Favorite Brew

[AKScott]

Depends on the weather. In the heat of summer I like light malt bills and plenty of hops, Sierra Nevada Pale made a recent appearance here, though I tend to avoid the lip peeling IPAs unless I am having beastly hot Indian food. Among brown liquors Dalwhinnie is quite nice though I gravitate to rums in the summer time heat. 10 Cane is a favorite of mine.

In the depth of winter I want all the darker malts that can fit in the bottle, Harviestoun's old engine oil, /80 Scotch ales, malty-peaty-smoky scotches, bourbon, that sort of thing. Also, a winter time standard for me is "Fox's blood", recipe courtesy Jock Scott, 1 part cognac, 2 parts port, just the thing when it si so cold my finger joints lock up. Fox's blood will get them working again.

Beware "skull splitter", equal parts cognac and port. Excellent in cold weather, but if it is cold enough to require skull splitter it might be cold enough to sell the house. Name well earned and deservedly so.

I much prefer the Canadian version of Guinness to the USA version, absolutely worth a try; if you think Guiness is bad in the USA, try it in Canada where the clientele is a bit more discerning.

Thankfully my wintertime lows regularly reach -50df and our summer time highs often reach +90dF, so I get the whole spectrum in the course of the year without ever having to buy more than a sixer of Corona. It has to be damn hot for me to sink to Corona.

I generally prefer Sam Adams Boston Ale to the Boston Lager. If I could only have one mass produced beer year round SA Boston Ale would probably be the one. Year round one beer would definitely be a basic Pale Ale that goes good with most foods, I could probably name a 25 way tie for second place behind SA Boston Ale, but if the mercury moves... oh wait.