Firestone Walker Brewing Company Velvet Merlin

It's a cold wet one today - perfect weather for a Stout.  The Firestone Walker Brewing Company's Velvet Merlin is brewed in the Oatmeal Stout style with some nice dark malts and a minimum of hops.  The IBU sits at just 27 and the alcohol level is only 5.5%.  This clears the path for you to taste the malts and yeast that make this one of the better Oatmeal Stouts that I have tasted.  Have a wonderful Christmas and stay dry!

Cheers,
Jerry

Some Propoganda from the Brewery  ------- Decadent

Velvet Merlin on Beer advocate  -----  90

Here's a nice video of some improvements at the Brewery  ----- Beerpulse

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #164 - It's A Drag (7" Vinyl)

Your doctor told you to get more PolyVinylChloride in your diet?  

Don't worry, you can get your Prescription filled right here!

Here's the Playlist:

Colt Summer
OUTTACONTROLLER
Colt Summer single
Suggested by Noland from the Tanked

It's A Drag
Tommy Stinson
Done To Death 7"

The House That Heaven Built
Japandroids
Polyvinyl 7"

Ozma
Shannon and the Clams
1-2-3-4 Go 7"

Handglams
Ty Segall
Drag City 7"

Grey Skies USA
English Singles
Slumberland 7"

Love Potion
King Tuff
Sub Pop 7"

Get It Out Of Your Head
Beach Day
Kanine 7"

Back From The Moon
Big Eyes
Grave Mistake 7"

Let's Drink
The Tanked
Tankenbrau 7"

Zane Merite
Mudlow
Killer 7"

News At 10
Kurt Baker
Jolly Ronnie 7"

Do The Wipers
Impo & the Tents
THH 7"
I Am The Least Machiavailian

Ribcage
The Bronx
The Bronx 4
Suggested by Jake of Jake's Inferno

Don't You Forget It
Nick Waterhouse
Innovative Leisure 8"

Cola Shock Kids
Cozy 
Hozac 7"



1000 Answers
The Hives
No Fun 7"


Stuck on an Island
Cold Warps
Noyes 7"

Double Visions
Teledrome
Hozac 7"

Another Girl
King Louie's Missing Monuments
Hozac 7"


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In 2 Weeks,  New Year's Resolutions will be explored.

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2010 Santa Rita Reserva Carmenere

It a bit dark and dreary out here on the left coast today, but I've got a nice bottle of Red Wine to boost the cheer.  This bottle came all the way from Chile, courtesy of the Santa Rita Winery.  This Reserva Carmenere is a fine example of the Varietal.  Some nice layered dark fruit notes with just a hint of residual sugar that is bringing out the Vanilla and Caramel notes of the aging.  Salute!

Here's some propoganda from the Winery's website ----- Santa Rita

From the Wines of Chile website -

Carmenere hasn’t always gotten the respect it deserves, and it was a typically rebellious and misunderstood teenager, back when it was “rediscovered” mixed among the Merlot vines in the early 1990s, but as it turns out, this former diamond in the rough polishes up quite nicely and the world is coming to respect our very Chilean Carmenere.

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #163 - All This Way For Nothing

Can't find any new music that you like?  Hey - your not looking hard enough.

Here's this week's playlist:

Keep Believing
Bob Mould
Silver Age

All This Way For Nothing
Tommy Stinson
One Man Mutiny

Spacehead
Legendary Wings
Making Paper Roses

Dream Of Sleep
Motel Beds
Dumb Gold

Funspot
Audacity
Mellow Cruisers

Early Grave
The Tough Shits
The Tough Shits

Winter Blues
Redd Kross
Researching The Blues

Saint
Ian Hunter And The Rant Band
When I'm President
Suggested by both Dave from Mottey's Garage and Boyd

Get Myself a Gun
The Bonnevilles
Folk Art & The Death Of Electric Jesus

Givin' Up On You
Sonic Avenues
Television Youth
Dirtnap Records 2012 Sampler  ------>  Get it here!

Wait For Us
Mind Spiders
Meltdown

One Of Them Damn Days
John Hiatt
Mystic Pinball

Brave New World
Torpedohead
Greetings From Heartbreak Key

Dodge K
Red Collar
Welcome Home
Sugggested by Noland of the Tanked

Living Without You
The Organ Beats
Goldenheart

Black Cat
The Creeping Ivies
Stay Wild

Hell Is for Babies
Biters
Last of a Dying Breed - EP

Let's Go Home
Best Coast
The Only Place

Temple Beautiful
Chuck Prophet
Temple Beautiful

Flamin' Stooges
South Harbour Ringers
Fat Acorn Sessions

Off
Apa State Mental
Apa Valley

Wiped Out
Off!
Off!

Goodbye
Star Maps
Star Maps



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Stone Brewing India Pale Ale

As yes, the simple joys of an IPA.  This one is from the fine folks over at the Stone Brewing Company in Escondido, California.  Yes - this is in Southern California, but I don't hold that against them - they can still make a wonderful beer.  If you have never heard of this brewery before, be careful, as you need a road map to navigate the Vertical, Epic, Anniversary and Collaboration beers.  I suggest you start with this one - a wonderful classic West Coast India Pale Ale with the wet hopped goodness that Stone has perfected.  Hey - it even gets a perfect 100 over at ratebeer.com - that should keep the beer geeks happy....

Ratebeer.com ----->  a perfect 100!

Beer Advocate ------> only a 95?  What!!!!

Picked up the latest Big Takeover and Ugly Things magazines down at the local newsagent (along with the Sunday Papers) - got lotsa reading material now....

Cheers,
Jerry

Red Red Wine On A Sunday #162 - Attitude (Demo)

Yes - it is time for the fifth show dedicated to the Noble Grape.  So please join me and Mr. Peel (above) as we listen to a smattering of songs related to Wine. 

Here's the Playlist:


Spanish Reds
Banner Pilot
Heart Beats Pacific

Attitude (ASD demo)
The Replacements
Flowers in the Dark 

Connection
Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos
Live At The Hollywood Palladium
Suggested by Dave of Mottey's Garage

Drinking Wine Spodyody
Pere Ubu
Dub Housing
Suggested by Draz from Coffee Time With Drazzle

Raisins
Dinosaur Jr.
Chocomel Daze (Live 1987)

The Grape Wine
Melvin Moore
Apollo Jump

Booze Party
Cramps
Booze Party (Live 1989 NY)

Dogs, Records & Wine
Hell on Heels
Dogs Records & Wine

Wine Head
H-Bomb Ferguson
Rock H-Bomb-Rock!!

Who Snuck The Wine In The Gravy?
Earl Bostic
Let's Ball Tonight

Word Of Mouth
The Kinks
Word of Mouth

Black Night Blues
Ronnie Self
Bop-A-Lena
Suggested by Greg of the Rock and Roll Manifesto

Strawberry Wine
Billy Webb
AD-Korp 7"
Junk Shop Juke Box website at http://wopbopaloobopalopbamboom.blogspot.com/

Sweet Burgundy
Tommy Bolin Band
Private Eyes
Suggested by Boyd

Talkin' Thunderbird Blues
Townes Van Zandt
Live At The Whole Coffeehouse University Of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA September 9, 1973
Suggested by Tom T

My Lonely Sad Eyes
Them
Them Again

Dimes For Nickles
J.D. McPherson
Signs & Signifiers

Cheap Wine
Darkbuster
22 Songs You'll Never Want To
Suggested by Noland of The Tanked

Painted Faces and Long Hair
The Orwells
Remember When

Missing Link
South Harbour Ringers
Fat Acorn Sessions
Suggested by Jake of Jake's Inferno
Noval Black Port

The Nights Of Wine And Roses
Japandroids
Celebration Rock

Turpentine Wine
OFF!
OFF!

So Much Wine
Andrew Bird
Mom + Pop 7"

Cry to Me
The Pretty Things
UK Fontana 7"

Livin' My Life
Mark Sultan
Sultan 7"

Kings Of The Party
Brownsville Station
Big Tree 7"

Strychnine
Thee Headcoatees
Twist 7"

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Noval Black Port

It's a Wet and Wild Sunday out here on the Left Coast, but I have a nice bottle of Port open to keep me warm.  Uncorked this one on Friday night and have a glass leftover for tonight.  This Port is from the Quinta Do Noval winery in the Douro Valley in Portugal and is going great with some Chocolate Truffles that the family picked up at a local Chocolatier.  We typically buy a box for a number of our relatives / friends at Christmas and end up with a free sampling of the latest flavors - hmmm - the Peanut Butter variety is so smooth - reminds me of a Reese's but taken up a few notches on the silkiness scale!

Cheers,

Jerry  

A nice blog about the wine ----->  jamie goode

Propaganda from the winery (careful - lotsa flash - loads slowly....)  ----->  Noval Black