Redbridge

(Anheuser Busch Inc, St. Louis MO, US, 4.80% EtOH)

That's really beer there, not iced tea. 

Produced by the fine folks at Anheuser Busch for the gluten intolerant crowd, and it shows.

This stuff is definitely unique amongst beers...the way my wife's incontinent, paranoid schizophrenic, post-traumatic stress disorder having Beagle is unique amongst other dogs. It elicits pity while you have one, but you're in no rush to find another.

A very light body, medium carbonation, and you can definitely taste the sorghum at the finish (If you've never had sorghum, it has a dark, sugary/molasses kind of flavor). It is this singular flavor that reminds you that Redbridge was intentionally created with human consumption in mind (rather than, say, some kind of earth-friendly, organic, nontoxic wood cleaner).

There's a silver lining to this cloud, however. I hereby vow to find a gluten-free, celiac friendly beer that is a worthy champion for all would-be glutenless alcoholics everywhere.

2 Jenkins (There must be a better way)

2008 Pedroncelli Cabernet Sauvignon

Hi everyone, or should I say, the three people that actually read this blog at the moment :) It's The Muffin again with another wine review.

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of my favorite red wines to partake of. I like them to be dry, and taste like berries and pepper (strange combination I know, but hey, it works for me). The Jenkins and I recently went on a mini-vacation, and this was our bottle of wine with dinner one night. He had bison tenderloin and I had duck. They were both prepared most excellently, and this wine definitely went well with both. BTW, if you're ever in Ruidoso, New Mexico and feel like dropping some serious dough on a fabulous dinner, I highly recommend Willmon's Prime Grill. There's even a picture of the table we sat at on the web page!

In my opinion, this is a great Cabernet Sauvignon. As part of The Jenkins' and my ongoing contest to see how much of the tasting note I got right from the back of the bottle, I got 2 out of 3 characteristics correct (I'm good but not quite as good as my Beagle's nose yet). There are distinct hints of pepper and cassis. The third characteristic (the one I didn't get, but honestly should have) is toasted oak. After he told me that this wine was oaked, it was pretty obvious. I don't really chomp down on oak trees that often so that taste is still a bit unfamiliar to me.

Tomorrow's dinner, bark of oak with a side of fresh oak. I'll get my yearly dose of fiber in one night ... yay.

Until next time.
The Muffin

4 Jenkins (Insert witty sentence here.)