Enjoying a beer and writing about it

So, I decided to hop onto the BEERSATURDAY band wagon and earn some BEER tokens. Luckily, I had planned to do some grocery shopping, which meant I could pick up some adult beverages.

The local Food Lion has a Build Your Own 6 pack option in the cooler section. The beers they offer are split between local brews and national chains. I like this option, because I wouldn't want to pick up a six-pack of some local brew blend and find that I really don't like it after the first half-pint.

So, I picked up 4 cans of local and 2 bottles of malt beverage standbys. I don't plan on drinking them all today, so I'm only going to share when I drink them.... if it is on BEER SATURDAY.

Blood Orange Wheat

The first beer to try comes from the New Sarum Salisbury Brewing Company

Salisbury is in the foothills of North Carolina. I actually lived there during breaks from college. It is a nice town with some wonderfully beautiful houses. I picked the Blood Orange Wheat, because I have enjoyed other beverages that have included blood orange as an ingredient.

I am no beer snob, so I probably couldn't tell you how good this was as being a wheat beer. It was enjoyable and I really like the almost twice the alcohol by volume that it served up. Whether it was the blood orange or other flavors, it did have a little bit a different taste that kicked.

I would say that I tasted the lemon grass and it definitely had that fighting between sweet and tart going on in my mouth. If I had bought a six-pack of these, I would not complain about enjoying every last one.

I cooked some spaghetti to eat with the beer and it was a very good pairing.