My fiancé and I are again in the dreaded long-distance relationship due to various commitments. This puts some strain on the relationship in multiple ways, especially when I have a busy conference-filled week like the past week.
But nothing speaks as loud as beer and snacks!
My fiancé called me one morning asking if I would be home. I was suspicious but then the bell rang and a package was delivered. I knew she was up to something! I opened the package, lo and behold, there was beer and snacks!
She knew about the conference, obviously, and she thought about treating me (she also knows that I will not look after myself when I am busy with conference weeks).
It was a gruelling week, with 9 am to 9 pm conferences. At least for me. I like to participate in as much as possible, even if it means draining me mentally.
But lucky for me, I had a fiancé who looked after me! She knows just how much I like my beers, and snacks, so she thought about what I might be needing for the week, and she was right!
My presentation for the conference was on Friday morning, so I left the beer for a while in the fridge, opened some snacks, and listened to some fantastic (and some dreary) presentations on philosophy.
But this is about the beer, so let me just quickly discuss my tactic to devour this box.
The first day consisted of pringles, peanuts, and half the pack of "droëwors" or dried sausage.
The second day was a repeat of the first.
And the third day, the day of my presentation was tackled firstly by having copious amounts of coffee, stress regarding my presentation, and then the sudden release of all this pressure with the sweet KitKat and the heavenly Amber Weiss from CBC brewer, or the Cape Brewing Company. And that first sip, just after my conference presentation (which was online) was beyond heavenly...
The pour was a little bit off. I mean, I just finished my presentation, it was a quick coffee break, and I was still shaking a bit from the stress. But I needed to celebrate with a beer!
Besides the lousy pour, the first smell was incredible. Weiss smelling, yeasty, fruity, but linked with an underlying caramel-malt that just waited to be drunk. Because of the bad pour, there was obviously more oxidation, and I smelled the beer in the air more than I should have.
And it was funny. The stress from the week disappeared with the first sip. It was heavenly, a deep caramel undertone, with the sweet yeasty and fruity taste classic to the Weiss we find here in South Africa. It was a perfect balance between all of the last mentioned.
However, the beer was a bit watery, it did not have a well-rounded full-bodied taste, which you get from heavier beers. Even though there is some pronounced taste due to the higher ABV, it was not as "rounded" and full-bodied as I would have liked it.
Besides that, it was a perfect beer, one that I sipped on while watching the last couple of presentations, knowing that mine was over. What a perfect gift from my fiancé.
The beer was a deep amber colour, with a perfectly white and beautiful head. The lacing was not that good on this beer, but nothing to complain about. I also think this was due to my bad pouring skills in this odd beer glass. I am sure it is not the preferred Weiss glass. But it was the one that I grabbed!
My @urban.scout once again just proved that one can love via a beer. Beer, the love language only a few will understand! Jokes aside, this was a seriously good beer, made even better after the stress of the presentation I had to give.
I hope that you cracked open a cold beer, enjoying it family and friends, or even enjoying it alone. There is nothing like a fine beer!
Enjoy and stay safe.
All of the musings and writings are my drunken own. The photographs are also my own, taken with my Nikon D300.
Inside the Philosopher's Beer Fridge
| Bavik | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Super Wit |
| Belgian Beers | Brews: |
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| 🍺 Duvel Tripel Hop Citra IPA | |
| 🍺 Maredsous Bruin | |
| 🍺 Trappistes Rochefort 8 |
| Boet Beer Brewing Co | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Boet Beer Lager | |
| 🍺 Boet Beer Easy Blonde | |
| 🍺 Boet Beer Pale Ale |
| Cederberg Brewery | Brews: |
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| 🍺 Voertsek IPA |
| Cape Collective | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Session IPA |
| Clarens Brewery | Brews (All Brews Reviewed in this post): |
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| 🍺 IPA | |
| 🍺 Hazelnut Brown Ale: Clarens Goes Nuts | |
| 🍺 Stout | |
| 🍺 Tondon Pilsner | |
| 🍺 Village Lager | |
| 🍺 Weiss | |
| 🍺 English Ale | |
| 🍺 Blonde | |
| 🍺 Mulled Apple Cider | |
| 🍺 Red Ale |
| Darling Brew | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Warlord Imperial IPA | |
| 🍺 Arrow Head Russian Imperial Stout | |
| 🍺 Long Claw Modern Saison |
| Devil's Peak Beer Company | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Jucy Lucy Hazy IPA | |
| 🍺 King's Blockhouse IPA |
| Drakensberg Brewery | Brews (All Brews Reviewed in this post): |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Cathedral Peak Pilsner | |
| 🍺 Champagne Castle Blonde Ale | |
| 🍺 Giant's Castle Stout | |
| 🍺 Amphitheater Red Ale |
| Hey Joe Brewing Co | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Session IPA |
| Jack Black Brewing Co | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Skeleton Coast IPA | |
| 🍺 Butcher's Block Pale Ale |
| Route 96 Brewery | Brews (All Brews Reviewed in this post): |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Zamalek Lager | |
| 🍺 Summer Blond | |
| 🍺 Africa Pilsner | |
| 🍺 Stout |
| Sabie Brewing Co/Hops Hollow Sabie Brewery | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Dravidian Draught IPA | |
| 🍺 Glynn's Gold Golden Ale | |
| 🍺 Safari Gold Marula Infused Blonde Ale | |
| 🍺 Cockney Liz English Bitter |
| Saggy Stone Brewing Co | Brews: |
|---|---|
| 🍺 Bear Jam - Session IPA | |
| 🍺 Pale Weizenbock | |
| 🍺 Rocky River Pale Ale | |
| 🍺 Bomb Squad Lager |
| That Brewing Co. | Brews (All Brews Reviewed in this post): |
|---|---|
| 🍺 That Blond Ale | |
| 🍺 That Subtropical Ale (Delicious Monster) | |
| 🍺 That American Pale Ale (APA) | |
| 🍺 'el Juicy IPA | |
| 🍺 VESS KISS IPA |
Now THERE is a keeper!
I remember those days of traveling for conferences and other business trips. Treating it like a vacation to enjoy it sure can take it out of you. Those bonus sessions over a beer build the best relationships and really does make a difference. I always found my wife not believing that meals and drinks with colleagues and clients was actually work.
Great to see you getting treated and having the time to share with us for Beer Saturday!
Thank you so much, my friend! And I agree. Those post-seminar drinks and food really do hit differently, and the networking you are able to build around them is crazy. I am still at the start of my journey, but the networking has been so rewarding even if only in its infancy.
And for sure, I asked her to mary me for various reasons, but this one in particular! (haha.)
That's a nice care package. Very thoughtful of her. Hopefully you are reunited soon!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I hope so too as well, but in the meantime the beer helps!
Thank you so much!
I only hope that they didn't smell the beer at the other end of the conference. !LOL
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Haha, at that moment I did not care much! The beer really helped with calming me after the stress of presenting. It is funny how you can stress even if only presenting online!
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Enjoy. But don't fail her because she's just your match.
For sure! I agree. She is truly the (beer) soulmate I have always searched for! Thanks so much for the visit!
Ohh, that's interesting!! Am just wondering how she will feel to hear this from you. My regards to her.
Thank you so much! I will tell her. Keep well, and enjoy a cold beer!
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