Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Would you drink wine in your football team's colors?

I stumbled upon this video on the Internet today, in which a Baltimore Sun writer shows us how to turn beer Ravens purple.

The resulting beer looks very wine-like -- like sparkling Zinfandel, albeit with a bigger mousse than you'd expect. It actually looks more delicious to me than in its original yellow color, but that's because I'm a wine guy, not a beer guy.

So that begs the question: Would you drink wine in your team's colors while watching a big game?

Obviously it depends on the team. Oakland A's fans can have golden Chardonnay, perhaps with a stick of celery. But what about Raiders fans? Malbec served in a silver goblet?

How about San Francisco Giants fans? I've seen some orange wines, but generally they're flawed by oxidation. A few drops of red food coloring in your Sauvignon Blanc, then, with perhaps some olives on the side?

If you're a big enough Philadelphia Eagles fan to drink wine colored green and white -- stay away from my cellar with that stuff.

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