Beer, Yum.

Now that I have finally acquired a proper camera you all are going to be subjected to some terrible photography! Cool thing about this camera is that it can take multiple exposure values with one shot (ie idiot proof), although the manual settings still baffle me.

I picked up some of this great French cider from Whole Foods on Tuesday along with some other beers. I've always had a thing for cider, not the the pucker sweet American/English variety but the very dry style typical of Normandy. I had some when I was there in high school and have loved it ever since. Funny thing is nobody else drank it! Typical! As you can see on the bottle the Alc. content is only 5.5% which makes for a very refreshing drink and an excellent pairing with fatty foods. The taste is almost like a sparkling wine but the alcohol is more subdued. I remember my first cider I thought had some olives on the palate and I got that same flavor again with this, not in a bad way, just slight saltiness. There is another cider I get that is an Organic brand also from Normandy, although that one I find a little sweeter and not as refined.


One of the other beers I got was this Taras Boulba from Belgium. I had never seen this beer before and I think they had just got it in. I was instantly drawn to the artwork on the label, easily the most eye appealing bottle I've ever seen. I did a little research on Beer Advocate about it and it is brewed by Brouwerij Sint-Pieters (gotta love phonetic Flemish spellings). Some of there other beers have equally impressive labels, but frankly I've never seen them around. The beer itself poured very nicely and had a nice eggshell head that stuck around. It had a nice malty nose and a little bit of pepper nothing to strong. I was lured by the bottles claim of "extra hoppy" (only English on the bottle), but it wasn't that at all. Not saying it wasn't delicious but I was expecting IPA hops. Great beer and very easy to drink for a Belgian pale ale, I hope to get another one before they're gone.