OooooOOOOOoooo...Burp.

Last night after the company banquet I stopped by The Flying Saucer for a pint of whatever the fire sale was, and noticed that they had a beer by the local microbrewery, Bosco's, whose restaurant beer is usually just okay--it's usually kinda syrupy and thick and heavy in the Dutch tradition.

Because Bosco's is a competing restaurant chain, the beer is packaged under the name Ghost River Brewing, and the Saucer had their brown ale available. It was really fantastic--it lacked the sugary sweetness of Bosco's normal offerings, but had a distinct hoppy bitterness, with a deep nutty character and some burnt caramel notes, and a pleasant aftertaste. Not the characterless offerings by larger companies, nor the unpleasant "I've been shipped from far far away and nobody really orders me so this keg's been here for two months" of Sam Adams of Anchor. Try it if you get a chance; it's probably only available here or Nashville, which puts it out of the range of my standard LJ audience, but perhaps the @chowmemphis Twitter followers or the folks who might read this once it becomes a Facebook note will take an interest.

And then the good folks at Ghost River Brewing will notice and send me free beer or something.

It got Sam Cooke right, too. Or I did.

I thought I'd play around a little with the Midomi iPhone App, and see what songs came close when I sang 'em.

( As the results take the form of pictures, perhaps it's best to put them behind a cut. )