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Shorn grass and blueberry beer
…I may have killed the grass when I cut it. It was only after the cutting that we read that the grass shouldn’t be cut on the mower’s lowest setting. …Now my grass is dying. o_o Maybe it’s just the weeds that are turning all yellow. Luckily, I picked up some bermuda seed at the store yesterday to fill in some bare patches — I can just do the whole yard if it all dies. I also tried the Sea Dog Blueberry beer last night with our grilled teriyaki chicken and veggies. Took me a minute to warm up to it, but I liked it alright. Not as initially bitter…
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Pyramid Apricot beer
Very bitter. Like, shudder-when-you-drink-it bitter. Greg and I took it on a picnic with us — cheeseburgers, fries, cookies, water, and apricot beer. (We found out later that no alcoholic beverages are allowed at parks in Charlotte. Oops.) So we’re sipping on it, cringing, not liking it very much… …Until we start eating the cookies. I evidently don’t understand taste chemistry as well as I thought I did, because I was expecting a donuts-and-OJ effect: more bitterness. But the cookies actually smoothed away almost all the bitterness into something much more palatable. Greg was much more a fan than I was, but I would definitely try it again if I…
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Tasty beer!
At game last night I actually had a beer I’d seek out again (courtesy of Steve): Wailua. It was still bitter, but — if this makes any sense — the bitterness actually had taste. I hadn’t completely closed the door on beer, but my expectations were pretty low after few types I’d tried.