She’s old enough to understand you must throw daddy a bone every once in a while. So it was that as one half of the four-headed beast I call my nuclear family headed off to “look for shoes” – what, there are no shoes where we live? – I convinced my fourteen-year-old daughter to indulge my taste for good beer. But as I surveyed our plans for the week, I didn’t see any way I could easily sneak in a visit to one of their locations without totally blowing off my wife and kids.įortunately, being flexible and creative can lead to unexpected discoveries. A pair of my favorite craft brewers, Oedipus and Lowlander, are based there. Two weeks later we arrived in Amsterdam and it was more of the same. Last time out I documented a family vacation in Berlin and my uphill battle to get a taste of that city’s beer scene. Morebeer Brewing’s Dutch Eagle Pale Ale to be exact.Īnd while we soar high on eagles wings, we’ll also be skimming the deep waters of Chris Rea’s 137-song, 11-CD opus Blue Guitars – an underappreciated 2005 project which can take years to listen to in its entirety. Well at today’s Listening Party, the Dutch Eagle flies. If you’re a blues fan (I certainly hope so) you’ll be familiar with T-Bone Walker’s oft-covered classic “Call It Stormy Monday” and an expression it helped make famous: “The eagle flies on Friday.” Cozying up to the stylish 250 ml can is today’s musical selection, The Genius Sings The Blues, a timeless Ray Charles classic.įeaturing… ♫ Chris Rea, Blue Guitars 🍺 Morebeer Brewing Dutch Eagle Allow me to introduce you to Blueberry, a barrel-aged blend of sour triple and blonde ales and locally grown blueberries from Oregon’s Cascade Brewing. An exotic variety I had never seen let alone tasted before. I crossed a self-imposed line and invested seven euros in a single can of beer. That’s where I start to ask myself: Can beer be that good? Is craft beer really five, ten or twenty times as enjoyable as the cheap stuff? A craft beer from a specialty shop, on the other hand, can start at about two euros and cost as much as six, seven or eight euros (around eight dollars) for a single can or bottle. At the local supermarket, you can still buy a six-pack of Kölsch or Pils for around five euros. That means I’m also willing to pay a little more. Instead, I now appreciate craftsmanship and premium ingredients and savor each glass of beer or even each sip as a small-scale celebration. I’ve even gone off the local brew Kölsch somewhat, an easy drinking beer eminently suitable for consumption in large quantities. Big drinking parties like Oktoberfest, which is all about guzzling it down by the liter, are a total turn-off. It has shifted dramatically toward quality over quantity. Getting deeper into craft beer these past few years has undoubtedly changed my attitude about beer. How much are you willing to pay for a can of beer?
#Listening party crack#
I’ll crack it open a little later in the day and then we’ll see where life takes us, OK?įeaturing… ♫ Ray Charles, The Genius Sings The Blues 🍺 Cascade Brewing Blueberry Been waiting down there patiently for this boy to get himself straightened out. can (or is it cans?) of Let’s Bee Homies Hazy IPA. So, in a few minutes, after a cup of coffee and two slices of cinnamon toast, I’ll go down to the cellar where I keep my stock and bring up that 16 oz. Why should I let writer’s block deny me the pleasure of a good beer? In fact, might not a few drops of “heaven water” (thanks, Angelique) help me get past it? This morning I woke up and a new thought took shape. There was no Listening Party last week and I was figuring on skipping out this week as well due to a lack of focus. A tangle of thoughts and emotions has been messing with my head so badly that I didn’t know where to go with this. I’ve had writer’s block since the last Listening Party. Robert Johnson, “Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)” You ain’t never had ’em, I hope you never will. Featuring… ♫ Various artists 🍺 Let’s Bee Homies Hazy IPA
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