... but, no. Coz it was just about this time last year when we did this:
Broadening Our Horizons XXXII
I'm pretty sure I've never had a Shiner Oktoberfest and I'm semi-amazed at the oversight, mainly coz we loves us some beer from that lil ol' brewery in Spoetzl, Tejas. Ain't it loverly?
My go-to guys for beer give Oktoberfest a B- and I think that's pretty harsh. I'd give the brew a B+ if not an A-. This beer is eminently drinkable. Oktoberfest tastes superb... which is to say clean, slightly hoppy, with a very interesting and complex combination of flavors... and it goes down easy, almost too easy. I'll have to be careful this afternoon.
Sigh. There's hardly anythang really NEW happenin' in my world these days. We were lookin' for a pumpkin ale when we went beer shoppin' this afternoon... mainly because of the comments on this post by the Beer and Whiskey Bros. Pumpkin ales apparently don't go down well here on The High Plains o' New Mexico, coz there was nary an example of such to be found at my local beer emporium. But that's OK... coz I'd hate to spend good money on sumthin' I may or may NOT enjoy.
In that you're A LOT like my wife, Buck. I'm always wanting to try new restaurants and she wants to stick by our already est. faves: "Why waste good money...lol!"
ReplyDeletePS: There's a back-story t all this. Back in the early 90s when we still lived in Louisville my wife's youngest Brother was in town visiting and so I thought I'd impress by taking all out to dinner to this new Mexican white table-cloth restaurant that I'd read critics raving about. My wife protested strenuously a'forehand, but I insisted. So much for critics, compared to our old stand-by the place was a disaster. My wife has NEVER forgiven me..lol
ReplyDeleteI've been burned by critics, too. Mebbe the restaurant just had a bad night, or the critics were bribed. Either/or, no?
DeleteVX - I'm like your wife as well. The Oracle and I have a favorite restaurant that we've been going to for over 10 years, It is surrounded by several other fine establishments that we have eaten in for one reason or another yet - when it comes to our sacred date nights - we always go to the fave.
ReplyDeleteYou just can't mess with success.
I like trying new things. Sometimes, though, your favs are just the thang, and that is all there is is to the decision making. In Europe, Jesse was always trying some new dish, while Toby and I got what we knew would be fine. Almost always, we ended up sharing our meals with her and nibbling on her odd choices.
ReplyDeleteI go either way on this subject where restaurants are concerned. TSMP would try new places quite often but on those occasions where dinner out was a snap decision we almost always opted for the known over the unknown. Where menu items are concerned I prolly fall down on "the new" more often than the "established."
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