Verbatim: Emerson’s Oatmeal Stout. This is how I started my day, at 10.00am, watching CNN for coverage of the U.S. Presidential Election. As we all know by now, the Good Guy won.
It pours as absolute darkness in a glass, and is ludicrously smooth to drink, with a great big chocolatey afterglow that tickles the brainstem a few moments after each sip. If Barry White were a beer, this may well be him.
Afterthoughts, November 2010: That line about Barry White was very useful. I tend to describe beers very idiosyncratically — I’m much more of the impressionistic style than the fine-detailed sound-like-a-wine-wanker sort. (Though the latter does have its place.) I loved this beer, and recommended it by saying that it was Barry White reincarnated in beer form; big, black and deeply sexy.
And yes, past tense; “was very useful”, “loved this beer”. Emerson’s sadly ‘retired’ this beer, and I mourned. You suspect I’m not even being metaphorical, don’t you? Well done.
Want to see a run down of the day? Start here – http://www.realitysplinter.com/2008/11/beer-and-politics-part-1.html
Ah yes, I meant to throw in a link to your live-blogging spree. And I can’t help but notice that your few few posts prove me wrong; there clearly was a beer before the Oatmeal Stout & Pilsner combo. Damn. No idea what it was. I really should keep a diary… Oh, wait.