Some people pair wines and cheeses, others pair whisky and cigars, todays topic I will pair the beer as well as the cryptid the alcoholic drink is named after. Note: I am in no way a paid spokesman or sponsored by the beer companies that I am featuring. Please drink responsibly which includes waiting until you’re the legal age in the state, country, or territory in which you live.

The first cryptid on today’s list is Batsquatch.

Batsqwatch is a washington state cryptid that has been described as such:  9 feet tall, with blue-ish fur. It has a wolf like face, yellow eyes, tufted ears and a large mouth filled with sharp white teeth. Its feet were described at bird like and on its back were two wings, attached to the shoulder.

     According to legend Batsquatch is tied to the 1980 mt. Saint Helens eruption but has been sighted in Oregon, California, and even Pennsylvania. I just wonder if you can get frequent flyer miles on Batsquatch Airlines.

Next on the list of pairings is the Gumberoo.

The Gumeroo has been described as follows.

Roughly similar in size to a black bear, this Fearsome Critter is thankfully rare. With a smooth black skin, the Gumberoo is completely hairless except for a bushy beard and thick eyebrows. They are reported to be spread all along the coast from Washington State right down to California, and make their lairs in the hollowed-out remnants of cedar trees.

One of the most unusual attributes of the Gumberoo is its incredibly tough hide. Possessing a high degree of elasticity, the animal’s skin makes it nearly impervious to harm; bullets and arrows simply bounce off, and are more likely to ricochet back on the attacker than to do any actual harm to the Gumberoo. It’s only real weakness is fire, and one of the main reasons why Gumberoos are so rare is the frequency of forest fires

     I think this hairless bear might be pals with the wide ranged and roaming, mangy coyote named Chupacabra. Just don’t let him catch you in the woods past summer or he’ll take your coat.

     We would be amiss when discussing cryptids and booze if we didn’t mention sea serpents. Lets all bring in a warm welcome to Colossal Claude who is also named Marvin the Monster.

Colossal Claude is described as follows.

Colossal Claude is said to be 15 to 40 feet long, with an 8 foot long neck. It has a round tan body with a snake, horse or camel-like head and a long serpentine tail. [1]

Sightings

Colossal Claude was first reported in 1934 by L.A. Larson, first mate of the Columbia River Lightship. He described what he saw as a 40 foot animal with a "neck some eight feet long, a big round body, a mean-looking tail, and an evil, snaky look to its head." Other crew members on the Lightship watched the creature with binoculars.

Just remember to strain the scales from this beer . And now for the heavy hitter with the north west’s most well known cryptid. That’s right, the one and only lovable furball with two names. Bigfoot or Sasquatch, he likes both.

Does anyone truly need a description of this A list, top tier, member of the official olympic hide and seek squad? Well just in case here we go.

Sasquatch, also called Bigfoot, (from Salish se’sxac: “wild men”) a large, hairy, humanlike creature believed by some people to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada. It seems to represent the North American counterpart of the Himalayan region’s mythical monster, the Abominable Snowman, or Yeti.

This concludes my cryptid beer pairing episode. Hope you’ve enjoyed and once again, please drink responsibly.