Two Ways

It was my first day waiting tables at an infamous Mexican restaurant in Denver called "The Riv" and someone asked me for a red beer. Mystified, the bartender's answer hardly helped, "Tomato juice and draw."  Soon I learned that "draw" meant draught beer and that some people *just* like red beer, it's not only a hangover remedy. This memory and a recent blood orange debate inspired this weekend's beverages -- Red Beer, Two Ways -- to be served at a mid-day brunch. The menu is TBD but the event is set -- a festive meal before the annual Movie Marathon on Super Bowl Sunday. Way 1: Add to a chilled glass 1 part tomato juice to 2 parts lager or similarly weighted beer. Have available salt and lime because this is the type of drink people customize. Way 2: Pour the juice of half a blood orange into a chilled beer glass. Top with wheat beer or a Belgium white ale. Any beer that is usually served with a lemon slice will do. Garnish with a slice of blood orange.  Depending on what type of beer and what variety of blood orange this concoction can be a cloudier than usual beer or a contrast of gold and magenta. Red beer should be drunk cold and fast. Whether it's the Super Bowl or a movie marathon that you are looking for to..have a weekend.