Lately, I've been a junky for the funky. Sour beers got something special that daddy need, yet as a reasonable man, I find it hard to justify regularly dropping $40 on a bottle of Cantillon or Drie Fonteinen. I've found the reasonably priced Rodenbach a great alternative to give me that tart taste I'm after. While it isn't really the same as a Cantillon (Rodenbach is a Flanders Red ale or Acid ale, much more vinegar-like than the Cantillons, which are lambics, and thus much funkier), it still scratches a similar itch. That nice little pucker I get from each sip is like a wink from a babe that gets you through the day. It takes care of business without breaking the bank.
I've always imagined Gaston from Beauty and the Beast enjoying a couple of tankards of acid ale trying to get up the courage to head up to the castle, and take care of business with the beast. The oak tannins and sour cherry tartness would most definitely get him in shape to sling barbs at the Beast, and convince Belle that it was time to bed.
So, give it a shot. You won't regret the choice - unlike Gaston, who I assume, as he plummeted to his death from the Beast's castle, thought, "I wish I had just stayed in town and laid those three babes!"
-Erich
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