Dick's Silk Lady rescues me from drinking Coors in between beer pong games

It's beer pong night with Linds, Karl and David (who was a rock star in his former life). For the record, Karl is a Master Jedi at beer pong and I hate playing against someone so skillful. Remember how the German invasion of Poland in WW2 turned out? It was a rout. Karl may be Polish, but he's a Nazi at beer pong.

Karl came straight from an L.L. Bean catalog shoot.

Dick's Silk Lady refers to the Geisha that Dick keeps chained in his basement. Okay, that's not true. It actually refers to his favorite kitty, who's a mean ol' cooter.

So the beer is from Centralia, Washington, a town that I didn't know existed before tonight. Silk Lady is a Belgian Style ale with a depressing 4.4% alcohol. It tastes like a incredibly like home brew; really, we could make this. The flavor is somewhere between a light Belgian and a heavy hefeweizen and the clarity and the sweetness reflect this style as well. THE ISLAND rating.

Also, Esquire released the beers they're excited for in 2011, and it's a surprisingly interesting list. The first one is news to me, but it makes me salvitate: Esquire's Best Beers of 2011.