Days of the Beer, November 8

The beer for today is Back Street Brewery (Yorba Linda) Super Vlad.

On November 8, 1431, Vlad III the Impaler, was born (well it's presumed he was born on November 8). Vlad was born in Sighisoara, Transylvania. He dided in December of 1476, he is not still walking around.

He got his nickname of the Impaler (or Ţepeş) from his favorite method of execution. He chose impalement, called "bung poling" by dropping a person upright ont a sharpened tree trunk. The weight of the person would force the tip of the trunk through the chest cavity or neck.

Most of Vlad's life was spent defending Wallachia from Ottoman expansion.

As to the beer:

Back Street Super Vlad is a sweet stout brewed by the Back Street Brewery in Yorba Linda, California. (They may not still be making this beer). It was 5.6% ABV. It was described as dark black, with a creamy black or tan head. It smelled roasty, with chocolate, roast and oatmeal in the flavor.

So for Vlad, have a Vlad, if it's not available anymore, then just be thankful that impaling people isn't still done now either.