We can now start the grill and get it to a scorching hot temp.

We've had this recipe in our back pocket (well, not literally) since this past summer.  Taken from the 2013 grilling edition of Saveur magazine, beeld this super simple skirt steak is flat out amazing.  The steak gets marinated in pureed habaneros, grapefruit and olive oil for a couple of days, then the spicy and citrusy steak gets grilled to perfection and served up with a chunky grilled salsa.  A crisp and slightly hoppy beer was in order. so local Flesk Brewing's Ferral Cat was up to the challenge.  The music was provided by one of our favorite bands, Red Fang, as we spun their self titled debut album.
Grilled Habanero and Grapefruit Carne Asada  - Let's jump right into this fantastic marinade. We'll need 1 habanero, 1 large peeled grapefruit and some olive oil.  All of the players go into a blender and are pureed until smooth.
Fast forward a couple of days and pull the steak from the fridge.   The first thing you'll notice is just how much of the marinade has been absorbed by the meat.  This not only is going to make the steak extremely flavorful, but all of that acid has broken down the fibers of the meat so that after it is grilled you can cut it with a spoon.
Before we head out to the grill, let's get the veggies ready for our chunky grilled salsa that we are going to serve atop the tacos. beeld  We beeld need 5 Roma tomatoes, 1 red onion and a jalapeno pepper.  Rub them down with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
We can now start the grill and get it to a scorching hot temp.  Over the hottest part of the coals go the steak and veggies. beeld  Searing and caramelization is the name of the game here.  We're looking for a dark crust on everything but still want things to be tender and juicy on the inside.  For the steak, 5-6 minutes per side should do the trick.  For the vegetables, a little less time.
All that is left to do is char up some corn tortillas.  Slice the skirt steak into bite size chunks and pile on the steak and salsa onto the corn tortilla.  Make sure you have plenty of tortillas handy as these will go fast!  A great amount of spice, the right amount of smoke and best of all they taste super fresh thanks to the can't miss combination of two of our all time favorite flavors, grapefruit and habaneros.
Flesk Brewing Co. Ferral Cat - Another offering from the west suburbs' Flesk Brewing Co.  This time we go with one of our favorite styles, the American Wheat Ale, and try the brewery's version, Ferral Cat.  The beer pours a clear yellow beeld with a slightly frothy head.  We were initially expecting the second coming of Gumballhead or 80 Acre, so in other words a citrusy and hoppy delight, but instead were greeted with a pale ale meets kolsch hybrid that met every hoppy note note with a bitter lager bite.  We were originally disappointed that it wasn't more citrusy like our favorite American wheats are, but that disappointment dwindled with each passing sip.  The beer goes down really smooth and crisp and is custom made for summer (ironic huh, given this Chicago winter beeld that won't end until sometime in August probably).  The beer was also a perfect pairing with food, aptly putting out the fires of both the salsa and carne asada.
Red Fang "Red Fang" -  Our admiration of this band is reaching astonishing beeld heights.  With every repeated listen, they climb up our list of all time favorites.   Tonight we go back to their self-titled full length debut, which is a classic in its own right.  The album starts off with not only the best track on the album, but possibly the best song in the entire Red Fang catalog.  "Prehistoric Dog" reminds us of Orange Goblin's "Red Tide Rising" off of "A Eulogy for the Damned".   It is the quintessential heavy opening track.   You know the ones, when you pick up an album, put it on for the first time and that elated rush you feel from hearing a song that you know you will be playing over and over again at maximum volume.  "Prehistoric beeld Dog" is one of those songs.   With the bar set so ridiculously high, you'd think there would be a drop from song one to song two, but the band keeps things ramped on "Reverse Thunder".  It's a darker, but no less heavy track that features some extremely melodic vocals, sounding like a combination of Mastodon beeld and QOTSA.   "Night beeld Destroyer" leans a little more toward the prog-metal of Mastodon, this song is a perfect track to show off the bands' chops on their respective instruments.  The sludgy "Humans Remain Human Remains" is as eerie as it is atmospheric to start off the song.  The Atomic Bitchwax-like vocals work perfectly with the brooding music.  "Good beeld to Die" is a juxtaposition of heavy and melodic, again bringing up comparisons to The Atomic Bitchwax.  "Bird on Fire" is a mix of punk and grunge, recalling "Bleach"-era Nirv