Harvey's Kiss Ale: official beer of LIAC?
I don't believe we yet have an official beer. May I nominate Kiss Ale, brewed by Harvey's of Lewes to celebrate the return of Rodin''s sculpture to the Sussex town of Lewes?
I drank some the other night. It is worthy not only for the tastelessness of the label, but for the intimate connection between love and alcohol.
See wikipedia for the interesting tale of how the copy was commissioned from Rodin by one E P Warren, of his stipulation that "the genitals of the man must be complete" and the outrage it evoked in the Lewes bourgeoisie, led by a headmistress, Miss Fowler-Tutt.
posted by Lovelorn Swain | 8:37 pm
I've never been one for beer -- something about the taste and inability to mix well, otherwise I'd perhaps be in agreeance.
Vodka, on the other hand...mmm.
I on the other hand am very much one for good beer. I'll have to search that out.
Although in keeping with the theme here, perhaps it ought to be called Kiss Off.
I am more inclined to consider Blackened Voodoo to be more apropos as a signature beer for this site.
Dark and bitter with a slightly sweet memory it is an ale for those who appreciate the mixture of self deprecation and adventure combined to imbibe it. It also isn't terribly satisfying, to continue the theme a bit.
I like the latest suggestion.
I'd also like to forward Newcastle Brown Ale - horrific and full of dead rats' piss.
Oh,I've had Blackened Voodoo. Damn good stuff.
However, I will counter with a Belgian beer: the one, the only: Delirium Tremens. A whopping 9% alcohol content: like Love itself, the effects slowly creep upon you--one minute you're happily having a pint or three, the next thing you know you wake up under the table with head pounding.
Also like Love, over-indulging in it will make you very ill indeed.
It always ends in a toilet, in any case.