The Perfect Wine with Fish?

White, of course!

Dustin and I had tuna sandwiches for lunch, and in keeping with that, sipped Chardonnay at beer thirty. Up to bat was 2007 Clos du Bois North County.

Too bad we couldn’t have drunk the wine with the sandwiches, or nibbled the sandwiches with the wine; another day perhaps.


Clos du Bois
Geyserville, CA
http://clodubois.com/

The Inaugural 2009 (Public) Deck Sit

It got a bit warmer today than yesterday, and was still quite nice at beer thirty, so we trouped out to the deck and reclined. Ahhhh!

Dustin brought back strawberries, a bottle of goji juice with citrus, and a bottle of Girasole Vineyards’ 2007 Chard from lunch and tucked them all in the reefer. At beer thirty, he poured about half-a-Chimay-glass worth of chardonnay, a couple of splashes of goji, and two or so sliced-up strawberries. My!! Very interesting! and very tasty!

The Inaugural 2009 Beer Thirty on the Deck

We didn’t do much sitting, so it’s not a Deck Sit yet…

Belgian was speaking, so Belgian it was, Affligem Dubbel. Interesting stuff. It’s quite dry, if you can call Belgian ale dry; not at all sweet, but certainly not hoppy. Curtis liked it pretty well; I’m pretty sure I do. I’ll just have to get another bottle, eh?

Their importer, Star Brand Imports, characterizes the Dubbel as “sweet”; I worry about what they’d call ”dry”.

Affligem’s Web site starts out with monks (presumably) chanting; very nice!

Meanwhile, Dustin was enjoying 2006 Folie à Deux Zinfandel from Amador County; the winery itself is Napa Valley-based, however. Dustin was quite happy with the Zin, as was I, having snuck a glass last night.

Rising Moon Spring Ale

Made by Blue Moon Brewing Co., out of Colorado and Toronto.

I’d tried their Blue Moon Belgian White, but wasn’t particularly impressed with it. The Web site mentions something about having it with a slice of orange?? I’ll have to give that a try and report back.

I was on a beer run, though, and noticed the Rising Moon. I just can’t resist a seasonal, so home it came. Not bad, although I don’t think I’m gonna try the orange slice… ;-)

I poured Curtis a glass at beer thirty, and we got to talking about it. Turns out he’s also not a big fan of the Blue Moon.

Rising Moon has three seasonal siblings: Honey Moon Summer Ale, Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale, and Full Moon Winter Ale. More stuff to be on the lookout for!

Brewed by BMBC, Toronto
Imported by Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO
(800) BLE-MOON ((800) 253-6666)
http://www.bluemoonbrewingco.com/

The Inaugural 2008 (Public) Deck Sit

About the time Steve was knocking off work tonight, the topic of conversation turned to beer, as in Steve’s asking, “You have any around here, Mo!?”

Do I have any beer around? Oh, please!! A couple of bottles of Sierra Nevada 2006 Celebration Ale came out of the reefer and into the glasses and out we proceeded to the deck. It’s been in the low- to mid-70s during the day most of the week, so it wasn't at all uncomfortable.

We chatted about this and that, and were all quite impressed with the solar-charged night lights that Bob and I picked up at Home Depot last night.

Family, friends, a glass of good beer, doesn’t get much better…

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