Beer 143: Kona Longboard and The Things I Do for You People

It appears that I'm not actually dying, I just have the flu or a cold or whatever.  I am a terrible sick person.  Thankfully I tend to be relatively healthy.  I credit eating most of my weekend meals in a parking lot in the fall with my hardiness.  I also want to be reincarnated as a dachshund in my next life.  This was the most taxing part of their day -- figuring out where exactly to lay in the sun.

Tonight I'm drinking a Kona Longboard Island Lager.  It poured a clear and deep gold color with a thin white head.  The scent was general beer aroma.  The flavor is typical lager with just a touch more hoppiness than usual.  Maybe some wheat.  It has a bitter finish.  Overall I'd call it a refreshing lager.  I'd definitely serve it at a tailgate if the price was right.  I'll have to check with my money man on that.

I'm also declaring an end to this sickness in the overnight hours.  There is good beer to be drunk in this house and tomorrow I'm drinking it goddamnit.

p.s. If this post makes zero sense, please learn a lesson.  Do not mix cold medications and then drink a beer.  Or if you do, don't broadcast it to the world.  

p.p.s. Happy birthday, Gary!  You have no idea how happy you make me.  And that's not the cold medicine talking!  Love you!

Of Tiki Idols and Conch Shells

Beer #135 Longboard Lager / Kona Brewing Company, Kailua Kona, Hawaii

Tonight's beer is the Longboard Lager from Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii, which means this beer has been on quite a journey to reach my front door.  This pale lager shows of a crystal clear gold with very little if any head.  It gives off a slightly sweet grain aroma, and the flavor brings notes of grain and malt.  This is a very refreshing, smooth, easy drinking beer.  It's described as a lager, but in my mind, it drinks more like a pilsner.  Marci tried a sip and exclaimed, "I can drink that all day."

My parents went to Hawaii,
and all they got me was this shitty camera phone pic

I've visited a fair number of breweries in my day, and to some degree when you see one, you see them all.  The process to make beer is what it is.  However, this is DEFINITELY a brewery I'd love to visit in person, for obvious reasons.

Thing to Think About Today:
Hawaii is a land of rich cultural heritage.  With that being said, allow me to suggest we all think about a perhaps not entire accurate look into Hawaiian culture courtesy of The Brady Bunch.  Yes, it's a three part episode where the Bunch heads to Hawaii for vacation, and crazy things ensue.  You know, tiki idols, surfing accidents, crazy archaeologists, sacred burial grounds.  I'm sure it all made sense in the 70's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Il3ZbD-po