Friday, April 10, 2009

Angler's Pale Ale

I would describe Angler's as an IPA-influenced straight pale ale. It's strong (5.8%) and hoppy, with a nice rusty finish, and it comes in an adorable stubby bottle with a big speckled trout on it. It's reminiscent of St. Arnold's Elissa IPA, except I'd probably classify the latter as a gutless IPA and the former as a pale ale on steroids. My current hypothesis is that residents of Salt Lake City can't find India in the Book of Mormon, and thus don't believe it exists. Yes we can.

RATING: 78%

(Image from www.allaboutbeer2.com.)

14 comments:

Robyn said...

This logo is balls (Yeah, that doesn't quite work as well as tits)! I would totally get up at 4am to trap muskrat if I knew I would be drinking beer that looks like this.

Chris said...

Gutless? Ouch. I'd just describe it as a bit "dry".

John said...

@ Robyn
Pluralizing "muskrat" with no s is tits as fuck. After we trap them, we shall eat them.

@ Chris
Well why don't you just stick up for your favorite beer, St. Arnold's Elissa IPA then, Nancy? The mimosa-in-the-bathtub-while-watching-Golden Girls of Imperial Pale Ales? When I drink an IPA in this year of our Lord 2009 I expect, nay demand to be brutally sodomized by hops and alcohol content. Drinking Elissa is more like kissing one's sister.

John said...

I think that last sentence almost rhymes. Don't tell Glenn. Hold on, I'll rewrite it...

And drinking /Elissa.
The girl that your mom bore after you.
Kiss her but.
You
never
see
her.
And all the Klingons.
/Barfaroni.

John said...

Well, the text editor certainly did some violence to the original formatting of that would-be masterpiece. Fucking blogger doesn't care about poetry.

laurie said...

Yuk. Hate hoppy beers.

John said...

Hold on while I add that to a short list titled "Things Laurie Doesn't Like."

laurie said...

You can go ahead and add yourself to that list, too.

Chris said...

Oh, snap!

The Editors said...

Congratulations Internet John! Your poem "[And drinking /Elissa.]" has been accepted for publication in the Fall 2009 issue of The Cornweather Quarterly. While our current operating budget forbids us from providing you with monetary compensation for your piece, we are pleased to offer you up to three copies of the issue in which your work shall appear for 50 cents off the cover price. Wow, what a steal! So if you would like to pad your CV with one more meaningless publication from a journal nobody has ever heard of in the hopes that community college in Purgatory, KS will finally offer you a year-long adjunct position with an 8/8 teaching load at $200/class/semester, please accept our offer of publication! Thank you for your wonderful submission!

Sincerely,
The Editors

John said...

@ Laurie
Are you kidding? I thought we were gonna get gay married.

John said...

@ The Editors
Thanks, but I only do business with the stalwart bastion of avant garde credibility that is fence magazine.

laurie said...

Of course I'm kidding. But I'm pretty sure you're just too gay to gay marry me.

Chris said...

Oh the price of being an artist, right? All your hard work for nothing.

Does everyone love being a martyr? I think they do.