Well faithful readers, it's the day that you've had marked on your calendar for three long, cold months of winter; the vernal equinox! Yes ladies and gentlemen, today marks the first official day of spring. Forget all of the groundhog day, punxatawny Phil bullcrap about seeing a shadow and ushering in the new season, or six more weeks of winter. Today is the true first day of spring, and we're officially one season closer to the long golden days of summer that embrace drunken revelry like no other season. In southern California, spring is probably the least heralded season because of the simple fact that our climate is generally mild all year long. In places where the temperatures dip below freezing in the winter, spring is a bit of a Godsend, but to us in So Cal, it's just that fuzzy time of transition between cold and warm weather (when I say cold, I'm talking like 50 degrees farenheit at the coldest. Pathetic, I know.).
Well, to ring in the changing of the seasons, Iv'e decided to go out for a night on the town and treat myself to a quality Belgian beer called Leffe. Leffe is a blonde ale that has sweet notes of banana and clove in it's flavor. One of my favorite things about this beer was the way it felt in my mouth. Few beers are able to combine the smooth finish of an ale, with the crisp bite of a lager the way that the brewers of Leffe can. I've come to expect a lot from Belgian beers, and as far as Leffe goes, it's pretty run of the mill. Not quite on the level of a beer like Affligem in my opinion, but still probably a step up from a lot of similar Belgian beers.
Op uw gezondheid and A Votre Sante!
Ian
http://www.leffe.be/
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