Beaver's Belt Strap

Comments (0) By W. Healy Wednesday, Jan 21 2009

BEAVER'S

Troy Fields

Location Info

Map

Beaver's

2310 Decatur St.
Houston, TX 77007

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Heights

10 user reviews	Write A Review
Save to foursquare

More About

BELT STRAP

The brunch special lured me to Beaver's (2310 Decatur St., 713-864-2328) a few Sundays ago. Reading over the Bloody Mary menu, I considered writing about how "bacon-infused vodka" ranks up there with the wheel, movable type and Post-it notes as one of the greatest inventions ever. But then I remembered that I'm not much of a Bloody Mary fan. For me, a balanced breakfast includes orange juice — for the screwdrivers, of course — not tomato juice, which reminds me of vegetables I had to eat as a kid. Then I noticed the Beav's list of "beer-tails," which includes the Belt Strap, a cocktail made with locally brewed pale ale. Because my New Year's resolution was to reduce my carbon footprint by "drinking locally," I had two Belt Straps with my brunch of fried oysters and eggs. Deliciousness all the way around (high cholesterol be damned). Who knew you could improve upon a good beer by adding rum? Actually, that's a stupid question. What isn't improved upon by adding rum? Not much, I tell ya. Unless it's something absolutely perfect. Like Scotch.

3 ounces Southern Star Pine Belt

Pale Ale (Conroe)

1 1/2 ounces Cruzan Black Strap rum

3/4 ounces fresh lemon juice

3/4 ounces simple syrup

Shake everything but the ale with ice and pour into a pint glass. Top with ale. Garnish with lemon wedge and cinnamon stick. Caution: You may never drink plain ol' beer again. — W. Healy

stirredandshaken@rocketmail.com