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drinking Black Tuesday... following it up w/a little Duck-Duck-Gooze... went over to the brewery side... Black Bretty (bam-a-lam) was great...forget what else i had... they weren't offering growlers of most of their limited supply beers, but I was able to get Brad the brewer's permission to take home one of Fire & Ice...I brought up that it wasn't on for most of the morning because of a label mistake...& he was highly amused at me leaving my empty Westvleteren 12 bottle resting on the rim of the trash can in the bathroom:)...great beer by the way...glad I brought/opened it... so that's what I'm drinking now...their Iced Smoked Stout...Fire & Ice...

I just had Duck-Duck-Gooze... I just had Duck-Duck-Gooze... I JUST had Duck-Duck-Gooze...

ya...guy whipped it out like it was nothing... fucking brilliant beer...& i guess he got it trading a couple rare Jackie O's...just got ten bottles of the jackie so game on...

ya...overt your eyes... Black Tuesday Surly Abrasive Westvleteren 12 Firestone Walker 14 Bullfrog Double Coffee Stout Walldorff Woody Jackie O's Black Bretty Jackie O's Quincedence things are happening fast...sorry for lack of reviews...

Brown Recluse: This sour brown ale spent 20 months in oak barrels with brett, pedio, and lacto. After 20 months, we moved the beer into a tank with 1 gallon of local maple syrup. For the past 3 months the Brown recluse has been doing its thing in this tank with in our cellar. Oaky, fruity, and tart. 5.5% abv around... also hoping for bottles:)...spider...he is our hero... Orange Oak: This beer started as an India Pale Wheat brewed with Pallisade and Amarillo hops. Both of these hops produce orange/ tangerine likes flavors and aromas. The IPW was then placed into an oak barrel and hit with some brett. Months after the brett had taken hold, 20lbs of clementine flesh was added to the barrel. Funky, dry, slightly bitter, and a big orange character. 8%...fingers crossed for bottles... then a sample Joe the Plum...10.5% ABV Bourbin Barrel Aged Scottish w/plums...definitely different...hoping to get FFF to brew it (Plum Bob)...so many beers, but hafta leave to go next door for bottle draw...

at the “One Funky Afternoon” bottle release at Jackie O's... starting w/a Grand Wazoo... The Grand Wazoo: This beer is essentially Black Betty (imperial raspberry vanilla porter) aged in a bourbon barrel with brett and raspberry puree added. The beer was aged for a year and is truly unique. Huge aromas of brett, chocolate, raspberries, vanilla, and sweet bourbon. Unfortunately not the most attractive beer (the puree caused quite a mess, crazy haze, and some texture surprises) but it is still very tasty. Next batch, I will use natural raspberries to ensure that they do not make it into the final product. 11.5%abv. hopefully, i'll have some bottles of this when i leave...

something resembling coffee...waiting outside Jackie O's in Athens, Ohio for the release of their sours...dude got extra coffee & offered me some...awesome...got here ~3:30a.m. & it's fucking cold...

Jolly Pumpkin Baudelaire Series iO Saison... I like both in the series...

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/VIERA-Televisions/VIERA-Plasma-HDTVs.list.170044_11002_7000000000000005702 panasonic has the 55" gt30 on their site today for $1319.88 shipped...i know that's quite a bit more, but the price is worth mentioning & likely won't last...

Brugge Bokkenrijder Dry-Hopped Belgian Pale on tap at Brugge...was starting to grow on me when we switched to a bottle of: Upland Dantalion Dark Wild Ale that one of my friends brought...I like sour browns...I've had thia before & prefer it to most of their lambics... then I went to another friend's house to pay him for some Surly beer he got me...&, of course, he had Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout on tap in his garage (who doesn't?)....so I had some of that...

Dogfish Head Raison d'Extra...nice little bottle of '07... 18%...

ya might try costco...someone mentioned seeing the TC-P50GT25 there for $879.99...taxes suck...

Tesla sues Top Gear for libel, New Stig unavailable for comment (update: BBC responds): http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/tesla-sues-top-gear-for-libel-new-stig-unavailable-for-comment/ interesting...oh & Kimi Raikkonen's going to NASCAR:)...

ahh...thanks...so maybe give the bottle away & keep the barrel:)...or find out who makes the barrels for them...

baja blast mt. dew... so...turns out my concerns about Shelton Brothers in Indiana were legitimate...they're pulling out & taking Achel Cantillon De Molen De Prouf Dieu Du Ciel Drie Fonteinen EKU Fantome Haandbryggeriet Jolly Pumpkin Mikkeller Nøgne Ø Nørrebro Bryghus Struise with them...ouch...DFH leaves, Goose Island bought by A-B InBev & now this... Dark Lord Day can't come soon enough...

picked up & drank 'nother Gnomegang...had some more Nugget Nectar (down to what's probably my last bottle for this year)...went to a local liquor store to investigate the rye situation...no luck on Van Winkle...they expect to get more 20, 23 & rye in but they don't know when (not a good indicator)...haven't seeen any bulleit rye...they did have some pricy Rittenhouse 23 Rye...& I'm wondering if anyone here can comment on Wasmund's Rye as it includes a mini-barrel for aging your own Whiskey:)...i'm tempted to get it for aging stouts:)...

I was under the impression that the GT20 was the European model & that it has different menu options... there's a < $900 deal on the GT25 over at slickdeals.net every other day...

i'm all about collabs:)...

Gnomegang...best blonde I've had in 'while:)...9.5ABV to boot...

water:)...

The Bruery Provisions Cuádruple Belgian-style Dark Ale Brewed with Agave...10%...works...

Port Brewing Mongo Double IPA's still quite nice:)...smells great, tastes great...

The Bruery Loakal Red... 75% American Red Ale, 25% Ale Aged in American Oak Barrels... solid...wish I had this as a session beer...6.9ABV....not usually distributed past The Bruery's county...snagged online...

New England Imperial Stout Trooper 2010...the changed label after Lucas found out... soupy...not runny...just thinking of making a stew:)...

worst pic...so here's a better one my friend sent... La Trappe Quadrupel Barrique (Oak Aged)...tasty!...