It’s been a long week. Lots of craziness in my life, but I knew Dogfish Head was arriving in the Bay Area and I would be able to purchase some. After a long day, a 60 Minute IPA was going to be fantastic. Well, the theme of the week continues.
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Posted in Personal, tagged Boont on May 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The Session is a coordinated event among beer bloggers where a selected beer blog chooses a theme and we all write about it on the first Friday of the month. I’ve been meaning to do this for some time, but this is the first time I have finally gotten around to it. The [...]
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Posted in Personal, Tastings, tagged Anchor Steam, Anderson Valley, Boont Amber, Cornucopia, Firestone Walker, Humboldt Brewing, Racer 5, Red Nectar on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I love when a beer takes you back to a certain place. While living in Oregon, I was surrounded by great beer but a few brews brought me home to California. Now that I am back in my home state, these beers still find a place close to my heart.
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Along with Daylights Savings, we in California were noticing the arrival of Spring on Saturday. The sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky, and it was definitely a day to dust off the shorts and sandals and head to the park. Before we left I enjoyed a Celebration Ale I had [...]
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Posted in Personal, tagged Racer 5 on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently I’ve started going to the gym regularly. My wife and I got memberships at a fairly nice place. Racquetball, pool, sauna, whirlpool, daycare, the whole deal. One other thing they have that I see as a serious plus, 4 taps at the snack bar. Isn’t America great?
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Posted in Personal, Tastings, tagged Abyss, Anderson Valley, Deschutes, Firestone Walker, Marin Brewing Co., Old Guardian, Scheider Weiss, Stone, Stonson Beach Peach, Terrible, Unibroue on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For my birthday I received a nice amount of money to spend on beer at BevMo. Sunday, before the weather got too nasty, I decided to spend a little of it. I didn’t want to spend too much, thirty or forty dollars. Enough to stock the fridge and maybe add a beer [...]
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Posted in Personal, tagged Marin Brewing Company on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
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Posted in Personal on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
For those not familiar with beer brewing history, don’t worry, I’m not changing the theme of this blog. Back in the dark ages, before we knew of yeast, brewers would make their wort, set it out, and when they saw the saw the signs of fermentation, well, what you had was proof that “God is [...]
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