Stone rolled out yet another collaboration beer recently. They got together with some fucker called the Alchemist and probably another fucker called Ninkasi. If I could read, I would know more about these fuckers. Either way, they decided to brew up a less racially offensive (and probably not as good at sports) little brother to the Sublimely Self-Righteous. Which is probably my goddamn favorite Stone beer.
Collabeeration! Right! Guys?
There she be, a hoppy, somewhat malty monster of a beer. With some chunks. But who really gives a fuck? This is probably my new favorite lite beer. I dig on the malts and hops all day long, but there’s only so many gallons of barleywine you can suck down before becoming a major fatass. Also I needed something smooth to wash down my (not-quite) vegetarian meal of beans and rice.
You see, I had made a collaboration meal here with my beans and rice, so I just had to pair it with a multi-faceted beer. The beans were made for my puerco pibil using the bone and fat from my pork butt. So…not quite vegetarian. Vegan, maybe, whatever that means. And the sauce was a smoked turkey bone gumbo* I made using stock from 2 turkey carcasses gifted to me for Christmas. Also there was some andouille sausage involved, though no sausage was harmed in the eating of this meal. So that’s pretty much a krishna mitzvah altogether. Well, thanks to the basmati rice. And the Sriracha** I threw on top. Altogether about 30 hours of prep time, for my health, obviously.
I collaborated beer with food.
But yes, of course, the fucking beer. Delicious and tasty, if I must say so. Malts to compliment my roux, and hops to hang out with the spice from the sausage, cumin, black pepper, habanero, sriracha, etc. etc. etc. and so forth et al.
*Recipe to come.
**One of these days I’ll be a Sriracha guru like that fuckhead Randy Clemens.
