Beer 133: Paulaner Salvator and What Do You Want to Do With Your Life?

I bought myself this journal almost a year ago.  It lists a question a day  and there is space to write a brief thought on that day for five years in a row.  As I approach a full year of journaling in this very brief way, my eagerness to see how my answers changes throughout the years is definitely growing.

Today's question:  What do you want to say when someone asks, "What do you do?"  Today's answer:  I own my own business.  Now I have 365 days to make that come true.


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Tonight's beer is the Paulaner Salvator -- reviewed by Gary yesterday.  I seriously cannot get that GIF out of my brain.  Anyway Salvator is a doppel bock.  It poured an unusual color - a light reddish brown shade.  It didn't have a head and was very still in the glass.  The smell was sweet, malt and reminded me of iced tea.  Tea was the first thing I thought of when tasting it.  Maybe that's all mind over matter?  If was very effervescent and finished with just a hint of hoppiness.  It drank with a richness but wasn't heavy.  Overall a nice beer that I wouldn't turn down if I encountered it again.

Cheers!

Tear Away Pants, Beer, Weekend. Boom.

Beer #132 Salvator / Paulaner Brauerei, Munich, Germany

Went in the office for a key meeting this morning, then headed for the hills to kickoff a long, and hopefully awesome weekend.  Here's an action shot of me transitioning from work to weekend:

Thankfully I wore my tear-away suit today so I could make a quick change and be ready to roll.  Not sure why I decided to wear a headband, but it seems to work.  Let's do this!

With the weekend comes beer, and today's is the Salvator from Paulaner.  I grabbed this one off the shelf at Whole Foods mostly because we occasionally call our dog Salinger "Salvatore" when he's being very grouchy.  I really don't know why.  Anyway, this double bock pours an amber color with very little head, and gives off aromas of honey and sweet malt.  The taste is a mellow mix of honey, malt, stone fruits and spice.  A decent beer, although it could have had a bit more backbone.  A bit more oomph.

Damn I love my phone.

Another European beer, another ancient brewery.  Paulaner can trace roots back to 1634, when monks in Munich first started brewing beer to bridge the fasting of Lent.  Salvator was the original beer produced, and it still uses the same recipe to this day.

Thing to Think About Today:
Enough reading, let's all start enjoying this weekend.  How about we think on a song that would be great to play with the windows rolled down and the stereo cranked way, way up?  The Heavy, the floor is yours:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVzvRsl4rEM