The beer for today is Peroni, Nastro Azzurro.
On July 13 (or 12) 100 B.C. Julius Ceasar was born. How cool is it that he was born in the month that was named after him?
Julius Caesar, the original JC was one of the main guys who transformed the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. He expanded the Roman Empire through Gaul (France) and also invaded Britain.
He was proclaimed dictator for life after he took control of the government. He was assassinated by Marcus Brutus on March 14, 44 B.C. Unlike the other JC, he didn't come back on the third day.
Peroni Nastro Azzurro (Blue Ribbon) is a typical pilsner beer at 5.1% ABV. It is brewed in Rome. Peroni is owned by SABMiller.
It's one of the most widely available Italian beers in the U.S. and was at the Olive Garden the last time I ate there (Easter, 2007). So in honor of Julius Caesar, head on over to the Olive Garden, get one of those HUGE salads and drink a Peroni.
Pray that it didn't have too much light damage (skunk) done to the beer through the green bottle.
You suppose Olive Garden has an "all you can drink beer tray" like their all you can eat breadstick thingy?
ReplyDeleteWe need to find you some tastier Italian beers, my friend...
ReplyDeleteRob, there are better Italian beers, like the Baladin's. But, I was going for a classic, "when you think of italian beer, you think of ___" and the one I came up with was ... unfortunately... peroni.
ReplyDeleteThere's also birra moretti and la rossa; but those are about the same as peroni (la rossa was the gateway beer for my GF last year).
And I guess they don't serve Baladin at the Olive Garden...
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