When things go wrong
and will not come right,
though you do the best you can,
when life looks black as the hour of night -
a pint of plain is your only man...
though you do the best you can,
when life looks black as the hour of night -
a pint of plain is your only man...
Flann O’Brien
Hey Gang! Grab a pint and settle into The Art of Caesura.
Hope you all had loads of pancakes on Tuesday with tons of good ol' Canadian Maple Syrup!
As I mentioned at the end of last week’s post, this week is
going to be a little bit different. Up until now I have been focusing this
budding blog on one of my interests:
miniatures, and specifically those from The World of Smog: On Her Majesty’s Service because these are crazy characterful minis that haven’t seen a whole
ton of internet attention. In future posts I’m looking forward to talking about
the latest miniature game that I’m getting into (and given my interests in
Victorian steampunk horror, ten guesses what that game will be!) But today I
want to give you a taste of one of my other interests: Beer!
Now, I could wax lyrical about beer forever, so I’ll just mention
some of my favourites from the West Coasts of Canada and Ireland and next week I'll tell you about my own current home-brewing adventures!
I’m from an island off the West Coast of Canada that is
blessed with a micro-brewery on every corner. Of the plethora of great brews to
choose from, my faves are: Phillips Brewery (specifically their Blue Buck (an
all-rounder Ale), their Phoenix lager (high praise coming from a dark beer
kind of guy) and their Long Boat Chocolate Porter (especially when it was just
a winter special in bombers – because I’m a hipster, and exclusive = better). I
also like Hoyne’s Dark Matter, and Swans’ Raspberry Wheat beer. I would love to
go on for days about all my favourite West Coast beers but maybe we’ll cap it
for another time…
When it comes to Ireland: the 8 years that I've been here have been a really exciting time for craft beer; the number of breweries in Ireland have tripled in the past 4 years alone! I have literally seen the rise of
craft beer here from the barely drinkable Galway Hooker to the “little too
drinkable” Crean’s Lager. I love Galway Bay Brewery, especially their Buried at Sea and Stormy Port and also their double IPA Of Foam and Fury which recently won the Beoir Beer of the Year award for 2015! But have recently been getting into some tasty brews
from my current neighbourhood. Killarney has a new brewery called Torc which
only brews two beers, but their Amber Ale is gorgeous – and the bottles are minimalist and sexy too!
What are your favourite beers from your neck of the world?
Let us know in the comments section below.
See you next week for another draught of The Art of Caesura.
Listening: Just a Dream (Cover) – Coco and the Butterfields
Drinking: Sabotage IPA – Trouble Brewing, Kildare, Ireland.
Next Week:
We’ll stick to the beer theme, and I’ll regale you with my
recent brewing adventures.
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