Shrimp Burgers

A bit of Southern Fried Goodness for your Monday. Preseason football.

Beer Battered Shrimp
Coleslaw
Sourdough hamburger buns
Cocktail sauce on the side
Bread and butter pickle chips

Serve with a light wheat ale.

Inane Randomness

As usual,when I find entertaining and thought provoking bits around the blogosphere, I like to share them.
A humorous post over at Lunker Hunt about How Do You Know If You Caught A Fish is very humorous and entertaining. How many of you make up rules like that? Do you count "Drive by's" and "Leans"? ( A Lean is when you cast to a sighted fish, and it swims toward your offering only to turn away before taking the bait. A Drive By is when you cast to a sighted fish and it just swims right by your offering - essentially, a Lean without the "leaning" action). In my neck of the woods, If you get the leader to the tip and the fish comes off, we call that a "quick release".....

I'm on vacation next week. Was supposed to be in the Keys but, unforeseen circumstances have intervened making it impossible for me to make it to Long Key. I'm pretty bummed because that is one of my favorite places in the world to camp and fish.....

....so, I've been looking at some maps of my area and some of the "spoil islands" in and around the inter coastal waterway. I'm going to reconnoiter several of them and I might camp out there for a night if it's suitable. I'll make it "My Private Island" as it were. Solitude, fishing, swimming and being out in this beautiful weather is anticipated indeed.

I've been into Mexican style beer lately. If It's Corona or Landshark, I like it...which is weird. I generally go for wheat ales or brews that you can use for hair gel. Must be the weather or time of year. My brother gave me a Bud Light Lime the other day. Tasted like watered down Kool Aid.....

Randy Kadish sent me a copy of his book "The FlyCaster Who Tried To Make Peace With The World" to read and review....looks interesting so far.

Favorite Beers of 2009

Key West Southermost Wheat Ale - Very Nice

Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout - Like a Guinness (yum), but different.

Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse Natürtrub - Very Nice!

Hurricane Reef Raspberry Wheat Ale - Tied with Dunedin - Reminds me of the Keys....

Dunedin Brewery Raspberry Wheat Ale - Tied with Hurricane Reef - Winner 5 years in a row!

Also had some crappy beers that tasted like malt liquor that were stashed in the beer isle masquerading as a reel beer.

Also, if you're ever in the Clearwater area, World Of Beer on Gulf to Bay is an awesome place to find any off the wall suds you might be looking for. I need to visit as I can't seem to locate any Hurricane Reef....

*Please note, I don't drink very often and when I do, it's usually just one or two...

Key West Southernmost Wheat Ale

This fine adult beverage was enjoyed by us on New Years Eve. Very nice Belgian style wheat ale, but with a slight lilting of Key Lime. Very much like a Hoegarten, not Blue Moon. A true wheat ale...