Week 14 in the Year of Drinking Adventurously! Shochu. …And its a fail!
If y’all (I swear I’m catching this accent from my Southern friends) remember, I got pretty sick last week. From Wednesday through the weekend, I was out of commission with the flu. I canceled all my appointments, I barely did any writing – thank goodness I had some stuff prepared ahead of time for the A to Z challenge. And needless to say, I didn’t get out of the house to buy “booze of the week” Shochu. If I’d just bought the stuff the week before when I got the saké… Like I said, poor planning. I’m going to have to send you to Lula for her take on the “yellow liquor” –another Japanese offering this week.
So since I can’t report on shochu, I thought we could talk about Godzilla… Just kidding! I’m going to update you on the home brewing operation at Radioactive Monsters Brewing Company —aka my kitchen. But that’s what we’re going to call it now that the first two brews: The Belgian Blonde and the English Ale are kicked.
First up: King Kong Kolsche. A Kolsche is a classic style of ale that originated in Cologne, Germany. It has a clean, pure malt flavor with mild bitterness, subtle fruit notes and a crisp finish. It isn’t a high ABV (alcohol by volume) brew so it’s perfect for summer drinking by the pool. This is what we would refer to as a “session” beer!
Next: The long anticipated —wait for it— RODAN RED! (Here’s your beer, Rob!) The Rodan Red is an Irish Ale. Look at the beautiful color:
Oh, it turned out so nice… Full of flavor, slightly bitter finish… Put both of these brews in the win column. And speaking of win, how about those Villanova Wildcats?!? More about them in another post!
So sorry about the shochu fail, guys! Next week, I promise to do better!
You know I don’t know much about beer, but that Rodan Red is pretty!
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Oh it really turned out great. Yeah the color is perfect!
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Yay Villanova. I missed the end cause baseball was on, but unbelievable!
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Right down to the last second! So exciting! My nerves! 😀
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The flu’s just hit me… apparently you can catch it through blogging now too!
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Oh no! I’m so sorry, Al! It was a rough couple of days. Get plenty of rest and lots of fluids. Hope you feel better soon!
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Thanks Meg… maybe I need to disinfect my keyboard!
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Can’t hurt! I felt like bleaching my whole house afterwards!
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What Diane said…. The red one looks pretty. (But as you probably remember, I won’t drink it…lol)
My son is sick now, too, so I’m hoping I’m not next, but it’s not like I stop hugging and kissing the kid! 🙂
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This is a nasty bug, I hope he gets over it quickly! And that you don’t catch it! xo
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Me too!
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Those look amazing!
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Thank you! We’re really pleased with how they turned out!
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When we get good at Honey, I want to make Mead. I think that would be an awesome experiment.
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Yes! I love mead – historically its the oldest alcoholic beverage! (I think.) If you do it, I want to hear about it!
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I would love some red! And please don’t spill it! 😀
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You got it! Isn’t it pretty? 😀
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Congrats on the yummy beers and Villanova!
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AND I forgot to mention, my bracket ended up in the 100th percentile! Its the best I’ve ever done in bracketology!
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Wahoo! Rock on!!
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Yeah, Baby!
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That Rodan Red does look good. Ok, for the final time ever…Go Cats. 😃
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Thank you my friend for being such a good sport! 😀
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Haha! No worries. It was a fun one to watch. Glad y’all got it done. I saw Rollie there too. Not sure why, but I thought he was gone. Great to see him. 😃
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Yes! So cool! 🙂
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Not familiar with Shochu. And I mean I never even heard of this. Hoping your feeling better this week. As for the flexibility stretching can help as well.
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I never heard of it either! Our author seems very enthusiastic about it, though. I will have to try it one of these days.
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Let us know when you do taste it.
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I will!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Talk about a nail-biter!! Looking forward to your post about it…hope you won one of your brackets too!! Have a winning day!! 🙂
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Thanks, Deb! I know, what a finish! So excited!
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Glad to know you’re back in good health now. 🙂
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