Days of the Beer, August 13

The beer for today is Left Hand Sawtooth Ale.

Happy International Lefthanders Day!!! That's right, today is the day when we left-handers have our day. In this predominately right-handed world, it's about time we can celebrate our uniqueness!

Only seven to ten percent of the worlds population is left-handed.

Left handers are right brained, which seems to help with geometry. Apparently there is a link between lefthandedness and intelligence.

The following U.S. Presidents were left-handed: James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton.

These famous people were also left handed: Joan of Arc, Ramses II, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Castro, Henry Ford, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Lenny Bruce, Matt Groening, Me, Bart Simpson.

There's famous left-handed musicians too: David Byrne, Kurt Cobain, Phil collins, billy Corgan, Glenn Frey, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Iommi, Isaac Hayes, Chuck Mangione, Paul McCartnely, Robert Plant, Cole Porter, Ringo Starr, Paul Simon, Lou Rawls.

M.C. Escher did all those drawings left handed, as did Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo (Donatello wasn't).

Dan Aykroyd, Tim Allen, Harry Anderson, Matthew Broderick, George Burns, Carol Burnett, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro, W.C. Fields, Mark Hamill, Kermit the Frog, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Michael Landon, Kristy McNichol, Howie Mandel, Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anthony Perkins, Richard Pryor, Robert Redford, Julia Roberts, Dick van Dyke, Bruce Willis, Oprah... all left-handed actors. (Odd how many left handed couples there are)

As for the beer, Left Hand Sawtooth Ale is an extra special bitter.

Sawtooth Ale is an English style Extra Special Bitter. It is an extremely well balanced beer, with significant hop character, medium body, and a maltiness which increases in evidence as the beer warms to its "proper" drinking temperature. . The water used is quite hard, bringing it to near Burton on Trent levels, keeping it true to the style. This gives it the appropriate character and improves the malt extract significantly.

This beer is 4.75% ABV, so it's easily a sessionable beer. I had this April 13, 2007, beer 377. It's been called Left Hand's flagship beer in the past, and may still be.

So, in honor of our sinister-ism, and the fact that 2,500 left-handers die each year from using right-handed products, like can openers, and scissors; get a Left Hand beer! And I hope one of you right-handers chokes on it!

FEEL OUR PAIN!!!