Stay with me on this one as I'm really intoxicated and may not be speaking clearly... even though I'm not technically speaking at all.. I'm writing... no, that's not it... I'm TYPING. And I can type whafuckerthe hell I want.
Okay..... whew.... as if I've got alot of integrity anyway.... huge number of followers... thank you. All 4 of you. This is for you.
Shit. The room is spinning. Okay... whew!!!.... Shit... still spinning.. I'm serious about this one.
Okay.
Brewed my own beer tonight. This is something I usually do every 4-5 weeks. I love doing it and, after about 18 months in the trenches, I can honestly say that the beer doesn't suck. It's quite good actually. I'd pour it against most American ales at this stage of the game.
ANYWAY, I'm boiling the grains and decide to invoke the pleasures of an Arrogant Bastard.... lovely beer... no, fuck that. Not lovely. Kick ass!!!!! This fucker has hops and malt and grains and hops and alcohol.... too much alcohol. But I don't care. (damn, thank God for the backspace key!!!!)
ANYWAY #2.... I grill a steak. I have a decanter of Rosenblum Syrah that I paid about $45 bucks for a few months back... can't remember the vineyard... Rosenblum always designates their wines from a particular vineyard... the reserves, anyway...
ANYWAY #3... this wine was sitting in a decanter for about 48 hours.... it was too ripe, fruit forward, and all that crap. It tasted like grape juice.. IF I WANT FUCKING GRAPE JUICE I'LL BUY WELCHE'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
ANYWAY #4... Over the last few days, I've also opened a bottle of Red Lion Cabernet (don't ask) and a bottle of Marquis Philips Grenache... please hold your questions until the end.
(shit, I can't even type... my fingers aren't responding to what my brain says to respond to... etc etc etc....)
ANYWAY #5... My Rib eye steak is USDA Prime from a local market (Orchards Fresh, but I'm not mentioning names).... and It's tender, and juicy... and I decide, rather than open new wine, I'll just see what I can do with what I have.
ANYWAY...
whatever.
The Rosenblum is too over-ripe. The Grenache has some nice light licorice and acidic qualities but can't hold up... The Cabernetl, in spite of being a wimpy cab... has some tannic structure to it....
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
I blend a 4 oz concoction of the Cab and the Syrah.... the tannins actually offset the over-ripeness of the fruit in the Rosenblum...
THEN, I mix (same ratio) the Syrah and the Grenache.... EVEN BETTER!!!! The Grenache makes up for what the Syrah does not have and vice versa vice versa, etc cte.... whatever.
Of course, I need to mix the Grenache and Cab... shitty. Two bad wines don't make a good wine.
BUT, I've settled on the Syrah-Grenache blend... it's good. Dark fruit mixed with mid-level fruit, some light licorice hints, and balances nicely with the grilled Rib-Eye steak.
FINALLY!
I pour the Grenache and Cabernet into the decanter with the remaining Syrah and discover something along the way....
I'm fucked up.
That's it.
So , I call my daughter on the phone and talk about Android and iPhone apps until I can see straight.
Then I decide to write this.
And it doesn't matter. I'm squinting right now just to read the words I'm writing on the computer and if it wasn't for spell checking... Id eb srewcd rghit nwo.
That's it.
Csheers....!
It's two am in the morning right now sir, and this is exactly what I need to read before I go into an intoxicated spin of a sleep for the rest of the night.
ReplyDeleteBy the way you did a fine job of spelling in your state. It's quite an achievement that I'm even replying to this. Beautiful and cheers indeed.
Alright then. Soooo. Should I have a glass of wine or a bottle of beer?
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