Bud Select 55 Gets Reviewed
Bud Select 55 continues to make waves across the country. And while we here at Drink Update think the low-calorie craze is another disturbing trend for beer, we understand why people are attracted to the watery fizz. Because Select 55 is only available in some test markets, I haven’t had the chance to try it myself.
But we have review from our friends at Hoperatives:
If Perrier and Bud Light had a baby, you would have SELECT 55. This new Super Ultra Light American Style Lager has not only taken calories to a new low aroma, appearance, and taste have also suffered the same fate. What you end up with is barely yellow, highly carbonated, lightly malty, white bread scented beer with a finish that elicits memories of those times when the soda fountain runs out of syrup. “Excuse me, sir. . . I think your beer tap is out of syrup. All I’m getting is carbonated beer flavored water”.
It was unremarkable in a very well rounded kind of way. The normal rating system I use to review beer would fail this beer before I even made it to the overall impression category, however I’m not going to fail it. I’m going to give it a D- and recognize that there is a niche of people who want a beer but don’t want calories, taste, or perhaps just want to drink a nice ultra light fizzy beer after they finish a 5K.
Check out the whole post at Hoperatives.
What pairs best with meat? Beer.
Huge ribeye steaks, originally uploaded by benhanten.
( These amazing ribeyes were grilled after a recent golf outing )
Wine people, I love ya. But…. I’m going out on a limb to say that beer goes better with food than wine. While a nice hearty red might work well with steak, a nice dark porter works even better.
It’s true. Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery has been preaching the virtues of pairing beer & food for years. His argument is that wine pairings work by contrast, whereas beer pairings COMPLIMENT. Give it a shot and see what you think. The next time you’re grilling steaks, get some Newcastle Brown Ale or Rogue Mocha Porter and prepare yourself for a great evening.
Need other pairing ideas? Let’s discuss in the comments.
Photos from Kansas City; Royals game & pub crawl
My girlfriend and I hit Kansas City this last weekend for a Royals game and a tour of the Power & Light District. Power & Light is not cool — unless you like bars for an all Abercrombie audience. Not to worry, though, we found some old bars where the locals hang out.
I’ll have more about this trip soon, specifically about how mad I am at Maker’s Mark and their Bourbon Lounge.
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.Road trip to Kansas City
My girlfriend and I will be road tripping to Kansas City this weekend. We are hitting a Royals game on Saturday night, followed by clubbing until 3am in the new Power & Light District. Some destinations will be the Maker’s Mark Bourbon Lounge, the Gordon Biersch Brewery, and the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. There will be plenty of pictures and reviews following our return. If you are interested in following us, I have a wifi camera that automatically uploads pictures to my Friendfeed. Check it out Saturday night.
Cheers! Go Royals!
Photo via emilybaker1216
Blue beer made from glaciers
Here’s a new one for you. Beer from melted glaciers and seaweed.
Geekologie clues us in:
The Japanese, in their unending quest to make the awesomest stuff on the planet (minus robots), are manufacturing blue beer made from melted icebergs (take that you Titanic sinking bitch!). And, not to toot my own horn or anything, but I have already had colored beer on St. Patty’s day before. It made my throw up green!
And the official explanation:
Okhotsk Blue Draft stands out for its cool color and interesting (yet not off-putting) ingredients. The brew is made using water melted from icebergs that float each year onto Hokkaido beaches from the chilly Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the North Pacific ocean bordered by Japan and Russia.
Kid Rock has a new beer. Yaaaaaaay.
I can’t hardly wait. An American lager…. but with Kid Rock’s name attached!! Ahhhhh SUUUUMM.
Detroit — Kid Rock’s Friday night show at Comerica Park was not just a massive concert event. It also was the soft launch of Kid Rock’s new appropriately titled Badass Beer.
“It’s delicious!” said Elizabeth Hussey, 25, of Shelby Township, after her first sip. She praised its “lean aftertaste” and “crisp, summery” savoriness. “It’s not heavy in your mouth; it’s light on your palate,” she said, comparing it to a Sam Adams summer lager.
Of course, Sam Adams doesn’t have a summer lager… And I’m sure an American lager doesn’t taste like Summer Ale. But, she tried it, not me.
“I like it, it’s a workin’ man’s beer,” said Scott Carignan, 34, of Chesterfield Township.
But not so for Bill Watson, 59, of New Baltimore. “We’re here for Kid Rock, so of course we had to get a Kid Rock beer,” he said. But after a few sips, he wasn’t blown away. Would he pick up some from the store? “Probably not,” he said.
From the Detroit News
Beer drinking… By country.
Which country drinks the most beer? America? Germany? No and no. The U.S.A. is #6 and Germany is #3.
No, #1 goes to an unlikely suspect, the Czech Republic. And to illustrate this wonderful knowledge, there is a very cool graph over at Snippets. Thanks to reader Carolyn for the tip.
Man uses beer to entice alleged burglar to leave
The AP tell us:
BAR HARBOR, Maine – Police said a homeowner in Maine used a beer to entice an intoxicated intruder to leave. The intruder apparently didn’t realize that it was a nonalcoholic beer. Bar Harbor police said the homeowner awoke early Monday to find 22-year-old Scott Cote in the bedroom and used the beer to convince him to carry on.
That and more available at AZ Central
Miller High Life teaches you to not be a jerk
This is a new Miller High Life advertising campaign that should go far. Click on any of the images for a better view.
Beer bellies revisited
Calories, carbs, beer, beer bellies. They all go together right? That must be why more and more products like Bud Select 55 are being released all the time.
Not so fast. At least one study suggests that beer bellies are not from drinking alcohol at all.
Charlie Papazian at Examiner.com tells us more:
I always look at century old paintings and wondered about those roly-poly folks dancing in the streets or sitting on a stool, smoking a pipe. Did all those overweight, jolly or austere men and women drink so much beer that they had beer bellies even in then.
400 and 500 years ago you couldn’t go down to you local market and pick up a 30-pack of cheap beer. You probably had to work at drinking a lot of beer, yet the belly has been with us for ages. It turns out a recent study by the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition may slim down your chances of getting a belly from too much beer.
No it doesn’t matter whether your wearing jeans or not, but evidently the study indicates that it might have something to do with your genes.
A study of thousands of beer drinkers found that although people who drink regularly are more likely to put on weight, they do not necessarily accumulate fat around the abdomen.
Better than drinking out of a pitcher
Chugging a pitcher of beer is not near as stylish as this. Kudos.
Questionable Glass
This is the Hopside Down beer glass. Sure it looks cool, and it’s hand-blown, but $20 for one glass is highly questionable. Buy from Perpetual Kid.
Guinness will send you to space. Or to see the Black Eyed Peas.
Oh please, send me to the Black Eyed Peas concert! Are they serious?
The brewer is putting three once-in-a-lifetime experiences up for grabs themed on the colour of its famous black stout beer.
To mark its 250 years in business, the company is sending one winner into space, another to the depths of the ocean, and a third to an exclusive Black Eyed Peas concert.
The Guinness space experience gives one person the chance to become one of the first non-professional astronauts to venture into space with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline.
The competition is open to adults in 28 countries at its website www.guinness.com until the 250-year anniversary on September 24 – dubbed Arthur’s Day.
From the Telegraph