A couple months ago, my family visited Gulf Coast Alabama to meet my wife's family for a Family Reunion Type thing.
I am not the sort of person who can lie on the beach or by the pool for vacation. I have to be moving around at least a little.
Most of the rest of the group doesn't have the same problem with just sitting around.
So ... I spent quite a few hours walking the beach by myself.
Quite often while walking around, my mind starting wandering to thoughts about brewing.
I was also quite fascinated with watching all the brown pelicans.
I thought it was cool how they fly in formation. And, when they dive into the water, it was downright awesome.
Anyway ... a couple years ago, I brewed a beer honoring my fascination with the
Colorado White Pelicans (my name for them) called
Colorado Pelican Australian Sparkling Ale.
I got to thinking that taking the
Sparkling Ale recipe and darkening it up a bit would be a way to extend the theme of the "Alabama" brown pelicans from the "Colorado" white pelicans.
