Long hot day and it’s going to be a warm evening so what better than a cool drink? There’s a litre of Heineken in the fridge already so lager is on the menu tonight. Where better to pick up a few bottles than the Wineyard and Deli? As usual I end up walking out with far more than I intended. My original idea for a bottle or two of lager turned into 7 mixed lagers and a bottle of tequila.
So it’s tequila tasting night. Can I make a brew as good as my joint-favourite lager, Desperados? (The other joint-favourite is Zeitgeist or Guinness Black Lager, same stuff). I will be updating this blog as the evening progresses with photos to accompany the notes.
First off the mark is Tequila on it’s own. What can I say? If you can’t imagine what being stranded in a desert and sucking the juice out of a cactus to survive tastes like, buy a bottle of Tequila and pour yourself a glass. The heat poured into my stomach and I turned to make sure I had some paracetemol.
Turning towards the fridge to cool down, the Heineken is well chilled after 24 hours. Tequila and Heineken, there still remains the image and taste of a cactus but yet again the lime changes everything. The cactus has gone and the lager comes back to the taste buds but with an over-sized alcoholic content. One pint, a shot of tequila, lime and a light head. Make the most of this particular update, it’s probably the last sensible update tonight.
Heading back to the fridge I remember the home made bread that was waiting for me when I awoke this morning. A thick crusty slice and let’s see if it soaks up some of the alcohol …. No, still light headed. Ahh well, let’s go for it. First decision of the evening has to be if you wouldn’t normally think of tasting cactus, don’t try tequila on it’s own.
And so to the La Trappe Trappist, with tequila and lime of course. Hmmm, different. On it’s own not the taste I was expecting, with tequila and lime … can’t wait for the next drink to try because this is disgusting. Luckily Mr Bean is enough of a distraction to allow me to drink it, slowly, without realising how bad it is. Laugh, drink, WTF!, laugh.
Actually, this tasting thing isn’t going to last, not after Trappist, tequila and lime. If I find a mix suitable to talk about later and manage to see QWERTY instead of DRUNKY then I’ll update this blog but right now, I’m looking forward to curling up on the sofa.
Another 30 minutes and still looking at the Trappist wondering why I added tequila to it. Down the sink and onto the next but this time I’ll taste before adding tequila to make sure there’s a chance it won’t make me ill. Not even the HX5 with image stabiliser will help focus on the bottles so no piccies for a while.
La Trappe Blond? Well, it’s drinkable but I won’t be buying any more from the Von Trappe family again.
Moving on, Brew Dog 77 Lager and lime. That’s more like it, not bad on it’s own but the lime just gives it the edge. At university many many years ago we’d laugh at the girls with their lager and lime but putting aside the thick cordial, I have definitely decided lime improves any lager. That brings back a memory, out with the girls on a Guinness promotion night. As a student uni rep, we had free Guinness while everyone else paid about 10p/pint but the girls stuck to their lager & lime. After a few hours, whenever someone shouted “coming through”, a gap would open between bar and loos as one of the guys headed home to throw up before coming back for more. That and the five legged pub crawl, time to go for a wander back around UMIST and see if the old bars are still there. Not now of course, the 77 is making up for the stupid mistake of thinking La Trappe brewed lager, that’s the last time I assume beer on the right, lager on the left.
I think I’ve finally found something positive to say about Tequila. Drink enough of it and even Britain’s Got Talent looks good. So we move from 77 to Warsteiner, with lime of course. Why did I choose Warsteiner? Not a clue! A stock lager, standard taste, lime to the rescue.
And so we come to the end of the evening. Only a few bottles left and the Tequila safely locked away, ready to bring out at the birthday bash and watch everyone elses reactio. Time for a Corona and lime, can’t think of anything better apart from a Desperados.
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