365 different beers from 365 different breweries in 365 days with random musings on beer, food, music, sports, dogs and anything else interesting along the way
I’m writing this with an endless loop of Funky Cold Medina playing in my head thanks to the description provided by The Boilermaker of a “funky saison”.
I know it doesn’t rhyme and the meter is off, but here I sit, typing away, wondering “why you so fly?”. It’s the funky cold medina.
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Evidently Birthday-Celebrating-Marci forgets to take photos
I banked this beer on my birthday bar tour -- ok my birthday bender -- at The Boilermaker. St. Somewhere is brewed in Florida, which I never associate with craft beer. But 125 days into this adventure, we’ve encountered two breweries already. The Saison Athene poured a dark yellow and had a slightly floral aroma with a little spiciness. The taste was awesome -- balanced, lots of carbonation, kind of tart, a little earthy and citrusy. I also wrote “cherries? candy?” in my notes. Then I drank a lot that day/night and have no clue what that meant.
Overall I would drink the Saison Athene again if I encountered it. I’m also definitely going to check out some of the other offerings from St. Somewhere.
Cheers! I'm off to find all my Tone Loc tracks on the iPod.
Beer #58 Saison du Chene / Saint Somewhere Brewing Company, Tarpon Springs, FL
Getting my hustle on today, so I'll just stick to the facts.
One of the highlights of this beer adventure has been trying beers from new breweries, so when I saw Saint Somewhere on draft at Teresa's, I was intrigued. At first, I was afraid this was some crap brewery that was using a line from a Jimmy Buffett song to hawk a "Margaritaville" experience - or worse, a Jimmy Buffett owned brewery (I guess Landshark has that one covered?). No worries, this brewery is a legit one-man micro operation, producing a scarce 450 barrels of Belgian beers each year.
The Saison du Chene is actually a blend of another saison from two different points in the aging process. In the glass it's a dark yellow, and gives off an aroma of peanut butter. Very dry, with a little citrus flavor hiding in the corners, and a funky taste. Funk is usually a very good flavor in my book for saisons, but this
pushed it a bit too far. I kept coming back to the same thoughts on the taste - barn,
nut, earth. 7.5% ABV. I can't lie, I wasn't overwhelmed with this one. This being said, I'll likely try another St. Somewhere offering (likely the Lectio Divina) as anyone willing to swing for the fences like
this deserves another trip to the plate.
Thing to Think About Today:
Hopefully your post-Super Bowl hangover was a small one, hopefully you caught the good commercials and went easy on the taco dip. And hopefully you listened to my advice on Madonna and listened to better music at halftime. But most importantly on a day where you wish you were at home, let's all hope that you didn't have a case of the Mondays:
I'm not sure this movie is funny to people who've never worked in an office for a big conglomeration. However, for those of us who have lived in the "cube farm", Office Space might be the best movie of all time. Hopefully this clip will help cure any Monday issues for you....
