Movie Tagline: The true story of a real fake
From Steven Spielberg's unofficial "running man" trilogy of the early '00s comes Catch Me If You Can, the story of Frank Abagnale Jr, a con artist who has been called the most famous imposter ever. Before being caught at age 21, Abagnale had impersonated a physician, lawyer, airline pilot, and a teaching assistant, to name a few. He was also an expert at forging checks. After being caught in France in 1969, Abagnale spent five years in various prisons in a number of countries. Upon his release, he eventually founded a firm that advised companies on issues of fraud. He took his criminal knowledge and used it for good. Catch Me If You Can has a lot of fun with Abagnale's ability to dupe people. He is never made out to be a bad guy; just someone who doesn't follow the rules. He never harms anyone, not physically, anyway. He breaks some hearts along the way, but that will happen when you're being played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
But, overall, he is presented as a good person. He just likes to get into mischief. To trick people. To be elusive. That's what we like to call a segue.
The brewers of Elusive IPA, from Public House Brewing, also seem to be having fun. With so many new breweries popping up all over the country, what's becoming elusive is finding a solid lineup of beers from a small local brewery. Not that there aren't new breweries that make good beer; there are just way more who make one or two decent beers and then a bunch of mediocre ones. The market is so saturated right now that it's hard to wade through all the new offerings to find the good stuff. The diamonds in the rough, if you will. And Elusive is one of those. Well-balanced, with the sweet malt backing up the grassy hoppiness, it has a complexity of flavor that is sorely lacking in a lot of the new, local beers I have tried of late. And while Elusive was my favorite of the Public House lineup, it is by no means their only good beer. They also make an award-winning Cream Ale, a traditional German Hefeweizen, and a solid Dry Stout; all of which are unexpectedly complex and rewarding in their own ways. Now, I'm not saying the brewers at Public House are the Steven Spielbergs of beer brewing. That would be 1.5 units of hyperbole. But I will say that they are expert craftsmen who don't need to kick out whalez (possibly my least favorite beer nerd term) to demonstrate their abilities; just like SeƱor Spielbergo doesn't have to reinvent the wheel every time he makes a movie. He just makes it, and his abilities shine through even if the material isn't the best. His directing prowess elevates the work. A similar compliment is due to Public House, whose brewers take the time to craft solid products instead of kicking out as many beers as they can to scoop up some of that craft beer craze money as fast as they can, quality be damned.
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