Beer Club For Men Has Talent!

Full Moon Brewery, Manteo,NC

The BC4M is an amazingly talented group. Until recently, we only entertained each other with humorous anecdotes, a little Karaoke, and the occasional pole dance. More recently we’ve been branching out. Snake, ever the world traveler, has a whole career in India that you, our devoted readers, probably have never heard of. He is known in India as Wilber Sargunaraj and he just wrapped up an Indian ad campaign extolling the virtues of love marriage . His smoking hot Indian wife (dot not feather) is an amazing dancer as well. And speaking of wives, Fred’s better half goes by her stage name, Wing, when she travels the country wowing her hordes of admirers. Damn that woman can fucking sing! Fred, always the warm and fuzzy coach, has lovingly assisted  his bride in honing her skills. A BC4M meeting is somewhere between the Jim Rose Circus and a meeting full of Simple Jacks. A little humorous, and more than a little scary with a collection of odd characters. This meeting however, was rather tame. A themeless excuse to drink to alarming excess, and maybe breakout a few show tunes along the way. First up was the Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale (5.8%). This beer was a session beer, that rated a so/so to good. Probably one that should have been sampled in the winter, not the summer. Flying Fish Grand Cru Winter Reserve (7.2%) was typical of the Belgian taste that, for the most part, we disdain. It was a so/so. Caldera was up next. These guys have jumped on the canned beer band wagon, following in the footsteps of Oskar Blues. The Caldera Ashland Amber (5.4%), while no Bud Light, also wasn't that good, rating a so/so. The Caldera Pale Ale (5.6%) on the other hand, was one of the better examples of this breed of beer and rated a really good. If you see this one in your local beer store, buy it, you won't be disappointed. Next up was a fruit beer, the Liefman's Fruitesse (4.2%). While there is more alcohol in a Kingsbury Brew, we all loved it, and gave it a really good. Uinta Detour Double IPA (9.5%) was a decent IPA, Not a great beer, but enough to get a good rating. We chased that with a Lakefront Brewery Rendezvous (7.2%). The label states "Pure Milwaukee genius"... WTF??? Milwaukee genius? Aren't these the folks who brought us Milwaukee's Best, Blatz, Schlitz and PBR? What are they trying to do up there, fucking kill us? This beer, like it's Milwaukee forefathers, was a so/so. We finished the night with Smuttynose Baltic Porter (9.0%). This was a pretty good beer, described as a little raw but not malty enough for our tastes. And finally I would be remiss if I didn't mention a beer that was rated by Bim, Prince and B.A.D. on a recent beach excursion.  Lhasa Beer(4.3%) from the far far east, was a beer that Prince’s father-in-law carefully shoved up his ass and smuggled back from a visit with the Dali Lama in Tibet. This beer is considered the Bud Light of Tibet, with plenty of white floating smegma to make everyone happy. No wonder the Chinese built that fucking wall to keep out the Mongolians and Tibetans!

Bim's Rogue Beer Excursion

No trip to Nags Head (OBX for the uninformed) is complete without a trip over to the island hamlet of Manteo, named after the Indian ass kicker (feather not dot) who supervised the ass-whoopin of a bunch of pasty pale-faced Limeys, and home to America's most beloved sheriff, Andy Taylor of Mayberry fame. While there, we found the newest small brewery on the OBX, Full Moon Brewery. They are a true nano-brewery as they are currently cranking out really small batches of mostly session beers (about 10 gallons at a time). On their recent beach excursion to allow Bim to participate in the annual "Swinging Dick Half Marathon", Bim and his better half Florence Naughtygale sampled the Stout, Red Ale, IPA and a Blonde. All were drinkable but none were memorable, rating so/so’s across the board. If your looking for a RFG here, it’s not gonna happen, but if you just need a cold one to wash down a burger, they certainly will suffice. While we don’t rate food, at this joint it kicked ass and didn't give anyone a case of the brown squirts, which is always a real plus.

Until next time.......Drink up bitches.!!