Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Dragon's Breath

The library is a beautiful place. Where else can you go with the sole purpose of passing time surrounded by knowledge?* There are rows, aisles, floors dedicated to the transference of information from the minds of others directly into mine. I just go inside, wander around for a while, pulling books off the shelves and flipping through them. Usually, I gravitate towards the oversize photography section and see some waterfalls, and paintings and portraits and then i'll find whatever comic book somebody left lying around and look at those for a while, too. Then I'll go and read a couple newspapers and a couple magazines, take some notes, y'know and then head downstairs after making another swing around the shelves. On the ground floor is the library collection of music and film, a quite extensive collection. In perusal, today, just before I took exit, I found a live Miles Davis concert film from 1970. I checked it out and went across the street.** I was thirsty.

Across the street is a small grocery, and for a grocery that size, in the location it inhabits, for this town, the beer selection is ridiculously small. However small the beer section may be, what it lacks in quantity is sufficently balanced by the quality of available delicado. Dragon's Breath, is one of these delicacies.

Brewed and bottled in Missoula, Montana by Bayern Brewery, this beer is indeed a magical beast. Technically, Dragon's Breath is a Dark Heff Ale, three words that each seperately hold great meaning but that together as one phrase, conjure the epitome of strength, flavor and rejuvination. Dark, strong, 6% ABV forged with the sweet, citrus wheat, and bound by the crisp bite, the pale, ale energy, a fire grew in the belly.

And the fire was quenched.

I drank the Dragon's Breath as I watched that Miles Davis concert and when it was done I stood, and took a piss and then I came to write it down. It was perfect.

Beermigos rating: Debate-the-meaning-of-life-with-beermigos-brew

Truly exqusite. Only a night of hot, dragon, firebreating with my beermigos could top this.

*Sam Bond's Bingo

**guess how much it cost? Freeeeeeee