This is one of those wastes of a day in which I find myself constantly hungry and with no real taste for anything. Luckily, my office decided to have a Christmas potluck today, and so any need my stomach or head could possibly come up with was met. How much food could seven people cram into their faces in eight hours? Oh, you'd be surprised. Or sickened. Because of this, I'm skipping dinner and rounding out the day with a beer. That makes sense, right?
On tonight's menu: Grand Teton Brewing Company's Sweetgrass American Pale Ale. Brassy in color, which I always get excited about, and a little cloudy, but not full of sediment or anything. Very clean, very crisp, with a great dry finish. RateBeer.com gave it an 84 (which is freaking good, if you don't know) and it won a gold medal in the APA category of the Great American Beer Festival. Not bad. Oh, and 6% ABV is pretty comfortable for a weeknight, you know?
I've never been super skilled at pairing food with beer, to be honest, so it's good that I'm drinking dinner tonight. I don't know if my palate is just that unrefined, but the onslaught of all those calories is just too much. In any case, this APA is pretty satisfying -- just as satisfying as a meal, perhaps. This time. Tomorrow is work leftovers (I don't think we even touched the pasta, and I don't know why we even had it with two pies, a cake, fudge, brownies, pigs in a blanket, pierogies, buffalo chicken dip, turkey dip, two cheese balls and...other stuff) so we're all set for a while.
So while the cats are silently judging me from under the Christmas tree for being so full and happy (hah! You only get to eat twice a day! Suck on that!), I'm going to go get another APA from the fridge and watch some "Happy Endings." You're welcome for the image.
No comments:
Post a Comment