Tenaya Creek Hefeweizen

Many whiskeys into a horrible Texas vs. UCLA game (Texas was embarrassed, thank goodness I was too late throw down my unborn child's college fund against a team UT should have steamrolled), I saddled up to the bar and spotted an unfamiliar face. She cost too much, so I looked again and someone else. Tanaya Creek is a local brewery and is the official beer of The Bellagio (as well as Treasure Island and Mandalay Bay).I tried the Hefeweizen.

Vegas was good to me, but not to my sports teams or z beer

Typical Vegas, Tenaya Creek didn't get a fair shake here. When I asked the bartender about the Hefe, he shrugged and said, "It's something different, ya know?" Ouch. What did 5 fingers say to the face? SLAP. See, when someone describes a food or especially a drink as "different," it's the equivalent of saying someone of the opposite sex has great "personality." It's the politest but also the most unflattering description possible.

So the Tenaya Creek Hefeweizen thankfully took my attention away momentarily from a disastrous football game but it was a bittersweet moment. The Hefeweizen didn't taste at all like a hefe. Maybe it was a bad keg, but it tasted more like a big pale lager. Sunday I watched the fascinating documentary CATFISH and I can't tell you any more about it but this beer is a Catfish. Well, that's Vegas isn't it? Nothing goes as expected, nothing is quite as it seems.

I had a great weekend with my parents and my brother and his girlfriend. Friday I ran into an old Houston friend who was there with a bachelor party and spent the evening with free bottle service at the Bellagio club, whatever that's called. Saturday night I saw LOVE (really really cool), ate at Julian Serrano's Picasso restaurant (amazing, duh) and then went out alone around midnight and made friends with some Brits. Gotta love'm. Paid for my first and hopefully last $10 Heineken. A couple hours later, I was still up to see this:

Vegas sunrise gives me 'a cat ate the canary' grin

Vegas, it's been too long and I won't let so much time pass before I give you all my money in exchange for a sleepless night and hazy stories. Rating my weekend, it was THE ROCK, edging close to BAD BOYS. As far as the Hefe, sorry micro brew Tenaya, you got a bad shake. PEARL HARBOR rating.