I like beer, a lot. I might go so far as to say I love beer, but it would be after a couple. In fact, I think the whole reason I am doing this thing is because I recently drank all the beer at Bukowski's Tavern near Back Bay in Boston. I was going for an all at once sort of deal, but pockets only go so deep, and there are times when even the most adept of drunkards will find themselves stumbling from their barstools, screaming unintelligible obscenities at passersby’s. I mean some of these beers were only matched in their ABV by their price. (This is the part of a beer blog where they usually explain what ABV is, but if you are reading this, odds are you know what it is, or can connect the dots when I say some of them cost upwards of twenty-five bucks and knocked me on my ass.) Anyways, over the course of a few months, I drank all the beers they had and some they didn't. At the end of it all, I got to join what they call the “Dead Authors Club”. Basically I get a mug that gets me twice the beer for the price of one. They put a number on it, and you get to pick an author. I’ll let you know which author in later installments of this series. So that's what I’ll be doing here, mostly. I'll go there and drink good, local beer from a huge mug and then tell you about it. I can't promise I won't wander to another watering hole or come up with an amazing concoction while scavenging left over beers and whatever else I might find. After all, that's what good drunkards do, we stumble.
So here's some exposition for this context: my name is Liam, and as I mentioned above, I consider myself a drunkard. I fall somewhere between social drinker and rampant alcoholic, with a little bit of beer geek thrown in. I'm no beer snob though. I'll go out of my way to a brewery to get a fresh growler in the same day I'll drink the slightly skunked Genesee someone happens to have in their bag. I play and sing in a band called the Old Edison and it's proved to be the best excuse to write all these shenanigans off as “chasing the dream”. This being my first post, I figured I’d write what I know. So I present you with my favorite beer: the Famous Narragansett Lager.
'Gansett, as we all like to call it to avoid the awkward one-thirty in the morning ordering of “nharraganshhhph *hic*”, is brewed in Rhode Island and pretty much has been since 1890. (They were bought and closed for a while and then some new investors bought the name and hired the old brewmaster.) It's an American Lager and it's won a whole bunch of awards for being way better than most of the others in that category. I still fondly remember the day back in 2005 when my old roommate Jima came back to the house with “the beer from Jaws”. Yeah, it's that beer. The one Quint drinks. They even just released retro cans of the design from the film and I've been looking for them everywhere.
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| Found It. |
'Gansett is pretty much my go-to beer; at 5.0% ABV you can drink it all day (get it yet?), and it goes with just about everything. It's crisp and refreshing with just enough bready character to let you know you're still drinking a beer. You can usually find a six pack of tall boys for about seven bucks. With the style and low cost, its obvious comparison is PBR. Pabst is one of those beers I'll drink hot from a back pack but it's no contest at the bar or the packie. Narragansett has been steadily spreading around the New England area and beyond, so next time you're out, see if they have it.
Tune in next time to (hopefully) see me drink from my mug, try out some new beers, and possibly explain why I chose a fictional author whose only works are referenced as footnotes in other novels. (submitted by Liam)
Bukowski Tavern
Mug Club
Dead Author's Card
Official Rules and Shit
Customer has 6 months from date started to complete the entire card.
Every beer on the card must be paid for by the card holder.
Only 1 person may drink from the card- In other words the completion of the card cannot be a collaboration between multiple people.
Once the card is complete the mug may only be used by the person who has completed the card. NO EXCEPTIONS!!! Bukowski Tavern reserves the right to deny new mug club member use of mug (which may be based on barternder/servers discretion)
Staff of Bukowski Tavern reserves the right to limit the number of beers consumed each session in pursuit of completion of card.
Mug club members may opt to be a part of Bukowski Tavern’s email list to receive updates and periodic newsletters of Tavern events.
Mugs are not transferable between the two Bukowski locations. Mug holders in Cambridge do not have mug privileges in the Back Bay location and vice versa.
Bukowski Tavern is not responsible for any excessive weigh gain, marriage annulments, black eyes, one night stands, or spur of the moment tribal tattoo arm bands that one may incur throughout the process of completing your mug.
Although completing a mug is an awesome accomplishment, it does not shoot said customer into the ranks of infinite coolness that are currently occupied by the bar staff at Bukowski Tavern.
Being a mug holder is a privilege not a right; please respect this establishment and the staff might just do the same.
If your mug breaks while it is in Bukowski Tavern, it will be replaced (no charge)
Management reserves the right to deny certain beers to be served in mugs (based on alcohol content, style, price, etc…)
Please drink responsibly.
http://www.bukowskitavern.net
http://www.narragansettbeer.com
http://theoldedison.bandcamp.com
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