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November 14, 2005
Drink Me
When you really get down to it, there are but a few things in life that are equally swell as, say, having a beer named after you. Well, let's qualify that. If you, like me, are one of those souls who completely missed out on the personalizing-extravaganza of late eighties because your name was too unusual to be carved into bubble letters, woven into bracelets, or stamped on diaries... then having a beer bear your moniker is an inestimable thrill.
The first time that I saw "Elissa IPA" on the Saint Arnold Brewing Company's website I spontaneously performed an elaborate jig on my bedroom floor. There was my name -- beginning with an "e" and sandwiching a double "s" -- stamped on some liquid product for all the world (or at least Texas) to see and purchase. Even better, the mind behind this brilliant branding device was the Saint Arnold Brewing Company, a Houston-based microbrewery that concocts some of my favorite ales. Really, the situation could only be improved if I could actually drink some of myself. But, sadly, Saint Arnold's is only sold in Texas and I, at the time of my serendipitous discovery, was in Hawaii.
Noel, however, was in Texas, and he did not disappoint. When he proposed a few weeks later, we toasted not over champagne, but over Elissa IPA.
Now, I will make one minor allowances. As you might have guessed by now, the brew is not actually named after me personally. IPAs were brewed with a high alcohol content in order to keep the beer fresh on its long journey from England to India. "Tall ships" were used to carry the cargo. Thus, the Elissa IPA is named after the tall ship "Elissa" (which, of course was named after me...or Dido.)
Still, I think I have ample reason to ask for one of these when we go back to Houston for Thanksgiving. After all, I've waited twenty-three years to get something with my name on it. And this is way cooler than some woven bracelet.
Carefully Dramatized Life Accounts | By elissa | 06:39 PM
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