipated match in USA soccer history, and the bar owners and crowd on hand responded tremendously. Despite not being known as a “soccer bar,” South wound up being jam packed with red, white and blue-clad fanatics. With the patrons singing “The Star Spangled Banner” and chanting “USA! USA! USA!”, it turned out to be an extremely memorable afternoon of watching football.
We arrived more than two hours before game time to find that there was a table reserved for us.
The breakfast of champions.
So ready for game time!
A good crowd begins to gather in the moments before the start of the match.
South is packed as the USA takes on England in their much-anticipated World Cup encounter.
A recent trip to N.Y.&C. Pizzeria in Santa Monica made me realize that I made a glaring oversight in the original Pie power rankings. Here are the adjusted power rankings …
1. Pizza
2. French silk pie
3. Pecan pie
4. Cherry pie
5. Apple pie
Happenings
