Lovecraftian Beer Wisdom

Some vicious (and thirsty) little gremlin has decided to tie H.P. Lovecraft to liquor as of late. A rebuke from beyond the grave of his lifelong sobriety? Someone trying to hint that Lovecraft has been reincarnated as a bar tender (a different variant of Mark Samuels' story "A Gentleman From Mexico," where HPL resurrects as a Mexican writer)? Maybe. In any case, John Schuff of Brewcast.net has developed four principles for determining excellent barleywines from Lovecraft's fiction. These are:

1. Some Things are Best Left Sleeping.

2. Cold Can Take the Life Out of Things.

3. Strength Without Finesse is a Monster.

4. Strength With Finesse is Even Scarier Than a Monster.

For a fuller explanation of what each of these entails, check out the article link above. Perhaps the most eldritch wisdom of Lovecraft's lore is that applied to the more mundane corners of existence.

-Grim Blogger