5 posts from 2008

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Here's what I wrote down for the different beers. We tasted in order of 1-12, but we didn't know which was which hen we were tasting them.
 (Rainier)            1. ok - pretty good
 (Old E)              2. smells like puffed wheat, tastes the same, strong
 (Miller Light)      3. light w/ nutty aftertaste
 (Busch)             4. almost same as 3
 (Mickey's)          5. bleh, alcohol-y + bland
 (Miller High Life)  6. darker version of 3, more bubbles
 (Bud Chelada)     7. tomato juice w/ seltzer + salt
 (Modello)            8. alcoholy and dark - don't like
 (MGD)                9. like 8 and 5
 (Tecate)            10. not bad, similar to 12
 (PBR)               11. little fruity/perfumey - pretty ok
(Budweiser)        12. weak but slight nutty aftertaste

My final rankings:
Best - I couldn't tell much difference between 3 and 4, but those were my favorites of all, followed by 11, 10/12, 1 and 6. Very hard to rank after the first few, they were so similar.
Worst - 7 was pretty gross, I really disliked 5, 8 and 9 and only slightly liked 2, which was pretty strong, but not terrible

Surprise winner: Busch and Miller Lite! I guess I really am a sucker for packaging, since I enjoy drinking Miller High Life from a bottle more than anything from a can, even though in a blind taste test, I only placed High Life in the middle. Granted, all of these were from tallboy cans, except Old E, and were semi-warm by the time we tried them. There was surprisingly little difference between most of the samples in the "best" category. We decided that next time, we'll narrow it down to the 6 best that we all agreed on and make sure they are COLD!

Last weekend on my birthday, we walked around Pike Place Market and got a big fat crab from the fish market (about 2 lbs). Sunday, we picked all the meat out of it and made a really nice salad with orange segments and avocado and a horseradish vinaigrette. Each salad had about one cup of meat! It was so delicious!

Also, Leah got this really cool French mushroom knife for me... I can't wait to use it! I think the mycological society will be impressed ;)
"This specialist knife features a curved Stainless Steel blade for collecting and cutting your finds to aid identification, a brush for removing dirt and insects and a serrated edge for cuticle removal."