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Man Gear Wednesday - Outlaw Beer Holster

Photo Courtesy of beeroutlaw.com

So a few weeks ago I brought you the beer gun belts and now to add to your collection it is the Outlaw Beer Holster. Everyone loves a good cowboy, whether it's Clint Eastwood or John Wayne. Instead of being the scourge of the plains you can be the scourge of your local bar with this new toy. Your six pack can replace the six shooter with this ingenious invention. No more forgetting which beer was yours. The San Diego based company called Beer Outlaw produces and sells this tackle of the trail. Prices range from thirty dollars for a basic model to fifty for a custom job. Check out their website below. I give this piece of gear a five out of five beers on the man scale.


Beer Outlaw Website

Man Wisdom Sundays

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria." - David Auerbach

Man Review - Red Hook Long Hammer IPA

How many times have you read a beer review and wondered what the hell is this guy talking about and what is ASTMD? Well guess what I am not going to bore you with that stuff. I am going to get to the meat of why I like or do not like this beer.

First off it is an IPA, however it is not overpowering and hoppy like most IPA's. There is a little bite on the first swig, yet it goes down very smoothly. There was very little head on the pour. Now the good part. Does it taste good? Yes, it was actually very good. Most people cannot get into IPA's because they can be very overwhelming compared to your average beer. Long Hammer however is great for someone who wants to expand their taste into a the world of IPA's.

Beware - For the beginner, I will tell you this beer can seek up on you. At 6.5% ABV it is more than your Buds and Millers. In layman's terms you will get drunk quicker. So watch out.

I give Red Hook's Long Hammer IPA a 4 out of 5 beers on the man scale. Make sure you check out the links below for more info on Red Hook and Long Hammer.

Red Hook Brewery

Red Hook Long Hammer Website
Red Hook Brewery Website

Deep-fried beer invented in Texas

From the Dallas Morning News:
By ERIC AASEN / The Dallas Morning News
eaasen@dallasnews.com If Big Tex looks a little glassy-eyed this fall, blame it on the Fried Beer. Or the Deep Fried Frozen Margarita.

Booze is generating a buzz for the State Fair of Texas, as fried-alcohol dishes made the list of top new fair foods announced Wednesday.

Eight imaginative contenders are vying for the Sixth Annual Big Tex Choice Awards, with the winners getting plenty of publicity – and long lines of eager fairgoers willing to gobble up the fried goodness.

But have your ID handy for the Fried Beer and Deep Fried Frozen Margarita – you must be 21 or older to partake.

Kiddos, don't fret. Try the Deep Fried S'mores Pop-Tart and wash it down with Fried Lemonade. Chocoholics, the Fried Chocolate will give you your cocoa fix.

Proud of your Texas roots? You might swoon over the Texas Fried Frito Pie or the Texas Fried Caviar. Like your lettuce with grease? Try Fernie's Fried Club Salad.

On Labor Day, judges will name two winners: for best taste and most creative. The creations will make their debut at the fair, which starts Sept. 24.

Fried Beer is a beer-filled pretzel-like dough pocket that's shaped like ravioli. Take a bite and the beer pours out.

But don't cry over spilled suds. Simply use the dough to soak up the rest of the brewski.

"Why drink your beer when you can eat it?" creator Mark Zable said.

The Deep Fried Frozen Margarita includes a funnel cake batter mixed with either tequila or tequila-flavored wine, dusted with margarita mix and served in a salt-rimmed plastic glass.

It tastes just like a margarita, although it won't produce much of a buzz, said Jake Levy, one of the dish's creators. It's based on the margarita recipe served at his family's Desperados restaurants.

"If somebody were to eat a dozen of them," he said, "they might get a little head rush."

Beer blasts

 

For three years, Zable has been on a mission to concoct Fried Beer. He remembers staring at a bar menu in a restaurant. Calamari. Nachos. Fried cheese.

Bor-ing.

"Someone needs to figure out a way to fry beer," he thought.

Zable started experimenting. But the beer-and-dough concoction kept exploding once it hit the fryer. He kept getting burned.

So he consulted with a food scientist – still, no luck.

Then, earlier this year, he finally found the recipe for success. Now Zable keeps the process shrouded in secrecy and has applied for a Fried Beer patent and trademark.

Food vendors at fairs across the country often copycat the Texas fair's top foods. So Zable is doing whatever he can "so I can't be knocked off."

He has been a Big Tex Choice finalist twice before, but that doesn't cut it. He yearns for the trophy, an Oscar-like award with a Big Tex head.

"I really, really want one of those trophies this year," he said.

Levy did backflips in his restaurant when he heard that his Deep Fried Frozen Margarita had been named a finalist. When he won a Big Tex Choice Award for his Deep Fried Latte in 2007, his family received requests from media outlets worldwide.

"We got a little taste of that, and we definitely want to do it again," he said. "If you're the 'it' food at the fair, you are at the pinnacle."

He's baaaack

 

Don't forget the fry king.

Abel Gonzales Jr. returns again as a finalist, this time with Fried Chocolate.

He's received Big Tex awards for Texas Fried Cookie Dough, Fried Coke and a Fried Peanut Butter, Jelly and Banana Sandwich.

And don't forget last year's winner, Gonzales' Deep Fried Butter, which generated headlines nationwide.
Oprah Winfrey tasted the fried butter – and liked it – during her visit to the fair, where she taped an episode of her talk show.

This year, Gonzales had brownies on the brain. It became his fried focus.
The brownie is stuffed with a piece of white chocolate, a cherry and pecans. The treat is then dipped into chocolate cake batter and fried.

But even Fried Chocolate might have a hard time toppling Deep Fried Butter, Gonzales said. Then again, he thought there was no way he could top Fried Coke, which won a Big Tex award in 2006
"You just go and try to do the best you can," Gonzales said. "If you start thinking, 'Ooh, I've got to start thinking of something bigger and better,' you're not going to come up with anything at all."

Man Wisdom Sundays

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.  -  Bernie Mac, RIP

Number 7 - Rotary Club Lemonade

I know it is not a food but with many county fairs being dry (No beer) a man needs to quench his thirst with some good stuff. The first thing that comes to mind is lemonade, but not just any lemonade. The best fair lemonade has to be that of the Rotary Club. This stuff is good. Water, a ton of sugar and real lemons. A must for any thirsty Fair goer.

As a side note I was surprised that inflation had hit the lemonade market so steeply. I remember when these tall glasses of nectar were only a dollar and you would get a poker chip size token with it. If you collected ten tokens you got a free lemonade. Now these succulent slurpees are two fifty a pop. Tomorrow the fun continues with numbers 6 and 5 in the countdown. Thanks and please subscribe.

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