CH did her first portrait of me, one that required posing and time and deliberate work. This was her first drawing that wasn’t a stylized representation (eyes, mouth, hair) but a recreation of what she saw when she looked at me, a catalog of features and impressions. I like it, it reminds me of a caricature from the early 20th century. It captures me like few portraits have, and I’m glad to see I’m smiling.
In case you can’t read it, that says “Peter fas [face]”. Now onto beer, specifically the dwindling stock of Marlborough IPA. I’m down now to just two bottles. Interestingly, this beer has changed dramatically in the last two months since it was fresh. The wonderful hop aroma and flavor is fading fast, allowing the strong booziness to come to the front. Since it was brewed with sugars that alcohol is strong, not tempered by other malt flavors. Which I’m not liking so much. These last two bottles have only an echo of the great flavor that made me fall in love with Nelson Sauvin hops and I’m finding little flavor backbone to keep this beer afloat. So…here’s to the end of a batch and hoping the next one is even better. Cheers!
Writer, architect, father, husband.
Love the portrait…especially the hair and beard. That is one fine set of teeth dude! See you guys soon!