Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter
Josh June 23rd, 2008
I’m not sure I have mentioned it, but I created a new site not too long ago dealing with the 3 big nos nos of Government: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. It’s called the Puritan Pub. I will sometimes be cross posting between the two (for example, below). Visit the Pub and tell me what ya think.
As you may, or may not know, where I’m from there’s not a lot of good beer on tap. The places in town tout the typical redneck “beers”: Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors, etc. Thus, I don’t have the privilege of partaking of good beer on tap, for the most part.
This past Lord’s Day, however, I did get to enjoy a new beer (new to me, I mean). Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter is a welcome addition to my mental beer repository. For a bit more information, one can visit here. The Taddy Porter (TP) has a very full and rich taste. Although I didn’t get the opportunity to do so, I think this beer would make an excellent drink with a nice, medium-well prepared, New York Strip.
It has similar tastes to several beers I enjoy. If you have ever been to a BJs Brewery, this has shades of their “Nutty Brewnette,” although I think this is much more refined and better tasting. The TP has a mild sweetness interlaced with the familiar “bitterness” found in darker beers. I’m not a “professional” beer taster, so it’s sometimes difficult to adequately express the varios tastes found therein.
So let’s just suffice it to say that this is an incredibly good beer, and I wholeheartedly commend it to your palate.
Well, I have played the part of a sloth, physically speaking, for several months now. Due to various distractions, primarily finishing school, all things having to do with physical fitness have been on the back burner for me. And, trust me, it shows/feels. I am not happy with it, but God is good in that He gives us options to do something about it.
Thus, since I am finished with school, I really have no reason to not step-it-up a few notches and get back into an exercise routine of sorts. The struggle, though, is cutting back on two things I really enjoy: food and beer. Okay, three things: I really like sweet tea also. Since finishing up my college courses a few weeks ago, I have been walking/jogging on and off.
I walked/ran a few miles today, and will do so again tomorrow, hopefully developing a habit to get back into things. However, I am considering an investment into the sport of Road Biking at the end of June. A friend of mine has been doing this for a few years, so I might try to feed of his wake in getting started. Dr. James White is apparently also an avid Road Biker. My reason for considering this instead of doing what I’ve always done before (run) is because I think it will be a lot easier on my knees.
Well, it’s about time. After graduating from High School in 1997, I was determined on finishing a college degree quickly. However, I had no idea what I wanted a degree in. At the time, I was hesitant to get a degree in ministry because the University at which I was attended gave scholarships for those purporting a call to Ministry. Since I was unsure, I didn’t want to take advantage of that and manipulate the scholarship funds in that way.
. Nonetheless, I am so grateful to God Who, in His mercy, pushed me through these last four semesters to finally finish up this phase. Now, I hope to get some things in order, so that I may better provide for more family, Lord willing. After setting some of those things in order, I will seek a seminary education, so long as my perceived inward calling to the ministry is affirmed and confirmed by the people and ministers of God.
