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FFF Region Riot...malt liquor...Indiana corn...10 IBU & 8.1% ABV....wonder if FFF'll use this to introduce 40oz or cans:)...

FFF Spazzerack!...Alpha King blended with Robert the Bruce then aged in a Bourbon barrel with anise & orange...40 IBU & 9% ABV--not bad...really didn't think I'd be able to get past the anise, but it works...

welp...i've been trounced...even if Vick lights it up....where the fuck did Vincent Jackson (33 points) come from?...congrats, Tracy...

lemme know when you start thinkin' trade...

Boulevard Smokestack Series Nommo Dubbel...made with molasses...interesting & tasty.... New Albanian Jaxon Barley Wine...1st time in bombers...need to store some... then a couple I forgot from the tasting... Olde Hickory Black Raven Black IPA....plain...would rather drink Stone's Escondidian... Fantôme Saison D'Erezée - Printemps...Fantôme is where to gor for Saisons...they do excellent work & put it in green bottles with cheap labels... & one that I just forgot to mention... Half Acre Big Hugs Imperial Stout...pretty good, but silly that I had to trade for this...not worth the outlay...how many thousands of Imperial Stouts are there now??...

have Ravens defense...22 points last game...immediately jumped on the board with 17 points...they dropped to 1 point before the game finished...1 point...

poor team, better signs...

double post...

Southern Tier Crème Brûlée Imperial Stout on tap at Sergio's World Beers...

Cantillon Gueze...on tap--wow...

Cheers & Happy Zwanze Day 2011 from the Holy Grale in Louisville, Kentucky...

New Holland Imperial Hatter...starts out better than it finishes...

Having yet another NB LOF Kick...hooked... if any of you are in the adventurous drinking mood tomorrow, don't forget that it's Zwanze Day... http://www.cantillon.be/br/3_21 America - USA : Monk's Café in Philly Spuyten Duyvil in New York Lord Hobo in Boston Novare Res in Maine Churchkey in Washington DC West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago The Avenue Pub in New Orleans Holy Grale in Kentucky Russian River in Northern CA Stone in Southern CA America - Canada : Canada - Montréal : Dieu du Ciel Europe : Belgium - Brussels : Moeder Lambic Fontainas - Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles France - Paris : La Cave à Bulles France - Fougères sur Bièvre : La Gardette - Les Vins Contés Italy - Rome : Ma Che Siete Venuti A Fà Italy - Bergamo : The Dome Italy - Nicorvo : Sherwood Pub Finland - Helsinki : Pikkulitu Denmark - Copenhagen : Olbutikken Sweden - Stockholm : Akkurat Asia : Japan - Itami: Konishi Brewing Restaurant Cheers...

it was actually a can of Coors Light & a bag of cherries...can't make this shit up...but he's a hard-working roofer & quality guy...just wish he was willing to try our wares...& it was amusing to see the reaction of the two women when I told them that the 03.03.03 I was about to open is worth $150+ haha...I should've said that about every bottle... I'm currently having a New Belgium Blue Paddle Pilsener...

Ok...last weekend I celebrated my unemployment by co-hosting a beer tasting at my buddy Joe's house...the theme was beers that were perhaps past their prime:)...stuff that, for whatever reason, no one ever got around to drinking... We started with the Rockmill Brewery (near Columbus/Lancaster, Ohio) Tripel...didn't fit our theme, but it was cold & piqued our interest when we saw it in Joe's fridge...this was an all-around winner...I'm going to try to find more from them...we've all had our share of Tripels & this was solid... Dogfish Head Wrath of Pecant...made with carabs & plantains...for a while, this was only available in Reheboth & was not allowed to leave the brewery...I got this from the main guy at World Class Beverage...it should've been cracked long ago, but was perfectly suited for the event...strange character to it that I can't say really clicked, but possibly the best smelling beer I've ever had:)...wow...look for carab & plantain candles to be the next big thing... Pierre Celis Signature Selection Grotten Brown...found this at an often overlooked local store...they don't have that great of a selection & it looked like they had forgotten about this in the back & just put it out recently...they haven't brewed this in years & Pierre Celis passed away recently...it wasn't stupendous, but it didn't seem off in any way to me...not sure what the others thought of it...I think they were underwhelmed & just wanted to get to some of the other stuff... Cigar City 110K=OT Batch #3...a beer named after a troll on a beer forum:)...they do a different version of this each year...this one I should've drank right away but didn't...a kindly HC'er also got me some Batch #4 so it was time for this to go:)...my honest impression is that it was just too convoluted...so many things going on that the beer just didn't work...& it wasn't like there were many layers, it was like a mishmosh of flavors...strangely, I think we all still enjoyed it...but we all shared an inquisitive look while finishing it... Jackie O's Oil of Aphrodite...another from Joe's fridge mixed into the old...I'e enjoyed everything I've had from Jackie O's...one of my favorite breweries...it was nice of Joe to share it & even nicer of him to give me a bottle for introducing him to the brewery...I wasn't able to attend their last bottle release... I'm realizing now that I have zero pictures of the star of the show, the FFF Fantabulous Resplendence X...damn...well it's a strong ale they put out four or five years ago for their anniversary...it held up really well...obviously, it lost some of its hops...I've got two more bottles, I'll try to manage a pic... Stone 03.03.03 & 04.04.04...ya...I know how much these are worth, but these two were separated from the group & didn't make it to the cellar...they'd been boxed up for a trade I arranged long ago & then forgot about...they were in that box over the summer so I wasn't sure what they might've been through...turns out they were fine (more than fine!), but I didn't want to trade them to someone & have it come back on me...IIRC, three of us preferred the 04.04.04 & one the 03.03.03... Alesmith Yulesmith (Summer)...a seasonal from a few seasons ago:)...let that one go for toooo long... French Broad Wee-Heavy-Er...um...probably one of the worst Wee Heavies I've ever had...unsure of where Joe got this one so perhaps it was, indeed, past its prime... Smuttynose Maibock from their Big Beer Series...great series, great beer...one of the best of the style...drink Smuttynose... a Southern Tier Un*Earthly made before they used the fluorescent green paint...wow...guess how that was...eek... the same friend who brought the ST brought a waxed Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree...I don't know when they stopped waxing them, but I'd never seen a waxed one before... we got into some other stuff, but it's a little hazy after this:)...it was basically four guys interested in beer & then four people that were just there heh...one of Joe's neighbors came over w/a Coors Light in his hand...& I think the only two girls there were pouring out some of the beers we poured...

I'd love to attend qually & get there early/stay late for the two other races usually held... but I just don't know what my schedule looks like yet...

comparing the “normal” Ethiopian Yirgacheffe (left) to one made in an Aeropress (right)...Gonna go with the one on the right... I should probably be using a mug for both coffees, but I think that's one of the contributing factors behind me getting the 2nd coffee free:)... maybe this will finally give me the energy to post my weekend exploits...

Sea Bass just saved my week one...63 yards...

Ok....thanks... now counting on Oakland to kick a bunch of field goals...close one:)...

I have Felix Jones...he ended the game with 12 fantasy points...I wake up this morning & he's down to 10...what gives?...

Marques Colston's out for at least 4 weeks w/a broken collarbone...

another New Belgium Lips of Faith Kick...I know what I said...but I just keep finding myself buying it...especially at $6.49 - my 10% discount... 2011 Sierra Nevada Bigfoot...not as mellow as the 2001 that I had on tap (!!!) not too long ago, but interesting enough to make me want to age some of it... finishing that Sun King Oktoberfest 4-pack... excited about tomorrow...one of my friends & I are having a tasting in the afternoon...he's going to have a couple beers on tap in his garage & I'm bringing quite a few bottles...we didn't make it public 'til today, so we've no idea who's attending... has anyone had this new Laphroaig Triple Wood yet??...thinking about buying a bottle...

Julienne fries?...

sexy kit...

looks like it...ya...