I’m thankful for beer!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I was hoping there was some interesting connection between Thanksgiving and beer to write about. There is! Conveniently enough, after being at sea for a few months, the Pilgrims began to run out of beer. What they were carrying was known as “ship’s beer”, a low alcohol brew that provided some nourishment and was more sanitary than water due to the fact that it was boiled when it was brewed. As they ran out people started to get sick and they needed to land. If you want the full in depth story read “Did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer?” on The Straight Dope.
So with this revelation, I encourage you to follow some of the Thanksgiving beer and food pairing suggestions from the Alström Brothers at Beer Advocate. You might also want to try a side made with beer from Beer Cook.
Enjoy your Holiday, get drunk and be thankful for the best things in your life; no not family you big sap, beer
I’ll take the Physical Challenge!
Dan has inspired this next post, and it takes participation. I would like you to pair a beer with corned beef…and not in the boring bravo tv taste complements kinda way. I want creativity…if it is a can of bush light then tell me its because Bush Light is so damn watery that is allows you to inhale more corned beef, if it is a Heineken Keg can then tell its because the effing can does not sweat all over the table. Just reply, I am looking forward to reading them, and so are the other two people who look at this site…or is it three now?