Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Namaste: Dog Fish Head Brew






The paranoia of odor.  We talk of substitution our hands bellow through silt and cuts obscure trenches. drags. Flesh overlaps context. As specter in an empire empty ideas begin to vanish. Blind in salt a word moves through lacerations minuscule. It is sight withdrawn taken in archaeology that we become gatherers. lemon cut to remember. thyme to  
take me home, to the drink before I become dangerous. Or wind, cups of wampum to pour little broken things in spirals. 
not falling into ocean=how do not yet seen it

Bill Buckner was a tap tap tap tap tap of the Macintosh Mine. fisher cats round the window. cast spells, lift tongues under thighbones for time & chance. plastic trinkets, cupped forearms, wet, land so numerous in the needle eye & the horses mouth never seen; its flank a husk of fantasy. I watch cannibals paint classification from the river. No city. No day. I was still not a wedding vow in marrow songs eager the starling turns talon through apron hung cradles of split tombstone memes serenade. some songs are about as eager to be born, and go
rumspringa jester pierces its tailbone
deviant, but never 
never


Melts. Need a pairing knife. one who cannot touch must rhyme. muscle cut from descendants hinge {digest} consume. The myth consumes raw color. As a child consumed. drowned[           ] our magicians beer became purple without ceremony content as bivalves. 

a true brew
        Namaste

Sunday, June 15, 2014

OLD FOGHORN Barleywine Style Ale ANCHOR BREWING

bass electric hangs in corner
all wires live and working all the pots and plugs original
at bat daughter Masters homeruns in SLP
rounds the bases and heads for new dugouts
bass player bops a new beat
reading teaching new songs, well known songs
to those a'walking near the path a step or two
off the path or beside the path
rattles and noises keep noising
blank cds dvds
black wires wrap and hold all things
together
              electronically
                                       visceral
                                                      base


Old Foghorn feels warm and smooth and sweet in
front lips candied malt sweetness
middle mouth tongue feels the carbonation
swells in malt sugar and low rides the alcohol
laden with sweet malt the flowery hops
leave hints in the cheeks
caramel aroma subtle hops or am i imaging it
have previous reviews skewed my taste and senses???
could'st be
yet finish with malts again a swell mouth feel just short of
a chew.....an invite to taste again
this is a homerun a basic elemental beer

many thanks to the Anchor Brewery for NOT
discontinuing this beer








Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Barbapapa: Russian Imperial Stout brewed by Pretty Things 12%

there is beer  / there is good beer    /   and there is Pretty Things

HUP-HUP-HUP

into the copper cup
    malted milk ball cuff clouds
an alright gold chrome mud slinging slang

this beer hits tongue as if a chocolate tree thigh
was spear pierced   steady lips between two points after solstice
reduced light source created a heady armpit
follicle of a brew negates sunlight with heady malt
and coalesces toffee in poundcakes

I wonder what my grandfather and his father would think of this 12% giant
 after an afternoon of cracked bats, 9 innings without fluoride teeth
& regurgitated sump pump three steps towards the html door

he would not say anything
and the little we said would be proof this beer lambasted

the moon laughs at the cup
        my stomach shakes as if coals are chrome in my stomach
     makes my great great grandmother gather yeast in sight unmoved
a call of etymology to recreate
          not just drink
but to create hieroglyphics & jive without snake eyes



Monday, June 9, 2014

Whaler Brewing Company/ Strong Ale

New brewery in Southern Rhode Island. My daughter brought me a 1/2 growler from her visit.
Nice logo and art work. I appreciate the sea symbols, anchor, whale and compass.

The strong ale pours amber brown, a dark honey. Low foaming on pour. Just by look you know this is a chewable ale. Looks like a real ale with no forced carbonation. Up front aroma floral. The first taste was a bit off. The ale was overly cold, right from a refrigde, and most of the character was suppressed and what you got was the alcohol burn. I left the glass to warm up a bit.  Upon return the floral airs were still there, the heavy malt airs were present. The taste was much better. Full malt body, a meal in itself, surrounded by hop bitterness, evenly balanced. There was a warm flush as the 10% ABV side of the ale hits ones cheeks. The finish was a strong bitter, a bit more than I like, but like the ales name, it is Strong. At the very end the malts return and wash back all the hop bitterness leaving one ready for the next bite....sip. Very Nice. I am looking forward to visiting and sampling their other beers. Cheers

Whaler's Brewing Company

http://www.whalersbrewing.com/