Days of the Beer, July 22

The beer for today is Stoudts Scarlet Lady ESB.

On July 22, 1934, John Herbert dillinger was shot and killed while leaving the Biograph Theater in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Dillinger was with his girlfriend, Polly Hamilton and Anna Sage, who was a brothel madam in Gary, Indiana.

Dillinger was a bank robber, famous for his leaping over the counter, and narrow getaways from the police. Him, Bonnie and Clyde and Ma Barker were some of the most famous people during the "public enemy era".

Anna (the madam) was under investigation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service at the time, and sold some information to the FBI about Dillinger for a reward, and for help with her deportation proceedings. Anna told the agenst that they would be at the theater, and they would be able to identify her because she would be wearing an ORANGE DRESS.

As they left the theater, Dillinger ran and drew his weapon, the FBI agents shot. Dillinger was hit three times, twice in the chest and once that entered the back of his neck and exited under his right eye.

Due to artificial lighting at the theater, the orange color of the dress was distorted, which led to the notion of the Lady in Red, as a betraying character. (Anna was later deported back to Romania in 1936.)

As for the beer;

This authentic English-style ale is brewed from the finest imported Marris Otter malt for a rich, reddish-copper color and full, malty palate. the generous use of English hops balances the regal, sweet maltiness and imparts a softly perfumed aroma.

This beer is a B on Beer advocate; and a 67% on RateBeer. I had this beer somewhere between August 3 and August 6 of 2007, it was number 710 for the year last year.