blech!

Last night I had the unfortunate experience of tasting my first beer after almost of year of teetotaling. I don't know what to say other than to state the fact that I feel like yuck right now. I've apparently become a "cheap date." After about half a beer I could feel the alcohol dancing about my body, avoiding my liver at all costs. After finishing the entire bottle I reckoned that half a bottle more and I would have been sitting with my heads between my knees. Back in college I could consume something like four beers/hour and still be able to fend off would-be date solicitors. I guess in my old age I won't be doing that anymore.

So, more about the beer. Horniblow's Tavern is a offering of Big Boss (the former Edenton Brewing Company). I don't know what availability will be like for people who live out-of-state. As I'm actually from Edenton (and the place ain't that big), I figured I'd taste it just in case I ever needed to speak intelligently on it.

Horniblow's tavern is a pale English-style beer (amber-colored and bitter). It had been so long since I had a beer that I couldn't figure out if I'd lost my taste for the stuff or if it simply really was that bitter. The more I think about it, I'm sure it was the beer. Horniblow's tavern certainly isn't a beer for dilettantes - it wasn't smooth going down like my old Shiner standby. I started out sipping it like a potent red wine and eventually was able to take swigs.

It was, however, pretty tasty when accompanied with a DiGiorno's garlic bread pizza. I think the tomato sauce cut the bitterness a bit.

I'll give it a week and try it again. There are an additional three varieties of Big Boss beer in the fridge I haven't tasted yet. I hope that at least one of them will be good as a dinner beer.