{"id":1126,"date":"2010-12-31T22:51:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T04:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tombedell.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2016-11-01T19:19:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T01:19:28","slug":"tap-beer-of-the-week-52-cup-o-kyndnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/1126\/tap-beer-of-the-week-52-cup-o-kyndnes","title":{"rendered":"TAP Beer of the Week: Cup O\u2019 Kyndnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/Ommegang-Cup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1127\" title=\"Ommegang-Cup\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/Ommegang-Cup-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><em>[Dec. 31, 2010]&#8211;<\/em>Okay, this is an obvious choice, but as Freud once said, \u201cSometimes the obvious choice is a phallic symbol, but sometimes it\u2019s just the obvious choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he didn\u2019t say that. I might be mixing it all up with Groucho Marx never taking his cigar out of his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, with a new year about to unfold, it would be a near miracle not to hear at least one rendition of \u201cAuld Lang Syne.\u201d But who would want to miss it? It\u2019s hard to imagine a more apt and achingly bittersweet song for a time when we simultaneously say farewell and welcome. Cynics are free to disagree, others can enjoy the version we\u2019ve cued up here, which also makes evident that the song shouldn\u2019t be limited to a New Year\u2019s Eve anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Beethoven actually made a lively arrangement of the tune, and I was tempted, but this excerpt is from the October, 2004 dedication of the new Scottish Parliament building. The Queen spoke, Sean Connery attended, as did the novelist Alexander McCall Smith, all briefly glimpsed in the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EDDI READER - &quot;Auld Lang Syne&quot; (at  Scottish Parliament)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7MX60CAaDbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll eschew a scholarly treatise of the song here. Most think it wholly the creation of Robbie Burns, but he actually breathed further life into even older fragments of Scottish verse. He put a different tune to the song, which singer-songwriter Eddi Reader begins with here, before coercing the assemblage into joining her with the more familiar melody.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1130\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/Robbie-Burns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1130\" title=\"Robbie Burns\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/Robbie-Burns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbie Burns<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Through the centuries of iterations, the lyrics may now be a linguistic puzzle, but it doesn\u2019t seem to matter in lachrymose terms. It\u2019s a little like golf. The origins may be a bit obscure, but the current manifestation seems perfect in its affectiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the two most well-known verses:<\/p>\n<p>Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br \/>\nand never brought to mind?<br \/>\nShould auld acquaintance be forgot,<br \/>\nand days of auld lang syne?<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS:<\/p>\n<p>For auld lang syne, my jo,<br \/>\nfor auld lang syne,<br \/>\nwe\u2019ll tak a cup o\u2019 kindness yet,<br \/>\nfor auld lang syne.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s a hand, my trusty fiere\u00a0!<br \/>\nand gie&#8217;s a hand o\u2019 thine\u00a0!<br \/>\nAnd we\u2019ll tak a right gude-willy waught,<br \/>\nfor auld lang syne.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/ommagang-building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"ommagang building\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/ommagang-building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brewery Ommegang<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the third Ommegang beer we\u2019ve recommended this year, from the seasonal <a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/746\/perfect-brews-for-fall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zuur<\/a> to the year-round <a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/427\/tap-beer-of-the-week-14-ommegang-abbey-ale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Ale<\/a>, where we went into the Belgian connections of the Cooperstown, New York brewery. And in the post on the Belgian <a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/golf\/lifestyle\/698\/tap-beer-of-the-week-29-scotch-silly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotch Silly<\/a> we pondered how the Scots influenced Belgian brewing after World War I. But it\u2019s on the Cup O Kyndnes label, too.<\/p>\n<p>So now we have a seasonal Belgian-American Scotch Ale brewed with some heather tips and a touch of smoked malt and roasted barley. The result is a deep amber beer with pear-like aromas in a well of malt. But it\u2019s a bit spicy rather than overly sweet on the palate.<\/p>\n<p>As the beer warms a faint peaty, soapy touch reveals itself, and it all finishes in a lightly hopped wisp.<\/p>\n<p>However this year finishes for you, friends, thanks for joining in. Let\u2019s take a cup of this right gude-willy waught for auld lang syne, and look ahead to the journey into 2011. Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>Name: Cup O Kyndnes<br \/>\nBrewer: Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, New York<br \/>\nStyle: Belgian Scotch Ale<br \/>\nABV: 6.6%<br \/>\nAvailability: Seasonal, 40-plus states<br \/>\nFor More Information: ommegang.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Dec. 31, 2010]&#8211;Okay, this is an obvious choice, but as Freud once said, \u201cSometimes the obvious choice is a phallic&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/golf\/lifestyle\/1126\/tap-beer-of-the-week-52-cup-o-kyndnes\" title=\"ReadTAP Beer of the Week: Cup O\u2019 Kyndnes\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":1127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[939,627,18],"tags":[28,4605,2058,2414,4491,4599,4600,4601,748,4602,817,3353,1183,4603,1193,4604],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer-on-tap","category-tap-beer-of-the-week","category-lifestyle","tag-scotland","tag-queen-elizabeth","tag-belgian","tag-scotch-ale","tag-beethoven","tag-freud","tag-groucho-marx","tag-auld-lang-syne","tag-belgium","tag-robbie-burns","tag-new-york","tag-sean-connery","tag-ommegang","tag-alexander-mccall-smith","tag-cooperstown","tag-eddi-reader"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/Ommegang-Cup.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6790,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/6790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/tombedell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}