The Bitch is Back

The title of this post refers both to the beer I'm discussing and how long it's been since I've contributed to the site (it is also unintentionally my second Elton John reference in as many posts). I had Raging Bitch by Flying Dog for the first time when visiting my mom down in Washington, D.C. My mom, being the awesome lady that she is, bought a six pack for me to drink at my leisure throughout the weekend. She told me in the week leading up to the visit that she bought "some type of dog beer" that two gay strangers recommended at her grocery store. I confess that when she told me this, I assumed the beer would be light and ineffectual. How wrong I was.

You know the movie Crash, where every racist person is confronted with something that challenges his or her beliefs? Raging Bitch was my Crash moment, except replace deep seeded racism with being somewhat unsure about two gay strangers' taste in beer. My situation would make for a much better movie.

Big thumbs up to Flying Dog though, a brewery I've been on the fence about in the past. Raging Bitch is one hell of a beer. For how high the alcohol content is (8.3%), its surprisingly smooth. It is not however an ideal session beer for a Saturday afternoon spent talking with your mom about grad school. Shit gets way more real than it needs to.

Life lesson? Try more beers suggested by homosexual couples your mom meets in supermarkets. Also, Crash is terrible.