Picking rock? Well, admittedly it's been a while, but I still remember how to do it. Ya don't get very dirty hands from picking rock, but it does raise hell with a manicure. You don't have one of those cushy hydraulic rock pickers, do ya? We never did.
As to serving my favorite beer, a bold statement, indeed. I tend towards high alcohol, hoppy Pacific Northwest-style IPA's (yes, I'm a hophead). By far my favorite IPA (from a list of over 600 IPA's) is this little
double IPA out of
Corvallis, OR called Sticky Hands. Simply put? Resinous, dank, delicious. Droolworthy, even
Realizing, of course, that your hands may be tied due to geography... Nothing in what I would consider my Top Ten comes from central Canuckistan (or anywhere here, for that matter). Top 100, though? Hmmm, he said.
While not exactly rock picking beers, I do also like big, bold, dark, complex, barrel-aged Imperial porters & stouts. Nickel Brook Brewing out of Burlington, ON, brews a decent Russian Imperial Stout called Bolshevik Bastard. They then barrel age some of it. My favorite variety is called
Winey Bastard, aged in Pinot Noir casks, at a relatively conservative 9.5% ABV. It's pretty decent & would hit my Top 100. I have 3 bombers bottled in 2013 in my cellar. I'd let you pour me one of those.
BTW, I like my rib steaks rare to medium rare.
