tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20761318791869971282024-03-12T18:39:29.138-07:00THE BIG YEAR IN BEERONE MAN'S QUEST TO ENJOY AS MANY DIFFERENT BEERS AS POSSIBLE WITHIN 365 DAYS. Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-72421336019743336872015-01-10T00:19:00.002-08:002015-01-10T08:37:42.776-08:00THE BIG YEAR IN BEER 2014 FINALE aka The Full MontyIt’s official. <b>The Big Year In Beer 2014</b> has
concluded. Contrary to my waning bloggery, my focus remained intense, and
I pulled no punches in the final month.<br />
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Despite serious financial panic, I was able to map out the
end of my journey, nailing my numbers by way of well contemplated frugality.
Additionally fortuitous were a year-end sampling sweep at the awe-inspiring <a href="http://www.ocbrewhoho.com/" target="_blank">OC Brew Ho Ho</a> festival, substantial tasting adventures in Riverside
and Chico, coupled
with innumerable generous donations, leftover single bottles, and inexpensive
samplers. I cruised across the finish line on New Year’s Eve with mixed
emotions of relief, exultation, and melancholy as I silently reflected on the
past…</div>
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<a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2013/11/beer-601-610-or-grand-finale-of-my.html" target="_blank">My first Big Year In Beer ended November 15, 2013</a> (*Note: I
pursued it for 365 days, but just not adhering strictly on the calendar year).
At the end of my solo 2013 Big Year, I racked up 610 unique beers, a total that
I and my friends considered a considerable feat at the time. During
casual conversation with my old pal Chris Wilder about what we would envision
as a truly Big Year, I scoffed at the idea of even hitting 1,000 during the
course of a year. Wilder countered by reminding me that reaching the goal
of 1,000 would only require an average of three different beers each day.
In those terms it seemed reasonable. But did that many beers even exist?
Oh, how cute my naivety must have been.</div>
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to the public, so I drafted some rules and posted them <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2013/12/rules-for-big-year-in-beer-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The gauntlet
was laid down, but I didn’t truly expect anyone else to attempt this year-long
challenge, let alone attempt to beat me. </div>
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At midnight on <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-start-of-my-big-year-in-beer-2014.html" target="_blank">New Year’s Day 2014</a> I hit the ground running,
and three weeks later I was well into my first hundred beers, already one-sixth
of the way to matching my previous year’s accomplishment. Am I a stud or
what? </div>
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But alas, my inflated sense of studliness was loudly & quickly deflated with a Chris Wilder-sized pin when I learned he was already ahead of me, in
spite of the fact that he fibbed, albeit poorly, about <i>not </i>pursuing a Big Year
because he was “too busy”. The topper was finding out Randy Carncross, an
old buddy and expatriate rooted in the beer scene in Japan, was also
participating and he was a whopping 80 beers ahead of me! Despite the
sizeable boot prints on my trampled ego, I trudged forward, convinced I was
already beaten, but still intent on pursuing a new Personal Best. </div>
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My Last Place
standing dragged even more extensively after being plagued with a mysterious,
lingering sickness for three weeks during the Spring. Daily fever, chills,
and night sweats resulted in numerous days not sampling any beers whatsoever,
all the while Wilder & Carncross continued in front of the pack, gaining
ever-increasing leads.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_KcO04tudGNShyphenhypheneIsYZIJUS0F-VWp2v50Xeq0kydLZH2xM3ivLx80V_sjlBZ1u3ZWSp_-m4_YWQyPpKy-f5LqGaqWOIx5TVNa-UfEAz5quokr1M8RwGQUCkK23l8VZQD_jaXVV2QxT8/s1600/IMG_4266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_KcO04tudGNShyphenhypheneIsYZIJUS0F-VWp2v50Xeq0kydLZH2xM3ivLx80V_sjlBZ1u3ZWSp_-m4_YWQyPpKy-f5LqGaqWOIx5TVNa-UfEAz5quokr1M8RwGQUCkK23l8VZQD_jaXVV2QxT8/s1600/IMG_4266.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>Thanks to what was essentially free travel with the band
Infest, I traveled the country & had the opportunity to sample many regional brews I otherwise would
not have encountered in California. That helped boost my spirits and my palate, and to my astonishment, by June, Carncross was already dropping out just shy of
1,000, and while checking in with Wilder I found I was quickly closing the gap on
his lead. The arbitrary goal of tasting 1,000 different beers was
important for me to reach first, mainly because I was convinced there was no
way in hell I was winning this competition overall, so I wanted at least one
feather for my cap. I pushed aggressively and <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/06/beer-959-1001-day-153-157-rarefied-air.html" target="_blank">on June 6th I hit Beer #1,000</a>, and astounded I had beat Wilder to that goal by only a single
day. But I did it. A feat I considered impossible in 2013. </div>
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Yet I was about to discover the realms of impossibility had just
barely been skirted as I continued to crush the accelerator full throttle
during all waking hours. While I spent the first half of the year
trailing in last place, now I was in the driver’s seat. The first half of
the year I was aiming the crosshairs, but now I was the target. Wilder
could have overtaken my lead at any moment, so I beered with urgency.
While I loved every second, I also felt a constant self-imposed pressure to
keep tasting at every opportunity. I scoured publications and brewery sites daily
for all upcoming beer fests. I scanned all taps at all bars and
restaurants. I attended every possible weekend & weekday tasting at
Vendome in Studio
City. I purchased
every reasonably priced single bottle I could locate. Hey, maybe I could
actually reach 2,000? </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This place is classy.</td></tr>
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Little did I know how far this could go. In addition
to manic SoCal tasting all year round, by year’s end I had traveled as far as
Baltimore, Reno, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington DC, NYC, Dallas, Cleveland,
Pittsburgh, Oakland, Denver and tasted extensively in every city. I’m
exhausted just writing about it. </div>
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Jump to December 31, 2014 and I’m enjoying a cozy evening
with The Wife in front of a fire, watching my guilty pleasure “The Goodbye Girl” from 1976,
sipping on my final brew of the calendar year. As the ball dropped in
Times Square, with the duly noted West Coast delay, I had racked up a grand
total of 3,214 different beers for the year. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">3,214.</span></b> </div>
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Really. </div>
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And I live to tell the tale.</div>
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And, no, I still don’t believe it either.</div>
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<b><u>My biggest takeaways from THE BIG YEAR IN BEER 2014:</u></b></div>
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1. Turns out my family
still loves me, in spite of my endless distraction, my constant wandering eye for tap takeovers. They stuck by me the whole time. No matter how many
times The Wife stated she was “over beer”, she still tolerated my manic
behavior and endless drinking excursions. True love, indeed.</div>
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2. Even after tasting 3,214 different ones, it turns out I still
love beer. I found beers in every style that I enjoyed, even in those
styles I had definitively dismissed in prior years, like brown and red ales.
Many preconceived notions were pleasantly shattered. And thanks to my
obsessive sampling I discovered several styles I never knew existed... stuff like
gratzers and sahtis and miscellaneous "ancient ales".</div>
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<b><u>The Best of 2014:</u></b></div>
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1. My fellow
competitors: <b>Steve Enders</b>, <b>Randy Carncross</b>, and especially <b>Chris “The
Machine” Wilder </b>who pushed as hard as I did all 365 days without letting
up. If I wasn’t constantly chasing or being chased by Wilder, I’m
positive I wouldn’t have pushed myself nearly as far. This man put the Fear Of God into me even more than any Swiss noisecore band (look it up), and
I’m thankful to him for the year-long anxious motivation.</div>
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2. <b>Dave “The Master”
Witte </b>for being my beer guru all these years, schooling and supporting me at
every juncture. We live 3,000 miles apart, but I was fortunate to go
beering with this man a few times throughout the year. Best moments were
exploring San Diego
County breweries… I
didn’t want to hold him back from enjoying pints at Alpine or Societe, so I
told him, “Don’t worry about me. Forget about samplers, just get whatever you want.” His response:
“Fuck that, we’re a team, we’re hitting your numbers,”
followed by ordering samplers of every possible beer available. I love
this guy.</div>
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3. All events sponsored
by OC Brew Ha Ha. I attended their Sabroso, Brew Ha Ha, and Brew Ho Ho
fests, and all three were equally as well organized with ample parking, numerous food
options, plentiful water coolers, and excellent breweries offering unlimited
tastings. No hassle, all fun. I support all efforts of this
organization 100%.</div>
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4. Beer-wise it’s
practically impossible to pick favorites. The bar has been raised so high
across the board with brewers these days, I found it to be way less common to
taste a truly awful beer. Innumerable times I expected to be disappointed
and ended up happily surprised with high quality braus from the most unlikely
of places. With that in mind, I did slurp a few suds that were major
duds. There’s zero excuse for bad beer these days. There are way too many options
that are outstanding taste-wise & price-wise.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holiday cheer.</td></tr>
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Contrary to my statement above, here’s a feeble attempt to
scratch the surface at identifying 2014 standouts
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<ul>
<li>NORTH
COAST BREWING OLD STOCK
CELLAR RESERVE BRANDY BARREL (2011)</li>
<li>JACKIE O'S BOURBON BARREL OIL WITH COFFEE</li>
<li>FIRESTONE WALKER HELLDORADO BLONDE BARLEY WINE</li>
<li>BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING LECHE BORRACHO STOUT</li>
<li>ABIGAILE BREWERY RYE
WHISKEY BARREL AGED BLACK MASS PORTER</li>
<li>THREE FLOYDS BLOT OUT THE SUN STOUT BARREL AGED</li>
<li>FIFTY FIFTY BREWING OLD CONUNDRUM AGED ON PAPPY</li>
<li>ALPINE BEER COMPANY HOPPY BIRTHDAY</li>
<li>FULL PINT BREWING RYE
REBELLION</li>
<li>IRON FIST BREWING ROOTS OF WRATH BELGIAN QUAD</li>
<li>MONKISH BREWING HEM & HAW DARK SAISON WITH BRETT</li>
<li>DUE SOUTH MEXICAN STANDOFF SPICY PORTER</li>
<li>AVERY BREWING OBSCURO & NIMBOSUS</li>
<li>MAMMOTH BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED EISBOCK</li>
<li>BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN MOORD & BRAND BOURBON BARREL AGED</li>
<li>THE BRUERY BLUEBERRY SMOKING WOOD</li>
</ul>
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Now it’s 2015. After careening at full speed for 365 days straight, it feels
like someone just yanked the emergency brake. Hard. In an instant, I've gone from 60 to Zero.</div>
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It's difficult to untrain my
brain and undo my habit of ever-present beer hunting, but it is a relief to rid
myself of the overwhelming compulsion to compete.
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3,214 is a number I would still refuse to believe, had I not
lived every waking second of it. </div>
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Now it’s time for The Big Year In Hydration.</div>
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As always... CHEERS! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">January 1st, 2014: The journey begins....</td></tr>
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ALMANAC EXTRA PALE
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BOULEVARD BREWING DARK TRUTH STOUT
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THE BRUERY
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LAGUNITAS BREWING HAIRY EYEBALL 1/1/14</div>
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MOA BREWING COMPANY
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HAIR OF THE
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GOLDEN SPECIAL ALE 1/1/14</div>
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CORONADO
BREWING IDIOT
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ST-FEUILIEN / GREEN FLASH COLLABORATION BELGIAN COAST IPA
1/2/14</div>
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EAGLE ROCK BREWERY POPULIST IPA 1/2/14</div>
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NOBLE ALE WORKS BIG WHIG
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GOLDEN ROAD GET UP OFFA THAT
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FIRESTONE WALKER
UNION JACK
IPA
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ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUD LIGHT
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CHELADA
1/2/14</div>
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ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
WILLY 1/3/14</div>
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LOST COAST BREWING INDICA IPA
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INNIS & GUNN SCOTTISH
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ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING HOP
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VALIANT BREWING GOLDEN MOUTH INDIA PALE
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VALIANT BREWING MUZZLELOADER
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VALIANT BREWING 10.5 MPG FALL
PERSIMMON SAISON 1/4/14</div>
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VALIANT BREWING KRATOS BELGIAN
GOLDEN STRONG
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VALIANT BREWING PATHOS BARREL
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VALIANT BREWING MIGHTY MAXIMUS
PREMIUM BITTER 1/4/14</div>
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VALIANT BREWING VERANDA
BIERE-DE-GARDE 1/4/14</div>
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VALIANT BREWING JERICHO IMPERIAL IPA
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VALIANT BREWING DECEMBERFEST
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VALIANT BREWING STONEWALL
JACKSON 5 DOUBLE RED WHEAT 1/4/14</div>
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NOBLE ALE WORKS CITRA
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NOBLE ALE WORKS TOO DARN
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BROUWERIJ HUYGHE DELIRIUM
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GREAT DIVIDE
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BALLAST POINT BIG EYE IPA
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CLOWN SHOES TRAMP STAMP BELGIAN STYLE
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BRASSERIE DES
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MAUI
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36
STONE
BREWING
RUINATION IMPERIAL
IPA 1/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
37
NEWCASTLE
CABBIE BLACK ALE
1/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
38
AVERY
BREWING
WHITE RASCAL 1/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
39
ALASKAN BREWING
IPA 1/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
40
GOLDEN ROAD POINT THE WAY IPA
1/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
41
SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING CELEBRATION ALE
(2013)
1/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
42
SAMUEL
ADAMS
COLD SNAP 1/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
43
SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
OLD CHICO
CRYSTAL
WHEAT 1/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
44
GREEN FLASH
BREWING
WEST COAST
IPA
1/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
45
STONE
BREWING
IPA 1/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
46
DESCHUTES BREWERY OBSIDIAN
STOUT
1/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
47
MICHELOB AMBER
BOCK 1/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
48
MOA BREWING COMPANY FIVE
HOP
1/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
49
ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING THE
KIMMIE, THE YINK, AND THE HOLY GOSE 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
50
LOGSDON FARMHOUSE ALES SEIZOEN BRETTA
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
51
DOGFISH HEAD
SAH'TEA
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
52
SMOG CITY BREWING HOPTONIC
IPA 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
53
FLYING DOG BREWERY SIMCOE SINGLE HOP IMPERIAL
IPA 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
54
BRASSERIE DUPONT AVEC LES BONS VOEUX
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
55
BRASSERIE
D'ACHOUFFE
LA CHOUFFE 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
56
STIEGLBRAUEREI ZU SALZBURG
STIEGL PILS 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
57
BAYERISCHE STAATSBRAUEREI
WEIHENSTEPHAN
WEIHENSTEPHANER HEFEWEISSBIER 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
58
MONKISH BREWING
CO.
CRUX 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
59
BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING CO. RACER 5
IPA 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
60
EPIC BREWING 825 STATE
STOUT
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
61
BROCKHOUSE
BRYGGERI
DRAUPNIR 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
62
BROCKHOUSE
BRYGGERI
ESRUM
KLOSTER
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
63
GRAND TETON
BREWING
DOUBLE VISION DOPPLEBOCK 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
64
THE BRUERY
SHEGOAT
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
65
DOGFISH HEAD THEOBROMA 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
66
BROUWERIJ DE BRABANDERE PETRUS WINTER
#9 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
67
BROUWERIJ DILEWYNS VICARIS WINTER ALE
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
68
HALEN BREWERIES
MARIENRODE QUADRUPLE 12 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
69
MODERN TIMES
BLACK HOUSE 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
70
BALLAST POINT INDRA
KUNINDRA 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
71
BLACK MARKET BREWING
INVASION IMPERIAL
RED ALE 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
72
CLOWN SHOES CRUNKLE SAM BARLEYWINE
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
73
NOBLE ALE WORKS GONE TO
PLAID
1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
74
ALASKAN BREWING BARLEYWINE 2013:
ALASKAN PILOT
SERIES 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
75
NORTH COAST BREWING
COMPANY OLD STOCK CELLAR RESERVE BRANDY
BARREL (2011) 1/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
76
ABBEY BEVERAGE COMPANY MONKS'
ALE 1/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
77
ABBAYE DE
MAREDSOUS
MAREDSOUS BRUNE 1/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
78
LAGUNITAS BREWING
MAXIMUS 1/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
79
RUHSTALLER 1881
1/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
80
GOOSE ISLAND 312 URBAN WHEAT ALE 1/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
81
GUINNESS HARP
LAGER 1/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
82
FIRESTONE WALKER
DBA - DOUBLE BARREL ALE
1/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
83
NORTH COAST BREWING
COMPANY BROTHER THELONEOUS
1/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
84
HEINEKEN
HEINEKEN 1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
85
YUENGLING BREWERY TRADITIONAL LAGER
1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
86
LEINENKUGEL’S
BIG EDDY RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
87
SPOETZL BREWERY SHINER HOLIDAY
CHEER
1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
88
THE BREWER'S ART
BIRDHOUSE 1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
89
WESTBROOK BREWING ONE
CLAW 1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
90
HARDYWOOD PARK
CREAM ALE 1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
91
DEVIL'S BACKBONE BREWING
COMPANY
SCHWARTZ
BIER
1/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
92
PABST
BREWING
NATIONAL BOHEMIAN 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
93
OXBOW BREWING
FREESTYLE 20 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
94
SINEBRYCHOFF
PORTER
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
95
EXTRA BILLY'S SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWERY CITRA
ASS DOWN
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
96
STILLWATER
ARTISINAL ALES STATESIDE
SAISON 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
97
EXTRA BILLY'S SMOKEHOUSE AND BREWERY KONG
KRUSH 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
98
STILLWATER
ARTISINAL ALES
FOLKLORE 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
99
STILLWATER / DC
BRAU / PUB DOG
collaboration
TIME & PLACE 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
100 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES A SAISON
DARKLY
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
101 PUB DOG
BREWING WILD CHERRY
PORTER 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
102 JACKIE
O'S BOURBON BARREL
OIL WITH COFFEE 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
103
STILLWATER ARTISINAL ALES AS
FOLLOWS 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
104 STILLWATER ARTISINAL ALES
DEBAUCHED 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
105 TERRAPIN
BEER COMPANY WAKE-N-BAKE
COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
106 TERRAPIN
BEER COMPANY CINNAMON
ROLL'D WAKE-N-BAKE
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
107 AGAINST
THE GRAIN BREWERY KENTUCKY
RYED CHIQUEN
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
108 MAINE BEER
COMPANY
PEEPER ALE 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
109 VICTORY
BREWING HOP
RANCH 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
110 FLYING
DOG BREWERY SNAKE DOG
IPA
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
111 MILLER
BREWING
MILLER LITE 1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
112 FLYING
DOG BREWERY K-9 CRUISER WINTER
ALE
1/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
113
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
BUDWEISER 1/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
114
LAGUNITAS BREWING A LITTLE SUMPIN' SUMPIN' ALE 1/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
115 GREAT
DIVIDE
BREWING
YETI IMPERIAL STOUT 1/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
116 BALLAST
POINT HABANERO SCULPIN 1/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
117 NEW
BELGIUM / CIGAR CITY
collaboration
CHILE BEER 1/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
118 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING
3RD ANNIVERSARY
IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT 1/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
119 STONE
BREWING
LEVITATION
ALE
1/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
120 JOSEPH
JAMES
BREWING
RED FOX RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
1/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
121 BIERES
DE CHIMAY CHIMAY
ROUGE
1/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
122 BASS
BREWERS BASS PALE ALE 1/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
123 STELLA ARTOIS STELLA ARTOIS 1/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
124 SHIPYARD
BREWING MONKEY FIST
IPA 1/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
125 GOOSE ISLAND MATILDA
1/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
126 NEWCASTLE
WEREWOLF 1/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
127 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING
HURRICANE DECK
DOUBLE IPA 1/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
128 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BEER CAMP #95 IMPERIAL RED
ALE 1/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
129 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT
(2013) 1/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
130 UINTA
BREWING
HOP NOTCH
IPA
1/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
131 ANCHOR
BREWING CALIFORNIA
LAGER 1/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
132
LAGUNITAS BREWING IPA
1/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
133 GREAT BASIN
BREWING
ICKY
IPA
1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
134 TAHOE MOUNTAIN
BREWING LOCAL LAGER 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
135 UNDER
THE ROSE BREWING
SAISONBEER 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
136 RUBY MOUNTAIN
BREWING ANGEL CREEK AMBER
ALE 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
137
BRASSERIE ST. JAMES
RED HEADED
STRANGER
1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
138 GREAT BASIN
BREWING
OUTLAW MILK STOUT 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
139 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
PALE
ALE
1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
140 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
TORPEDO EXTRA
IPA 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
141 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BLONDE
ALE 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
142 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
KELLERWEIS 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
143 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
FRENCH STYLE
SAISON 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
144 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
RUTHLESS RYE 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
145 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
KNIGHTRO STOUT (ON
NITRO) 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
146
BRASSERIE ST. JAMES DAILY WAGES SAISON
1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
147
BRASSERIE ST. JAMES JAMISON'S STATION
PORTER 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
148 ROGUE
ALES DEAD GUY ALE 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
149
BRASSERIE ST. JAMES THE KOLN
CONCERT KOLSCH 1/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
150 STONE /
10 BARREL / BLUEJACKET COLLABORATION
SUEDE IMPERIAL
PORTER
1/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
151 JOSEPH
JAMES
BREWING
HOP BOX
1/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
152 GREAT BASIN
BREWING
WILD HORSE
ALE
1/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
153 SANTA FE
BREWING STATE PEN
PORTER 1/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
154
GUINNESS GUINESS DRAUGHT
(ON
NITRO)
1/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
155 KIRIN
BREWERY
ICHIBAN
1/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
156 BROOKLYN BREWERY BLACK CHOCOLATE
STOUT 1/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
157 HANGAR
24 HULLABALOO WINTER
BEER 1/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
158 BUTTE
CREEK BREWING
ORGANIC IPA 1/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
159 STONE
BREWING
OAKED ARROGANT BASTARD 1/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
160 KARL
STRAUSS RED TROLLEY
ALE
2/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
161 DRAKE'S
BREWING 1500 PALE
ALE 2/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
162 SANTA FE
BREWING SAISON
88 2/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
163 LAUGHING
DOG BREWING ROCKETDOG RYE
IPA 2/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
164 GREAT
DIVIDE
BREWING
LASSO IPA 2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
165 KNEE
DEEP BREWING BELGO HOPTOLOGIST
DIPA 2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
166 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
ESTATE HOMEGROWN
ALE 2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
167
RUHSTALLER HOP SAC 2013 KUCHINSKI HOP RANCH
2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
168 TENAYA
CREEK BREWERY
HAULING OATS OATMEAL
STOUT
2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
169 FLYING
FISH BREWING
COMPANY
HOPFISH IPA 2/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
170 BROOKLYN
BREWERY BROOKLYN
BLAST 2/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
171 FLYING
FISH BREWING
COMPANY ABBEY
DUBBEL 2/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
172
DESCHUTES / GREAT LAKES
COLLABORATION CLASS OF '88 IMPERIAL SMOKED
PORTER
2/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
173 COORS
BREWING COMPANY COORS 2/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
174 LATROBE
BREWING CO.
ROLLING ROCK EXTRA PALE 2/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
175 AMSTEL
BROUWERIJ AMSTEL LIGHT 2/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
176 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 02.14.14 IPA 2/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
177 SANTA FE
BREWING PALE
ALE
2/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
178 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BEER CAMP #94 BELGIAN STYLE
BLACK IPA 2/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
179 RIO GRANDE
DESERT
PILSNER
2/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
180 BOULDER
BEER COMPANY HAZED
AND INFUSED 2/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
181 IRON
FIST BREWING VELVET GLOVE IMPERIAL
STOUT
2/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
182 SAPPORO
DRAFT BEER 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
183 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY EUREKA!
WIT 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
184 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY ANGELENO IPA 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
185 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY GOLD LINE
PILSNER 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
186 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY WHITE NITE
2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
187 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY SCHWARZBIER 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
188 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY BERLINER
WEISSE
2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
189 ANGEL
CITY BREWERY ALL NIGHT IPA 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
190
BROUWERIJ WEST
SAISON EXTRA 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
191 ABITA
BREWING
HOP GATOR 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
192
TRUMER
TRUMER PILS 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
193 BLACK
MARKET BREWING
BAVARIAN STYLE HEFEWEIZEN 2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
194 ALESMITH
BREWING GRAND CRU
2/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
195 TENAYA
CREEK
BREWERY
TANDEM DOUBLE IPA 2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
196 MAMMOTH
BREWING REAL MCCOY AMBER
ALE
2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
197
SABECO
SAIGON
EXPORT
2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
198 HUE BREWERY HUE
BEER 2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
199 THE
DUDES' BREWING
COMPANY
JUICEBOX SERIES: BLOOD ORANGE
2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
200 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING MAYBERRY IPA 2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
201 HIGH
WATER BREWING
CAMPFIRE
STOUT 2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
202 PABST
BREWING
PABST BLUE RIBBON 2/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
203 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
VERBENA BELGIAN STYLE ALE 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
204 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
THRUSTER TRIPLE IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
205 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
STATE BEACH
IPL
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
206 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
BOURBON BARREL AGED NIGHT RIDER 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
207 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
SHARKBITE RED ALE 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
208 PIZZA PORT
(CARLSBAD)
CLAUDIE'S IPL 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
209 PIZZA
PORT (CARLSBAD)
PONTO'S SESSION IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
210 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
DEATH STAR AMERICAN STYLE STOUT 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
211 CULTURE
BREWING AMERICAN STRONG
ALE
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
212 CULTURE
BREWING AMBER 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
213 CULTURE
BREWING NEW STYLE TRIPLE
IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
214 CULTURE
BREWING
DUNKELWEIZEN
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
215 CULTURE
BREWING BLACK
IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
216 CULTURE
BREWING BLONDE
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
217 CULTURE
BREWING
IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
218 CULTURE
BREWING NITRO MILK
STOUT 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
219 CULTURE
BREWING MATT COURTRIGHT
BARLEYWINE
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
220 CULTURE
BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
221 CULTURE
BREWING BLACK
LAGER 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
222 CULTURE
BREWING AMERICAN
BROWN 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
223 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
KOLSCH
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
224 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
BELGIAN STYLE WHITE
ALE 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
225 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
IPA 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
226 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
RAGTOP RED
ALE
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
227 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
MOONLIGHT PORTER 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
228 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
LONGBOARD BROWN 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
229 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
BOURBON BARREL AGED SAMURAI IMPERIAL STOUT 2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
230 ROCK
BOTTOM BREWERY (LA JOLLA)
MARY JANE
IPA
2/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
231 PRETTY
THINGS AMERICAN DARLING PALE
LAGER 2/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
232 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
FLIPSIDE RED
IPA
2/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
233 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
SPRING
BLONDE
2/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
234 STONE
BREWING
PALE
ALE
2/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
235 STONE
BREWING
ARROGANT BASTARD 2/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
236 ALESMITH
BREWING EXTRA PALE
ALE
2/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
237 CISCO
BREWERS
INDIE PALE ALE 2/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
238 PIZZA
PORT (CARLSBAD)
SWAMI'S IPA 2/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
239
BOULEVARD BREWING LONG STRANGE TRIPEL 2/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
240 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
CHRONIC ALE 2/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
241 AVERY
BREWING
OUT OF BOUNDS
STOUT
2/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
242 THE LOST
ABBEY
RED POPPY ALE 2/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
243 ALESMITH
BREWING MY BLOODY VALENTINE
ALE 2/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
244 STONE
BREWING / KOOCHENVAGNER'S BREWING
COLLABORATION STOCHASICITY PROJECT:
GRAPEFRUIT SLAM IPA 2/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
245 CALDERA
BREWING RAUCH UR
BOCK
2/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
246 BROOKLYN
BREWERY BROOKLYN
LAGER 2/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
247
BIERBROUWERIJ DE KONINGSHOEVEN LA TRAPPE
JUBILARIS 2/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
248 RIO GRANDE PANCHO VERDE CHILE
CERVEZA
2/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
249
FIRESTONE WALKER
PALE
31
2/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
250 RUBY MOUNTAIN
BREWING BUCKAROO BREW PALE
ALE 2/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
251 EPIC
BREWING HOPULENT IPA (on
Nitro)
2/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
252 CORONADO BREWING
BLUE BRIDGE COFFEE STOUT 2/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
253
CISMONTANE
BREWING
DOS CONE ES 2/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
254 PRETTY
THINGS BABAYAGA SYLVAN STOUT
2/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
255 CENTER
OF THE UNIVERSE BREWING MAIN ST. VIRGINIA
ALE
2/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
256 THE
DUDES' BREWING
COMPANY
GRANDMA'S PECAN BROWN ALE
2/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
257 BALLAST
POINT SCULPIN IPA 2/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
258
FIRESTONE WALKER
805 BLONDE
ALE
2/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
259 DC BRAU
BREWING COMPANY THE CORRUPTION INDIA PALE
2/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
260 BROOKLYN BREWERY LOCAL
2
2/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
261 FOUNDERS
BREWING ALL DAY IPA SESSION
ALE
2/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
262
SWEETWATER
BREWING
IPA 2/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
263 DARK
HORSE BREWING SAPIENT TRIP
ALE 2/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
264 CENTER
OF THE UNIVERSE BREWING RAY RAY'S PALE
ALE 2/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
265 STONE
BREWING
MATT'S BURNING
ROSIDS
2/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
266
ANHEUSER-BUSCH NATURAL
LIGHT
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
267 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING
DAVY BROWN
ALE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
268
BRASSERIE GRAN
D'ORGE
BELZEBUTH 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
269 NOBLE
ALE WORKS PISTOL WHIP'D
PILS 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
270 DOGFISH
HEAD MIDAS TOUCH 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
271 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
HARVEST 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
272
BROUWERIJ ROMAN RINCE COCHON
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
273 DE
LEYERTH BROUWERIJEN
URTHEL HOP-IT 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
274
MENDOCINO
BREWING
ANNIVERSARY ALE PALE ALE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
275 ALLAGASH
BREWING BLACK 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
276 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY WHITE RABBIT 4TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL
WITBIER 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
277 MISSION
BREWERY BLONDE
ALE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
278 ALLAGASH
BREWING CURIEUX
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
279
BRASSERIE DE SILLY BARREL AGED
SCOTCH ALE
SILLY
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
280
BROUWERIJ
RODENBACH
RODENBACH 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
281
BRASSERIE DE BRUNEHAUT ABBAYE
DE ST. MARTIN BRUNE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
282
PAULANER ORIGINAL
MUNCHNER PREMIUM
LAGER
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
283 STONE
BREWING
CALI-BELGIQUE IPA 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
284
UNIBROUE LA FIN DU
MONDE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
285
BROUWERIJ PALM
ESTAMINET PREMIUM PILS 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
286 ABITA
BREWING
TURBODOG 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
287 HANGAR
24 ORANGE
WHEAT
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
288 BLUE
MOON GOLDEN KNOT 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
289
BROUWERIJ STERKENS ST SEBASTIAAN
DARK 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
290 MOTHER
EARTH BREW CO. (California)
SIN TAX IMPERIAL
STOUT
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
291 KNEE
DEEP BREWING BATCH NO 138
IPA 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
292
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE GULDEN DRAAK 9000
QUADRUPLE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
293 UINTA
BREWING
LABYRINTH BLACK ALE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
294 HANGAR
24 ALT-BIER
ALE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
295 HANGAR
24 CALIFORNIA SPRING
BEER 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
296 WELLS
& YOUNG'S BREWING WELLS BANANA BREAD
BEER 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
297 BALLAST POINT SEA
MONSTER IMPERIAL
STOUT
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
298
BROUWERIJ PALM
STEENBRUGGE TRIPEL 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
299 BRAUEREI
SCHLENKERLA
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER - MARZEN
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
300 ALESMITH
BREWING OLD NUMBSKULL BARLEYWINE 2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
301 ALESMITH
BREWING WEE HEAVY SCOTCH
ALE
2/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
302 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES WHY CAN'T IBU? BELGIAN IPA
2/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
303 BRASSRIE
D'ORVAL ORVAL
2/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
304 DC BRAU
BREWING COMPANY THE PUBLIC PALE ALE 2/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
305
SPATEN
FRANZISKANER HEFE-WEISSBIER NATURTRUB 2/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
306 FEMSA
CERVEJA
BRASIL
XINGU BLACK
BEER 2/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
307 SAINT
ARCHER
BREWING
BLONDE ALE 2/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
308 ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING HEELCH
O' HOPS IMPERIAL IPA 2/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
309
SPEAKEASY PROHIBITION ALE -
AMBER 2/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
310 EPIC
BREWING BIG BAD BAPTIST IMPERIAL
STOUT 2/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
311 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. XP PALE ALE 2/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
312
BROUWERIJ PALM PALM
SPECIALE
2/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
313
BROUWERIJ VAN
HOEGAARDEN
HOEGAARDEN WIT 2/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
314 MAMMOTH
BREWING DOUBLE NUT BROWN PORTER 2/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
315 FIFTY
FIFTY BREWING B.A.R.T. (BARREL AGED REALLY
TASTY) 2/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
316 WIDMER
BROTHERS HOPSIDE DOWN INDIA PALE
LAGER 2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
317 REDHOOK
LONG HAMMER IPA 2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
318 ALASKAN
BREWING AMBER 2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
319
LAGUNITAS BREWING PILS CZECH
STYLE
2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
320 HALE’S
ALES SUPERGOOSE
IPA 2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
321 MARITIME
PACIFIC BREWING DARK AMBER
ALE 2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
322 GEORGETOWN BREWING
MANNY’S PALE ALE
2/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
323 ELYSIAN
BREWING SERENITY NOW SAISON
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
324 ELYSIAN
BREWING SPLIT SHOT ESPRESSO MILK
STOUT 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
325 ELYSIAN
BREWING ODDLAND SPICED PEAR
ALE 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
326 ELYSIAN
BREWING BETE BLANCHE BELGIAN
STYLE TRIPEL 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
327 ELYSIAN
BREWING SMOKE AND
AWE 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
328 ELYSIAN
BREWING THE IMMORTAL
IPA 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
329 ELYSIAN
BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED
DRAGONSTOOTH STOUT
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
330 ELYSIAN
BREWING THE WISE
ESB 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
331 ELYSIAN
BREWING ZEPHYRUS
PILSNER 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
332 ELYSIAN
BREWING THE MEN’S ROOM
ORIGINAL
RED
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
333 ELYSIAN
BREWING PERSEUS
PORTER
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
334 ELYSIAN
BREWING DOOM GOLDEN
TREACLE PALE ALE 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
335 NINKASI
BREWING SLEIGH’R DARK DOUBLE
ALT
ALE
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
336 ELYSIAN
BREWING SAVANT
IPA 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
337 GEORGETOWN BREWING
LUCILLE IPA
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
338 DESCHUTES BREWERY RED CHAIR
NWPA 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
339 PYRAMID
BREWERIES HEFEWEIZEN 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
340 MAC AND
JACK’S BREWING AFRICAN
AMBER
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
341 NINKASI
BREWING OATIS OATMEAL
STOUT
3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
342 PABST
BREWING
RAINIER BEER 3/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
343 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND BREWING
OAKED CHERRY TOE JAM BARLEYWINE (2013) 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
344 HALE’S
ALES BOURBON BARREL AGED BARLEY LEGAL BARLEYWINE
(2013) 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
345 SOUND
BREWERY
BARREL AGED OLD SCOUNDREL BARLEYWINE (2013)
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
346 ALASKAN
BREWING BARLEY WINE ALE
(2009)
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
347 ALASKAN
BREWING BARLEY WINE ALE
(2010)
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
348 ALASKAN
BREWING BARLEY WINE ALE
(2011)
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
349 TWO
BEERS BREWING IMMERSION
AMBER 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
350 STOUP
BREWING
T2R HAYMAKER III IPA 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
351 BONEYARD
BEER COMPANY RPM
IPA
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
352 10
BARREL BREWING PROJECT: FAILED RED
ALE
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
353 MARITIME
PACIFIC BREWING BOSUN’S BLACK
PORTER
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
354 7 SEAS
BREWING
IMPERIAL OATMEAL RAISIN STOUT
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
355 7 SEAS
BREWING
MAKER’S MARK BARREL AGED WHEELCHAIR
BARLEYWINE 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
356
LAURELWOOD
BREWING
GOSE WHEAT ALE WITH SALT 3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
357 NAKED CITY BREWERY SCARLET STREET
DOUBLE RED ALE
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
358 FREMONT
BREWING INTERURBAN
IPA
3/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
359 ABITA
BREWING
MARDI GRAS BOCK 3/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
360 EPIC
BREWING BRAINLESS BELGIAN-STYLE GOLDEN
ALE
3/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
361
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE BORNEM
DUBBEL 3/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
362
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE PRIVATEER BELGIAN
ALE
3/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
363 FULLER,
SMITH &
TURNER 1845
ENGLISH STRONG ALE 3/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
364
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE PIRAAT BELGIAN ALE
3/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
365 EINSTOK
OLGERD
ICELANDIC WHITE ALE 3/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
366
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE MONK'S CAFÉ FLEMISH SOUR
ALE 3/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
367 ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING BOONT
AMBER ALE 3/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
368 EVIL
TWIN BREWING HIPSTER
ALE 3/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
369 CISCO
BREWERS
THE GREY LADY 3/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
370
SPEAKEASY SCARLETT RED RYE
3/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
371 AVERY
BREWING
NEW WORLD PORTER 3/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
372 INNSTADT
BRAUEREI EXTRA
SCHWARZE 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
373 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES SENSORY SERIES V2 SMALL
BLACK 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
374 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD #38 STOUT 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
375
ALMANAC BIERE DE CHOCOLAT
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
376
BROUWERIJ HET ANKER
LUCIFER
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
377
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE BIERE DU BOUCANIER GOLDEN
ALE 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
378 EPIC
BREWING ELDER BRETT SAISON BRET GOLDEN
ALE
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
379 UINTA
BREWING
CROOKED LINE TINDER RAUCHBIER
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
380 ALESMITH
BREWING HORNY DEVIL 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
381 GREEN
FLASH
BREWING
LE
FREAK
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
382 VICTORY
BREWING
V12 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
383
TELEGRAPH BREWING RHINOCEROS BARLEYWINE STYLE
ALE 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
384
UNIBROUE
TERRIBLE
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
385
SPEAKEASY SYNDICATE SERIES NO.1
VINTAGE ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
386
BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN HEL & VEDOEMENIS ALE AGED IN BOURBON
BARRELS 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
387 RJ
ROCKERS BREWING BELL RINGER 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
388 UNCOMMON
BREWERS
SIAMESE TWIN ALE 3/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
389 FLYING
FISH BREWING COMPANY
EXIT 4 AMERICAN
TRIPPEL 3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
390 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY INDIA PALE ALE
3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
391 BAYHAWK
ALES
ZAPPA BREWS NELSON 3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
392 CLOWN
SHOES HOPPY FEET BLACK IPA 3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
393 MENDOCINO
BREWING
IMPERIAL
STOUT
3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
394 FLYING
DOG BREWERY GONZO IMPERIAL
PORTER 3/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
395 CORONADO
/ CIGAR CITY
COLLABORATION JURATA BALTIC
PORTER
3/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
396 CISCO
BREWERS
WHALE'S TALE PALE
ALE
3/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
397 ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING BARNEY
FLATS OATMEAL
STOUT
3/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
398 GREAT
DIVIDE
BREWING
COLETTE FARMHOUSE
ALE 3/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
399 FLYING
DOG BREWERY DOUBLE DOG DOUBLE
IPA 3/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
400 AVERY / RUSSIAN RIVER
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION NOT LITIGATION (BATCH #7) 3/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
401 EVIL
TWIN BREWING YIN IMPERIAL TAIJI
STOUT 3/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
402 FLYING
DOG BREWERY PEARL NECKLACE OYSTER
STOUT
3/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
403
BAYERISCHE STAATSBRAUEREI
WEIHENSTEPHAN
WEIHENSTEPHANER VITUS
WEIZENBOCK
3/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
404
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE GULDEN DRAAK
ALE 3/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
405 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
EXTRA STOUT 3/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
406 CLOWN
SHOES GALACTICA IMPERIAL
IPA 3/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
407
BAYERISCHE STAATSBRAUEREI
WEIHENSTEPHAN
WEIHENSTEPHANER HEFEWEISSBIER DUNKEL 3/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
408 JOSEPH
JAMES
BREWING
J.J. PRO AM 2013 FOREIGN EXPORT
STOUT 3/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
409
RUHSTALLER CALIFORNIA
TRIPEL 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
410
BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE BORNEM
TRIPLE
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
411
MORLAND OLD SPECKLED
HEN 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
412 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
GAME OF THRONES TAKE THE BLACK STOUT
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
413 STONE
BREWING
GO TO IPA 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
414
CISMONTANE
BREWING
THE MESA
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
415 SMOG CITY
BREWING AMARILLA GORILLA
IPA
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
416 THE
BRUERY SAISON DE
LENTE
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
417 SAINT
ARCHER
BREWING
PALE
ALE
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
418 AVERY
BREWING
MAHARAJA IMPERIAL
IPA 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
419 ALESMITH
BREWING OLD
ALE
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
420 PORT
BREWING
SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
421
FIRESTONE WALKER
PRIVATE LABEL
BROWN
3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
422 GREENE
KING WEXFORD IRISH CREAM
ALE 3/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
423 ALLAGASH
BREWING WHITE 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
424 ALLAGASH
BREWING TRIPEL RESERVE - BATCH
204 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
425 ALLAGASH
BREWING FLUXUS 2012 - BREWED WITH GREEN & PINK
PEPPERCORNS 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
426 ALLAGASH
BREWING CONFLUENCE
2013 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
427 ALLAGASH
BREWING INTERLUDE
2013
3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
428 ALLAGASH
BREWING TIARNA - ALE AGED IN OAK
BARRELS 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
429 ALLAGASH
BREWING FOUR
ALE 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
430 ALLAGASH
BREWING DUBBEL RESERVE - BATCH 107
3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
431 ALLAGASH
BREWING FUXUS 2013 - BREWED WITH BLOOD ORANGE 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
432 ALLAGASH
BREWING ODYSSEY 2014 - AGED IN OAK BARRELS
3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
433
SCHOFFERHOFER
GRAPEFRUIT
HEFEWEIZEN 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
434 ABITA
BREWING
PURPLE HAZE 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
435 BARD'S
ORIGINAL SORGHUM MALT BEER
3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
436 AVERY BREWING
INDIA
PALE ALE 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
437 COLD
SPRING
BREWING
JOHN HENRY 3 LICK SPIKER ALE AGED IN BOURBON OAK CHIPS 3/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
438 UINTA
BREWING
DETOUR DOUBLE IPA 3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
439 JOSEPH
JAMES BREWING
AMERICAN LAGER
3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
440 HUMBOLDT
BREWING NECTAR IPA 3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
441
RESIGNATION BREWERY / RED HOOK COLLABORATION KCCO BLACK
LAGER 3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
442
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER
WORKS
THE CASK DOPPELBOCK
3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
443 EVIL
TWIN BREWING FALCO
IPA 3/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
444 GRAND TETON
BREWING
PURSUIT OF HOPPINESS IMPERIAL RED 3/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
445 GOOSE ISLAND
312 URBAN PALE ALE 3/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
446 GROLSCH
PREMIUM PILSENER 3/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
447 SUDWERK
BREWING DOPPELBOCK
ULTIMATOR 3/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
448 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
TANDEM DOUBLE ALE 3/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
449 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY SPECIAL WINTER VANILLA PORTER 2013
3/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
450 THE LOST
ABBEY
INFERNO ALE 3/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
451 LEFT COAST
BREWING HOP JUICE DOUBLE IPA 3/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
452 UNCOMMON
BREWERS
BALTIC PORTER 3/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
453
BOULEVARD BREWING THE SIXTH GLASS QUADRUPEL
ALE 3/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
454
BOULEVARD BREWING TANK 7 FARMHOUSE
ALE
3/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
455 MAUI
BREWING
BIG SWELL IPA 3/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
456 SIX
RIVERS BREWERY MOONSTONE PORTER
3/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
457 BOULEVARD
BREWING BOURBON BARREL QUAD
(2013)
3/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
458 EVIL
TWIN BREWING HOP FLOOD AMBER
ALE
3/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
459 FLYING
DOG BREWERY OLD SCRATCH AMBER LAGER 3/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
460 GOOSE
ISLAND THE ILLINOIS IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
3/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
461 FLYING
DOG BREWERY DOGGIE STYLE PALE
ALE
3/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
462 THE LOST
ABBEY
SAINT'S DEVOTION 3/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
463 ANCHOR
BREWING ANCHOR STEAM
BEER 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
464 ANCHOR
BREWING ANCHOR
IPA 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
465 ANCHOR
BREWING ANCHOR SAISON SPRING
ALE 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
466 21ST
AMENDMENT BREWERY BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
467
SPEAKEASY BIG DADDY IPA 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
468 NIMBUS BREWING
OLD MONKEYSHINE 3/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
469 ANCHOR
BREWING OLD FOGHORN
BARLEYWINE 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
470 ANCHOR
BREWING BREKLE'S
BROWN
3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
471 ANCHOR
BREWING LIBERTY
ALE 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
472 ANCHOR
BREWING ANCHOR
PORTER
3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
473 SUDWERK
BREWING DRY HOP PALE
ALE 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
474 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
RARE VOS
3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
475 101
NORTH BREWING HEROINE IPA 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
476 HERETIC
BREWING EVIL
COUSIN 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
477 LOST
COAST BREWING GREAT WHITE 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
478 MOYLAN'S
BREWERY KILT LIFTER SCOTTISH STYLE
ALE
3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
479 MARIN
BREWING MT. TAM
PALE ALE 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
480 PACIFIC
BREWING
LABORATORY
SQUID INK BLACK IPA 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
481 FACTION
BREWING PALE
ALE
3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
482 MOAB
BREWERY
JOHNNY'S AMERICAN
IPA 3/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
483 HUMBOLDT
BREWING HUMBOLDT BROWN HEMP ALE 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
484 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY ACME CALIFORNIA PALE
ALE 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
485 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY PEARLY BAKER'S BEST
BITTER 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
486 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY BONNIE LEE'S BEST
BITTER 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
487 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY BLUE BELL
BITTER
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
488 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY DARK STAR
MILD
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
489 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY PROVING GROUND
IPA
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
490 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY KALIFORNIA KOLSCH
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
491 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY WEATHER REPORT
WHEAT 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
492 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY BIG CYPRESS
BROWN 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
493 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY NEW SPEEDWAY
BITTER
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
494 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY COLE PORTER 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
495 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY WEEKAPAUG GRUIT
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
496 MAGNOLIA
BREWERY SPUD BOY'S
IPA
3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
497
DESCHUTES BREWERY BLACK BUTTE
PORTER 3/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
498 KONA
BREWING
LONGBOARD LAGER 3/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
499 ENGLISH
ALES
BREWERY
MONTEREY BAY
WHEAT
3/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
500 ENGLISH
ALES
BREWERY
MONK'S BROWN ALE 3/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
501 ENGLISH
ALES
BREWERY
BLACK PRINCE PORTER 3/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
502 ENGLISH
ALES
BREWERY
DRAGON SLAYER IPA 3/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
503 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 04.20.14 IPA 3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
504 WYCHWOOD
BREWERY
HOBGOBLIN 3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
505 DRAKE'S
BREWING
DENOGGINIZER
3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
506 GREEN
FLASH
BREWING
PALATE
WRECKER
3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
507
LAGUNITAS BREWING UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION SHUT-DOWN
ALE
3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
508 ANCHOR
BREWING ANCHOR BOCK
BEER 3/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
509
FIRESTONE WALKER
LIL OPAL 2013 SAISON 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
510
FIRESTONE WALKER
HELLDORADO BLONDE BARLEY WINE 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
511
FIRESTONE WALKER
PARABOLA 2014 RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
512
FIRESTONE WALKER
SAUCER FULL OF SECRETS BELGIAN STRONG
ALE
3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
513
FIRESTONE WALKER / MIKKELLER
COLLABORATION LIL MIKKEL
SAISON 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
514
FIRESTONE WALKER
AGRESTIC BELGIAN-AMERICAN WILD RED ALE 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
515
FIRESTONE WALKER
FERAL ONE 3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
516
FIRESTONE WALKER
DDBA NO. 1
2012
3/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
517 COLNER
HOFBRAU FRUH
FRUH KOLSCH 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
518
TELEGRAPH BREWING CERVEZA DE FIESTA
PILSNER 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
519
FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR PIMOCK HEFEWEIZEN 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
520 ALPINE
BEER
COMPANY
ALPINE ALE 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
521
ENGELSZELL BENNO
TRAPPISTENBIER
3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
522
FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR HOPPEDITZ DOPPEL STICKE
ALTBIER 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
523 HAIR OF
THE DOG BLUE
DOT DOUBLE IPA 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
524 ALASKAN
BREWING HOPOTHERMIA DOUBLE IPA
3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
525 SAMUEL
ADAMS
DOUBLE BOCK 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
526 TWISTED
MANZANITA ALES GILLESPIE
BROWN 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
527 CLOWN
SHOES LUCHADOR EN FUEGO MEXICAN STYLE CHOCOLATE
STOUT 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
528 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW FUNKY JEWBELATION
(2014) 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
529
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
MOCHA MACHINE DOUBLE PORTER 3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
530 MARIO
& DAVID HOMEBREW (SYLMAR,
CA)
PRE-DYER ST TRIPLE
IPA
3/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
531 DRAKE'S
BREWING
IPA 4/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
532
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
THRILLSEEKER
IPA 4/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
533 SANTA CRUZ ALE
WORKS
DARK NIGHT OATMEAL STOUT 4/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
534
CALICRAFT BREWING THE CITY IPA
4/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
535 BROOKLYN BREWERY WILD STREAK WILD
ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
536 THE
BRUERY SOUR IN THE RYE
4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
537
ADELBERT'S BREWERY FLYIN MONKS
QUADRUPEL 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
538 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW RIPA ON RYE 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
539 HARDYWOOD PARK
SIDAMO COFFEE STOUT RESERVE
SERIES
4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
540
CISMONTANE
BREWING
T.J. SLOUGH 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
541 CORONADO BREWING
BARREL AGED OLD SCALLYWAG
4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
542 DESCHUTES BREWERY MIRROR MIRROR
BARLEYWINE 2014 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
543 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE DERAILEUR BARREL AGED
SAISON 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
544
FIRESTONE WALKER
SUCABA BARLEYWINE 2013 4/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
545
RUHSTALLER OLD SOUL THE KENYAN RED ALE WITH
COFFEE 4/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
546 EVIL
TWIN BREWING LOW LIFE
PILSNER
4/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
547 GREAT
LAKES BREWING
RYE OF THE
TIGER 4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
548 GREAT LAKES BREWING
EDMUND FITZGERALD PORTER 4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
549
SCHLITZ
SCHLITZ
4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
550 MAUI
BREWING
COCONUT PORTER 4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
551
BUTTERNUT’S BEER AND ALE PORK SLAP PALE ALE
4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
552
EVOLUTION CRAFT BREWING RISE UP STOUT 4/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
553 PORT CITY
TARTAN
ALE 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
554 LOST
RHINO BREWING FACE PLANT IPA
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
555 LOST
RHINO BREWING RHINO CHASERS PILSNER
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
556 SCHLAFLY
AMERICAN IPA
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
557
SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
NOONAN BLACK IPA 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
558 OLD
DOMINION
MORNING GLORY ESPRESSO STOUT 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
559 BROOKLYN BREWING SUMMER ALE
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
560 SAMUEL
ADAMS
REBEL IPA 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
561
LEINENKUGEL’S
SUMMER SHANDY
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
562 ATLAS
BREW WORKS
ROWDY
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
563
PERENNIAL SAISON DE LIS
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
564 BURLEY
OAK BREWING ‘MERICA BROWN IPA 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
565 THE
BREWER’S ART OZZY BELGIAN
GOLDEN ALE 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
566 MOTHER
EARTH BREWING (North Carolina)
SISTERS OF THE MOON IPA
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
567 AVIATOR
BREWING DEVIL’S TRAMPING GROUND
TRIPEL 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
568 LEGEND
BREWING BROWN
ALE 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
569 BLUE MOUNTAIN
BREWERY EVIL 8 BELGIAN STYLE DUBBEL
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
570
BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY
VANILLA PORTER ON
NITRO 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
571 CHAMPION
BREWING PACECAR
PORTER
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
572 THE
DUCK-RABBIT RABID DUCK
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
573 WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS
SPRINGHOUSE ALE
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
574
EVOLUTION CRAFT BREWING EXILE ESB
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
575 CAPITOL CITY BREWING
AMBER WAVES ALE 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
576 SLY FOX
BREWING PHOENIX PALE ALE
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
577
SWEETWATER 420 EXTRA PALE
ALE 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
578 ATWATER BREWERY
VANILLA JAVA PORTER 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
579 FORDHAM
ROUTE 1 SESSION IPA
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
580 DEVIL'S
BACKBONE BREWING
COMPANY
PEAR LAGER 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
581
SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
DURTY MUD SEASON BROWN ALE
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
582 JACKIE
O’S RUM BARREL OIL OF
APHRODITE
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
583 WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS
BITTER VALENTINE DOUBLE IPA 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
584 TIRED
HANDS THE EMPTINESS IS ETERNAL WINE BARREL FERMENTED
PERSIMMON SAISON 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
585 GREAT
LAKES
BREWING
ELIOT NESS
4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
586 COORS
BREWING COMPANY COORS
LIGHT 4/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
587 SAINT
ARNOLD
BREWING
ELISSA IPA 4/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
588 FRANCONIA BREWING WHEAT 4/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
589 AMERICAN RIVER BREWING
COLOMA BROWN ALE 4/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
590 SANTA CRUZ ALE WORKS
IPA 4/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
591
LAKEFRONT BREWERY BELGIAN STYLE APRICOT ALE ANNIVERSARY
SERIES 4/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
592 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
DEVESTATETION BLACK
IPA 4/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
593 JOSEPH
JAMES
BREWING
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON
BARRELS
4/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
594 FLYING
DOG BREWERY UNDERDOG ATLANTIC LAGER 4/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
595 DAMM
ESTRELLA DAMM INEDIT
WITBIER
4/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
596 PORT
BREWING
SHARK ATTACK DOUBLE RED
ALE
4/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
597 DAVE'S
HOME BREW PALE ALE (BOTTLE SHARE AT VENDOME, STUDIO CITY, CA)
4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
598 SURF
BREWERY SHAKA MOSAIC SESSION IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
599
BARRELHOUSE
BREWING
PALE RYDER 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
600 DESCHUTES BREWERY FRESH SQUEEZED
IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
601 WIENS
BREWING
TYPE 3 IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
602
BARRELHOUSE
BREWING
IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
603
SPEAKEASY VENDETTA IPA
4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
604 WIENS
BREWING
BIG COG DIPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
605 VALIANT
BREWING ALPHA DRIVE
DIPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
606 ROUGH
DRAFT
BREWING
HOP THERAPY DIPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
607 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 05.16.14 IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
608
BOULEVARD BREWING GRAINSTORM BLACK RYE
IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
609 MIDNIGHT
SUN BREWING XXX
BLACK DOUBLE
IPA
4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
610 KNEE
DEEP BREWING SIMTRA TRIPLE
IPA 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
611 GOLDEN
ROAD BACK HOME GINGERBREAD
STOUT 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
612 CISCO
BREWERS
SANKATY LIGHT LAGER 4/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
613 SUDWERK
BREWING MARZEN AMBER
LAGER
4/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
614 BLACK
MARKET BREWING RYE IPA 4/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
615 PIKE BREWING
COMPANY MONK'S
UNCLE TRIPEL 4/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
616 DOGFISH
HEAD INDIAN BROWN ALE 4/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
617 VICTORY
BREWING DIRTWOLF DOUBLE IPA
4/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
618 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
SPACE NEEDLE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 2012 VINTAGE
IPA 4/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
619 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
SPACE NEEDLE GOLDEN IPA 4/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
620 ALASKAN
BREWING JALAPENO IMPERIAL
IPA
4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
621 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
POST ALLEY PORTER 4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
622 JESTER
KING BLACK METAL FARMHOUSE IMPERIAL
STOUT 4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
623 OCEANSIDE ALE
WORKS
DUDE DOUBLE IPA
4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
624 BELCHING
BEAVER PEANUT BUTTER
FLAVORED MILK
STOUT
4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
625 BELCHING
BEAVER
HOP HIGHWAY
IPA 4/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
626 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
GLIMMERGLASS
SAISON
4/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
627 BELCHING
BEAVER DAMMED DOUBLE
IPA 4/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
628 BLACK
MARKET BREWING
AFTERMATH PALE ALE 4/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
629
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
HOP NINJA DOUBLE
IPA
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
630 ALOSTA
BREWING SPADRA
IPA 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
631 THE
DUDES' BREWING
COMPANY
KOLSCHTAL EDDY
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
632 STRAND
BREWING BATCH 100
STOUT 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
633 STRAND
BREWING 24TH STREET PALE
ALE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
634 PACIFIC
PLATE
BREWING
COPA DE ORO BELGIAN
GOLDEN
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
635 PACIFIC
PLATE
BREWING
DUNKELWEIZEN
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
636 SMOG CITY
BREWING MAKE OUT SESSION PALE ALE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
637 NOBLE
ALE WORKS PART OF A
BALANCED BREAKFAST OATMEAL STOUT 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
638 CLAREMONT CRAFT
ALES
JACARANDA RYE
IPA 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
639 CLAREMONT CRAFT
ALES
DOUBLE DUDE DIPA 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
640
CONGREGATION ALE HOUSE DARK OF THE COVENANT
STRONG ALE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
641
CONGREGATION ALE HOUSE
IPA 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
642 MONKISH
BREWING
CO.
FEMINIST BELGIAN STYLE
TRIPEL
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
643 MONKISH
BREWING
CO.
ROSA'S HIPS BELGIAN STYLE
DUBBEL 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
644
GOLDEN ROAD 329
LAGER 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
645 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING BLUE HOUSE CITRA PALE ALE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
646 OHANA
BREWING SURF SHACK
SAISON 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
647 NOBLE
ALE WORKS
GOSEBUSTERS 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
648 SMOG CITY
BREWING GROUNDWORK COFFEE
PORTER
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
649 LOS
ANGELES ALE
WORKS
GAMS-BART ROGGENBIER
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
650 OHANA
BREWING ACORN
AMBITION AMBER 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
651 THE
BRUERY TRIPEL
TONNELLERIE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
652 STONE
BREWING
SAISON
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
653 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY DOGTOWN DUNKELWEIZEN 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
654
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
ALPHA GALACTIC WEST
COAST PALE
ALE
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
655 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING TWO 5 LEFT DOUBLE
IPA
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
656
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
KNUCKLE SANDWICH DOUBLE
IPA 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
657 LOS
ANGELES ALE
WORKS
DAMPFMASCHINE CALIFORNIA
COMMON 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
658
GOLDEN ROAD 2020
IPA
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
659 ALOSTA
BREWING SALLY
BLONDE 4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
660
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
GOLDEN
CHAOS
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
661 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY YELLOWSTONE PALE
ALE
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
662 ALLAGASH
BREWING
SAISON
4/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
663
LAGUNITAS BREWING NEW DOGTOWN PALE
ALE 4/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
664 NIMBUS
BREWING PALE
ALE
4/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
665
BOULEVARD BREWING DOUBLE-WIDE DOUBLE
IPA 4/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
666 CLOWN
SHOES UNDEAD PARTY CRASHER IMPERIAL
STOUT 4/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
667 ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING
KEEBARLIN' PALE ALE HWY
128 SESSION SERIES 4/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
668 GRAND TETON
BREWING
SWEETGRASS AMERICAN PALE
ALE 4/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
669 THE
BRUERY HUMULUS INDIA PALE LAGER
5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
670
ROBINSONS
TROOPER
5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
671 ALPINE
BEER
COMPANY
NELSON IPA 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
672 BAIRD
BREWING
DARK SKY IMPERIAL STOUT 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
673
CRAFTSMAN BREWING 1903 LAGER 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
674 THE
BRUERY BOIS BOURBON BARREL AGED
5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
675 BIG SKY
BREWING OLDE
BLUEHAIR BARLEYWINE 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
676 SAINT
SOMEWHERE BREWING E'TE' SANS FIN SAISON 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
677
SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
IMPERIAL
STOUT
5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
678 BOULDER
BEER COMPANY SHAKE
CHOCOLATE PORTER ON NITRO 5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
679 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY GRAND CRU
2012
5/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
680 FLYING
DOG BREWERY WOODY CREEK BELGIAN STYLE WHITE 5/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
681 ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING EL
STEINBER DARK
LAGER
5/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
682
LAGUNITAS BREWING CENSORED RICH COPPER ALE (AKA
KRONIK) 5/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
683 RITUAL
BREWING
HOP-O-MATIC IPA
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
684 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING HYPERION'S
STOUT 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
685
CISMONTANE
BREWING
SMOKIN' SANTIAGO
SCOTCH
ALE
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
686
CISMONTANE BREWING
THE CITIZEN CALIFORNIA
COMMON 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
687 HANGAR
24 SMALL STOUT
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
688 HANGAR
24 BELGIAN SUMMER ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
689
TAPS NUESTRA
SENORA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
690 GREAT
DIVIDE
BREWING
20TH ANNIVERSARY BELGIAN-STYLE
ALE
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
691 TAP IT
BREWING
I PI A BELGIAN IPA
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
692 TUSTIN BREWING
RED HILL
RED 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
693 TUSTIN BREWING
JACKSON'S IMPERIAL IPA
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
694 BOTTLE
LOGIC / TUSTIN
COLLABORATION
AGED OAK CHIP IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
695 BELCHING
BEAVER EASY BEAVER
SESSION IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
696 BEACH
CITY BREWERY SWEET CRUDE STOUT 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
697 BEACH CITY
BREWERY PCH PALE ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
698
TAPS MOCHA STOUT 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
699
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
CHANGO
LAGER
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
700 LEFT COAST
BREWING DEL
MAR ST. LAGER 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
701 LEFT COAST
BREWING TRESTLES IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
702 CLOWN
SHOES SPACE CAKE IMPERIAL
IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
703 VALIANT
BREWING HOT & KOLSCH
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
704
FIRESTONE WALKER
EASY JACK SESSION IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
705 SAINT
ARCHER BREWING
WHITE ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
706 NOBLE
ALE WORKS PISTOLA CHILE PILSNER
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
707 NOBLE
ALE WORKS ROSALITA
HIBISCUS PILSNER 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
708 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
ORDER IN THE PORT STOUT 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
709 I &
I BREWING HIBISCUS XPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
710 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
EL CAMINO IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
711 IRONFIRE
BREWING HABANERO
PALE
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
712 BLACK
MARKET
BREWING 1945
SOUR WHEAT ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
713 TAP IT
BREWING
SNAFU DOUBLE IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
714 BLACK
MARKET
BREWING
EMBARGO IMPERIAL BROWN 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
715 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
LECHE BORRACHO
STOUT
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
716 BACKSTREET
BREWERY SANTO MOLE CHILE
STOUT 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
717
BACKSTREET BREWERY TOMAHAWK DOUBLE
IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
718 J.T.
SCHMID'S HEFEWEIZEN 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
719 RITUAL
BREWING
MONK'S LUNCH BELGIAN
GOLDEN 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
720 OLD ORANGE
BREWING
STREET FAIR SUMMER
ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
721 IRONFIRE
BREWING THE DEVIL WITHIN
DIPA
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
722 MISSION
BREWERY ZYTHOS
IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
723 MISSION
BREWERY ARMADA COLLABORATION
SAISON 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
724 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
RECURSION
IPA
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
725 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
ANAHEIM, CA
CHILE PALE
WHEAT ALE 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
726 J.T.
SCHMID'S ANAHEIM
IPA 5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
727
LAGUNITAS BREWING CAPPUCCINO STOUT
5/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
728 THE LOST
ABBEY
RED BARN ALE SAISON 5/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
729 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
HOP HOUSE BELGIAN PALE ALE 5/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
730 ALASKAN
BREWING FREERIDE APA
5/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
731 DRAKE'S
BREWING AMBER 5/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
732 UINTA
BREWING
ANNIVERSARY BARLEYWINE 5/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
733
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER
WORKS
THE RAVEN SPECIAL LAGER 5/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
734 DRAKE'S
BREWING
HEFEWEIZEN 5/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
735 BIG SKY
BREWING
IPA 5/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
736 CLOWN
SHOES CLEMENTINE WHITE
ALE
5/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
737
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER
WORKS
PENDULUM PILSNER 5/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
738 MAUI
BREWING
MANA WHEAT 5/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
739 PORT
BREWING
OLD VISCOSITY ALE 5/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
740 UINTA
BREWING
HOODOO KOLSCH STYLE ALE 5/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
741
MENDOCINO
BREWING
TALON SMOKED DOUBLE
PORTER 5/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
742 EPIC
BREWING SOUR APPLE SAISON 5/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
743 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HARVEST
WET HOP ALE
(2013)
5/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
744 SPOETZL
BREWERY SHINER
BOCK 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
745
FIREMAN'S
BREW
BLONDE
5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
746
FIREMAN'S
BREW REDHEAD
ALE 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
747
FIREMAN'S
BREW BRUNETTE
GERMAN DOUBLEBOCK 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
748 INDIAN
WELLS
BREWING
WHISKEY BARREL BREW BARREL AGED AMBER 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
749 GREEN
FLASH
BREWING
ROAD WARRIOR IMPERIAL RYE
IPA 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
750 MISSION
BREWERY DARK SEAS
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 5/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
751 MAD RIVER
BREWING STEELHEAD DOUBLE
IPA
5/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
752
HEINEKEN HEINEKEN
PREMIUM LIGHT 5/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
753 STONE
BREWING
SMOKED PORTER WITH CHIPOTLE
PEPPERS 5/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
754 LOST
COAST BREWING 8 BALL STOUT 5/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
755 COORS
BREWING COMPANY COORS BANQUET BEER (1970 ORIGINAL
RECIPE)
5/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
756 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY SOLIDARITY BLACK
MILD
5/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
757 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY MANIFESTO WITBIER 5/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
758 DRAKE'S
BREWING ALPHA SESSION
IPA 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
759 DRAKE'S
BREWING 7 x 70
IPA
5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
760 DRAKE'S
BREWING BRANDY BARREL
DRAKONIC RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
761 DRAKE'S
BREWING RAKISH RYE WINEALE BARREL
AGED 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
762 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE BLIND AMBITION BELGIAN STYLE STRONG
ALE 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
763 STONE
BREWING
SPROCKETBIER BLACK RYE
KOLSCH 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
764 STONE
BREWING
DELICIOUS IPA 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
765 LOST
COAST BREWING WATERMELON WHEAT 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
766 BAVIK
PETRUS OUD BRUIN 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
767 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
RAMPANT IMPERIAL
IPA
5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
768 DOGFISH
HEAD 90 MINUTE IPA 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
769 DOGFISH
HEAD APRIHOP IPA 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
770
AYINGER
ALTBAIRISCH DUNKEL 5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
771 OSKAR
BLUES TEN FIDY
STOUT
5/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
772 GREAT
DIVIDE
BREWING
RUMBLE OAK AGED
IPA
5/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
773 INNIS
& GUNN RUM AGED 5/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
774 CALDERA
BREWING HOP HASH IPA
5/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
775 EEL RIVER
BREWING ORGANIC
PORTER 5/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
776 MAD RIVER
BREWING HUMBOLDT HAZE IMPERIAL WHEAT
IPA
5/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
777 CALDERA
BREWING ASHLAND AMBER ALE 5/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
778
GOLDEN ROAD HEAL THE BAY
IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
779
GOLDEN ROAD ALMOND MILK STOUT
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
780 NOBLE
ALE WORKS ALL NIGHT LONG
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
781 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
SUMMERFEST PILSNER
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
782 SMOG CITY
BREWING L.A.
SAISON 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
783 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING SESSION
IPA
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
784 ABIGAILE
BREWERY RYE WHISKEY BARREL AGED BLACK MASS
PORTER
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
785 ABIGAILE
BREWERY OATS OF BIRMINGHAM ENGLISH BROWN
ALE 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
786 ABIGAILE
BREWERY 002 2ND ANNIVERSARY
DOUBLE IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
787 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY GINGER
SAISON
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
788 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY REVOLUTION AMERICAN PALE
ALE 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
789 FACTION
BREWING DEFCON I BELGIAN
QUAD 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
790 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING
HOPPY POPPY
IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
791 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING
BIG CONE CASCADIAN
DARK
ALE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
792 GOLDEN
ROAD BERLINER
WEISSE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
793
SPEAKEASY BETRAYAL IMPERIAL
RED
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
794 OMISSION
IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
795 OMISSION
PALE
ALE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
796 OMISSION
LAGER 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
797 EPIC
BREWING ESCAPE TO COLORADO
IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
798
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
RUSTIC RYE IPA
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
799
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
PALOMINO PALE ALE 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
800 MODERN
TIMES
LOMALAND SAISON 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
801 HANGAR
24 BETTY IPA
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
802 MODERN
TIMES
FORTUNATE ISLANDS WHEAT
BEER 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
803 OSKAR
BLUES DALE'S PALE
ALE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
804 OSKAR
BLUES OLD
CHUB 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
805 OHANA
BREWING PACIFIC
ALE 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
806 BRAVERY
BREWING LA FLEUR HIBISCUS
WHEAT 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
807 BRAVERY
BREWING OLD RAT ENGLISH
BROWN 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
808 OHANA
BREWING PALE
ALE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
809 EPIC
BREWING GLUTENATOR 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
810 KARL
STRAUSS MOSAIC SESSION IPA 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
811 DESCHUTES BREWERY MIRROR POND PALE
ALE
5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
812 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
WILD DUBBEL 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
813 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY HOWLIN' HEF 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
814 SMOG CITY
BREWING LIL BO
PILS 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
815 ABBAYE
DE
LEFFE
LEFFE BLONDE 5/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
816 SUDWERK
BREWING MAIBOCK SPRING
LAGER
5/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
817 MARIN BREWING
TRIPEL DIPSEA BELGIAN STYLE
ALE 5/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
818 SANTAN
BREWING DEVIL'S
ALE 5/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
819 MARIN
BREWING SAN
QUENTIN'S BREAKOUT STOUT
5/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
820 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
BLUE PADDLE PILSENER 5/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
821 EAGLE
ROCK BREWERY BOTANY BAY
ESB
5/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
822 GENESEE
BREWING GENESEE
BEER 5/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
823 LEE
BAKOFSKY HOMEBREW (Highland Park,
CA) OLD PROCRASTINATOR BARREL
AGED SOUR 5/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
824 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
SKINNY DIP 5/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
825 GRAND TETON
BREWING
LOST CONTINENT DOUBLE IPA 5/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
826 HUMBOLDT
BREWING RED NECTAR 5/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
827
FIRESTONE WALKER
OPAL DRY HOPPED SAISON 5/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
828 MAD RIVER
BREWING STEELHEAD
PORTER 5/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
829
GOLDEN ROAD / THREE WEAVERS
COLLABORATION CROSS THE POND
IPA 5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
830
CISMONTANE
BREWING
COFFEE CITIZEN
5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
831
CISMONTANE
BREWING
SCHWARZHOP AMERICAN BLACK ALE 5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
832
CISMONTANE
BREWING
DOUBLE RAINBOW
DIPA
5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
833
CISMONTANE
BREWING
4TH ANNIVERSARY DOPPELBOCK
5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
834 GOOSE ISLAND
TEN HILLS PALE ALE 5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
835 CALDERA
BREWING
IPA 5/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
836 GOLDEN
ROAD HEFEWEIZEN 5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
837
GOLDEN ROAD WOLF AMONG WEEDS 5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
838 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
OVILA SAISON
5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
839 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. HOP ROD RYE
5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
840 ALASKAN
BREWING
ESB 5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
841
MENDOCINO
BREWING
IMPERIAL BARLEY WINE ALE 5/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
842
MARGARITAVILLE BREWING LANDSHARK
LAGER 5/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
843 SHOCK
TOP BELGIAN
WHITE
5/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
844 CORONADO BREWING
SOCK KNOCKER IMPERIAL IPA 5/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
845 STRAND
BREWING BEACH HOUSE AMBER
5/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
846 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
EMP: EXTREMELY MELLOW PORTER
5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
847 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
MOTHER HEIFER MILK STOUT 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
848 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
JOULE THIEF KRYSTALWEIZEN 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
849 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
RECURSION 2.0 IPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
850 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
PREQUEL ALPHA WHITE IPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
851 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
DOUBLE ACTUATOR DOUBLE IPA
5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
852 BOTTLE
LOGIC
BREWING
TATTERED PRINCE
SAISON 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
853
TAPS CALI
GOLD IPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
854
TAPS SEAWARD PALE
ALE 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
855
TAPS POSEIDON 2.0 DOUBLE
IPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
856
TAPS HELLES 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
857 NOBLE
ALE WORKS MAN'S MILK
STOUT ON NITRO 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
858
CRAFTSMAN BREWING BAY LAUREL
SOUR 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
859
CRAFTSMAN BREWING POINT FIVE IPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
860 LAGUNITAS
BREWING WALDO'S SPECIAL ALE
DIPA 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
861
BROUWERIJ LUPUS WOLF 7 BELGIAN
STRONG PALE ALE 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
862 GOOSE ISLAND
BOURBON COUNTY
BRAND STOUT
(2013)
5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
863 GREEN
FLASH BREWING
HOP ODYSSEY BLACK
IPA
5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
864
HOPSCOTCH TAVERN
HEFEWEIZEN 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
865 ROUGH
DRAFT
BREWING
AMBER 5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
866
BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
6TH ANNIVERSARY WHEAT
WINE
5/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
867 PIKE
BREWING COMPANY
PIKE PALE HEIRLOOM AMBER
ALE 5/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
868 AVERY
BREWING
ELLIE'S BROWN ALE 5/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
869 NOBLE
ALE WORKS RAKAU SHOWERS
IMPERIAL
IPA
5/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
870 DUVEL
MOORTGAT DUVEL 5/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
871 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD RASPUTIN RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT
5/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
872 WIDMER
BROTHERS
HEFEWEIZEN 5/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
873 BIG SKY
BREWING MONTANA TROUT SLAYER
ALE 5/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
874 BIG SKY
BREWING MOOSE DROOL
BROWN ALE 5/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
875 BALLAST
POINT PIPER DOWN SCOTTISH ALE 5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
876 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
GRUIT - LIPS OF FAITH 5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
877 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
RYEPA 5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
878
STRUBBE'S FLEMISH
RED 5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
879
BRASSERIE DE BRUNEHAUT THE
CLOAK OF ST. MARTIN BELGIAN
QUADRUPEL
5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
880 EEL RIVER
BREWING RAVEN'S EYE IMPERIAL STOUT
5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
881 BRAUEREI
SCHLENKERLA
AECHT SCHLENKERLA EICHE -
DOPPELBOCK 5/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
882 BALLAST
POINT PALE ALE
(YELLOWTAIL)
5/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
883 INNIS
& GUNN ORIGINAL OAK AGED
BEER 5/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
884 THREE
FLOYDS YUM YUM PALE
ALE-ISH
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
885
FIRESTONE WALKER / THREE FLOYDS COLLABORATION OL LEGHORN BARLEY
WINE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
886 THREE
FLOYDS BLOT OUT THE SUN STOUT BARREL
AGED
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
887 CIGAR CITY
HUNAHPU'S IMPERIAL STOUT 2014
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
888 SURLY
BREWING
DARKNESS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
889 SURLY
BREWING
PENTAGRAM 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
890
BOULEVARD BREWING GINGER LEMON RADLER
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
891 DOGFISH
HEAD WINE BARREL AGED BLACK AND BLUE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
892
MIKKELLER ORANGE YUZU
GLAD I SAID PORTER GRAND MARNIER BARREL AGED 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
893
MIKKELLER TENDERLOIN
APA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
894
BRAUFACTUM ROOG RAUCHWEIZEN 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
895 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. TARTARE ROUGE RED
SOUR 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
896
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
DENVER
JACKHAMMER
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
897 FIFTY
FIFTY BREWING COFFEE-VANILLA
ECLIPSE
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
898 PIZZA PORT
SOUR BEER HUNTER
2013
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
899 ODELL
BREWING
DR. ACULA BARREL AGED BLACK ALE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
900
REVOLUTION
BREWING
STRAIGHT JACKET BOURBON BARREL AGED BARLEY
WINE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
901 RAHR
& SONS STORMCLOUD BRITISH STYLE
IPA
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
902 RAHR
& SONS BUCKING
BOCK
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
903 ODELL
BREWING
59ER OAK AGED GOLDEN ALE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
904 KERN RIVER
BREWING CITRA DIPA
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
905 THE
BRUERY HUMULUS LAGER WITH
COCONUT 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
906 GOLDEN
ROAD EL HEFE ANEJO 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
907 JESTER
KING NOCTURN CHRYSALIS
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
908 NEBRASKA
BREWING ROMANCING THE CONE
IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
909
BEACHWOOD
BREWING
SYSTEM OF A STOUT 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
910
FUNKWERKS
SAISON
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
911
FUNKWERKS RASPBERRY
PROVINCIAL
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
912 BONEYARD
BEER COMPANY NOTORIOUS TRIPLE
IPA
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
913
LAGUNITAS BREWING NIGHT TIME BLACK IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
914 SUN KING
BREWING LONESOME DOVE BELGIAN TRIPEL AGED IN
PAPPY VAN WINKLE BOURBON
BARRELS
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
915 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
GNOMEGANG 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
916 BELL'S
BREWERY
OARSMAN 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
917
REVOLUTION
BREWING
DOS OSOS IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
918
BEAVERTOWN HEAVY WATER IMPERIAL
STOUT
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
919
TAPS REMY OOH LA LA RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
920 ODELL
BREWING
LOOSE LEAF 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
921 TRIPLE
ROCK CELLARMAN SAISON BARREL
AGED 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
922 ALPINE
BEER
COMPANY
SAN DIEGO
SURPRISE PALE ALE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
923
FIRESTONE WALKER
UDBA UNFILTERED BRITISH PALE ALE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
924
FIRESTONE WALKER
DOUBLE JACK DOUBLE
IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
925
FIRESTONE WALKER
PIVO HOPPY
PILS
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
926 FIFTY
FIFTY BREWING OLD CONUNDRUM AGED ON PAPPY
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
927 ALESMITH
BREWING SPEEDWAY
STOUT BARREL AGED WITH VIETNAMESE COFFEE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
928 TRIPLE
ROCK CELLARMAN
SAISON 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
929
MOONLIGHT BREWING DEATH & TAXES BLACK
ALE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
930 DOGFISH
HEAD NAMASTE WITBIER 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
931 ALESMITH
BREWING GINGER LIL'
DEVIL 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
932 YO-HO
TOKYO BLACK
PORTER 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
933 PIZZA
PORT AVA'S PALE
ALE
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
934 SURLY
BREWING
OVERRATED WEST COAST STYLE
IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
935 SURLY
BREWING
BITTER
BREWER
5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
936 SURLY
BREWING
HELL LAGER 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
937
BIRRIFICIO ITALIANO SPARROW PIT BARLEY
WINE 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
938 SURLY
BREWING
FURIOUS IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
939 MURPHY'S
IRISH
STOUT 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
940 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
RANGER IPA 5/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
941
FIRESTONE WALKER
ZIN
SKIN
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
942
FIRESTONE WALKER
BCZAR BEANS 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
943
FIRESTONE WALKER
STICKEE MONKEE (2014)
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
944
FIRESTONE WALKER
BRAVO BARREL AGED BROWN 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
945
FIRESTONE WALKER
TAPROOM BROWN 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
946
FIRESTONE WALKER
HAMMERSMITH IPA 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
947
FIRESTONE WALKER
WOOKEY JACK BLACK RYE
IPA 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
948
TELEGRAPH BREWING LOS PADRES
SAISON 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
949
TELEGRAPH BREWING PRIME MERIDIAN ALE 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
950
TELEGRAPH BREWING RAVENA
STOUT
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
951
TELEGRAPH BREWING CALIFORNIA
ALE
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
952
TELEGRAPH BREWING CIPHER KEY SESSION
ALE
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
953
TELEGRAPH BREWING STOCK PORTER 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
954
TELEGRAPH BREWING WHITE
ALE 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
955
TELEGRAPH BREWING PACIFIC STANDARD TIME BELGIAN STYLE
ALE 6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
956
TELEGRAPH BREWING 1927 EXTRA PALE ALE
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
957
TELEGRAPH BREWING FLOTSAM
LAGER
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
958 BUTTE
CREEK
BREWING
ORGANIC PORTER
6/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
959
LAGUNITAS BREWING SF FUSION DOUBLE IPA
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
960 CORONADO BREWING
HOPPY DAZE IPA
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
961
GOLDEN ROAD GET UP OFFA THAT BROWN WITH
COFFEE ON CASK 6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
962 MODERN
TIMES
BLACK HOUSE BOURBON OATMEAL COFFEE STOUT
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
963 GOLDEN
ROAD DART’S AWAY IPA
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
964 HAVEN
BREWING
UNFILTERED IPA
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
965 STRAND
BREWING HARVEST BALL ORANGE
WITBEER
6/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
966 HUMBOLDT
BREWING 500 B.C. DOUBLE IPA 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
967
ANHEUSER-BUSCH KING COBRA
MALT LIQUOR 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
968 MILLER
BREWING STEEL
RESERVE 211 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
969
BJ'S JEREMIAH RED 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
970
BJ'S HOPSTORM
IPA
6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
971
BJ'S HAPPY
SCOTSMAN 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
972
BJ'S TATONKA
STOUT
6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
973
BJ'S GOLIATH IMPERIAL RED
ALE 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
974
BJ'S PIRANHA PALE
ALE 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
975
BJ'S NUTTY
BREWNETTE 6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
976
BJ'S BJ'S PM
PORTER
6/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
977 HESS
BREWING JUCUNDUS WHEAT ALE 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
978 MONKISH
BREWING CO.
GALAXY DEFENDER PALE ALE 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
979 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING HOP TANKER DOUBLE
IPA 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
980 DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
MOLTEN LAVA DOUBLE IPA 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
981 NOBLE
ALE WORKS ENGLISH
101 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
982 EL
SEGUNDO BREWING STATION NO. 1 AMBER 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
983
BROUWERIJ ST.
BERNARDUS ABT 12 BELGIAN QUAD 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
984 ALESMITH
BREWING RAMBLIN' RYE
6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
985 THE
BRUERY HOTTENROTH 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
986 ALESMITH
BREWING SUMMER YULESMITH 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
987 HESS
BREWING HABITUS RYE
BEER 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
988
BROUWERIJ OMER VANDER GHINSTE CUVEE DE JACOBINS
ROUGE 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
989
BRASSERIE
DUBUISSON
SCALDIS NOEL 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
990
PRIVAT-BRAUEREI HEINRICH
REISSDORF
REISSDORF KOLSCH 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
991
BROUWERIJ VAN
HONSEBROUCK
ST. LOUIS GUEUZE FOND TRADITION 6/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
992 BELCHING
BEAVER RABID BEAVER BITE RYE
IPA 6/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
993 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 07.04.14 IPA 6/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
994 BOULDER
BEER COMPANY 35TH
ANNIVERSARY BLACK IPA 6/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
995 STONE
BREWING
STOCHASTICITY QUADROTRITICALE
6/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
996 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
GAME OF THRONES FIRE AND BLOOD RED ALE 6/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
997 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. CUVEE DE
BUBBA
6/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
998 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
HOPTIMUM
(2014) 6/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
999 ALPINE
BEER COMPANY
HOPPY
BIRTHDAY
6/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1000 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
PURE
HOPPINESS
6/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1001 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY PEPIN THE SHORT
PORTER 6/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1002 PORT BREWING
ANNIVERSARY ALE 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1003 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
HERCULES DOUBLE IPA 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1004 MOTHER EARTH BREW
CO. (California)
BOOKOO IPA (ALL MOSAIC) 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1005 RITUAL
BREWING EXTRA
RED 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1006 IRONFIRE
BREWING NUHELL
IPL 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1007 THE
BRUERY
MISCHIEF
6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1008 SANTAN
BREWING MR. PINEAPPLE
WHEAT
6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1009 VICTORY
BREWING SUMMER LOVE 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1010 NINKASI BREWING
DAWN OF THE RED 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1011 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE LA
GRISETTE 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1012
CHIMAY
CINQ CENTS TRIPEL 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1013
SPEAKEASY THE INFORMANT
SAISON
6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1014 SMOG CITY
BREWING SABER TOOTHED SQUIRREL
AMBER 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1015 UNITED
BREWERIES KINGFISHER PREMIUM
LAGER 6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1016 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
HENNEPIN FARMHOUSE
SAISON
6/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1017 BAYHAWK
ALES
CHOCOLATE PORTER 6/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1018 THE LOST
ABBEY
GIFT OF THE MAGI BIERE DE GARDE
6/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1019 EEL RIVER
BREWING
IPA 6/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1020 VICTORY
BREWING STORM KING IMPERIAL
STOUT 6/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1021 EPIC BREWING
BRAINLESS IPA 6/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1022 ROGUE
ALES MOCHA
PORTER
6/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1023 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING BROTHER DAVID'S TRIPLE ABBEY STYLE
ALE 6/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1024 DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN
IRA 6/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1025 KINETIC BREWING
RUSTED COFFEE AMBER ALE 6/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1026 KINETIC
BREWING FUSION
PORTER
6/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1027 KINETIC
BREWING IGNITION
PALE ALE 6/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1028 BRASSERIE DIEU DU
CIEL
SOLSTICE D'HIVER BARLEY
WINE
6/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1029 DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN SACRE
BLEU 6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1030 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
O'
STOUT
6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1031 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
SAISON
6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1032 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
MAIBOCK
6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1033 THE LOST
ABBEY
CARNEVALE 6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1034 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING WILD TURKEY BOURBON BARREL
STOUT
6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1035 BELHAVEN BREWERY
WEE HEAVY
6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1036 BELHAVEN BREWERY
BELHAVEN
BLACK 6/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1037 SAMUEL
ADAMS
LONGSHOT GRATZER 6/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1038 UINTA
BREWING
BABA ORGANIC BLACK LAGER 6/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1039 GOOSE ISLAND
ENDLESS IPA 6/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1040 FIRESTONE WALKER
VELVET
MERLIN
6/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1041 EPIC BREWING
SPIRAL JETTY
IPA
6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1042 CLOWN SHOES
BROWN ANGEL
6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1043 BRASSERIE
CARACOLE SAXO 6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1044 BROUWERIJ
VERHAEGHE
DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE
6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1045 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
FINESTKIND
IPA
6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1046 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
ROBUST
PORTER
6/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1047 BELL'S
BREWERY
KALAMAZOO
STOUT 6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1048 IRONFIRE
BREWING SIX KILLER
STOUT
6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1049 HUMBOLDT BREWING
BLACK XANTUS 6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1050 ACOUSTIC ALES
BREWING WESTBOUND
AND DOWN BELGIAN
QUAD 6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1051 ACOUSTIC ALES
BREWING RUN FOR THE
HILLS
DIPA
6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1052 BALLAST POINT
CALICO AMBER ALE 6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1053 CORONADO BREWING ISLANDER
IPA 6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1054 BALLAST POINT BLACK
MARLIN
PORTER
6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1055 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY OATMEAL
STOUT
6/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1056 WHITE
LABS FRANKEN
STOUT
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1057 WHITE
LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 001 CALIFORNIA ALE
YEAST 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1058 WHITE
LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 090 SAN DIEGO SUPER
YEAST
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1059 WHITE
LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 4000 VERMONT DOUBLE IPA
YEAST 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1060 WHITE
LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 550 BELGIAN ALE
YEAST 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1061 WHITE
LABS FRANKEN SMOKED
MILD
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1062 WHITE
LABS BIER DE GARDE WITH CHERRIES ON
CASK
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1063 WHITE
LABS FRANKEN LAGER WITH
MOSAIC
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1064 WHITE
LABS FRANKEN LAGER WITH SORACHI
ACE 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1065 BALLAST POINT
GRUNION PALE ALE 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1066 BALLAST POINT
WINTER SAN SALVADOR
BLACK LAGER WITH OYSTERS 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1067 BALLAST POINT EVEN
KEEL SESSION
IPA
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1068 BALLAST POINT
GRAPEFRUIT SCULPIN
IPA 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1069 BALLAST POINT REEF RYE BROWN
ALE 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1070 BALLAST POINT
CHIPOTLE BLACK
MARLIN
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1071 BALLAST POINT BLACK
MARLIN WITH ROASTED PEANUTS AND COCOA NIBS ON
CASK 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1072 ALESMITH BREWING
394 SAN DIEGO
PALE
ALE
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1073 ALESMITH BREWING
OLDE ALE
MMXIV 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1074 ALESMITH BREWING
SPEEDWAY
STOUT WITH ETHIOPIAN SUPERNATURAL COFFEE 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1075 ALESMITH BREWING
BALTIC PORTER 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1076 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
PIER RAT
PORTER
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1077 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
BLACK SEA BASS SCHWARTZBIER
6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1078 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
DANGER ZONE DOUBLE IPA 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1079 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
CITRA-R-RAMA 6/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1080 BLACK SHEEP BREWERY
MONTY PYTHON'S HOLY GRAIL
ALE 6/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1081
SARANAC MISSISSIPPI MUD BLACK
&
TAN
6/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1082 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BLINDFOLD BLACK
IPA 6/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1083 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NOONER SESSION IPA
6/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1084
ANHEUSER-BUSCH MICHELOB
ULTRA 6/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1085 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
FAT TIRE
6/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1086 GRAND TETON
BREWING
BITCH CREEK ESB EXTRA SPECIAL
BROWN
6/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1087 SAMUEL
ADAMS
ESCAPE ROUTE 6/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1088 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
SNOW WIT WHITE IPA
6/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1089 KNEE DEEP
BREWING RYEDENTITY
CRISIS 6/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1090 GREEN FLASH
BREWING
DOUBLE STOUT 6/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1091 OLD ORANGE
BREWING
THUMB MASTER DOUBLE IPA 6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1092 AVERY
BREWING
TWENTY ONE IMPERIAL
BROWN
6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1093 BAYERISCHE
STAATSBRAUEREI
WEIHENSTEPHAN
WEIHENSTEPHANER
KORBINIAN
6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1094 SAMUEL
ADAMS
PORCH ROCKER
6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1095 SAMUEL
ADAMS
SUMMER ALE 6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1096 BRASSERIE
CANTILLON CUVEE SAINT-GILLOISE
LAMBIC
6/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1097 PHANTOM ALES
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1098 LEGACY BREWING
THE CHESTY IRISH
RED 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1099 RIP CURRENT BREWING
IMPACT ZONE IPA
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1100 MONKEY PAW
BREWING
FREE KEN ALLEN ROBUST RYE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1101 MONKEY PAW
BREWING
LOW AND SLOW RAUCHBIER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1102 CARLOW
BREWING O'HARA'S IRISH
STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1103 NOGNE
O IMPERIAL
PREMIANT INDIA
PILSNER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1104 TO
OL NORDIC BY NATURE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1105 PRAIRIE ARTISAN
ALES PRAIRIE ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1106 JOLLY PUMPKIN
MADRUGADA OBSCURA - DARK DAWN 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1107 BROUWERIJ
MALHEUR MALHEUR 12
ALE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1108 MIKKELLER / ANCHORAGE
COLLABORATION BEER GEEK BREakFAST OATMEAL
STOUT
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1109 PRETTY THINGS JACK
D'OR SAISON 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1110 MAZAMA
BREWING HOP ERUPTION
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1111 MAZAMA
BREWING WHITE WEDDING WHITE
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1112 PORT BREWING
MONGO DOUBLE IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1113 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. ROCKET RED
ALE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1114
BOCKOR
VANDERGHINSTE OUD BRUIN 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1115 HELM' S BREWING
WICKED AS SIN
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1116 KARL STRAUSS
OFF THE RAILS IMPERIAL RED 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1117 STUMBLEFOOT BREWING
SCHWARTZ BE WITH
YOU
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1118 REFUGE
BREWERY ILLUSION
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1119 HELM' S BREWING
BEERUCCINO COFFEE
PORTER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1120 ACOUSTIC ALES
BREWING THE GROUPIE
BELGIAN BLONDE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1121 BENCHMARK BREWING
OATMEAL
STOUT
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1122 GREEN FLASH
BREWING
30TH STREET PALE ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1123 VALLEY CENTER
BREWERY
SMOKED VESPER VANILLA PORTER
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1124 VALLEY CENTER
BREWERY COLE
GRANDE PORTER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1125 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
BACON & EGGS DOUIBLE
PORTER
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1126 TRACK 7
BREWING BIG 4 STRONG
ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1127 TRACK 7
BREWING PANIC
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1128 PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
POOR MAN'S DOUBLE
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1129 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
CARDINAL SIN 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1130 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
EMBOOZLEMENT
TRIPEL
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1131
CHUCKALEK ARCHIVES 1912 SSS TRIPLE
STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1132 AFTERSHOCK
BREWING
JESS Y JAMES IMPERIAL STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1133 AFTERSHOCK
BREWING
FAULTLINE IMPERIAL
IPA
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1134 AFTERSHOCK
BREWING
DUBBEL
VISION
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1135 TAP IT
BREWING
FULL BLOWN STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1136 TAP IT
BREWING
ALE CAMINO 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1137 ROOIE
DOP DAILY GRIND COFFEE
PORTER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1138 MARIN
BREWING STINSON BEACH
PEACH
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1139 SUNNER
BRAUEREI KOLSCH
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1140 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING DANISH RED
LAGER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1141 OGGI'S PIZZA AND
BREWING BLACK MAGIC STOUT
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1142 LEFT COAST
BREWING VOO DOO
STOUT
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1143 LATITUDE 33
BREWING BIERE DE MARS 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1144 AZTEC
BREWERY
NOCHE DE LOS MUERTOS IMPERIAL
STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1145 AZTEC
BREWERY
AZTEC AMBER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1146 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
CHOCOLATE OAK AGED YETI 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1147 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY LE
MERLE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1148 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY
PRANQSTER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1149 ANTWERPSE BROUW
COMPAGNIE SEEF
BIER
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1150 HELM' S BREWING
CAPTAIN'S PALE
ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1151 COOPER'S BREWERY
ORIGINAL PALE ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1152 MISSION
BREWERY EL CONQUISTADOR EXTRA
PALE ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1153 CISMONTANE
BREWING
RED-X 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1154 CISMONTANE
BREWING
HEIDELBERG
SINGLE MALT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1155 CISMONTANE
BREWING
DARK MUNICH
SINGLE MALT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1156 OCEANSIDE ALE
WORKS
OXYMORON BLACK IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1157 OCEANSIDE ALE
WORKS
ELEVATION 83 PALE
ALE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1158 WELLS & YOUNG'S
BREWING YOUNG'S DOUBLE CHOCOLATE
STOUT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1159
ADNAMS
TALLY-HO BARLEYWINE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1160 NORTH PEAK
BREWING ARCHANGEL SUMMER WHEAT 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1161 MEANTIME
BREWING OLD SMOKED
BOCK 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1162 DE
PROEFBROUWERIJ REINAERT FLEMISH WILD
ALE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1163 BRASSERIE ST.
FEUILLIEN
SAISON
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1164 BRASSERIE ST.
FEUILLIEN
GRAND CRU 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1165 NEW ENGLISH BREWING
CO. ZUMBAR CHOCOLATE COFFEE IMPERIAL
STOUT
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1166 NEW ENGLISH BREWING
CO. HUMBLY LEGIT
IPA 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1167 EPIC BREWING
HOP SYNDROME
LAGER
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1168 EPIC BREWING
BLUESKI LAGER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1169
CHUCKALEK
DOWSER
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1170 PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
DRAFT PUNK BIERE DE GARDE 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1171 LA QUINTA
BREWING HEATWAVE RED ALE
6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1172 DOS EQUIS
AMBER 6/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1173 THORN ST.
BREWERY GOLDEN HILLS
PILS 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1174 THORN ST.
BREWERY BAD MOON
WEIZEN 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1175 THORN ST.
BREWERY FOREPLAY BELGIAN
BLONDE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1176 THORN ST. BREWERY SAISON DU
PARQUE SUD
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1177 THORN ST.
BREWERY RASPBERRY
BLONDE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1178 THORN ST.
BREWERY FORNICATION BELGIAN GOLDEN
STRONG 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1179 THORN ST.
BREWERY HAMMERSMITH
ESB 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1180 THORN ST. BREWERY SMUGGLER'S
AGAVE AMBER 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1181 THORN ST. BREWERY GLUTEN REDUCED
WEIZENBOCK
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1182 THORN ST. BREWERY ABBEY ROOF
BELGIAN QUAD 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1183 THORN ST.
BREWERY SANTOS
STOUT 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1184 THORN ST.
BREWERY SOLSTICE SESSION IPA 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1185 THORN ST.
BREWERY RELAY
IPA 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1186 THORN ST.
BREWERY RED HEADED HOP
CHILD
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1187 THORN ST.
BREWERY STAYCATION
IPA
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1188 THORN ST.
BREWERY CHILICABRA PALE ALE
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1189 THORN ST.
BREWERY RELAY IPA WITH HONEY & CENTENNIAL
HOPS ON CASK 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1190 THORN ST.
BREWERY JUST CHUCK AMERICAN STRONG
ALE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1191 THORN ST. BREWERY DUBBEL DOWN
SOUR BROWN 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1192 THORN ST.
BREWERY COCONUT
PORTER 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1193 THORN ST.
BREWERY MANGO
HABANERO 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1194 THORN ST.
BREWERY GALAXY
IPA 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1195 THORN ST.
BREWERY DARK TSAR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1196 MODERN TIMES
BLAZING
WORLD
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1197 MODERN TIMES
BOOMING ROLLERS 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1198 MODERN TIMES
ONEIDA
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1199 HESS BREWING
DRYADALIS BELGIAN PALE ALE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1200 HESS BREWING CITY PARK
STONG ALE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1201 HESS BREWING ORDEUM
REX BARLEYWINE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1202 HESS BREWING GRIM
AVE SESSION IPA 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1203 HESS BREWING
DECEPTIO BLACK IPA 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1204 HESS BREWING UMBRIX
RYE IMPERIAL
STOUT 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1205 HESS BREWING COFFEE
GRAZIAS
6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1206 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING BOONT BARL BOURBON BARREL AMBER
ALE 6/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1207 BRASSERIE
DUPONT AVRIL SAISON 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1208 BRASSERIE
DUPONT SAISON DUPONT CUVEE DRY HOPPING
2014 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1209 BROUWERIJ VAN
STEENBERGE WITCHES BREW GOLDEN ALE 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1210 HALEN
BREWERIES MARIENRODE
TRIPPLE 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1211 BRASSERIE LES 3
FOURQUETS LUPULUS
TRIPEL
6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1212 BROUWERIJ VAN
STEENBERGE GULDEN DRAAK BREWMASTER'S EDITION WHISKEY
BARREL 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1213 BROUWERIJ ABDIJ DER
TRAPPISTEN VAN WESTMALLE WESTMALLE TRAPPIST DUBBEL
6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1214 BRASSERIE ST.
FEUILLIEN
CUVEE DE NOEL
SPECIALE
6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1215 OCEANSIDE ALE
WORKS
DALIESQUE LAMBIC 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1216 STONE
BREWING
DOUBLE DRY HOPPED OAK AGED RUINATION 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1217 EPIC BREWING
WIT
BEER
6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1218 MARIN
BREWING POINT REYES PORTER 6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1219 DESCHUTES
BREWERY TWILIGHT SUMMER
ALE
6/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1220 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES
CLASSIQUE 6/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1221 SANTAN
BREWING HOPSHOCK IPA
6/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1222 SAMUEL
SMITH
IMPERIAL
STOUT
6/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1223 FLYING FISH BREWING
COMPANY
FARMHOUSE SUMMER ALE 6/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1224 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY SUMMER
WEST COAST
WHEAT ALE 6/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1225 NEWCASTLE
BOMBSHELL 6/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1226 LAUGHING DOG
BREWING DOGZILLA BLACK
IPA 6/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1227 ROGUE
ALES AMERICAN AMBER ALE 6/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1228 WIDMER BROTHERS
UPHEAVAL IPA 6/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1229 SIXPOINT BREWERY
RIGHTEOUS
ALE
6/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1230 BELL'S
BREWERY
OBERON ALE 6/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1231 SIXPOINT BREWERY
SWEET ACTION 6/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1232 CONEY ISLAND
BREWING
CONEY ISLAND LAGER 6/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1233 D.L. GEARY
BREWING GEARY'S SUMMER ALE 6/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1234 21ST AMENDMENT
BREWERY BACK IN BLACK
IPA 6/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1235 FOUNDERS BREWING
DRY HOPPED PALE ALE 6/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1236 SINGLECUT
BEERSMITHS
BILLY 18 WATT IPA
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1237 SINGLECUT
BEERSMITHS
KIM HIBISCUS SOUR LAGRRR! 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1238 CARTON
BREWING MONKEY CHASED THE
WEASEL 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1239 OTHER HALF
BREWING GREEN DIAMONDS
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1240 BROUWERIJ DE
DOLLE
OERBIER
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1241
HAANDBRYGGERIET DARK
FORCE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1242 BROUWERIJ
LIEFMANS GOUDENBAND 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1243 WESTBROOK BREWING
MEXICAN CAKE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1244 BARRIER
BREWING REMBRANDT
PORTER 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1245 PEEKSKILL
BREWERY SIMPLE SOUR
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1246 BARRIER
BREWING BULKHEAD RED
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1247 BARRIER
BREWING MOLLY CODDLE
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1248 OXBOW
BREWING FARMHOUSE
PALE ALE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1249 OFF COLOR
BREWING
SCURRY
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1250 RADIANT
PIG GANGSTER DUCK RED
ALE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1251 BROUWERIJ HOF TEN
DORMAAL
GRAPPA BARREL BELGIAN
DARK
6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1252 LOVERBEER
BEERBRUGNA 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1253 GLAZEN TOREN
SAISON D'ERPE MERE SPECIALE EDITIE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1254 JOLLY PUMPKIN / ANCHORAGE COLLABORATION
CALABAZA
BOREAL (JOLLY PUMPKIN VERSION) 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1255 HILL FARMSTEAD /
BRASSERIE DE BLAUGIES COLLABORATION LA
VERMONTOISE 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1256 ADIRONDACK
BEAVERTAIL BROWN 6/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1257 VICTORY BREWING
WILD
DEVIL 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1258 OTHER HALF
BREWING MONTUEKA PALE ALE 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1259 OTHER HALF
BREWING HOP SHOWERS 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1260 OTHER HALF
BREWING OTHER HALF IPA
6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1261 OTHER HALF
BREWING DOUG CASCADIAN DARK IPA 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1262 OTHER HALF BREWING
HUP! HUP! HUP! BELGIAN FARMHOUSE ALE 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1263 OTHER HALF
BREWING GALAXY IPA 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1264 OTHER HALF
BREWING WHEAT WINE 6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1265 THE BRONX BREWERY
BRONX PALE
ALE
6/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1266 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING SPRING
HORNIN'
6/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1267 EVIL TWIN
BREWING FREUDIAN SLIP 6/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1268 SAN MIGUEL BREWERY
RED HORSE
BEER
7/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1269 DE STRUISE BROUWERS
TSJEESES
7/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1270 EVIL TWIN
BREWING YANG 7/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1271 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
SHOALS PALE
ALE
7/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1272 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
STILL LIFE SMOKED
STOUT 7/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1273 CLOWN SHOES
SWAGGER HOPPY RED LAGER 7/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1274 BELCHING
BEAVER ME SO
HONEY 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1275 NEW BELGIUM / THREE
FLOYDS COLLABORATION
GRATZER
ALE 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1276 DESCHUTES
BREWERY NOT THE STOIC 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1277 DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
CLUSTER SINGLE HOP
IPA
7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1278
BEACHWOOD/HERETIC/STONE
COLLABORATION
UNAPOLOGETIC IPA 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1279 BIG SKY
BREWING SUMMER
HONEY ALE 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1280 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING SUMMER
SOLSTICE 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1281 ALE
INDUSTRIES
RYE'D
PIPER 7/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1282 UINTA
BREWING
MONKSHINE 7/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1283 ALASKAN
BREWING SUMMER KOLSCH STYLE
ALE 7/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1284 BROWAR
WARKA
WARKA LAGER 7/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1285 EPIC BREWING
RIO'S ROMPIN' RYE
BEER
7/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1286 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
WANDERING POSSESSED COCONUT PORTER 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1287 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
HOLY COW MILK
STOUT
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1288 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
POSSESSED PORTER 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1289 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
FALLEN ARCHANGEL
IPA
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1290 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
THE WICKED DOUBLE
IPA
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1291 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
LIL RED ANGEL SESSION RED
IPA
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1292 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
LIL ANGEL SESSION IPA 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1293 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
CLOISTERED
RED
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1294 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
PENANCE PALE 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1295 ALESMITH BREWING
SPEEDWAY
STOUT 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1296 ABIGAILE
BREWERY ILLUMINATI
PILS
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1297 ABIGAILE
BREWERY HOPS N
RYE 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1298 ABIGAILE
BREWERY CACOPHONY
IPA
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1299 ABIGAILE
BREWERY THE SYNERGIST BELGIAN
DUBBEL
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1300 KING HARBOR
BREWING
THE QUEST EL DORADO
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1301 KING HARBOR
BREWING
THE QUEST HALLERTAU BLANC 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1302 KING HARBOR
BREWING
CALIFORNIA
SAISON 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1303 KING HARBOR
BREWING
ABEL BROWN 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1304 KING HARBOR
BREWING
CASKABEL WITH CHIPOTLE ON CASK 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1305 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
ANOMALY 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1306 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
SHAOLIN FIST 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1307 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
SEME DELLA
VITA
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1308 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
ST. SIMCOE 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1309 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
ST. LIBERTY 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1310 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
SAISON DE
LILAH
7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1311 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
POUR TOI 7/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1312 FLYING DOG
BREWERY EASY
IPA
7/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1313 MISSION
BREWERY AMBER
ALE 7/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1314 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
1554 BLACK LAGER 7/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1315 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
HOSS RYE LAGER
7/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1316 DESCHUTES
BREWERY DESCHUTES RIVER
ALE 7/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1317 DESCHUTES
BREWERY INVERSION IPA 7/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1318 DESCHUTES
BREWERY CHAINBREAKER WHITE
IPA 7/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1319 THE DUDES' BREWING
COMPANY
DOUBLE TRUNK DOUBLE IPA 7/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1320 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
NOMAD
PILSNER
7/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1321 BUTTERNUT’S BEER
AND ALE MOO THUNDER STOUT 7/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1322 NAPA SMITH BREWERY COOL BREW HOP
ALE 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1323 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD STOCK ALE
(2010) 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1324 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD STOCK ALE
(2011) 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1325 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD STOCK ALE
(2012) 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1326 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD STOCK ALE
(2013) 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1327 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY OLD STOCK ALE
(2014) 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1328 SANTE ADAIRIUS
RUSTIC ALES WEST ASHLEY 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1329
ALMANAC FARMER'S
RESERVE
BLACKBERRY
7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1330 BARRELHOUSE
BREWING
STOUT 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1331 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE 7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1332 MAMMOTH
BREWING LAIR OF THE BEAR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
7/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1333 SKA BREWING
TRUE BLONDE ALE
7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1334 DOGFISH HEAD
POSITIVE CONTACT 7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1335 NEW BELGIUM /
BREWERIJ BOON COLLABORATION
TRANSATLANTIQUE KRIEK (LIPS OF
FAITH) 7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1336 SKA BREWING
DECADENT IMPERIAL
IPA
7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1337 LEINENKUGEL’S
BIG EDDY IMPERIAL
IPA
7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1338 GOOSE ISLAND HONKER'S ALE 7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1339 DOGFISH HEAD
SIXTY-ONE IPA BREWED WITH SYRAH GRAPE
MUST 7/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1340
TAPS IRISH
RED 7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1341 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY BEER
SPACESHIP
7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1342 PORT BREWING
OLDER
VISCOSITY
7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1343 LOS ANGELES ALE
WORKS LIEVRE SAISON 7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1344 FLYING DOG
BREWERY RAGING BITCH BELGIAN STYLE
IPA 7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1345 SAPPORO
PREMIUM LIGHT
BEER 7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1346 ORION PREMIUM
DRAFT BEER 7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1347
GOLDEN ROAD JAX BLONDE
ALE
7/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1348 SUDWERK
BREWING IMPERIAL PILS 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1349 HERMITAGE
BREWING MANDARINA BAVARIA
SINGLE HOP SERIES 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1350 BROUWERIJ HUYGHE
DELIRIUM RED 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1351 UINTA
BREWING
TILTED SMILE IMPERIAL
PILSNER
7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1352
MIKKELLER ORANGE YUZU
GLAD I SAID PORTER 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1353 CISMONTANE
BREWING
BELGIAN APPLE PIE 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1354 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY SURFIN' MONKS
TRIPLE
7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1355 THE
BRUERY LOAKAL
RED 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1356 WIENS
BREWING
INSOMNIA IPA 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1357 FULL SAIL
BREWING SESSION BLACK LAGER
7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1358 DOS EQUIS
LAGER
ESPECIAL
7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1359 FULL SAIL
BREWING SESSION PREMIUM
LAGER 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1360 DOGFISH HEAD 60
MINUTE IPA 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1361 BITBURGER
BRAUGRUPPE
BITBURGER PREMIUM PILS 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1362 BRAUEREI
BECK
BECK'S 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1363 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. MODELO
ESPECIAL 7/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1364 VICTORY
BREWING GOLDEN
MONKEY 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1365 VICTORY
BREWING HOP
DEVIL 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1366 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY IMPERIALIST DOUBLE
IPA
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1367 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY LOU AMERICAN BROWN ALE 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1368 BAKOFSKY, HARKINS
& DODGE HOMEBREW (Highland Park,
CA)
NONE MORE BLACK IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1369 HIGHLAND
PARK BREWERY REFRESH
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1370 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY WAKE
UP
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1371 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY COCO
NOCHE 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1372
ALMANAC FARMER'S
RESERVE CITRUS 7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1373
ALMANAC
ICHIBIER
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1374 SANTA CLARA VALLEY
BREWING
PERALTA
PORTER
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1375 STONE
BREWING
REASON BE DAMNED BARREL AGED BELGIAN
ALE
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1376 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
HEAVENLY
HEFE
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1377 STONE
BREWING
STONE FARKING WHEATON
WOOTSTOUT
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1378 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
CONTROL+MALT+DELETE
7/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1379 OHANA
BREWING HOLLENBACK
AMBER
ALE
7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1380 OHANA
BREWING SAISON KAU
WELA 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1381 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
TABLE SAAZ 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1382 FACTION BREWING
SPRING
IPA 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1383 JOSEPH JAMES
BREWING
DESERT SNOW WHITE
IPA 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1384 RUSSIAN RIVER
BREWING
DAMNATION 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1385 RUSSIAN RIVER
BREWING PLINY
THE
ELDER
7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1386 NOBLE ALE
WORKS NEW
EDITION 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1387 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT PALE
ALE
7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1388 PABST
BREWING
OLYMPIA
BEER 7/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1389 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING GOLDEN
EXPORT
7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1390 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING HEFEWEIZEN
7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1391 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING
MARZEN
7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1392 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING SCHWARZBIER 7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1393 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING BLONDE BOCK 7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1394 ASAHI
BREWERIES ASAHI
SUPER DRY
7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1395 MENDOCINO
BREWING
WHITE HAWK
IPA
7/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1396 ABITA BREWING
AMBER 7/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1397 ABITA BREWING
JOCKAMO IPA 7/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1398 ABITA BREWING
ANDYGATOR 7/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1399 MISSION
BREWERY SHIPWRECKED DOUBLE
IPA 7/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1400 BAIRD
BREWING
KUROFUNE PORTER 7/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1401 BOULEVARD
BREWING SAISON BRETT (2014) 7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1402 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 08.16.14 IPA 7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1403 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
2ND DRAFT AMERICAN MANHATTAN
ALE 7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1404 BOULEVARD
BREWING LOVE CHILD NO.
4 7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1405 BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN
/ ANCHORAGE
COLLABORATION
MUD & FUNK 7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1406 HERMITAGE
BREWING ALE OF THE
IMP
7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1407 DE STRUISE BROUWERS
PANNEPOT (2011)
7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1408 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. BIG BEAR BLACK
STOUT
7/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1409 CERVECERIA
CUAUHTEMOC MOCTEZUMA S.A.
DE C.V. TECATE 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1410
GOLDEN ROAD CARRY ON CITRUS ALE
7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1411 RAHR &
SONS TEXAS
RED 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1412 REAL ALE
BREWING LOST GOLD IPA 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1413 (512) BREWING
COMPANY PECAN PORTER 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1414 MARTIN HOUSE
BREWING PRETZEL
STOUT 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1415 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
BELGIAN INDEPENDENCE
DAY IPA
7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1416 COMMUNITY BEER
COMPANY ESB 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1417 ROGNESS
BREWING BEARDY
GUARD
7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1418 ODELL
BREWING
MYRCENARY DOUBLE
IPA
7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1419 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY AGAVE
WHEAT 7/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1420 DEEP ELLUM
BREWING DOUBLE BROWN
STOUT
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1421 DEEP ELLUM
BREWING DALLAS
BLONDE
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1422 DEEP ELLUM
BREWING DEEP ELLUM
IPA
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1423 DEEP ELLUM
BREWING PALE
ALE
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1424 FOUR CORNERS
BREWING LOCAL
BUZZ 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1425 FOUR CORNERS
BREWING EL CHINGON
IPA
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1426 FOUR CORNERS
BREWING BLOCK PARTY
PORTER 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1427 FOUR CORNERS
BREWING BOSS LADY
RUSTIC RED 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1428 INFAMOUS
BREWING HIJACK CREAM
ALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1429 INDEPENDENCE
BREWING WHITE
RABBIT 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1430 REAL ALE
BREWING HANS'
PILS 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1431 REAL ALE
BREWING BREWER'S CUT NO. 015
SIGNATURE HOP PALE
ALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1432 REAL ALE / THREE
FLOYDS / SURLY COLLABORATION BLAKKR
IMPERIAL BLACK ALE (REAL ALE
VERSION)
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1433 REAL ALE
BREWING BREWHOUSE BROWN
ALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1434 SPOETZL
BREWERY SHINER RUBY
REDBIRD 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1435 SOUTHERN STAR
BREWING PINE BELT PALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1436 AUSTIN
BEERWORKS HEAVY MACHINERY DOUBLE
IPA
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1437 SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING 20TH
ANNIVERSARY
ALE
7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1438 REAL ALE
BREWING DEVIL'S BACKBONE
TRIPEL 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1439 RAHR &
SONS BOURBON BARREL AGED WINTER
WARMER 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1440 REAL ALE
BREWING FULL MOON PALE RYE
ALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1441 REAL ALE
BREWING FIREMAN'S #4 BLONDE
ALE 7/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1442 MARTIN HOUSE
BREWING DAY BREAK 4
GRAIN BREAKFAST BREW 7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1443 MARTIN HOUSE
BREWING RUBBERNECK
RED 7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1444 GRAPEVINE CRAFT
BREWERY LAKEFIRE RYE PALE ALE 7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1445 REAL ALE
BREWING WHITE
7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1446 PETICOLAS
BREWING VELVET HAMMER
7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1447 SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING SANTO
7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1448 HARPOON
BREWERY
IPA 7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1449 KARBACH
BREWING HOPADILLO
IPA
7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1450 SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING
SUMMER PILS 7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1451 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. CORONA
EXTRA
7/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1452 COORS BREWING
COMPANY BATCH 19 PRE-PROHIBITION STYLE
LAGER 7/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1453 MENDOCINO
BREWING
BLACK IPA SEASONAL 7/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1454 BOULDER BEER
COMPANY MOJO INDIA PALE
ALE 7/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1455 BINDING
BRAUEREI HENNINGER PREMIUM
LAGER 7/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1456 SIERRA NEVADA / THREE FLOYDS
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP CHICO
KING PALE ALE
7/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1457 SIERRA NEVADA / OSKAR BLUES
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP CANFUSION
RYE
BOCK 7/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1458 SIERRA NEVADA / NINKASI COLLABORATION
BEER CAMP DOUBLE LATTE
7/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1459 SIERRA NEVADA / NEW GLARUS
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP THERE
AND BACK ENGLISH STYLE
BITTER
7/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1460 SIERRA NEVADA / CIGAR
CITY
COLLABORATION
BEER CAMP YONDER BOCK
7/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1461 SIERRA NEVADA / FIRESTONE WALKER
COLLABORATION
BEER CAMP TORPEDO PILSNER 7/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1462 SIERRA NEVADA / BELL'S
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP MAILLARD'S
ODYSSEY
7/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1463 SURF BREWERY SHAKA
CITRA
IPA
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1464 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW ST. LENNY'S BELGIAN RYE DOUBLE
IPA
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1465 ALASKAN
BREWING PILOT SERIES IMPERIAL
RED 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1466 THE
BRUERY SMOKING WOOD BOURBON BARREL AGED
(2014) 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1467 SIERRA NEVADA / BALLAST POINT
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP ELECTRIC RAY
IPL 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1468 SIERRA NEVADA / ASHEVILLE BREWERS
ALLIANCE
COLLABORATION TATER RIDGE
SCOTTISH ALE 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1469 SIERRA NEVADA / ALLAGASH
COLLABORATION MYRON'S WALK BELGIAN STYLE PALE
ALE
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1470 THE LOST
ABBEY
SERPENT'S
STOUT 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1471
ALMANAC GOLDEN GATE
GOSE 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1472 THE
BRUERY TRADE WINDS TRIPEL WITH THAI
BASIL 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1473
ALMANAC ALMANAC
IPA 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1474 NINKASI
BREWING TRICERAHOPS
DOUBLE IPA 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1475 EPIC BREWING
BRAINLESS ON PEACHES
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1476 LOGSDON FARMHOUSE
ALES OAK AGED
BRETTA 7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1477 EPIC BREWING
IMPERIAL
STOUT
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1478 STONE
BREWING
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT
(2014)
7/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1479 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
SHOWDOWN RYE
IPA 7/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1480 HERETIC
BREWING EVIL
TWIN 7/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1481 BALLAST POINT
FATHOM IPL 7/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1482
WARSTEINER PREMIUM
DUNKEL 7/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1483 BRAUEREI
VELTINS GREVENSTEINER
LANDBIER 7/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1484 THE
BRUERY FLOYD
D'RUE 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1485 THE
BRUERY BOIS
FUME 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1486 THE
BRUERY SUCRE BOURBON BARREL
AGED
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1487 THE
BRUERY 5 GOLDEN RINGS BOURBON BARREL
AGED 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1488 THE
BRUERY THE
WANDERER
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1489 THE
BRUERY HUMULUS HBC
462 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1490 THE
BRUERY
BERAZZLED 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1491 THE
BRUERY OUDE TART
(2014) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1492 THE
BRUERY WHITE CHOCOLATE
(2013) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1493 THE
BRUERY COUVERTEUR 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1494 THE
BRUERY SOUR IN THE RYE WITH PINEAPPLE AND
COCONUT 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1495 THE
BRUERY OUDE TART
(2012) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1496 THE
BRUERY BREAKFAST OF
CHAMPIONS 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1497 THE
BRUERY SAISON RUE
(2014) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1498 THE BRUERY / BOTTLE
LOGIC COLLABORATION TUMESCENCE 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1499 THE
BRUERY TART OF DARKNESS WITH CACAO &
VANILLA 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1500 THE
BRUERY AUTUMN MAPLE BOURBON BARREL
AGED 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1501 THE
BRUERY HUMULUS HBC
430 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1502 THE
BRUERY TART OF DARKNESS
(2014) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1503 NOBLE ALE
WORKS
SIPPER-SAURUS
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1504 NOBLE ALE
WORKS CUDDLE
PUDDLE
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1505 NOBLE ALE
WORKS ALEXANDRA NOWELL'S
TRANSPACIFIC SAISON 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1506 NOBLE ALE
WORKS BREAKAWAY PALE
ALE 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1507 NOBLE ALE
WORKS PINK &
YELLOW
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1508 CUCAPA
BREWING LOOKOUT BLONDE
ALE 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1509 FREIGEIST
BIERKULTUR FREIGEIST GEISTERZUG 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1510 BRASSERIE DE
SILLY SILLY
SOUR 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1511 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY DARK RYE
LAGER BOURBON BARREL
(2014) 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1512 AVERY
BREWING
SALVATION 7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1513 GOLDEN ROAD
CABRILLO KOLSCH
7/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1514 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
WILLY VANILLY 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1515 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
MANDARIN NECTAR 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1516 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
IRISH RED
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1517 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
CAPTAIN
STOUT
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1518 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
BOURBON BARREL AGED ODIN'S
RAVEN
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1519 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
BABY FACE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1520 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
LUPULIN STAR 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1521 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
DUET 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1522 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
DU-HOP
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1523 SOCIETE
BREWING THE BACHELOR AMARILLO SINGLE HOP
IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1524 SOCIETE
BREWING THE BACHELOR
CITRA SINGLE HOP IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1525 SOCIETE
BREWING THE BACHELOR
MOSAIC SINGLE HOP
IPA
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1526 SOCIETE
BREWING THE APPRENTICE
IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1527 SOCIETE
BREWING THE PUPIL
IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1528 SOCIETE
BREWING THE PUGILIST DRY
STOUT
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1529 SOCIETE
BREWING THE BUTCHER
IMPERIAL STOUT 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1530 SOCIETE
BREWING THE PUBLICAN
HOPPY ALE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1531 SOCIETE
BREWING THE SCRAPPER SD
DARK ALE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1532 SOCIETE
BREWING THE GLEANER
SAISON WITH CALIFORNIA
SAGEBRUSH 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1533 SOCIETE
BREWING THE HARLOT BELGIAN
BLONDE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1534 SOCIETE
BREWING THE MADAM BELGIAN
STRONG
GOLDEN
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1535 SOCIETE
BREWING THE WIDOW BELGIAN
STRONG DARK 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1536 WHITE
LABS PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER WLP013 LONDON YEAST
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1537 WHITE
LABS PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER WLP380
HEFEWEIZEN YEAST 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1538 WHITE
LABS LEEUWENHOEK SAISON WLP670
AMERICAN FARMHOUSE YEAST
BLEND
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1539 WHITE
LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP006 BEDFORD BRITISH
YEAST 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1540 WHITE
LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP051 CALIFORNIA ALE V
YEAST 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1541 WHITE
LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP005 BRITISH
ALE YEAST 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1542 WHITE
LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP862 CRY HAVOC
LAGER YEAST 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1543 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING WORMHOLE
WIT
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1544 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING BROWN COAT
ALE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1545 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING ANDROMEDA
IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1546 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING RED SHIRT
#21 IMPERIAL IPA 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1547 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING PLANET
INVADER RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1548 INTERGALACTIC
BREWING BEAM ME UP
SCOTCH ALE WEE HEAVY 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1549 BALLAST POINT
SAILOR'S DELIGHT IPA WITH HUELL MELON
HOPS
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1550 BALLAST POINT
Q.U.A.F.F.
ROGGENBIER
7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1551 BALLAST POINT
LUNGFISH OAK SMOKED HELLES LAGER 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1552 BALLAST POINT ALT
HANDS ON DECK 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1553 BALLAST POINT REEL
BOSSES AMERICAN WHEAT WITH FRUIT 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1554 BALLAST POINT SALES
AND ALES AGAVE CREAM ALE 7/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1555 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
TEAR DOWN THE WALL BERLINER
WEISSE
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1556 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
OC CHRONIC AMBER 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1557 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
NERF HERDER ENGLISH DARK
MILD 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1558 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
MICANO QUAD-DIZZLE BELGIAN QUAD WITH RAISINS 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1559 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
CHINGON IMPERIAL IPA WITH MANGO, LIME ZEST, & CAYENNE
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1560 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
NORSE WOMAN IPA 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1561 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
BRONX BOMBER IMPERIAL IPA 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1562 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
JETTY
IPA
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1563 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
NO SURF CREAM ALE 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1564 PORT BREWING
HIGH TIDE FRESH HOP
IPA 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1565 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
GUILLAUME BELGIAN STYLE WIHTE
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1566 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
SUNSET CLIFFS SAISON 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1567 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
LA FLAMA DORADA TRIPEL
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1568 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
ABRAHAM DRINKIN' AMERICAN
WHEAT
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1569 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
BEER HUNTER EPISODE 2 SAISON WITH KIWI
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1570 PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
LUKE SKYGUY PALE ALE 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1571 THORN ST.
BREWERY SPICY SESSION 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1572 HERMITAGE
BREWING CITRA SINGLE HOP IPA 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1573 NOGNE
O #100 BARLEY
WINE 7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1574 DRAKE'S
BREWING AROMA COMA
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1575 FACTION BREWING
OATMEAL
STOUT
7/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1576 SIERRA NEVADA / RUSSIAN
RIVER
COLLBORATION BEER CAMP YVAN
THE GREAT HOPPY BLONDE 7/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1577 ALASKAN
BREWING ICY BAY
IPA 7/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1578 SIERRA NEVADA / VICTORY COLLABORATION
BEER CAMP ALT ROUTE 7/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1579 EVIL TWIN / STILLWATER / STONE
COLLABORATION THE PERFECT CRIME
BLACK SMOKED SAISON 7/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1580 THREE
FLOYDS ALPHA KING 7/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1581 STEVE ENDERS
HOMEBREW (Palo Alto, CA)
OAKED CITRA 7/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1582 GOOSE ISLAND
PERE JACQUES (2013) 7/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1583 AVERY
BREWING
KARMA BELGIAN STYLE PALE
ALE
7/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1584 PORT BREWING
GROMMET SESSION
IPA
7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1585 BLACK DIAMOND
BREWING RAMPAGE IMPERIAL
IPA
7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1586 KNEE DEEP
BREWING HOPOHOLIC
4xIPA 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1587 THE LOST
ABBEY
JUDGMENT DAY BELGIAN
QUAD
7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1588 BALLAST POINT
STEAMBOAT BLACK LAGER
7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1589 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY RED SEAL
ALE 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1590 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
CLAYMORE SCOTCH
ALE
7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1591 BREWERY OMMEGANG
WITTE 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1592 EPIC BREWING
CAPT'N CROMPTON'S PALE ALE 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1593 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
POPPYFIELDS 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1594 THE LOST
ABBEY
AVANT GARDE 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1595 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
URSA MINOR 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1596 EVIL TWIN
BREWING ASHTRAY HEART SMOKED IMPERIAL
STOUT 7/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1597 LOST COAST
BREWING TANGERINE WHEAT 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1598 TUCHER
BRAU TUCHER HELLES HEFE WEIZEN 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1599 SCUTTLEBUTT
BREWING
GALE FORCE
IPA
8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1600 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
THE SESSION GAP ORDINARY BITTER 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1601 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
THE LITTLE SPREE YORKSHIRE PALE
ALE 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1602 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
THE KING'S TAXES SCOTTISH
60/-
8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1603 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
JACKIE TAR BROWN STOUT 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1604 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
THE CRISIS NEW SCHOOL ENGLISH PALE
ALE 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1605 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING PARADISE RD
PILSNER 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1606 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING FMB 101
KOLSCH STYLE ALE 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1607 KIUCHI
BREWERY
HITACHINO NEST XH MATURED IN SAKE CASKS 8/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1608 CISMONTANE BREWING
BLACK'S DAWN 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1609 BLACK DIAMOND
BREWING WHITE WITCH
IPA 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1610 STONE
BREWING
ARROGANT BASTARD BOURBON BARREL AGED 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1611 IRONFIRE
BREWING GUNSLINGER
GOLD 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1612 STONE
BREWING
DOUBLE BASTARD ALE (2013) 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1613 MOYLAN'S
BREWERY DRAGOON'S DRY IRISH STOUT
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1614 HAVEN
BREWING RIGHT
SAID
RED
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1615 DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
CLUSTERF#CK
IPA 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1616 KIUCHI
BREWERY
ANABI PLUM WEIZEN 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1617 KIUCHI
BREWERY
HITACHINO NEST DAI DAI ALE
IPA 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1618 KIUCHI
BREWERY
HITACHINO NEST ALE BREWED WITH GINGER 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1619 KIUCHI
BREWERY
HITACHINO NEST ESPRESSO STOUT
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1620 STRAND
BREWING MUSASHI BLACK
IPA 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1621 NOBLE ALE
WORKS NAUGHTY
SAUCE
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1622 BUTTERNUT’S BEER AND
ALE HEINNIEWEISSE
WEISSEBIER 8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1623 EEL RIVER
BREWING CALIFORNIA
BLONDE
ALE
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1624 MISSION
BREWERY CARRACK IMPERIAL
RED
8/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1625 SKA BREWING
MODUS HOPERANDI 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1626 RHINELANDER BREWING
BOATSWAIN DOUBLE
IPA
8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1627 DEVIL'S CANYON
BREWING BELLE BIERE BRUT CALIFORNIA SPARKLING
ALE 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1628 TELEGRAPH
BREWING BUELLTON SILENT PARTNER
8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1629 MOTHER EARTH BREW
CO. (California)
KISMET IPA 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1630 BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
5TH ANNIVERSARY 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1631 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
BLUE HOUSE IPA
8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1632 BLACK MARKET
BREWING QUADROPHENIA
8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1633 HANGAR
24 BARREL ROLL NO. 4 - HAMMERHEAD
(2014) 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1634 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING LIZARD’S
MOUTH IMPERIAL
IPA
8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1635 SANTE ADAIRIUS
RUSTIC ALES DEAF STEWART 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1636 ART’S HOMEBREW
RASPBERRY
WHEAT 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1637
ALMANAC CERISE SOUR
BLOND 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1638
ALMANAC DARK
PUMPKIN SOUR 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1639 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
MOSAIC BLUE HOUSE PALE 8/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1640 WORLD BREWS BARREL
TROLLEY IPA NO. 2 8/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1641 BISON
BREWING
ORGANIC HONEY BASIL 8/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1642 BELCHING
BEAVER BEAVER'S MILK
STOUT 8/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1643 RUSSIAN RIVER
BREWING
SANCTIFICATION SOUR
BLONDER
8/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1644 LAGUNITAS
BREWING DAYTIME FRACTIONAL
IPA 8/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1645
UNIBROUE BLANCHE DE CHAMBLY 8/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1646 BIERBROUWERIJ DE
KONINGSHOEVEN LA TRAPPE
DUBBEL 8/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1647 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. MODELO ESPECIAL
CHELADA 8/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1648 REDHOOK
AUDIBLE
ALE 8/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1649 NOBLE ALE
WORKS HOPS OF HOPE
8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1650 FACTION BREWING
ALES FOR ALS
IPA
8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1651 STRAND BREWING
ATTICUS IPA 8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1652 GOLDEN ROAD
SURFLINER PALE FOR
ALS
8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1653 DRAKE'S
BREWING GOODBYE PORKPIE RYE 8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1654 SPRECHER
BREWING ABBEY TRIPLE
8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1655 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
PORTER
8/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1656 BROUWERIJ HUYGHE
DELIRIUM
DELIRIA 8/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1657 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY DESPERADO
IPA
8/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1658 BLACK MARKET
BREWING 5TH
ANNIVERSARY KENTUCKY
COMMON ALE 8/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1659 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY MIDNIGHT HOWL INDIA
BLACK ALE 8/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1660 KERN RIVER
BREWING JUST OUTSTANDING
IPA
8/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1661 BLUE
MOON BELGIAN
WHITE
8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1662 BARRELHOUSE
BREWING
TRIPLE DOUBLE SESSION IPA 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1663 HOAGIE'S SANDWICHES
& GRILL
HOAGIE'S IPA 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1664 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING WRANGLER
WHEAT 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1665 SANTA CLARA VALLEY
BREWING
NEW ALMADEN IMPERIAL RED 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1666 FACTION BREWING
SUMMER IPA
8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1667 KERN RIVER
BREWING SIERRA SINGLETRACK SESSION
IPA 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1668 LAGUNITAS
BREWING FUSION 23 IPA 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1669 MAD RIVER
BREWING STEELHEAD BOURBON BARREL AGED EXTRA
STOUT 8/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1670 HERETIC
BREWING BLACK MARIA BLACK
IPA
8/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1671 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
OATMEAL YETI 8/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1672 OSKAR
BLUES MAMA'S LITTLE YELLA
PILS 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1673 HERETIC
BREWING PETITE
ROUGE 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1674 MANROCK
BREWING REAPER-CUSSION DOUBLE IPA 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1675 HERETIC
BREWING CHOCOLATE
HAZELNUT
PORTER
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1676 FIRESTONE WALKER
BRAVO #217 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1677 FIRESTONE WALKER
PARABOLA
(2013)
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1678 FIRESTONE
WALKER XVII ANNIVERSARY ALE 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1679 FIRESTONE WALKER
SOUR OPAL 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1680 FIRESTONE WALKER
OAKTOBERFEST
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1681 FIRESTONE WALKER
SUCABA (2014) 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1682 FIRESTONE WALKER
VELVET MERKIN (2013) 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1683 FIRESTONE WALKER
BRETTA WEISSE 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1684 FIRESTONE WALKER
FOEDER #2 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1685 FIRESTONE WALKER
DOUBLE DBA (2014) 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1686 PURE ORDER BREWING
VIVA LAGER 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1687 PURE ORDER BREWING
CROOKED NECK HEFEWEIZEN 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1688 PURE ORDER BREWING
RED EYE
WHEAT
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1689 PURE ORDER BREWING
WILLIE
WAUGHT
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1690 PURE ORDER BREWING SANTA BARBARA COMMON
ALE
8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1691 PURE ORDER BREWING SANTA BARBARA PALE
ALE 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1692 PURE ORDER BREWING
BLACK GULL PORTER 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1693 MISSION
BREWERY
HEFEWEIZEN 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1694 MISSION
BREWERY
IPA 8/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1695
RUHSTALLER GILT
EDGE 8/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1696
RUHSTALLER CAPT CALIFORNIA BLACK IPA
8/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1697 UNCOMMON
BREWERS
BACON BROWN ALE 8/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1698 DOGFISH HEAD PALO
SANTO MARRON 8/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1699 SURF BREWERY BLACK
IPA 8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1700 HANGAR
24 ESSENCE DOUBLE
IPA 8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1701 SMOG CITY
BREWING WEIRD BEER SAISON
8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1702 THE LOST
ABBEY
WITCHES WIT 8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1703 SCUTTLEBUTT
BREWING
AMBER ALE 8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1704 OSKAR
BLUES DEVIANT
DALE'S
8/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1705 SAMUEL
ADAMS
DOUBLE AGENT IPL 8/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1706 KONA
BREWING
FIRE ROCK PALE ALE 8/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1707 SAMUEL
SMITH
OATMEAL
STOUT
8/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1708 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES CELLAR DOOR AMERICAN FARMHOUSE
ALE 8/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1709 SANTA CLARA VALLEY
BREWING
HEART'S
DELIGHT
8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1710
MIKKELLER HUES
(2014) 8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1711 MOTHER EARTH BREW
CO. (California)
BOOKOO IPA WITH MOSAIC AND
SIMCOE
8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1712 STONE
BREWING
18TH ANNIVERSARY 8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1713 LOCAL OPTION /
CENTRAL WATERS COLLABORATION LA PETITE
MORT
8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1714 BUTTE CREEK
BREWING
ORGANIC PALE ALE 8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1715 BISON
BREWING
ORGANIC HOP CUVEE 8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1716 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW GENESIS DRY HOPPED
SESSION ALE 8/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1717 LAGUNITAS
BREWING A LITTLE SUMPIN' EXTRA! ALE 8/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1718 W BREWING
559
RFA
8/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1719 BLACK DIAMOND
BREWING GRAND CRU BOURBON BARREL
AGED 8/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1720 BLUE
MOON HARVEST PUMPKIN
ALE
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1721 TECATE TECATE
LIGHT 8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1722 SAMUEL ADAMS
LATITUDE 48
IPA
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1723 BRASSERIE
DUPONT SAISON
DUPONT
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1724 KONA
BREWING
BIG WAVE GOLDEN
ALE
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1725 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. PACIFICO CLARA
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1726 UNITY
VIBRATION BOURBON
PEACH AMERICAN WILD
ALE
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1727 PIKE BREWING
COMPANY OLD BAWDY
BARLEY WINE STYLE ALE (2013)
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1728 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
THREE PHILOSOPHERS QUADRUPEL
ALE
8/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1729 BLACK DIAMOND
BREWING FREE STYLE BELGIAN
BLONDE 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1730 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
SKYLINE GOLD KOLSCH 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1731 THE
BRUERY OUDE TART
(2013) 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1732 MILL VALLEY
BEERWORKS
ESPIRITU OSCURO
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1733 CLOWN SHOES
RIDE THE LION 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1734 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
ESPRESSO OAK AGED YETI
(2014)
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1735 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BEER CAMP ACROSS AMERICA WEST COAST
DOUBLE
IPA
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1736 SUN KING
BREWING RING OF
DINGLE
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1737 SANTE ADAIRIUS
RUSTIC ALES PROFESSOR RON 22C WOOD-AGED
BEER
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1738 STONE
BREWING
13TH ANNIVERSARY
ALE
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1739 THE
BRUERY BLACK TUESDAY (2012) 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1740 PIKE BREWING
COMPANY NAUGHTY
NELLIE
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1741 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY RED VELVET 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1742 FACTION BREWING
FACTION PILS
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1743 KNEE DEEP
BREWING
TANILLA
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1744
TAPS RIS: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1745 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING HORSE TONGUE
WHEAT
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1746 NOBLE ALE
WORKS TONGUE
TICKLES
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1747 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BIGFOOT
(2014)
8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1748 MOTHER EARTH BREW
CO. (California) CALI' CREAMIN' VANILLA CREAM
ALE 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1749
GOLDEN ROAD RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 8/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1750 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
SUMMER WEIZEN
8/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1751 NEW BELGIUM BREWING
TRIPPEL
8/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1752
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER WORKS
TELL TALE HEART IPA 8/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1753 BOULDER BEER
COMPANY SWEATY
BETTY BLONDE 8/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1754 STRAND
BREWING WHITE SAND
IMPERIAL IPA 8/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1755 BRAVERY
BREWING ALLEGIANCE
IPA
8/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1756 LAGUNITAS
BREWING IMPERIAL
STOUT
8/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1757 CONGREGATION ALE
HOUSE ESB (ON
NITRO)
8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1758 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY NOT NORMAL FARMHOUSE
ALE
8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1759 MOYLAN'S
BREWERY MOYLANDER DOUBLE
IPA 8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1760 TRIPLE
VOODOO
8 TENTACLES DOUBLE
IPA 8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1761 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
WHITE DOG WHEAT
IPA
8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1762 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
SLEEK ZEKE PALE ALE 8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1763 MAD RIVER
BREWING SERIOUS MADNESS BLACK ALE 8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1764 MAD RIVER
BREWING STEELHEAD EXTRA PALE
ALE 8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1765 MAD RIVER
BREWING JAMAICA
RED ALE
8/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1766 GREEN FLASH
BREWING
CITRA SESSION IPA 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1767 EVIL TWIN / SANTE
ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES COLLABORATION JOEY
PEPPER 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1768 DESCHUTES
BREWERY FORAY 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1769 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
HARVEST SINGLE HOP IPA - EQUINOX
8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1770 NOBLE ALE
WORKS CHINOOK
SHOWERS 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1771 CENTRAL CITY
BREWERS
RED RACER IMPERIAL INDIA
PALE ALE 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1772 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
SCYTHE &
SICKLE
8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1773 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
ABBEY ALE 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1774 LAGUNITAS
BREWING HOP STOOPID 8/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1775 SURLY
BREWING
BENDER
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1776 SUMMIT
BREWING EXTRA PALE
ALE
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1777 SUMMIT
BREWING OATMEAL
STOUT
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1778 AUGUST SCHELL
BREWING AXEL'S BONFIRE
LAGER 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1779 GRAIN
BELT
NORDEAST 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1780 BOULDER BEER
COMPANY SINGLETRACK
COPPER ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1781 ROCK BOTTOM (MINNEAPOLIS)
MOLLY'S TITANIC BROWN ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1782 ROCK BOTTOM (MINNEAPOLIS)
TALL STACKS RED ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1783 FAT HEAD'S
BREWERY TRAILHEAD PALE ALE
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1784 FAT HEAD'S
BREWERY GOGGLE FOGGER HEFEWEIZEN 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1785 JACKIE
O'S FIREFLY AMBER
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1786 REVOLUTION
BREWING
ANTI-HERO IPA 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1787 LEFT HAND
BREWING MILK STOUT
NITRO 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1788 FAT HEAD'S / JACKIE
O'S COLLABORATION
AFTER HOURS BLACK
IPA
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1789 FULL PINT
BREWING RYE REBELLION 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1790 SOUTHERN
TIER
PUMKING 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1791 SOUTHERN TIER
WARLOCK 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1792 ARCADIA
BREWING RAPUNZEL IPA 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1793 ROCKMILL
BREWERY PETITE SAISON 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1794 SAUGATUCK BREWING
DEAD GOAT
DOPPELBOCK 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1795 TROEGS
BREWING MAD
ELF
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1796 FLYING DOG
BREWERY HORN DOG BARLEY WINE STYLE
ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1797 LEXINGTON
BREWING KENTUCKY
BOURBON BARREL ALE
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1798 LEXINGTON
BREWING KENTUCKY
BOURBON BARREL STOUT 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1799 SAUGATUCK BREWING
BONFIRE
BROWN
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1800
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUD LIGHT
PREMIUM 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1801 FOUR STRING
BREWING
BIG STAR WHITE IPA 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1802
CRABBIE'S ORIGINAL
ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1803 PABST
BREWING
STROH'S
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1804 FOUR STRING
BREWING
BRASS KNUCKLE PALE
ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1805 SOUTHERN
TIER
2X STOUT
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1806 GREAT
LAKES
BREWING
BURNING RIVER PALE
ALE 8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1807 GREAT
LAKES
BREWING
COMMODORE PERRY
IPA
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1808 NEW HOLLAND
BREWING
DRAGON'S
MILK
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1809 WEYERBACHER
BREWING
BLITHERING IDIOT
BARLEYWINE
8/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1810 FAT HEAD'S
BREWERY HEAD HUNTER
IPA 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1811 THIRSTY
DOG OLD LEGHUMPER ROBUST
PORTER 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1812 GRIST HOUSE BREWING
TRIPEL GRIST ABBEY 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1813 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
GRISTFUL THINKING 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1814 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
CAMP SLAP
RED
8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1815 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
CROUCHING PORTER HIDDEN
CHOCOLATE 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1816 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
BLACK RIPA 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1817 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
TRIPEL GRIST TRAPPIST 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1818 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
WHEATIN' FOR THE WEEKEND 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1819 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
HIGH IQ
BLONDE
8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1820 GRIST HOUSE
BREWING
GRISTLY BEAR BROWN 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1821
STRAUB
AMERICAN LAGER
8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1822 SOUTHERN
TIER
2X IPA 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1823 HEAVY SEAS
BEER LOOSE
CANNON HOP3 IPA 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1824 YUENGLING
BREWERY BLACK & TAN 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1825 BELL'S
BREWERY
TWO HEARTED ALE 8/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1826 GREAT
LAKES
BREWING
DORTMUNDER GOLD 8/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1827 KONA
BREWING
CASTAWAY IPA 8/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1828 EVIL TWIN
BREWING MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
8/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1829 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
HEYDAY BELGIAN STYLE WHITE
ALE 8/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1830 BISON
BREWING
ORGANIC CHOCOLATE STOUT 8/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1831 NORTH COAST BREWING
COMPANY BLUE
STAR 8/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1832 SCUTTLEBUTT
BREWING
HOMEPORT BLONDE 8/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1833 GENESEE
BREWING BARREL TROLLEY NUT
BROWN ALE 8/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1834 WELLS & YOUNG'S
BREWING STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING
ALE 8/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1835 ABITA BREWING
ABBEY ALE 8/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1836 SUDWERK
BREWING DUNKEL WEISS BOCK (20TH ANNIVERSARY
SERIES) 8/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1837 ALASKAN
BREWING WHITE 8/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1838 SAMUEL
SMITH
INDIA
ALE 8/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1839 SPRECHER
BREWING PUB BROWN
ALE
8/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1840 RUBICON
BREWING HOPSAUCE DOUBLE
IPA
8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1841 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE
ONAGER
8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1842 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE GUILLOTINE
8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1843 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE
TREBUCHET 8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1844 AVERY
BREWING
JOE'S PREMIUM AMERICAN PILSNER 8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1845 ROGUE
ALES JUNIPER PALE
ALE 8/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1846 CHEERDAY
BREWERY LUCKY
BUDDHA
8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1847 BROUWERIJ ABDIJ DER
TRAPPISTEN VAN WESTMALLE WESTMALLE TRAPPIST
TRIPEL 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1848 BRASSERIE
D'ACHOUFFE
McCHOUFFE 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1849 BRASSERIE
D'ACHOUFFE
HOUBLON CHOUFFE DOBBELEN IPA
TRIPEL 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1850 EPIC BREWING
IMPERIAL PUMPKIN PORTER 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1851 EPIC BREWING
STRAIGHT UP SAISON 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1852 SAMUEL
SMITH
TADDY PORTER 8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1853 SAMUEL
SMITH
NUT BROWN
ALE
8/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1854 BROUWERIJ
ROMAN RINCE COCHON CUVEE SPECIALE
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1855 GOOSE ISLAND THE OGDEN BELGIAN STYLE
TRIPEL 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1856
AYINGER
MAIBOCK
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1857 TAP IT
BREWING
ESTATE PALE
ALE
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1858 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY GOLDEN EAGLE BLONDE ALE
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1859 WOLF CREEK
BREWERY TIMBER WOLF RED ALE 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1860 HEADLANDS BREWING
HILL 88 DOUBLE IPA 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1861 LAZY
DOG HONEY
BLONDE
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1862 LAZY DOG
HEFEWEIZEN 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1863 LAZY
DOG PALE
ALE
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1864 LAZY
DOG
RED 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1865 LAZY
DOG
IPA 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1866 LAZY
DOG CHOCOLATE
PORTER 8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1867
SAKU
PORTER
8/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1868 ALLAGASH
BREWING FLUXUS (2014) 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1869 BROUWERIJ
BOSTEELS DEUS BRUT DES FLANDRES
(2010)
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1870 BRASSERIE
DUBUISSON
SCALDIS PRESTIGE (2013)
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1871 BRASSERIE
DUBUISSON
SCALDIS PRESTIGE DE NUITS
(2013) 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1872 HANSSENS ARTISINAAL
SCARENBECCA KRIEK 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1873 CASCADE
BREWING SANG
ROYAL 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1874 THE BRUERY
SUCRE AGED IN
NEW AMERICAN OAK BARRELS 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1875 AVERY
BREWING
5 MONKS BOURBON BARREL AGED BELGIAN STYLE QUINTUPEL
ALE 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1876 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
GREENSHIFT
DIPA 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1877 STONE
BREWING
WOOTSTOUT
2.0
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1878 SANTE ADAIRIUS
RUSTIC ALES APPRECIATION 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1879 CASCADE
BREWING THE
VINE
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1880
ALMANAC HEIRLOOM
PUMPKIN BARLEYWINE 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1881 THE
BRUERY 2 TURTLE
DOVES
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1882 DESCHUTES
BREWERY BLACK BUTTE
XXIII 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1883 PRETTY THIINGS
BEER LOVELY SAINT
WINEFRIDE
8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1884 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. PETER BROWN TRIBUTE
ALE 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1885 LOST COAST
BREWING ALLEYCAT
AMBER 8/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1886 DESCHUTES
BREWERY ARMORY XPA 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1887 YARD
HOUSE
IPA 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1888 DOGFISH HEAD
FESTINA PECHE 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1889 LOST COAST
BREWING 25TH ANNIVERSARY
ALE
9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1890 SEPTEM
MICROBREWERY
MONDAY'S PILSNER 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1891 SEPTEM
MICROBREWERY
FRIDAY'S PALE ALE
9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1892 SEPTEM
MICROBREWERY
THURSDAY'S PREMIUM RED
ALE
9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1893 SEPTEM
MICROBREWERY
SATURDAY'S PORTER 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1894 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
WEEKDAY IPA 9/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1895 CENTRAL CITY
BREWERS
RED RACER I.S.A. IMPERIAL SESSION
ALE
9/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1896 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING FALL HORNIN' 9/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1897 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY DAIRY TANK 9/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1898 CERVECERIA
CUAUHTEMOC MOCTEZUMA S.A.
DE C.V. BOHEMIA
9/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1899 MARIN BREWING
IPA 9/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1900 DRAKE'S
BREWING DRAKONIC IMPERIAL
STOUT 9/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1901 SAINT ARCHER / GIRL
SKATEBOARDS COLLABORATION
PILSNER
9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1902 CISMONTANE
BREWING
TEMPORADA CHARDONNAY BARREL AGED
SAISON 9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1903 DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN DEVIL'S KRIEK 9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1904 DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN TAHOMA
KRIEK
9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1905 SHIPYARD
BREWING SMASHED
PUMPKIN 9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1906 EPIC BREWING / DC
BRAU COLLABORATION FERMENTATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION PUMPKIN
PORTER
9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1907 MIDNIGHT SUN
BREWING SOCKEYE RED
IPA
9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1908 MAD RIVER
BREWING DOUBLE DREAD IMPERIAL IPA 9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1909 SAMUEL
ADAMS
NOBLE PILS 9/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1910 PITTSBURGH BREWING I.C.
LIGHT 9/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1911 BROUWERIJ VAN
STEENBERGE PIRAAT TRIPLE
HOP 9/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1912 SKA BREWING
BUSTER NUT BROWN
ALE
9/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1913 VALIANT
BREWING CRITERION BELGIAN AMBER
WITH HONEY
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1914 VALIANT
BREWING FIELDS ABLAZE SAISON
WITH LEMONGRASS & PEAR 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1915 VALIANT
BREWING ALPHA OVERDRIVE
QUADRUPLE IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1916 BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON
FIST COLLABORATION DR. STRANGEMATTER BARREL
AGED IMPERIAL SAISON 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1917 BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON
FIST COLLABORATION DR. STRANGEMATTER
IMPERIAL
SAISON
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1918 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
CLOCKWEISSE WITH PEACH 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1919 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
LAGERITHM DARK
LAGER
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1920 IRON FIST
BREWING ROOTS OF WRATH BELGIAN
QUAD 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1921 CISMONTANE
BREWING
BLACK'S DAWN WITH VANILLA AND MOLASSES 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1922 CISMONTANE
BREWING
TINY RIPPER PALE ALE CON
LIMON 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1923 TUSTIN
BREWING OLD
TOWN IPA ON
CASK
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1924 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
FOAM TOP CREAM ALE 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1925 PIZZA
PORT THE NEW GUY WEST COAST PALE ALE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1926 GREEN FLASH
BREWING
GREEN BULLET TRIPLE
IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1927 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY OKTOBERFEST 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1928 GREEN FLASH BREWING
EAST VILLAGE PILSNER 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1929 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING
OKTOBERFEST 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1930 FOUR SONS
BREWING THE GREAT ONE DOUBLE IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1931 21ST AMENDMENT
BREWERY BITTER
AMERICAN 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1932 GOOSE ISLAND
RAMBLER IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1933 HANGAR
24 OKTOBERFEST 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1934 ARTIFEX
BREWING NO NAME
IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1935 WICKS
BREWING
BARD'S SONG BROWN ALE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1936 WICKS
BREWING
BATTLE CRY IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1937 CLOWN SHOES
CHOCOLATE SOMBRERO
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1938 LAGUNITAS
BREWING FUSION
21 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1939 CORONADO BREWING ORANGE AVENUE WIT 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1940 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
BERLINER
WEISSE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1941 RITUAL
BREWING FAT
HOG BOULEVARDIER COCKTAIL BARREL AGED BARLEY
WINE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1942 RITUAL
BREWING
FUNNER SESSION IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1943 HEROES
SIDEWINDER OATMEAL STOUT 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1944 MISSION
BREWERY CORTEZ GOLD BELGIAN
STYLE BLONDE 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1945 DALE BROS
BREWERY PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SUMMER
BEER 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1946 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY BROWN ALE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1947 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
HEM & HAW DARK SAISON WITH
BRETT
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1948 DALE BROS
BREWERY RED BETWEEN THE
LINES
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1949 NINKASI
BREWING TOTAL DOMINATION
IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1950 AUBURN ALEHOUSE
HOP DONKEY 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1951 REFUGE
BREWERY CITRA
SAISON 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1952 REFUGE
BREWERY BLOOD
ORANGE WIT 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1953 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY ACME CALIFORNIA IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1954 IRONFIRE BREWING
PELE-KANE SESSION
IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1955 IRONFIRE
BREWING DEAD ON ARRIVAL DOUBLE IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1956 BLACK MARKET
BREWING
DECEPTION 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1957 BRAVERY
BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED SMOKING
GUN
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1958 CASCADE
BREWING
BLUEBERRY 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1959 CLOWN SHOES
BLAECORN
UNIDRAGON
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1960 I & I
BREWING DRY STOUT
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1961 I & I
BREWING HONEY CREAM
ALE 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1962 CISMONTANE
BREWING
MAREA ROJA FLEMMISH STYLE RED
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1963 BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
ROCCO RED 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1964 TUSTIN
BREWING
AMERICAN PALE ALE 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1965 NEWPORT BEACH
BREWING PELICAN PALE ALE WITH CINAMMON AND
ALLSPICE ON CASK 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1966 NEWPORT BEACH
BREWING OSCILLATION
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1967 NOBLE ALE
WORKS CINAMMON TOAST
CRUNCH 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1968 NOBLE ALE
WORKS SWEETISH FISH
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1969 HOPARAZZI
BREWING LE PRINCE DE
PROVENCE
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1970 BACKSTREET
BREWERY RYDIN' RUBY GRAPEFRUIT RYE
IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1971 BACKSTREET
BREWERY BREW HA HA HEFEWEIZEN WITH FRESH MANGO AND
HABANERO
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1972 TAP IT
BREWING
RIMFIRE RED 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1973 OLD ORANGE
BREWING
SMUDGE POT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1974 FOUR SONS
BREWING GOING (COCO) NUTS
AMBER 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1975 BEACH CITY
BREWERY RUSKI NOIR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT WITH MADAGASCAR
VANILLA BEANS 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1976 OGGI'S PIZZA AND
BREWING BARREL AGED BLACK MAGIC
STOUT 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1977 LOST COAST
BREWING DOUBLE IPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1978 MONKEY PAW
BREWING
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1979 STADIUM
BREWING CITRA TAKEOVER DIPA 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1980 PHANTOM
ALES
FARMHAUS SAISON 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1981 EINSTOK
OLGERD
TOASTED
PORTER 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1982 KARL STRAUSS
BIG BARREL DOUBLE
IPA
9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1983 ARTIFEX
BREWING BEACH HOUSE PALE
WHEAT 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1984 BIG SKY
BREWING SCAPE GOAT
PALE ALE 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1985 BRASSERIE DIEU DU
CIEL
ROUTE DES EPICES RYE
BEER BREWED WITH
PEPPERCORNS 9/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1986 PACIFIC PLATE
BREWING
ENGLISH MILD 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1987 PACIFIC PLATE
BREWING
HORCHATA STOUT 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1988 PACIFIC PLATE
BREWING
WIDOWMAKER IPA 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1989 PACIFIC PLATE
BREWING
1ST ANNIVERSARY ALE 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1990 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW MESSIAH NUT BROWN
ALE 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1991 CENTRAL CITY
BREWERS
RED RACER IPA 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1992 WIDMER
BROTHERS BARREL AGED BRRRBON
'12 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1993 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
SOUTHERN TRIANGLE
IPA 9/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1994 LEE BAKOFSKY
HOMEBREW (Highland Park, CA) SESSION IPA
THING 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1995 ANCHOR
BREWING BIG LEAF MAPLE AUTUMN
RED 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1996 ODELL
BREWING
ST. LUPULIN 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1997 CERVECERIA
CUAUHTEMOC MOCTEZUMA S.A.
DE C.V. CARTA BLANCA 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1998 MARIN
BREWING ALBION AMBER
ALE 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
1999 RUSSIAN RIVER
BREWING
SUPPLICATION (BATCH 003) 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2000 GOOSE ISLAND
BOURBON COUNTY
BRAND STOUT
(2008) 9/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2001 RUBICON
BREWING MONKEY KNIFE FIGHT PALE
ALE
9/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2002
AYINGER
OKTOBER
FEST-MARZEN
9/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2003 REDHOOK
BREWERY OUT OF YOUR GOURD PUMPKIN
PORTER
9/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2004 ZYWIEC
PORTER
9/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2005 TIMMERMAN'S PUMPKIN
LAMBICUS 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2006 DOGFISH HEAD
PUNKIN' ALE 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2007 ALASKAN
BREWING PUMPKIN
PORTER 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2008 SAMUEL
ADAMS
FAT JACK DOUBLE PUMPKIN 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2009 CHRIS
BANKER/STONE/INSURGENTE COLLABORATION XOCOVEZA MOCHA
STOUT 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2010 THE LOST
ABBEY
ANGEL'S SHARE ALE 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2011 NEW BELGIUM BREWING
TOUR DE
FALL 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2012 UINTA
BREWING
PUNK'N
9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2013 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY ARTIE PALE ALE 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2014 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY PILLOW TALK SCHWARZBIER WITH COCOA
NIBS AND MINT 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2015 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY BRANDY DARK RYE
LAGER 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2016 WIENS
BREWING
MILLENIUM FALCONER'S IPL 9/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2017 MIDNIGHT SUN
BREWING PLEASURE
TOWN IPA 9/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2018 MAUI
BREWING
LAHAINA TOWN
BROWN
9/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2019 BAYHAWK
ALES
IMPERIAL BROWN ALE 9/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2020 LAGUNITAS
BREWING LAGUNITAS SUCKS
9/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2021 VICTORY
BREWING OLD HORIZONAL BARLEY
WINE ALE 9/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2022 GOOSE ISLAND SOFIE 9/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2023 BALLAST POINT
VICTORY AT SEA PORTER WITH COFFEE AND VANILLA 9/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2024
TAPS VIENNA
COUNTRY LAGER
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2025 SAINT ARCHER
BREWING
SCOTTISH EXPORT
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2026
TAPS BIERE DE
GARDE
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2027 EEL RIVER
BREWING EMERALD TRIANGLE
IPA
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2028 STONE
BREWING
ARBALEST
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2029
PRIMATOR PREMIUM
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2030 VICTORY
BREWING PRIMA
PILS 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2031 BAYERISCHE
STAATSBRAUEREI
WEIHENSTEPHAN
WEIHENSTEPHANER FESTBIER 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2032
ERDINGER
PIKANTUS 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2033 BRAUEREI
SCHLENKERLA
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER
URBOCK 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2034 SCHLOSS
EGGENBERG SAMICHLAUS
BIER 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2035 SAMUEL SMITH
ORGANIC PALE ALE 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2036 ALESMITH
BREWING ANVIL
ESB 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2037 EPIC BREWING
SMOKED
PORTER
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2038 STONE
BREWING
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT
(2007)
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2039 KULMBACHER
BRAUEREI
KULMBACHER EISBOCK 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2040 LAGUNITAS
BREWING IMPERIAL RED
ALE 9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2041 VICTORY
BREWING
FESTBIER
9/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2042 CALDERA
BREWING LAWNMOWER
LAGER 9/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2043 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
ERASER IPA 9/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2044 MT. SHASTA
BREWING SHASTAFARIAN
PORTER
9/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2045
SVYTURYS BALTIJOS
DARK RED 9/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2046 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
BOUNCY HOUSE IPA 9/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2047
RINKUSKIAI LOBSTER LOVER'S BEER
9/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2048 LOST COAST
BREWING DOWNTOWN BROWN 9/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2049 SHIPYARD
BREWING PUMPKINHEAD
ALE 9/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2050 SAMUEL
SMITH
ORGANIC CHOCOLATE STOUT 9/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2051 BALLAST POINT
HOMEWORK SERIES BATCH NO.3 ENGLISH STYLE
IPA 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2052 ALESMITH
BREWING EVIL DEAD RED 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2053 PRAIRIE ARTISAN
ALES CHERRY FUNK 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2054 STONE
BREWING
HIBISCUSICITY 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2055 ANCHORAGE
BREWING
LOVE BUZZ 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2056 THE BRUERY / SMOG CITY
COLLABORATION ATOMIC
KANGARUE 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2057 DESCHUTES
BREWERY BLACK BUTTE
XXVI 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2058 EPIC BREWING SANTA CRUZ BROWN
ALE 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2059 MARIN
BREWING ST.
BRENDAN'S IRISH STYLE RED ALE 9/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2060 PIKE BREWING
COMPANY SAISON
HOUBLON 9/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2061 TENAYA CREEK
BREWERY
CALICO BROWN ALE 9/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2062 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
ADORATION 9/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2063 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
COOPERSTOWN
ALE 9/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2064
ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUD
LIGHT 9/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2065 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING BROTHER DAVID'S DOUBLE ABBEY STYLE
ALE 9/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2066 FISH BREWING
THE HOBBIT SMAUG STOUT 9/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2067 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE HOP PROJECT LUPULUS RABBIT 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2068 SANTA CLARA VALLEY
BREWING
ELECTRIC TOWER IPA 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2069 KINETIC
BREWING AFTERBURNER
DOUBLE IPA 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2070 OHANA
BREWING RHINO'S
REDEMPTION 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2071 RUSSIAN RIVER
BREWING ROW
2, HILL 56 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2072 STONE
BREWING
OLD GUARDIAN BARLEY WINE 2013
9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2073 FISH BREWING
THE HOBBIT GOLLUM PRECIOUS PILS 9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2074 FISH BREWING
THE HOBBIT BOLG BELGIAN STYLE
TRIPEL
9/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2075 STONE
BREWING
COFFEE MILK STOUT 9/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2076 RUSSIAN RIVER
/ SIERRA NEVADA
COLLABORATION BRUX DOMESTICATED WILD
ALE
9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2077 BUFFALO BILL'S
BREWERY AMERICA'S
ORIGINAL PUMPKIN ALE 9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2078 MAD RIVER
BREWING BARLEYWINE
ALE
9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2079 THE
BRUERY SO HAPPENS IT'S TUESDAY WITH CHERRY
AND VANILLA 9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2080 IRON SPRINGS PUB
&
BREWERY
CASEY JONES IMPERIAL IPA
9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2081 DESCHUTES
BREWERY DOPPEL DINKEL BOCK 9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2082 ADELBERT'S
BREWERY
PHILOSOPHIZER
9/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2083 UINTA
BREWING
TRADER SESSION IPA 9/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2084 MAGIC HAT
BREWING HEART OF DARKNESS STOUT
9/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2085 NEBRASKA BREWING
CARDINAL PALE ALE 9/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2086 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY 471 SMALL
BATCH IPA 9/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2087 GIGANTIC
BREWING
IPL 9/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2088 SANTAN
BREWING
HEFEWEIZEN 9/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2089 CALDERA BREWING
PILOT ROCK PORTER 9/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2090 SUDWERK
BREWING CALIFORNIA
DRY HOP LAGER 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2091 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
OTTO'S BACKPACK 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2092 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
MO' GALAXY 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2093 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
ORIGINAL DANKSTER 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2094 CELLARMAKER /
MONKEY PAW
COLLABORATION
CELLAR MONKEY IPA WITH
PASSIONFRUIT 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2095 MOYLAN'S
BREWERY PORT BARREL
STOUT 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2096 HALF MOON BAY
BREWING CALF FIENE MILK STOUT WITH
FAIR TRADE COFFEE 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2097 IRON SPRINGS PUB
&
BREWERY
REPACK ABBEY STYLE DUBBEL WITH RYE
9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2098 ALE
INDUSTRIES
KEEP SAILING BOB SOUR DARK ALE
9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2099 HENHOUSE
BREWING BIG CHICKEN IMPERIAL
IPA 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2100 LOCAL OPTION
MORNING WOOD OAK AGED COFFEE PORTER 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2101 101 NORTH
BREWING NAUGHTY AUD IMPERIAL
STOUT
9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2102 BUTCHER'S
BREWING SELECT RYE
IPA 9/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2103 DUST BOWL
BREWING HOPS OF WRATH IPA 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2104 DUST BOWL
BREWING SON OF WRATH DIPA 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2105 DUST BOWL
BREWING THE THERAPIST IMPERIAL IPA 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2106 DUST BOWL
BREWING BALTIC PORTER 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2107 DUST BOWL
BREWING SOUL CRUSHER BARLEY WINE 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2108 DUST BOWL
BREWING BLACK BLIZZARD IMPERIAL
STOUT 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2109 DUST BOWL
BREWING DUMP TRUCK OF THE GODS QUADRUPLE
IPA 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2110 DUST BOWL
BREWING GALAXY PALE
ALE 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2111 GOOSE ISLAND THE MUDDY IMPERIAL STOUT WITH
LICORICE 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2112 DUST BOWL
BREWING OKTOBERFEST 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2113 DUST BOWL
BREWING ENGLISH MILD 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2114 AUBURN
ALEHOUSE PU-240 DIPA ON NITRO 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2115 AUBURN
ALEHOUSE OLD TOWN
BROWN 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2116 PYRAMID BREWERIES
IPL
9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2117 PYRAMID BREWERIES
OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA
9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2118 PYRAMID BREWERIES
ALEHOUSE AMBER ALE 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2119 PYRAMID BREWERIES
OKTOBERFEST 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2120 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING HUGE ARKER IMPERIAL STOUT BOURBON
BARREL
9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2121 NEBRASKA BREWING
IPA 9/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2122 DEVIL'S CANYON
BREWING CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE
IPA 9/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2123 ROCKMILL
BREWERY SAISON NOIR
9/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2124 LAO
BREWERY
BEERLAO
9/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2125 ROCKMILL
BREWERY TRIPEL 9/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2126 EVIL TWIN
BREWING I LOVE YOU WITH MY
STOUT 9/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2127 CERVECERIA CENTRO AMERICANA
DORADA PREMIUM LAGER
9/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2128 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING PINCHY JEEK
BARL 9/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2129 RJ KING WINGWALKER
BREWERIES WINGWALKER
AMBER ALE 9/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2130 CERVECERIA CENTRO AMERICANA
DORADA PREMIUM
LIGHT 10/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2131 BUTTERNUT’S BEER
AND ALE SNAPPERHEAD
IPA 10/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2132 WYNKOOP
PATTY'S CHILE
BEER 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2133 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY
THUNDERSTOUT ON NITRO 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2134 DENVER BEER
CO. MIDNIGHT
DUNKEL 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2135 DENVER BEER
CO. GALACTIC
HIGHWAY 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2136 DENVER BEER
CO. GRAHAM
CRACKER PORTER 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2137 DENVER BEER
CO. PUEBLO CHILE
BEER 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2138 LEFT HAND
BREWING MILK STOUT WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS ON
CASK 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2139 STRANGEWAYS SOLEDAD
RUM BARREL AGED 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2140 STRANGEWAYS
UBERLIN
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2141
JAILBREAK BIG
PUNISHER 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2142
JAILBREAK VAN
DAMMIT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2143
JAILBREAK MADE WITH
BASIL 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2144
JAILBREAK DUSK TILL
DAWN WITH COFFEE 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2145 KANE
BREWING
NIGHT TO END ALL DAWNS 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2146 KANE
BREWING
MORNING
BELL
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2147 KANE BREWING
HEAD HIGH 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2148 KANE
BREWING
RIPPLE 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2149 TOPPLING
GOLIATH INTERGALACTIC
WARRIOR 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2150 TOPPLING
GOLIATH
PSEUDOSUE 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2151 TOPPLING
GOLIATH ASSASSIN IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2152 TOPPLING
GOLIATH GOLDEN
NUGGET
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2153 REAL ALE
BREWING 18TH ANNIVERSARY
GOSE 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2154 REAL ALE
BREWING BENEDICTUM: MYSTERIUM
VERUM SOUR BROWN 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2155 LICKINGHOLE
CREEK THREE CHOPT TRIPEL BOURBON
BARREL
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2156 LICKINGHOLE
CREEK BATCHELOR'S DELIGHT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2157 LICKINGHOLE
CREEK ENLIGHTENED DESPOT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2158 HARDYWOOD PARK
BOHEMIAN
PILS
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2159 THREE
FLOYDS BLOT OUT THE
SUN 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2160
KUHNHENN DRIPA 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2161 DARK HORSE
PLEAD THE 5TH BOURBON BARREL
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2162 GOOSE ISLAND
BACKYARD RYE
BOURBON COFFEE
STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2163 GOOSE ISLAND
BOURBON COUNTY
COFFEE STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2164 CIGAR
CITY
MADURO
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2165 MARTIN HOUSE
BREWING THE
IMPERIAL TEXAN 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2166 MOTHER ROAD WOODEN
SPOKE NO. 3 BARREL AGED BLACK
IPA
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2167 SICK N
TWISTED
HOT MAMA 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2168 SICK N
TWISTED
JUST THE TIP 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2169 PRAIRIE ARTISAN
ALES BEER WASTELAND RUM
BARREL
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2170 NEBRASKA BREWING
MELANGE A TROIS 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2171
KUHNHENN PENETRATION PORTER
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2172 JOLLY
PUMPKIN
VIVOS Y MUERTOS 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2173 SINGLECUT
BEERSMITHS
JOHN MICHAEL DARK LYRIC LAGRRR! 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2174 SINGLECUT
BEERSMITHS
HALF STACK
IPA
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2175
PARKWAY BARREL AGED
DUBBEL 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2176
O'CONNOR GREAT DISMAL BLACK
IPA 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2177 DUE SOUTH ROGGENBIER
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2178 CINDER BLOCK
BLACK SQUIRREL RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2179 CROW
PEAK PAGAN SNAKE STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2180 CROWN VALLEY
BARREL AGED IMPERIAL OATMEAL
STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2181 CROWN VALLEY
IMPERIAL PUMPKIN STOUT 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2182 CROWN VALLEY
SERRANO SIDEKICK AMERICAN PALE
ALE
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2183
WYNKOOP ROCKY MOUNTAIN
OYSTER STOUT BARREL
AGED
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2184 RED ROCK
BREWING 20TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL RED
ALE 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2185 RARE
BARREL
EGREGIOUS 10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2186 SURLY
BREWING
COFFEE
BENDER
10/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2187 WICKED
WEED
SERENITY
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2188 BREWER'S
ASSOCIATION TEAM HOMEBREW NAPOLEON COMPLEX
BERLINER
WEISSE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2189 PINEY
RIVER OLD TOM
PORTER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2190 BLACK
TOOTH BLACK EAGLE BALTIC PORTER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2191 UNION CRAFT
BREWING
BALT ALTBIER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2192 PELICAN PUB &
BREWERY
TSUNAMI
STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2193
ANTHEM
GOLDEN ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2194 PINEY RIVER
SWEET POTATO ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2195 PELICAN PUB &
BREWERY
SILVERSPOT
IPA
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2196
TRVE EASTERN
CANDLE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2197
TRVE STOUT
O))) 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2198 FORMER
FUTURE
GOLDEN
FEATHER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2199 FORMER
FUTURE
PRIM & PORTER SALTED
CARAMEL 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2200
LOWDOWN SELFISH PALE
ALE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2201
LOWDOWN UA POU
SAISON
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2202 STRANGEWAYS MARTIAN
SPRING 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2203 THREE
NOTCH'D
GRAY GHOST AMERICAN PALE
ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2204 THREE
NOTCH'D
OATS
MCGOATS
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2205
STEWART'S WIND BLOWN
BLONDE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2206
STEWART'S IMPERIAL STOUT
DESTROYER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2207
STEWART'S STUMBLIN'
MONK 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2208
STEWART'S OYSTER STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2209 STOUDT BREWING
PILS 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2210 UNION CRAFT
BREWING
BLACKWING LAGER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2211
UPSTATE
COMMON SENSE KENTUCKY
COMMON ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2212
UPSTATE
INDIA
PALE WHEAT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2213 WEYERBACHER
BREWING
RISERVA
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2214 FROTHY BEARD ANDALE
JALAPENO CILANTRO 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2215 FUNKY
BUDDHA
BARREL AGED NIKOLAI VORLAUF IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2216 FUNKY
BUDDHA
LAST SNOW PORTER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2217 GRAYTON BEER
GOURDGEOUS PUMPKIN ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2218 FOOTHILL
BREWING SEXUAL
CHOCOLATE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2219 FOOTHILL
BREWING JADE
IPA
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2220 DEEP RIVER
4042 CHOCOLATE
STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2221 DARWIN
BREWING CHARAPA SPICED
PORTER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2222 DARWIN
BREWING SUMMADAZE FLORIDA WEST COAST
IPA
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2223 DEEP RIVER
BACK COUNTRY BLACK IPA
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2224 DUE
SOUTH MEXICAN STANDOFF SPICY
PORTER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2225 DUE
SOUTH CATEGORY 5
DIPA 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2226 MOTHER EARTH
BREWING (North Carolina)
DARK CLOUD 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2227 NANTAHALA BREWING
PATTON'S RUN
PORTER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2228 NODA
BREWING
HOP DROP & ROLL IPA 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2229 NODA
BREWING
HOT PISTOL CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY HABANERO
STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2230 OYSTER HOUSE
BREWING
MOONSTONE OYSTER STOUT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2231 OYSTER HOUSE
BREWING
SUPERMOON IMPERIAL OYSTER STOUT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2232 PALMETTO
BREWING A.M. WOOD
ALE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2233 PALMETTO
BREWING SMOKE ON THE HARBOR
STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2234 RIVER RAT BREWERY
FALL
SEASONAL
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2235 SWAMP HEAD
SMOKE SIGNAL SMOKED
PORTER
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2236 SWAMP HEAD
DARKWATER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2237 TERRAPIN BEER
COMPANY MIDNIGHT
MONK 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2238 THOMAS CREEK
CONDUPLICO IMMUNDUS
MONACHUS
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2239 WEST
SIXTH LEMONGRASS AMERICAN
WHEAT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2240 CIGAR CITY
BIG SOUND SCOTCH
ALE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2241 LEXINGTON
BREWING KENTUCKY
PUMPKIN BARREL
ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2242 ADROIT
THEORY
LEGION
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2243 ADROIT
THEORY
B/A/Y/S
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2244 ADROIT
THEORY
FEAR IS YOUR ONLY
GOD
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2245 ADROIT
THEORY
LOVE OF THE DAMNED 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2246 WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS
BOURBON BARREL
PORTER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2247 WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS
CAFÉ ROYALE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2248 DC BRAU BREWING
COMPANY EL HEFE
SPEAKS
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2249 DC BRAU BREWING
COMPANY ON THE WINGS OF
ARMAGEDDON 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2250 DC BRAU BREWING
COMPANY THE TRADITION 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2251 THREE
FLOYDS
CHEVALIER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2252 THREE
FLOYDS ZOMBIE DUST 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2253 THREE
FLOYDS EVIL POWER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2254 NEW
GLARUS SCREAM DIPA 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2255 NEW
GLARUS BROWN PEACH 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2256 REVOLUTION
BREWING
RED SKULL IMPERIAL
RED
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2257 RIGHT
BRAIN THAI PEANUT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2258 RIGHT
BRAIN SCHRUTE FARMS BEET SAISON 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2259 RIGHT
BRAIN SPEAR BEER ASPARAGUS ALE
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2260 RIGHT
BRAIN LOOPING OWL WHISKEY AGED
ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2261
SCARLET LANE DORIAN STOUT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2262 SUN KING
BREWING SYMPATHY FOR THE
DEVIL 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2263 EVANS
BREWING
STOUT AT THE DEVIL 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2264 THREE
WEAVERS
EXPATRIATE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2265 FATE
MOIRAI COFFEE IPA 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2266 WILLOUGHBY
BREWING
PEANUT BUTTER CUP COFFEE PORTER 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2267 PIG
MINDS JOE
DADDY 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2268 YAK & YETI
BREWPUB BARREL AGED YAK'S RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2269 BLACK
SKY PERSEPHONE
POMEGRANATE WHEAT 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2270 BLACK
SKY PETAL TO THE
METAL 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2271 DOGFISH HEAD BEER
THOUSAND
10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2272 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
COFFEE & CIGARETTES 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2273 EL
TORO BREWING
GHOST CHILI GOLDEN
ALE 10/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2274 TRIPLE
ROCK SMALL
TALK 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2275 TRIPLE
ROCK RYE
SMILE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2276 TRIPLE
ROCK BELL
RINGER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2277 TRIPLE
ROCK IPAX 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2278 TRIPLE
ROCK RED
ROCK 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2279 RARE
BARREL SOURTOOTH
TIGER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2280 RARE
BARREL MAP OF THE
SUN
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2281 RARE
BARREL FORCES
UNSEEN
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2282 RARE
BARREL COSMIC DUST 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2283 ANCHOR
BREWING OBA (OUR BARREL ALE)
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2284 ANCHOR
BREWING POTRERO HILL SOUR MASH
IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2285 KERN RIVER
BREWING BLACK ROCK IPA
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2286 KERN RIVER
BREWING GRAVITY
CHECK
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2287 KERN RIVER
BREWING PUMPKIN ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2288 KERN RIVER
BREWING SHUTTLE
BUNNY
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2289 IRONFIRE
BREWING VICIOUS DISPOSITION IMPERIAL
PORTER
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2290 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING ECLIPSE BARREL AGED IMPERIAL
STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2291 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING TOTALITY IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2292 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING MISO HOPPY
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2293 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING SPRING FEVER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2294 EL TORO
BREWING EL
TORO NEGRO IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2295 DUST BOWL
BREWING CHERRY PICKER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2296 DUST BOWL
BREWING HOBO PILSNER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2297 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
PERMANENT
DAYLIGHT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2298 CELLARMAKER
BREWING
TIM'S BROWN 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2299 ELYSIAN
BREWING FIFTY SHADES OF
GREEN
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2300 ELLIOTT BAY
VIETNAMESE COFFEE STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2301 ELLIOTT BAY
FAUNTLEROY IMPERIAL STOUT 2012 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2302 ELYSIAN
BREWING THE
DREAD 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2303 THE
COMMONS
MYRTLE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2304
COALITION BRING OUT THE
IMP 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2305 BEND
BREWING
WICKED MEDICINE BELGIAN STRONG
ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2306 BEND
BREWING
LOVELY CHERRY BALTIC
PORTER
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2307 BASE
CAMP RIPSTOP RYE
PILS
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2308 BASE
CAMP THE INCREDIBLE
BALTOR
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2309 10 BARREL
BREWING CUCUMBER
CRUSH 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2310 10 BARREL
BREWING
P2P 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2311 GIGANTIC
BREWING TOO MUCH COFFEE
MAN
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2312 GIGANTIC
BREWING PIPEWRENCH GIN BARREL AGED
IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2313 SOUND
BREWERY
MONK'S INDISCRETION 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2314 SOUND
BREWERY
DUBBEL ENTENDRE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2315 SOUND
BREWERY
TRIPEL
ENTENDRE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2316 STOUP
BREWING
NW
RED
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2317 STOUP
BREWING
BAVARIAN
HEFEWEIZEN
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2318 STOUP
BREWING
ROBUST
PORTER
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2319 DESCHUTES
BREWERY THE ABYSS
2012
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2320 DESCHUTES
BREWERY PLANETE
ROUGE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2321 ODELL
BREWING
GRAMPS OATMEAL STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2322 ODELL
BREWING
FRIEK 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2323 AVERY
BREWING
LILIKOI KEPOLO 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2324 AVERY
BREWING
OBSCURO &
NIMBOSUS
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2325 AVERY
BREWING
RUMPKIN 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2326 AVERY
BREWING
UNCLE JACOBS STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2327 THIRSTY
DOG BOURBON BARREL WULVER WEE
HEAVY
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2328 THIRSTY
DOG SIBERIAN NIGHT BOURBON BARREL
AGED 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2329 SOLEMN OATH
HEAVYWEIGHT TICKLEFIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD WOOD BARREL AGED STRONG
ALE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2330 SOLEMN OATH
SNAGGLETOOTH BANDANA
IPA
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2331 SCRATCH
BREWING BURDOCK
SAHTI
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2332 ROCHESTER
MILLS MILKSHAKE
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2333 BROKEN
COMPASS CHILI PEPPER PALE
ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2334 BROKEN PLOW
SIGNATURE CHILI
WHEAT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2335 SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING
BISHOP'S BARREL NO. 4 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2336 SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING
BISHOP'S BARREL NO. 2 BRETT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2337
TELLURIDE WET
HOPPED AMERICAN SUMMER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2338 TRINITY
LE CAPITAINE PETITE
BOUDDHA
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2339 TWISTED
PINE BILLY'S CHILIES 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2340 TWISTED
PINE BIG SHOT ESPRESSO
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2341
VERBOTEN MOUNTAIN MAN
BOURBON BARREL IMPERIAL RYE
ALE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2342
VERBOTEN IN LOVE WITH
SUMMER STRAWBERRY RHUBARB ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2343 B2B
BISTRONOMY CHERRY
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2344 BIG BEND
MARFA LIGHT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2345
ARMADILLO BRUNCH MONEY IMPERIAL GOLDEN
STOUT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2346
ARMADILLO QUAKERTOWN STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2347
LIQUAMENTUM
DOUBLE DOWN DAVY BROWN 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2348
LIQUAMENTUM
HELL'S HALF
ACRE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2349 MAD RIVER
BREWING CELLAR RESERVE 2013 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2350 AVERY
BREWING
THE KAISER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2351 LEFT HAND
BREWING 400 LB
MONKEY
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2352 LEFT HAND
BREWING SMOKEJUMPER SMOKED IMPERIAL
PORTER 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2353 DESCHUTES
BREWERY ZARABANDA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2354 5 RABBIT
CERVECERIA YODO CON
LECHE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2355 5 RABBIT
CERVECERIA 5 VULTURE OAXACAN STYLE DARK ALE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2356
BRENNER
BACON BOMB 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2357
BRICKSTONE WITCHING HOUR
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2358 CHRISTIAN
MOERLEIN HELLTOWN
RYE-OT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2359 DADS & DUDES
RUM, FORREST! RUM! 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2360 FORBIDDEN
ROOT SUBLIME
GINGER
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2361
REVIVAL
DOUBLE BLACK IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2362 FULL PINT
BREWING GUS
IPA
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2363 FREEWILL / FULL
PINT
COLLABORATION
SAFEWORD MANGO HABANERO IMPERIAL IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2364 MORGANTOWN
JESCO'S WHITE IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2365 BUR
OAK
DEVINE IPA 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2366
BORGATA
OATMEAL CREAM
STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2367 BLUE
SKYE 00
BUCKSHOT 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2368
BRICKTOWN
BLUESBERRY 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2369 SQUATTER'S
HELL'S KEEP 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2370
WASATCH JALAPENO
CREAM ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2371 NEW
AMERICAN
INDEPENDENCE
ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2372 LAUGHING
SUN
19TH AMENDMENT CHOCOLATE CHERRY
STOUT
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2373 BACK FORTY
FENCE POST SESSION
ALE
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2374 BAYOU
TECHE
COCODRIE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2375 BEAR
WATERS SUNBURST BLOOD ORANGE
SAISON 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2376 BLACK
ABBEY THE CHAPTER HOUSE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2377
CORE
ESB 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2378 CUMBERLAND WHATCHU GINGER
SAISON 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2379
TRVE HAIL SAISON WORSHIP DOOM 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2380
TRVE N.P.O.N. EQUINOX PALE
ALE 10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2381
TRVE
MMXIV-I
10/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2382 ELEVATION BEER
COMPANY
7437 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2383 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY LUCKY U
DOUBLE IPA ON
NITRO
10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2384 DENVER BEER
CO. OLD WORLD
IPA
10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2385 DENVER BEER CO.
INCREDIBLE PEDAL IPA 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2386 DENVER BEER
CO. KING OF
JACKS IMPERIAL PUMPKIN 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2387 PROST
BREWING
PILS 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2388 PROST
BREWING
KELLER PILS 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2389 PROST
BREWING
DUNKEL
10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2390 PROST
BREWING
KOLSCH
10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2391 PROST
BREWING
WEISSBIER 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2392 PROST
BREWING
OKTOBERFEST MARZEN
10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2393 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
HADES 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2394 AVERY
BREWING
THE REVEREND 10/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2395 AVERY
BREWING
THE BEAST GRAND CRU 10/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2396 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY UNITY LOS ANGELES PALE ALE 10/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2397 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 10.31.14 IPA 10/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2398 TAHOE MOUNTAIN
BREWING PARTY BOY BELGIAN
IPA
10/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2399 COSMIC
ALES HELLHOUND BROWN 10/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2400 MONKISH / SUNSET
BEER CO.
COLLABORATION
SUNSET BEER
WIT 10/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2401 NORTH PEAK
BREWING DUBIOUS BLACK CHOCOLATE STOUT 10/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2402 CENTRAL CITY
BREWERS
RED BETTY WHITE ALE WHEAT BEER
10/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2403 MODERN TIMES
AURORA RED RYE
IPA 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2404 BREWERY
OMMEGANG
GAME OF THRONES VALAR
MORGHULIS
10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2405 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. CAFÉ RACER 15 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2406 THE
BRUERY IGNIS FATUUS 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2407 MIDNIGHT SUN
BREWING BERSERKER
IMPERIAL STOUT 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2408 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BIGFOOT BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE
(2004)
10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2409 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY MEL'S BELLS PINK SAISON WITH WET HOPPED MOSAIC 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2410 ALLAGASH
BREWING NANCY
RED SOUR WITH
CHERRIES 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2411 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY NORM II SMOKED
PORTER 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2412 EAGLE ROCK BREWERY
/ MALTOSE FALCONS COLLABORATION LONGEVITY BALTIC
PORTER 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2413 CRAZY MOUNTAIN
BREWING MOUNTAIN LIVIN' PALE
ALE 10/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2414 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
BACK GARDEN PALE
ALE
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2415 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
CONTINENTAL CREAM ALE 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2416 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
ASPHALT JUNGLE IRISH STYLE DRY
STOUT
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2417 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
3 BEAGLES BROWN ALE 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2418 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
HOP CROP RED ALE 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2419 BAGBY BEER
COMPANY
HOP
WHOMPUS
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2420 BELCHING
BEAVER BLUSHING BEAVER
RED ALE 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2421 BREAKWATER
BREWING
MAVERICK'S DOUBLE
IPA
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2422 BREAKWATER
BREWING
ALPHA BRAVO 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2423 BREAKWATER
BREWING
TEAHUPO'O 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2424 BREAKWATER
BREWING
DMJ
IPA
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2425 BREAKWATER
BREWING
OLD BLUE EYES 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2426 BREAKWATER
BREWING
WALKABOUT STOUT 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2427 BREAKWATER
BREWING
KALI KUSH
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2428 BREAKWATER
BREWING
BIERE DU JOUR 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2429 BREAKWATER BREWING
BARREL
5
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2430 BREAKWATER
BREWING
RAILSLIDE RED 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2431 BREAKWATER
BREWING
PERFECT DAY 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2432 BREAKWATER
BREWING
TIS WIT IT TIS 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2433 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES RUSTIC
HORIZON
10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2434 BRECKENRIDGE
BREWERY OPHELIA
HOPPY WHEAT ALE 10/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2435 MISSION
BREWERY PLUNDER
IPA 10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2436 ACOUSTIC ALES
BREWING INSTANT
TRIPEL
KARMA
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2437 BEER BREWING
COMPANY
LIMA-BIER 10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2438 BEER BREWING
COMPANY BELGIAN GOLD
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2439 BEER BREWING
COMPANY
BROWN
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2440 BEER BREWING
COMPANY UFO
IPA
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2441 BEER BREWING
COMPANY XXX THREAT HOP
FILTERED IPA 10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2442 ACOUSTIC ALES
BREWING MOSH PIT
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2443 ACOUSTIC ALES BREWING
TUSH DOUBLE DRY HOPPED SESSION
IPA
10/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2444 STRIKE
BREWING
DOUBLE IPA 10/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2445 GIGANTIC
BREWING VOLTA SAISON 10/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2446 MIDNIGHT SUN
BREWING SNOWSHOE
WHITE 10/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2447 KENNEBUNKPORT BREWING
CO.
PORTER
10/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2448 EVIL TWIN
BREWING LIL' B
10/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2449 KENNEBUNKPORT BREWING
CO.
IPA 10/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2450 OL' BURRO
BREWERY TAP 79
IPA 10/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2451 RHINELANDER BREWING
BOATSWAIN CHOCOLATE
STOUT
10/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2452
JOSEPHSBRAU STOCKYARD OATMEAL STOUT 10/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2453 CRAZY MOUNTAIN
BREWING AMBER
ALE 10/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2454 BEACHWOOD / DRAKE'S
COLLABORATION
VULCANIZER
IPA
10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2455 FACTION
BREWING BORN DAY DOUBLE IPA
10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2456 THREE
WEAVERS
MIDNIGHT FLIGHT IMPERIAL STOUT 10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2457 BERRYESSA
BREWING DOUBLE TAP
IPA
10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2458 STONE / DOGFISH
HEAD / VICTORY COLLABORATION SAISON DU
BUFF
10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2459 KARL STRAUSS
PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER 10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2460 PEAK ORGANIC
BREWING
IPA 10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2461 GRAND
TETON
BREWING
TROUT HOP BLACK IPA 10/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2462 BOULDER BEER
COMPANY BUFFALO
GOLD
10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2463 CLOWN SHOES
PECAN PIE PORTER 10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2464 FULL SAIL
BREWING AMBER
ALE 10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2465 GREENE
KING THE KING'S ENGLISH
IPA
10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2466 RHINELANDER BREWING
BOATSWAIN AMERICAN IPA 10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2467 FULL SAIL
BREWING
IPA 10/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2468 BOULEVARD BREWING
TWO JOKERS
DOUBLE-WIT 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2469 SMUTTYNOSE / STONE
COLLABORATION
CUSTER'S LAST STAND
IPA 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2470 SKA
BREWING AUTUMNAL MOLE
STOUT
10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2471 MIDNIGHT SUN
BREWING T.R.E.A.T.
IMPERIAL CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN PORTER
10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2472 ADELBERT'S
BREWERY BARREL AGED 2013 VINTAGE
MONKS 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2473 BOULEVARD / SIERRA NEVADA
COLLABORATION
TERRA INCOGNITA
(2014)
10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2474 JOSEPHSBRAU
BAVARIAN STYLE HEFEWEIZEN 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2475 FULL SAIL
BREWING WASSAIL WINTER
ALE 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2476 CRAZY MOUNTAIN
BREWING LAVA LAKE
WIT 10/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2477 CISMONTANE
BREWING
HOLY JIM FALLS XPA 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2478 TELEGRAPH
BREWING RESERVE WHEAT ALE 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2479 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING MENDO MELLO ESTATE WET HOP
ALE 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2480 LATITUDE 33
BREWING CAMEL CORPS
IPA 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2481 GIGANTIC
BREWING FIREBIRD SMOKED
HEFEWEIZEN
10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2482 EINSTOK
OLGERD
ICELANDIC ARCTIC BERRY
ALE 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2483 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY PUCK, THE BEER PETITE
SAISON 10/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2484 AVERY
BREWING
GORED SESSION PUMPKIN ALE 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2485 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
OLD TOASTY DARK
MILD
10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2486 FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN
BREWING MAGPIE
BALTIC
PORTER
10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2487 GOLDEN ROAD
OKTOBERFEST 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2488 OHANA
BREWING SAISON
NOIR 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2489 BALLAST POINT DEAD
RINGER OKTOBERFEST 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2490 EPIC BREWING
DOUBLE SKULL DOPPELBOCK LAGER 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2491 EPIC BREWING
FEST DEVIOUS 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2492 ENEGREN BREWING
VALKYRIE
ALTBIER 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2493 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
PUMPKICK 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2494 BAYREUTHER
BIERBRAUEREI BAYREUTHER
HELL 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2495 ENEGREN BREWING
FOLIAGE PALE
ALE 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2496 GORDON BIERSCH
BREWING
FESTBIER
10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2497
SPATEN
OKTOBERFESTBIER 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2498 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
ALPHA NEO 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2499 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
LAUREL IPA 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2500 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
HOP VADER 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2501 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
ANNIHILATOR 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2502 BEACHWOOD
BREWING
UDDER LOVE 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2503 BEACHWOOD BREWING
EL VERANO 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2504 CISCO
BREWERS
ISLAND RESERVE: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2505 MONKEY PAW
BREWING
TAMARIN IPA 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2506 BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
OLD WORLD HEFEWEIZEN
10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2507
GOLDEN ROAD 100 & 2 BELGIAN
STRONG
10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2508 SAN PEDRO
BREWING PORT TOWN PILSNER 10/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2509 NORTH COAST
/ ROGUE / DESCHUTES
COLLABORATION
CLASS OF '88 BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE 10/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2510 PITTSBURGH BREWING IRON CITY BEER 10/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2511 PORT
BREWING
MIDNIGHT EXPRESSION LAGER 10/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2512 UINTA
BREWING
CAHOOTS SAISON
10/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2513 OCEANSIDE ALE WORKS
SAN LUIS REY
RED 10/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2514
SPATEN
FRANZISKANER WEISSBIER DUNKEL
10/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2515 OAKSHIRE
BREWING WATERSHED
IPA
10/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2516 KENYA
BREWERIES TUSKER FINEST
QUALITY
LAGER
10/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2517 SPEAKEASY
UNTOUCHABLE
IPA 10/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2518 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
HOP THE POND (HOP KITCHEN #7) DOUBLE IPA 10/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2519 KINETIC
BREWING
TORQUE
10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2520
GOLDEN ROAD PINATA BERLINER WEISSE AGED IN
TEQUILA BARRELS 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2521 BALLAST POINT SOUR
WENCH BLACKBERRY SOUR ALE 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2522 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY HEAD SPLITTER BLONDE SOUR
10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2523 OFF COLOR BREWING
TROUBLESOME GOSE 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2524 EVIL TWIN
BREWING JUSTIN
BLABAER
10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2525 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
FRESH HOP ALE 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2526 STONE
BREWING
SMOKED PORTER WITH CHOCOLATE AND ORANGE
PEEL
10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2527 BISON
BREWING
ORGANIC RED REUBEN 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2528 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
TRIPEL 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2529 EEL RIVER
BREWING TRIPLE
EXULTATION 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2530
PRIMATOR DOUBLE
BOCK 10/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2531 ABSOLUTION
BREWING
PURGATORY 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2532 SURF BREWERY
MONDO'S CREAM ALE 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2533 KING HARBOR
BREWING
THE SWIRLY 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2534 KINETIC
BREWING CITRAFUGE
10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2535 PROGRESS
BREWING ALAMO CREAM
ALE 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2536 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
OKTOBERFEST 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2537 BRAUEREI
AYING
AYINGER CELEBRATOR 10/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2538 ROGUE
ALES ROGUE FARMS PUMPKIN PATCH ALE
10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2539 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
PUMPKIN ALE 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2540 ALPINE BEER
COMPANY
ICHABOD ALE 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2541 SHIPYARD
BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED SMASHED
PUMPKIN 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2542 UINTA BREWING
OAK JACKED IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2543 AVERY
BREWING
PUMP(KY)N 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2544 LOGSDON FARMHOUSE
ALES STRAFFE
DRIELING 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2545 DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
KILLER GREEN 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2546 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
WALLET
DROPPER
10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2547
GUINNESS BLONDE AMERICAN
LAGER 10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2548 BIRRA
PERONI
PERONI
10/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2549 SHOCK
TOP PUMPKIN
WHEAT
10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2550 SHOCK
TOP HONEYCRISP APPLE
WHEAT 10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2551 SIMPLER TIMES
BREWING
SIMPLER TIMES LAGER 10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2552
JOSEPHSBRAU NAME TAG CLASSIC
LAGER 10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2553 JOSEPH JAMES
BREWING
WEIZE GUY
HEFEWEIZEN
10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2554 DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN CARRIE LADD STEAMSHIP
PORTER
10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2555 BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN
CEASE & DESIST RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 10/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2556 STEINHAUS
BREWING MISSION
ST. INDIA PALE
ALE 10/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2557 PRETTY THINGS SAINT
BOTOLPH'S
TOWN
10/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2558
JOSEPHSBRAU BLACK TOAD DARK ALE 10/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2559 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
CELEBRATION ALE
(2014)
10/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2560 CORONADO BREWING 18TH ANNIVERSARY
ALE
10/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2561 BLACK MARKET
BREWING
SUPERSTITION PUMPKIN ALE 10/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2562 RHINELANDER BREWING
BOATSWAIN H.L.V. ALE 10/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2563 TUCHER
BRAU TUCHER DUNKLES HEFE WEIZEN
10/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2564
PRIMATOR
MAIBOCK
10/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2565 JUNE LAKE
BREWING ROCK N' DIRT MILK
STOUT 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2566 JUNE LAKE
BREWING ALPER'S TROUT PALE
ALE
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2567 MAMMOTH BREWING
KUNG FU APPLE ALE 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2568 MAMMOTH
BREWING JAPANESE RED RICE
ALE
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2569 MAMMOTH
BREWING WILD
SIERRA MOUNTAIN
FARMHOUSE ALE 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2570 MAMMOTH
BREWING ELDERBERRY
SOUR 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2571 MAMMOTH
BREWING OWENS
VALLEY WET HARVEST BLACK
IPA
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2572 MAMMOTH
BREWING FIRE & EISBOCK 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2573 MAMMOTH
BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED
EISBOCK 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2574 MAMMOTH
BREWING GOLDEN TROUT PILSNER
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2575 MAMMOTH
BREWING PARANOIDS PALE ALE 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2576 MAMMOTH
BREWING IPA 395 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2577 MAMMOTH
BREWING EPIC
IPA
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2578 GREAT BASIN
BREWING
KEEP TRUCKEE MEADOWS BEAUTIFUL WAAPUI
ALE 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2579 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
BASIN BACON BREW 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2580 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
BLACK EYE P. A. 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2581 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
GINGER CILANTRO SAISON 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2582 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
HOP-A-SAUR 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2583 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
JACKPOT
PORTER
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2584 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
TECTONIC EVENT DOUBLE IPA 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2585 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
TRIQSTER
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2586 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
OKTOBERFEST 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2587 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
MAYAN MAYBE NOT 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2588 BROOKLYN
BREWERY DRY IRISH STOUT
10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2589 HOP CITY
BREWING BARKING SQUIRREL
LAGER 10/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2590 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING ANNULARITY BLONDE BARLEYWINE ON WOOD
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2591 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING BLONDE #5 (TRUCKEE
BLONDE RESERVE)
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2592 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING BASE CAMP GOLDEN
ALE
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2593 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING MANIFESTO PALE ALE 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2594 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING
C.A.P.A.
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2595 FIFTY FIFTY BREWING
LEG LIFTER ALE 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2596 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING ROCKSLIDE IPA 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2597 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING CHARLES B. BROWN
ALE
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2598 FIFTY FIFTY
BREWING OLD CONUNDRUM BARLEY
WINE
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2599 KNEE DEEP
BREWING MOCHA CREAM STOUT 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2600 THE BREWING
LAIR STAKE OUT, COFFEE BLACK
IPA 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2601 PALO ALTO BREWING OYSTER
STOUT 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2602 LASSEN ALE
WORKS OFF-THE-SCALE BARLEY
WINE 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2603 LAGUNITAS
BREWING BORN YESTERDAY PALE
ALE 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2604 21ST AMENDMENT
BREWERY BLAH BLAH BLAH
IPA 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2605 OL' REPUBLIC
BREWERY CHOCOLYPTO STOUT 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2606 OL' REPUBLIC
BREWERY DUNKEL BOCK 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2607 FLAT TAIL
BREWING TAILGATER
KOLSCH 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2608 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT
(2014) 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2609 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT
(2012) 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2610 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NARWHAL BOURBON BARREL
AGED 10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2611 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NARWHAL CASK CONDITIONED
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2612 BROUWERIJ
STRUBBE IPA
10/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2613 BATTLE
BORN BEER COMPANY BATTLE
BORN BEER 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2614 BGI TIEN
GIANG
"33" EXPORT 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2615 MAMMOTH
BREWING YOSEMITE PALE
ALE 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2616 PIGEON HEAD
BREWERY
IPL 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2617 PIGEON HEAD BREWERY
SUPER HOP CHICK
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2618 PIGEON HEAD
BREWERY
PILSNER
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2619 PIGEON HEAD
BREWERY
RED RYE LAGER
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2620 PIGEON HEAD
BREWERY
BLACK LAGER 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2621 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY XXX BLONDE 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2622 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY BAILEY WHEAT 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2623 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY SIERRA AMBER ALE
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2624 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY SILVER PEAK
IPA
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2625 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY RED ROADSTER 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2626 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY PEAVINE
PORTER
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2627 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY SCHNELL
PILSNER
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2628 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY CRIMSON
WHEAT 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2629 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY MCHINEY'S WEE HEAVY SCOTCH
ALE 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2630 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY SLIDE SIDE
LAGER
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2631 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY SWEET MAMA PUMPKIN ALE 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2632 SILVER PEAK
BREWERY JUBILEE CELEBRATION BOCK
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2633 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES THE WIT
ALBUM
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2634 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES THE THIRD
MAN
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2635 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES PACIFIC PASSAGE TO INDIA
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2636 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES THE WHITE
DOWNS 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2637 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES SOUR WITTE
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2638 BRASSERIE ST.
JAMES CALIFORNIA
STEAMIN' 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2639 BRASSERIE ST. JAMES OKTOBERFEST
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2640 BRASSERIE ST. JAMES
GERMAN RAUCHBIER 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2641 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
LA FOLIE (2014) LIPS OF FAITH 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2642 THE BREWER'S
CABINET
HABANERO
APPARITION
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2643 THE BREWER'S
CABINET
DIRTY WOOKIE 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2644 THE BREWER'S
CABINET
JAVA PUNK 11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2645 THE BREWER'S
CABINET
DRAGON
PUNCH
11/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2646 JUNE LAKE
BREWING DEER BEER BROWN ALE 11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2647 JUNE LAKE
BREWING ESBZAR 11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2648 JUNE LAKE
BREWING SMOKIN
PORTER
11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2649 JUNE LAKE
BREWING HUTTE DOUBLE
IPA 11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2650 JUNE LAKE
BREWING SILVER LAKE SAISON
11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2651 JUNE LAKE
BREWING ARCHIMEDES RED ALE 11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2652 JUNE LAKE
BREWING 8140 BLACK IPA 11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2653 MAMMOTH
BREWING DOS OSOS
(2014)
11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2654 FISH BREWING FISH
TALE ORGANIC
IPA
11/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2655 LASSEN ALE
WORKS EAGLE LAKE IPA
11/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2656 NINKASI
BREWING IMPERIALE
IMPERIAL STOUT 11/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2657 RUBICON
BREWING
IPA 11/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2658 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
DEATH BECOMES YOU AMBER
ALE 11/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2659 BROOKLYN
BREWERY MONSTER ALE BARLEYWINE
(2012) 11/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2660 RUBICON
BREWING CAPRICORN BLACK ALE 11/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2661 HOPPY BREWING
COMPANY STONY FACE RED
ALE 11/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2662 TOMMYKNOCKER
BREWERY COCOA PORTER
11/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2663 PAYETTE
BREWING MUTTON BUSTER
BROWN ALE 11/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2664 FREIGEIST
BIERKULTUR GEISTERZUG RHUBARB GOSE 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2665 AMAGER BRYGHUS /
THREE FLOYDS COLLABORATION ARCTIC
SUNSTONE 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2666 FREIGEIST
BIERKULTUR SALZSPEICHER RASPBERRY SOUR
PORTER
11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2667 ANCHORAGE
BREWING
THE TIDE AND IT'S TAKERS TRIPLE W/
BRETT 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2668 GRAND TETON
BREWING
COMING HOME HOLIDAY ALE
2014 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2669
PREARIS
QUADROCINNO ALE WITH COFFEE
BEANS 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2670 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
DEATH VALLEY PALE
ALE
11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2671 SANTA FE
BREWING BLACK
IPA 11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2672 ALASKAN
BREWING OATMEAL
STOUT
11/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2673 TENAYA CREEK
BREWERY
MONSOON IPA 11/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2674 LEAVENWORTH
WHISTLING PIG HEFEWEIZEN 11/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2675 FISH BREWING FISH
TALE ORGANIC WILD SALMON PALE ALE 11/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2676 STILLWATER ARTISINAL
ALES
BRONTIDE 11/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2677 SANTA FE
BREWING IMPERIAL JAVA STOUT 11/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2678 ENEGREN BREWING
CZECH PILSNER WITH RIWAKA
HOPS 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2679 ENEGREN BREWING
PROTECTOR
IPA
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2680 ENEGREN BREWING
COURTRAI
SAISON 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2681 LAB
BREWING HOP SOLUTION 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2682 LAB
BREWING TAKE HER HOME
TRIPEL
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2683 LAB BREWING
BELGIAN BREAKFAST BROWN 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2684 LAB
BREWING AFTER MIDNIGHT
MOO
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2685 LAB
BREWING IMPERIAL
STOUT
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2686 ENEGREN BREWING
CAPTAIN'S SUMMER SESSION KOLSCH
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2687 AVERY
BREWING
DUGANA IMPERIAL
IPA
11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2688 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
WHITE EYE P.A. 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2689 MAMMOTH
BREWING BLONDIBOCK AGED IN BOURBON
BARRELS 11/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2690 HET
NEST
DEAD MAN'S HAND RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2691 BROUWERIJ 3
FONTEINEN OUDE
GEUZE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2692 BROUWERIJ 3
FONTEINEN
HOMMAGE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2693 THE
BRUERY WINEIFICATION
II 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2694 THE BRUERY
MASH & COCONUT 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2695 8
WIRED
BARREL AGED SMOKED IMPERIAL PORTER
(2011)
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2696 ANCHORAGE
/ JOLLY PUMPKIN
COLLABORATION
CALABAZA BOREAL (ANCHORAGE
VERSION) 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2697 ANCHORAGE
BREWING
TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE IMPERIAL
STOUT 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2698 BRASSERIE
CANTILLON FOU' FOUNE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2699 BRASSERIE
CANTILLON CLASSIC
GUEUZE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2700 HILL FARMSTEAD
BREWERY BROTHER
SOIGNE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2701 BRASSERIE DE
BLAUGIES
DARBYSTE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2702 OXBOW
BREWING
ABROREAL 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2703 BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN
MOORD & BRAND BOURBON BARREL AGED
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2704 SANTE ADAIRIUS
RUSTIC ALES SAISON
BERNICE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2705 CERVESA DEL
MONTSENY
NEGRA 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2706 CERVESA DEL
MONTSENY
MALTA
CUVEE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2707 NOGNE
O VIC
SECRET 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2708 TO
OL LIQUID CONFIDENTIAL 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2709 WEIRD BEARD BREW
CO.
BEARDED NURSE ARDBEG BARREL
AGED
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2710 BREW BY
NUMBERS 08/01 EXPORT STRENGTH
STOUT
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2711
BLUEJACKET BOURBON BARREL AGED FIGURE
8 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2712 BRASSERIE AU
BARON CUVEE DES
JONQUILLES
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2713 JESTER
KING BIERE DE MIEL 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2714 JESTER
KING LE PETIT
PRINCE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2715 JESTER
KING
SNORKEL
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2716 HILL FARMSTEAD
BREWERY ANNA SAISON
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2717 BAIRD
BREWING
WABI-SABI JAPAN PALE
ALE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2718 BAIRD
BREWING
RISING SUN PALE ALE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2719 HAIR OF THE
DOG
PANNEPOOCH
RESERVA
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2720 SHIGA
KOGEN MIYAMA
BLONDE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2721 MINOH STOUT
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2722
MIKKELLER BEER GEEK
DESSERT 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2723
BREWFIST
HEIMDALL GALAXIE SAISON 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2724
BREWFIST
SPAGHETTI WESTERN 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2725 DE STRUISE
BROUWERS
CUVEE
DELPHINE
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2726 PRAIRIE ARTISAN
ALES BOMB! 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2727 HANSON BROTHERS
MMMHOPS PALE ALE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2728 SIDE
PROJECT SAISON DU BLE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2729 THE
BRUERY BOTTLEWORKS
XII 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2730 JOLLY
PUMPKIN
FUEGO DEL OTONO 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2731 SIREN CRAFT
BREW ODYSSEY
001 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2732 MAGIC ROCK
BREWING
THE GREAT ALPHONSO 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2733 RENAISSANCE
BREWING
MPA 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2734 8
WIRED
CHARDONNAY BARREL AGED SAESON (2012) 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2735 JOLLY
PUMPKIN
PERSIMMONS SHIP 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2736 JOLLY
PUMPKIN
LA PARCELA 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2737 BROUWERIJ DE
RANKE GULDENBERG 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2738 BROUWERIJ DE
RANKE SAISON DE
DOTTIGNIES
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2739 BUXTON
BREWERY BOMBA GENERATION
4
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2740 BUXTON
BREWERY RED RASPBERRY
ALE 11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2741 BUXTON
BREWERY THE LIVING
END
11/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2742 FISH BREWING FISH
TALE ORGANIC AMBER ALE
11/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2743 DESCHUTES
BREWERY HOP
TRIP
11/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2744 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
MOJAVE RED 11/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2745 FISH BREWING
HODGSON'S BITTER END IPA 11/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2746 EVIL TWIN
BREWING CHRISTMAS EVE IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL
ROOM 11/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2747 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
PAY THE FERRYMAN PORTER 11/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2748 FLYING FISH
BREWING EXTRA PALE
ALE
11/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2749 RUBY MOUNTAIN
BREWING BRISTLECONE BROWN PORTER
11/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2750 LAUGHING DOG
BREWING SNEAKY PETE IMPERIAL
IPA 11/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2751 KING HARBOR
BREWING
POST SEASON IMPERIAL IPA 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2752 KNEE DEEP
BREWING AVIATOR IPA 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2753 GOLDEN ROAD
MIGHT AS WELL IPL 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2754 ALESMITH BREWING
WINTER YULESMITH
11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2755 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
CHILI DEVIL 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2756 SANTA FE
BREWING HAPPY CAMPER
IPA 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2757 TOMMYKNOCKER
BREWERY IMPERIAL NUT BROWN
ALE 11/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2758 GREEN FLASH
BREWING
CEDAR PLANK PALE
ALE
11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2759 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. RACER X DOUBLE IPA 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2760 STONE
BREWING
SOUTHERN CHARRED
2014 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2761 BRASSERIE DIEU DU
CIEL
PECHE MORTEL 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2762 SLEEPY DOG
BREWING WET SNOUT MILK
STOUT
11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2763 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
SAISON HARVEST ALE 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2764 HOP CITY
BREWING HOPBOT
IPA 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2765 BROOKLYN
BREWERY OKTOBERFEST 11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2766 MENDOCINO
BREWING
OATMEAL
STOUT
11/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2767
GOLDEN ROAD I'LL HAVE ANOTHER
STOUT 11/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2768
GOLDEN ROAD SURFLINER DOUBLE
IPA
11/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2769
GOLDEN ROAD BATCH 1000 BLACK
LAGER
11/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2770 RIO GRANDE OUTLAW
LAGER
11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2771 DESCHUTES
BREWERY CINDER CONE
RED 11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2772 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
BLACKOUT STOUT
11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2773 JOSEPH JAMES
BREWING
CITRA RYE PALE
ALE 11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2774 BROOKLYN
BREWERY EAST INDIA
PALE ALE 11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2775 PAYETTE
BREWING OUTLAW
IPA 11/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2776 STONE
BREWING
MATTZEN
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2777 STONE
BREWING
RUINATION IPA WITH HABANERO
PEPPERS 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2778 BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY
PUMPKIN ALE 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2779 ROUGH DRAFT
BREWING
BELGIAN VANILLA
STOUT
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2780 HESS BREWING
GRAZIAS CREAM ALE 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2781 PORT
BREWING
BOARD MEETING BROWN ALE 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2782 OHANA
BREWING #HASHTAG
HOPS
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2783 ROGUE
ALES HAZELNUT BROWN
NECTAR 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2784 THREE
WEAVERS
DEEP ROOTS
ESB
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2785 SANTA FE
BREWING OKTOBERFEST 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2786 CISMONTANE
BREWING
COULTER IPA 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2787 SIX RIVERS
BREWERY SASQUATCH DOUBLE
IPA
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2788 CISMONTANE
BREWING
DEAD SANTA (2014) 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2789 KNEE DEEP
BREWING THINK TWICE TRIPLE
IPA
11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2790 CRAFTSMAN BREWING
EDGAR'S ALE 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2791 RED STRIPE BREWING
RED STRIPE JAMAICAN LAGER 11/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2792 DEVIL'S CANYON
BREWING DEADICATED AMBER
ALE
11/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2793 SIX RIVERS
BREWERY
IPA 11/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2794 ALASKAN
BREWING WINTER
ALE 11/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2795 21ST AMENDMENT
BREWERY FIRESIDE CHAT WINTER SPICED
ALE 11/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2796 NEW BELGIUM
BREWING
ACCUMULATION WHITE IPA 11/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2797 BEER VALLEY
BREWING LEAFER MADNESS IMPERIAL PALE ALE 11/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2798 HOPPY BREWING
COMPANY TOTAL ECLIPSE BLACK
ALE 11/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2799 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
ST. CITRA
11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2800 IRONFIRE
BREWING 51/50
IPA
11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2801 STONE
BREWING
LUKCY BASARTD ALE 11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2802 STONE
BREWING
SUBLIMELY SELF-RIGHTEOUS BLACK
IPA
11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2803 IRONFIRE
BREWING BOOT HILL KILLER
STOUT
11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2804 FISH BREWING
VICIOUS CIRCLE AMBER ALE 11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2805 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING BLOOD ORANGE GOSE 11/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2806 BROUWERIJ VAN
HONSEBROUCK
KASTEEL CUVEE DU CHATEAU
QUADRUPEL 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2807 BROUWERIJ VAN
HONSEBROUCK
KASTEEL
WINTER
11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2808 BROUWERIJ VAN
STEENBERGE BIERE DU BOUCANIER CHRISTMAS ALE 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2809 BRASSERIE DE
SILENRIEUX NOEL DE
SILENRIEUX 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2810 BROUWERIJ DE
MUSKETIERS TROUBADOR MAGMA TRIPEL YEAST
(BRETT) 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2811 PABST
BREWING
LONE STAR
BEER
11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2812 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
AMNESIA IPA 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2813 RIO GRANDE
IPA 11/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2814 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
LOBOTOMY BOCK
11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2815 INDIAN WELLS
BREWING
MOJAVE GOLD 11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2816 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 12.05.14 IPA 11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2817 FISH BREWING BEYOND
THE PALE 11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2818 LEAVENWORTH
BOULDER BEND
DUNKELWEIZEN
11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2819 21ST AMENDMENT
BREWERY HELL OR HIGH WATERMELON
11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2820 LASSEN ALE
WORKS UPTOWN
BROWN 11/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2821
GOLDEN ROAD DOES IT COME IN PINK?
GOSE 11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2822 GOLDEN ROAD
SAISON
PAMPLEMOUSSE
11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2823 BIG DOG'S
BREWING RED HYDRANT
ALE 11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2824 SIX RIVERS
BREWERY CHILI PEPPER SPICY ALE 11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2825 LASSEN ALE
WORKS VOLCANIC DOUBLE IPA 11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2826 SANTA FE
BREWING CHICKEN KILLER BARLEY
WINE 11/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2827 CLAYTON
BREWING MT. BALDY
BLONDE 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2828 CLAYTON
BREWING BROTHER PAUL'S AMBER
ALE 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2829 CLAYTON
BREWING WEIZENHEIMER
WHEAT
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2830 CLAYTON
BREWING PUDDINGSTONE PALE
ALE 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2831 WARSTEINER
PREMIUM
OKTOBERFEST
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2832 ALLAGASH
BREWING TRIPEL 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2833 CLAYTON
BREWING HOP STOMPIN
IPA 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2834 LA VERNE
BREWING DEVIL'S CUT SCOTCH
ALE
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2835 LA VERNE
BREWING B STREET PINEAPPLE
BLONDE 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2836 LA VERNE
BREWING HERITAGE
PUMPKIN 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2837 LA VERNE
BREWING PALOMARES PALE ALE
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2838 LA VERNE
BREWING LORDSBURG DOUBLE
IPA
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2839 LA VERNE
BREWING OLD FLATHEAD OATMEAL
STOUT
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2840 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY
STIMULUS 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2841 EAGLE ROCK
BREWERY
JUBILEE
11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2842 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE PUMPKIN SPICED
BRAVADO 11/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2843 ALL AMERICAN BEER
CO.
AMERICAN PATRIOT LIGHT
11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2844 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY SOCIAL
IPA 11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2845 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY
MARILYN
11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2846 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY POMEGRANATE
SAISON
11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2847 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY FOR THE SAKE OF ALE 11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2848 ANGEL CITY
BREWERY GOLD LINE
PILSNER 11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2849 CONGREGATION ALE
HOUSE PRAISE THE SAISON
11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2850 NOBLE ALE
WORKS ENGLISH 201
(NITRO) 11/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2851 HOUSE BREWING CO.
HOUSE BEER 11/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2852 BROOKLYN
BREWERY BROWN ALE
11/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2853 PIZENSKY
PRAZDROJ PILSNER
URQUELL 11/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2854 TOMMYKNOCKER
BREWERY MAPLE NUT BROWN
ALE
11/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2855 GREAT
BASIN
BREWING
BITCHIN' BERRY 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2856 PIKE BREWING
COMPANY HARLOT'S
HARVEST PUMPKIN ALE
11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2857 STONE
BREWING
LIBERTY STATION
ASHY STACHE 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2858 STONE
BREWING
THE LUPULIN LOOP: JARRYLO 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2859 STONE
BREWING
DOUBLE BASTARD ALE (2014) 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2860 STONE
BREWING
ENJOY BY 12.26.14 IPA 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2861 HOPPY BREWING
COMPANY HOPPY FACE AMBER
ALE
11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2862
JOSEPHSBRAU HELLER BOCK 11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2863
JOSEPHSBRAU
DUNKELWEIZEN
11/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2864 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. CORONA
LIGHT 11/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2865 AVERY
BREWING
BLACK EYE IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN RUM
BARRELS 11/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2866 SIMPLER TIMES
BREWING
SIMPLER TIMES
PILSNER
11/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2867 STEINHAUS
BREWING FAT WEASEL
ALE
11/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2868 SIERRA BLANCA
BREWING SIERRA
BLANCA NUT BROWN 11/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2869
JOSEPHSBRAU PLZNR CZECH STYLE
LAGER 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2870
JOSEPHSBRAU VIENNA
STYLE LAGER 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2871 CLUB JONO HOMEBREW
(La Quinta, CA)
FEROCIOUS FELINE IPA 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2872 BEER VALLEY
BREWING OWYHEE
AMBER
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2873 GOOSE ISLAND
BOURBON COUNTY
BRAND STOUT
(2014)
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2874 DOGFISH HEAD 120
MINUTE IPA (2014) 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2875 HANGAR
24 BARREL ROLL NO. 8 - FALLING
LEAF 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2876 SANTAN
BREWING SEX PANTHER
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE PORTER 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2877 ANCHOR
BREWING MERRY CHRISTMAS &
HAPPY NEW YEAR (OUR SPECIAL ALE)
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2878 MOYLAN'S
BREWERY WHITE CHRISTMAS SPICED WINTER
LAGER 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2879 MOONLIGHT BREWING
TWO WEEKS NOTICE HERBAL
ALE
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2880 MOONLIGHT BREWING
TWIST OF FATE AMBER ALE 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2881 NOBLE ALE
WORKS INTELLIGIBILITY
DARK MILD
ALE
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2882 MACLEOD ALE
BREWING
YANKEE MICK'S AMERICAN BROWN
ALE
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2883 EPIC BREWING
BIG BAD BAPTIST BOURBON BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT W/ COFFEE & CACAO
NIBS
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2884 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
OAK AGED YETI 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2885 NINKASI
BREWING BELIEVER DOUBLE
RED ALE 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2886 TELEGRAPH
BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED
SAISON
11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2887 PROGRESS
BREWING GUERA 11/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2888 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE HOP PROJECT:
07270 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2889 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY HAM
PORTER 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2890
ANHEUSER-BUSCH O'DOUL'S
PREMIUM 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2891 SAMUEL
ADAMS
BOSTON
LAGER
11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2892
JOSEPHSBRAU BOHEMIAN
LAGER 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2893
JOSEPHSBRAU WINTERBREW 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2894 MAMMOTH
BREWING TUOLUMNE MEADOWS
IPA 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2895 MCAUSLAN
BREWING ST. AMBROISE OATMEAL
STOUT
11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2896 NORTH PEAK
BREWING HELLION MIDWEST INDIA
PALE ALE 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2897 CUCAPA
BREWING CHUPACABRAS PALE
ALE
11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2898 AVERY
BREWING
OLD JUBILATION ALE 11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2899 MODERN
TIMES
MONSTERS' PARK IMPERIAL STOUT
11/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2900 BRASSERIE
LEFEBVRE BLANCHE DE
BRUXELLES
11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2901 JOSEPH JAMES BREWING
PRO AM SAISON 2014 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2902 SAMUEL
SMITH
ORGANIC APRICOT 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2903 BROUWERIJ
GIRARDIN GUEUZE GIRARDIN
1882
11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2904 CALDERA
BREWING GINGER
BEER 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2905 THE
BRUERY WHITE CHOCOLATE
(2012) 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2906 TAHOE MOUNTAIN
BREWING PROVISIONS RUSTIC MULTI-GRAIN
SAISON 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2907 GIGANTIC
BREWING INTENSIFY BELGIAN STYLE INDIA PALE
ALE 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2908 ABITA
BREWING
IMPERATOR BLACK IPA 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2909 SPOETZL
BREWERY SHINER WHITE
WING 11/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2910 SKA
BREWING EUPHORIA PALE ALE
12/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2911 ABITA
BREWING
OCTOBERFEST 12/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2912 SPOETZL
BREWERY SHINER BOHEMIAN
BLACK LAGER
12/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2913 MALKA DRY
STOUT 12/1/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2914 ABIGAILE
BREWERY GOLDEN RATIO 12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2915 KNEE DEEP
BREWING HOPTOLOGIST
DIPA 12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2916 SHIPYARD
BREWING EXPORT
ALE 12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2917 NEW BELGIUM / ELYSIAN
COLLABORATION TRIP SERIES XVI -
SEATTLE FARMHOUSE RYE
ALE
12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2918 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
OLD BROWN DOG ALE 12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2919 BIG SKY BREWING
IVAN THE TERRIBLE IMPERIAL STOUT 12/2/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2920 DRAKE'S
BREWING AROMA PRIETA
IPA 12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2921 DRAKE'S
BREWING PUNGENT PUMPKIN
SOUR 12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2922 DRAKE'S
BREWING BARREL HOUSE ROLL
SOUR 12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2923
UNIBROUE
MAUDITE
12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2924 DESCHUTES
BREWERY
JUBELALE
12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2925 BRAUEREI GEBRUDER
MAISEL MAISEL'S WEISSE
12/3/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2926 SUDWERK
BREWING 3 BEST FRIENDS COFFEE VANILLA
LAGER
12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2927
MIKKELLER HOPPY LOVIN'
CHRISTMAS 12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2928
MIKKELLER
SPONTANREDCURRANT
12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2929 ALMANAC
TEQUILA BARREL
NOIR 12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2930 EPIC BREWING
COPPER CONE PALE
ALE
12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2931 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
HIBERNATION ALE
12/4/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2932 GIGANTIC
BREWING GINORMOUS 12/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2933 BEER VALLEY
BREWING BLACK FLAG IMPERIAL STOUT 12/5/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2934
URBN ST.
BREWING JUMBO DOUBLE
IPA 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2935
URBN ST.
BREWING CAFECITO TRIPLE
BROWN 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2936
URBN ST.
BREWING BRAVECORT IRISH DRY
STOUT 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2937
URBN ST.
BREWING HYPOCRITE BELGIAN
IPA
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2938
URBN ST.
BREWING
SAISON
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2939
URBN ST.
BREWING
XPA 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2940
URBN ST.
BREWING
IPA 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2941
URBN ST.
BREWING BROWN
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2942
URBN ST.
BREWING AUTMN
AMBER
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2943 BUTCHER'S
BREWING PRIME
IPA 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2944 BUTCHER'S
BREWING FREE RANGE
IPA
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2945 BUTCHER'S
BREWING THE OLD SOW 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2946 BUTCHER'S
BREWING STANDARD BLACK IPA 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2947 BUTCHER'S
BREWING HUBBA BUBBA
HEFEWEIZEN 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2948 BUTCHER'S
BREWING CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
STOUT 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2949 BUTCHER'S
BREWING CENTER CUT
RAUCHBIER
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2950 BUTCHER'S
BREWING CREAM
ALE 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2951 BUTCHER'S
BREWING BEWITCHED WITH FENNEL AND
CORIANDER 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2952 BUTCHER'S
BREWING IRONHIDE ESB 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2953 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES ENLIGHTENMINT CHOCOLATE
PEPPERMINT STOUT 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2954 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES ENLIGHTENMINT STOUT WITH COFFEE
ON
NITRO
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2955 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES ENLIGHTENMINT STOUT WITH
CINNAMON ROASTED PECANS 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2956 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES ENLIGHTENMINT STOUT WITH WHITE
CHOCOLATE 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2957 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES ENLIGHTENMINT STOUT WITH BOURBON
SOAKED OAK 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2958 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES WHERE THERE'S
SMOKE
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2959 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES DANGER RANGER IMPERIAL
RED
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2960 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES WITCH'S HAIR
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2961 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES PROSPECT
PALE
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2962 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES NORTHERN BROWN PILOT
BATCH 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2963 TWISTED MANZANITA
ALES CREAM ALE PILOT
BATCH
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2964 BNS
BREWING SALOON GIRL SAISON 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2965 BNS
BREWING GATLING GUN IMPERIAL
STOUT
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2966 BNS
BREWING OLE PROSPECTOR RED 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2967 BNS
BREWING LAWMAKER
IPA
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2968 BNS
BREWING MA DEUCE DOUBLE
IPA
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2969 BNS
BREWING GUNFIGHTER GOLDEN
ALE 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2970 BNS
BREWING FLINTLOCK PALE ALE
12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2971 BNS
BREWING MODEL 1859 MARZEN 12/6/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2972 32 NORTH
BREWING LANDFALL BERLINER
WEISSE 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2973 32 NORTH
BREWING PENNANT PALE
ALE 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2974 32 NORTH
BREWING NAUTICAL MILE
IPA 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2975 32 NORTH
BREWING FLY BY NIGHT MILK
STOUT 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2976 32 NORTH
BREWING BLACKBERRY BERLINER WEISSE
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2977 32 NORTH
BREWING TOASTED COCONUT ENGLISH
MILD 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2978 32 NORTH
BREWING PEANUT BUTTER CUP
PORTER 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2979 32 NORTH
BREWING RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2980 32 NORTH
BREWING GINGER
SAISON
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2981 LEGACY
BREWING IRON WHARF
LAGER 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2982 LEGACY
BREWING SEDITION
PALE 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2983 LEGACY
BREWING
OKTOBERFEST 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2984 LEGACY
BREWING
SLEIGHWRECK 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2985 LEGACY
BREWING FOUNDING
FATHERS NUT BROWN 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2986 LEGACY
BREWING SONS OF LIBERTY
PORTER
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2987 LEGACY
BREWING RASPBERRY PORTER
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2988 LEGACY
BREWING DAILY
STOUT 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2989 LEGACY
BREWING UDDERLESS
MILK
STOUT
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2990 LEGACY
BREWING CLAN ROSS
SCOTCH
ALE
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2991 LEGACY
BREWING CZARFACE
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2992 LEGACY
BREWING HOP OFF 76
IPA
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2993 LEGACY
BREWING HELLFIRE
IPA 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2994 THE
BRUERY
BIERBARA
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2995 THE
BRUERY 7 SWANS A
SWIMMING
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2996 THE
BRUERY MELANGE #1
(2014) 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2997 THE
BRUERY MASH 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2998 THE
BRUERY SO HAPPENS IT'S TUESDAY WITH CACAO
AND RAISIN 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2999 THE
BRUERY COFFEE SMOKING
WOOD 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3000 THE
BRUERY MOLE SMOKING
WOOD
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3001 THE
BRUERY SUCRE
RYE
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3002 THE
BRUERY MELANGE #3
(2014) 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3003 THE
BRUERY BLUEBERRY SMOKING
WOOD 12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3004 GOLDEN VALLEY
BREWERY RED THISTLE
ALE
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3005 GRUPO MODELO S.A. DE
C.V. NEGRA
MODELO
12/7/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3006 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
BIG A
IPA
12/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3007 DE STRUISE
BROUWERS
BLACK ALBERT 12/8/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3008 DEVIL'S CANYON
BREWING FULL BOAR SCOTCH
ALE
12/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3009 DRAKE'S
BREWING BLACK ROBUSTO
PORTER
12/9/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3010 WICKS
BREWING
FARMER'S TOIL CITRUS WHEAT 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3011 WICKS
BREWING
THE SQUIRE CREAM
ALE
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3012 WICKS
BREWING
BELGIAN
DUBBEL
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3013 WICKS
BREWING
MORNING STAR COFFEE OAT STOUT 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3014 WICKS
BREWING
RED MONK BELGIAN
RED
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3015 WICKS
BREWING
AUTUMN SPICE SEASONAL ALE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3016 WICKS
BREWING
BLACK KNIGHT IMPERIAL
PORTER
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3017 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY AMERICAN LIGHT
LAGER
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3018 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY GERMAN
LAGER
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3019 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY
MARZEN
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3020 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY PUMPKIN ALE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3021 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY
IPA 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3022 INLAND EMPIRE
BREWING COMPANY VICTORIA STRONG ALE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3023 PACKINGHOUSE
BREWING COFFEE BLONDE
WITH LIFT COFFEE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3024 PACKINGHOUSE
BREWING BELL TOWER BLONDE
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3025 PACKINGHOUSE
BREWING RILEY'S IRISH
RED
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3026 PACKINGHOUSE BREWING
BLACK BEAUTY CREAM STOUT 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3027 PACKINGHOUSE
BREWING PACKINGHOUSE
IPA 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3028 PACKINGHOUSE
BREWING OMEGA DOUBLE
IPA 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3029
FERMATRIX LUCKY
99
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3030 SEVEN
BRETHREN
IMPERIAL AUTUMN PORTER 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3031 SEVEN
BRETHREN
PEANUT BUTTER
PORTER
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3032 SEVEN
BRETHREN
TAMARIND WALOON
ALE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3033 SEVEN
BRETHREN NO
PIE PUMPKIN RYE
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3034 POLYMATH
BREWING CALVIN AND HOPPES
IPA
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3035 POLYMATH
BREWING FOUR HORSEMEN BELGIAN
QUAD 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3036 POLYMATH
BREWING TORRID AUTUMN
SAISON 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3037 POLYMATH
BREWING CRAZY TRAIN BELGIAN
IPA 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3038 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE ALL OUR
YESTERDAYS 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3039 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE ALL OUR TOMORROWS 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3040 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE TORQUEMADAS RIVAL
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3041 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE RAISIN
HELL 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3042 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE SMOOTH HOPERATOR
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3043 DELICIOUS
SCIENCE
STOUTSTANDING
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3044 I & I
BREWING BLACK RYE
IPA 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3045 I & I
BREWING WHEAT DOUBLE IPA
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3046 I & I
BREWING EXTRA STOUT 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3047 I & I
BREWING STRONG ALE 12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3048 I & I
BREWING PEKOE TEA PALE ALE
12/10/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3049 NORTH PEAK
BREWING VICIOUS AMERICAN WHEAT
IPA
12/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3050 SMUTTYNOSE
BREWING
S'MUTTONATOR DOPPELBOCK 12/11/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3051 CLUB JONO HOMEBREW
(La Quinta, CA)
PUMPKIN IPA 12/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3052 DRAKE'S
BREWING JOLLY RODGER
IMPERIAL COFFEE STOUT (2014) 12/12/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3053 GOOSE ISLAND
FESTIVITY ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3054 KNEE DEEP
BREWING MIDNIGHT HOPPYNESS BLACK
IPA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3055 VALIANT
BREWING FIRST FLIGHT STRONG ALE
BARREL AGED
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3056 VALIANT / BLACK
MARKET COLLABORATION CHERNYY MEDVED RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT WITH CHERRY, VANILLA &
SMOKE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3057 NOBLE ALE
WORKS KRAMPUS SPICED
ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3058 GREAT DIVIDE
BREWING
PEACH GRAND CRU 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3059 TUSTIN
BREWING
BLIZZARD OF OZ BARLEY WINE WITH SPICES ON CASK 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3060 STONE
BREWING
STOCHASTICITY PROJECT: MASTER OF DISGUISE IMPERIAL GOLDEN
STOUT 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3061 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
YULE THAI'D CAROL 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3062 BLACK MARKET
BREWING HOLIDAY
TRIPLE BLACK RYE
IPA (2014) 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3063 BEACH CITY
BREWERY SEASONAL HOLIDAY
BELGIAN QUAD 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3064 BLACK MARKET
BREWING EMBARGO
IMPERIAL BROWN BARREL AGED 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3065 THE GOOD BEER
COMPANY STOUT DE OLLA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3066 BARLEY FORGE
BREWING
THE ORANGE CURTAIN
IPA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3067 EINSTOK
OLGERD
ICELANDIC
DOPPELBOCK
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3068 HANGAR
24 BARREL ROLL NO. 3 - PUGACHEV'S
COBRA
(2014)
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3069 SHMALTZ
BREWING HE'BREW HOP MANNA DRY HOPPED
IPA
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3070 SHMALTZ
BREWING HANUKKAH, CHANUKAH PASS THE
BEER DARK ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3071 VICTORY
BREWING WINTER CHEERS WHEAT
ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3072 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
CAFFE DELLA VITA
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3073 MONKISH BREWING
CO.
MAGNIFICAT (2014) 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3074 FOUR SONS
BREWING SMOKEY AND THE
BREWER 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3075 MISSION
BREWERY HOLIDAY
ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3076 LEFT COAST
BREWING THE WEDGE BLACK IPA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3077 RITUAL
BREWING LOVE
AND
MALT
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3078 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
RYE
AXIS
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3079 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
LECHE MOLE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3080 BELCHING
BEAVER NUTTY BUDDY
BROWN 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3081 NEWPORT BEACH
BREWING I GOT WOOD BARREL AGED DOUBLE
IPA
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3082 NEWPORT BEACH
BREWING DEAD COWBOY IMPERIAL
STOUT
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3083 OLD ORANGE
BREWING
SNUG HARBOR
PORTER
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3084 OLD ORANGE
BREWING
RUMPLESTILTSKIN RED 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3085 FOUR SONS
BREWING UP ON THE ROOFTOP
DOPPLEBOCK 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3086 VALIANT
BREWING UNORTHODOX RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3087 PIZZA PORT
BREWING MINTIMIDATOR IMPERIAL MINT CHOCOLATE
STOUT 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3088 BOOTLEGGER'S
BREWERY
BLACK STRAP PORTER 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3089 TUSTIN / MAIN STREET
COLLABORATION
THE LION RAMPANT SCOTTISH
ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3090 SAINT ARCHER
BREWING
IPA WITH MOSAIC AND SIMCOE ON
CASK 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3091 SAINT ARCHER
BREWING
COFFEE
BROWN
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3092 HOPARAZZI
BREWING SOUR PRICK WITH PRICKLY PEAR
CACTUS
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3093 BOTTLE LOGIC
BREWING
DARKSTAR NOVEMBER BOURBON BARREL
AGED
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3094 RITUAL
BREWING
SINGLE RYE IPA
WITH CENTENNIAL 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3095 BARLEY FORGE
BREWING
THE BLACK DAHLIA BELGIAN STYLE DARK ALE 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3096 BARLEY FORGE
BREWING
ONE LOUDER IMPERIAL IPA
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3097 BARLEY FORGE
BREWING
FUSTY PUCKETT CHRISTMAS
ALE
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3098 AVERY
BREWING
THE CZAR IMPERIAL STOUT
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3099 BELCHING
BEAVER TURN DOWN FOR
WIT 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3100 THE GOOD BEER
COMPANY SAISON
TRES 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3101 BEACH CITY
BREWERY LET IT GO, LET IT GO RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3102 BEACHWOOD BREWING
HOP JITSU WEST COAST IPA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3103 NOBLE ALE
WORKS I LOVE IT!
IPA 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3104 LEFT COAST
BREWING ALE EPETEIOS BOURBON BARREL AGED IMPERIAL
STOUT
12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3105 KIRIN
BREWERY
KIRIN
LIGHT 12/13/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3106 BRAVERY
BREWING VALIDUS SESSION
IPA 12/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3107 THREE
WEAVERS
HOUNSLOW PORTER 12/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3108 CORONADO BREWING STUPID STOUT
12/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3109 BOULDER BEER
COMPANY KILLER
PENGUIN BARLEYWINE 12/14/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3110 ANCHOR
BREWING WINTER
WHEAT
12/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3111 BEAR REPUBLIC
BREWING CO. GRAND AM AMERICAN PALE ALE
12/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3112 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
STANDARD CRUDE IMPERIAL STOUT 12/15/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3113
RINKUSKIAI CRAZY BREWSKI IMPERIAL
PILSNER 12/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3114 DARWIN
BREWERY ORIGINAL FLAG
PORTER
12/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3115
UNIBROUE TROIS
PISTOLES
12/16/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3116 ALASKAN
BREWING SMOKED PORTER
(2013)
12/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3117 VICTORY
BREWING MOONGLOW
WEIZENBOCK 12/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3118 ANDERSON VALLEY
BREWING WINTER
SOLSTICE
12/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3119 ROGUE
ALES YELLOW SNOW
IPA 12/17/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3120
RUHSTALLER OLD SOUL THE SAUCE
12/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3121
RINKUSKIAI
WEREWOLF 12/18/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3122 MOUNTAIN GOAT
BEER
AUSTRALIAN PALE ALE 12/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3123 SALOPIAN
BREWERY ENTIRE BUTT ENGLISH PORTER
12/19/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3124 STONE
BREWING
SMOKED PORTER WITH VANILLA BEAN 12/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3125 LAGUNITAS
BREWING LITTLE SUMPIN' WILD
ALE 12/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3126
RUHSTALLER ENGLISH STYLE CALIFORNIA BARLEY
WINE 12/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3127 EL SEGUNDO BREWING
SMOKY HOLLOW SCOTCH ALE 12/20/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3128 BIERBROUWERIJ DE
KONINGSHOEVEN LA TRAPPE
QUADRUPEL
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3129 KINETIC BREWING
VELOCITY
STOUT
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3130 PORT
BREWING
SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER BOURBON BARREL
AGED
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3131 RITUAL
BREWING JAVA
DELUXE WITH
COLOMBIAN
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3132 DOUBLE MOUNTAIN
VAPORIZER PALE ALE 12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3133 CRAFTSMAN BREWING HOLIDAY ALE 12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3134 LADYFACE
ALEHOUSE BLUE-BELLY
BARLEYWINE
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3135 ALLAGASH
BREWING INTERLUDE WITH
BRETT
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3136 GOOSE ISLAND
BOURBON COUNTY
BRAND
BARLEYWINE
12/21/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3137 NEWCASTLE
BROWN ALE 12/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3138 BAKOFSKY, HARKINS
& DODGE HOMEBREW (Highland Park,
CA)
DOLEMITE IMPERIAL
SCHWARZBIER
12/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3139 LEE BAKOFSKY
HOMEBREW (Highland Park, CA) GERMAN
PILSNER 12/22/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3140 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
TRADER JOSE LIGHT 12/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3141 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
TRADER JOSE
PREMIUM
12/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3142 CERVECERIA
MEXICANA
TRADER JOSE DARK 12/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3143 BIG SKY
BREWING BOBO'S
ROBUST
PORTER
12/23/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3144
UNIBROUE TRADER JOE'S
PROVIDENTIAL BELGIAN STYLE GOLDEN
ALE 12/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3145 SAMUEL
ADAMS
WINTER LAGER 12/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3146 SAMUEL
SMITH
WINTER WELCOME ALE 12/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3147 ROGUE
ALES SANTA'S PRIVATE RESERVE ALE 12/24/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3148 STRANGEWAYS
CORDELIA WYRD SISTERS TRIPEL
12/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3149 NORTH COAST
BREWING COMPANY BARREL AGED OLD RASPUTIN
XVI
12/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3150 GLAZEN TOREN SAISON
D'ERPE-MERE 12/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3151 HARDYWOOD PARK
BOURBON CRU (2012) 12/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3152 SPATEN
OPTIMATOR 12/25/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3153 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NOONER
PILSNER
12/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3154 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
OLD CHICO BROWN
ALE
12/26/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3155 NEW BELGIUM / ALPINE
COLLABORATION SUPER
INDIA
PALE ALE 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3156 SUDWERK
BREWING CASCADERADE
IPL 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3157 LAGUNITAS
BREWING FUSION 25 - SW
FUSION
12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3158 BROUWERIJ
SLAAPMUTSKE FLEMISH OLD
STYLE 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3159 DOGFISH HEAD WORLD
WIDE STOUT 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3160 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
OLIVA ABBEY
TRIPEL 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3161 NINKASI / DEVIL'S
BACKBONE
COLLABORATION
THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO OREGON
12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3162 HERETIC
BREWING
TORMENT 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3163 WILDCARD
BREWING SHOT IN THE DARK OATMEAL
PORTER 12/27/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3164 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
DRAUGHT-STYLE PALE
ALE 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3165 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
HARVEST WET & WILD CLUSTER
IPA 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3166 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
OLIVA ABBEY QUAD WITH
PLUMS
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3167 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BOOMERANG
IPA 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3168 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
STOUT 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3169 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
HARVEST WILD HOP IPA -
NEOMEXICANUS
HOPS
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3170 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HARVEST
WET HOP ALE
(2014)
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3171 OUT OF BOUNDS
BREWING RAIL RIDER BLACK
IPA 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3172 OUT OF BOUNDS
BREWING THE PROPHET OAK-AGED
STOUT
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3173 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
SIDE CAR
AMBER
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3174 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BLIZZICANE BOCK
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3175 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BEST
BITTER 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3176 BERRYESSA
BREWING
WHIPPERSNAPPER 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3177 ALMANAC
IMPERIAL CHOCOLATE
STOUT 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3178 EVIL TWIN
BREWING FEMME FATALE
SUDACHI
12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3179 OFF COLOR
BREWING BIERE DE GUARDE DOG 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3180 FACTION
BREWING 2 HOP
PALE 12/28/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3181 LODI BEER COMPANY
BARLEYWINE 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3182 LODI BEER COMPANY
BOURBON BARREL AGED BARLEYWINE 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3183 LODI
BEER COMPANY RYE
WHISKEY BARREL AGED
BARLEYWINE
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3184 LODI
BEER COMPANY LODI
LITE
LAGER
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3185 LODI BEER COMPANY
UMNA HEFEWEIZEN 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3186 LODI BEER
COMPANY GILT EDGE MAERZEN
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3187 LODI BEER
COMPANY BROWN ALE
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3188 LODI BEER COMPANY
HELLES IPA 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3189 LODI BEER
COMPANY TART CHERRY WHEAT 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3190 LODI BEER COMPANY
PLOWSHEAR PORTER 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3191 HOFBRAUHAUS
WOLTERS
PETER'S BRAND
CLASSICS
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3192 HOFBRAUHAUS
WOLTERS
ORANJEBOOM 12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3193 FULL SAIL
BREWING BOCK
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3194 BIG CITY
BREWING JAMAICA
STOUT
12/29/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3195 KING HARBOR
BREWING
THE QUEST HUELL
MELON
12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3196 GOLDEN ROAD
MARLEYWINE 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3197
GOLDEN ROAD HUDSON
IMPERIAL RYE
PORTER BOURBON BARREL
AGED 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3198 GOLDEN ROAD HUDSON
IMPERIAL RYE
PORTER RUM BARREL AGED 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3199 KINETIC
BREWING PARADOX
BELGIAN STRONG 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3200 KINETIC
BREWING HOPS ANGELES
IPA 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3201 TELEGRAPH
BREWING AMERICAN IPA 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3202 TIOGA-SEQUOIA
BREWING JOAQUIN MURRIETA CHILE PEPPER
BEER
12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3203 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY SPECIAL MOVES
WINTER SAISON
12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3204 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY NEON
IPA 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3205 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY HELLO, LA
IPA 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3206 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY GRIFFITH
J. GRIFFITH
12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3207 HIGHLAND PARK
BREWERY
TINY-SHAPE 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3208 HIGHLAND
PARK BREWERY NEW
WAVE 12/30/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3209 SCHNEIDER
WEISSE WIESEN EDEL-WEISSE
ALE 12/31/14</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
3210
UNIBROUE TRADER JOE'S
2014 VINTAGE
ALE
12/31/14</div>
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3211 SIERRA NEVADA BREWING
BARREL AGED MAPLE STOUT
(2014) 12/31/14</div>
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3212 THE
BRUERY SOUR IN THE RYE WITH KUMQUATS AGED IN OAK
(2013)
12/31/14</div>
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3213 FIRESTONE
WALKER XVIII ANNIVERSARY ALE
12/31/14</div>
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FLOYDS HORNY FOR
BLOOD 12/31/14</span><br />
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-92006409249322297122014-11-20T23:03:00.000-08:002014-11-21T06:18:46.428-08:00Beer #2514-2813 / Day #294-324: The End Is Near!<b><i>THE END IS NEAR! </i></b><br />
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It conjures images of the local nutjob standing on the
corner of a busy intersection with a massive painted sign, emphatically yelling
gibberish, jabbing his finger in the air in the direction of all passersby. </div>
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After 11 months of this self-imposed unique beer quest, I’m
not too far off from falling into the category of Local Nutjob myself. </div>
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Am I the crazy one, pushing forward aggressively to end the
year with a bang? Or is Chris Wilder even more of an unadulterated loon…
my last remaining competitor, aware he’s roughly 450 behind me but still
refusing to yield, constantly rising like Michael Myers in “Halloween”, the
antagonistic spectre who insists on taking me down despite the odds?</div>
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Regardless of lunacy levels, real or perceived, I can’t wait
for this year to be over. Not because I’m sick of beer. Quite the
opposite. I actually love beer more than ever. Most of all, I
simply miss choice itself. That mindset that I’m going to pick whatever I
want to drink and just stick with it all day. Or all week. Or all year. Hell, maybe in 2015 I’ll only drink growlers of <b>Eagle Rock
Populist</b>. </div>
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Next year I’m positively drinking way less. First, for
obvious health reasons. My diet is better than ever this year, and I’m
averaging 10 lbs lighter than last year. If I stop drinking for a while,
or at least cutting back, I’ll easily drop another 5-10. Plus, 2015 is
going to be a financial challenge overall, so after exhausting my 2014 beer
nest egg, I’m focusing on drinking less in general. Even though good beer
can still be had at a cheap price, the continuum of consumption adds up. </div>
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I find myself pouring more lousy single bottles down the
drain these days. My tolerance for substandard beers has lessened.
I’m way less likely to nurse a weak lager these days, in comparison to 11
months ago. If it’s genuinely bad, and shows no promise of improving
(like a dark beer that may be tastier when it’s closer to room temp), then I’m
not forcing myself to consume the whole thing. I’d rather save the
calories for a genuinely great, or at least decent beer. And I’d prefer not
to subject my taste buds to unwarranted punishment.</div>
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Finding unique beers when I’m over 2,800 deep requires more
creativity and research. It’s comical for me to walk into an
establishment with 30, 50, or 100 taps and only find 3-4 distinct brews to try,
but it happens, and it happens frequently these days. But in this home stretch, I’m finally hitting some “obvious” destinations I’ve been putting off
all year. <b>Stone Company Store</b> in Pasadena.
<b>Golden Road</b>. So many of the old standbys that I can’t believe I’ve
avoided for 11 months straight. And despite the challenge, I’m even more
surprised in searching exclusively for new beers to try that options do keep
popping up. If someone concentrated only on the U.S. and ignored Belgium
& the rest of the world entirely, they still wouldn’t be able to sample
every beer available in America.
With over 3,100 breweries, each averaging 10 different available brews at any given
moment, and most of them rotating through new beers and seasonal brews all
year, it’s incomprehensible how much is out there.</div>
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As I finally wind down, there are no more huge beer fests on
the horizon for me. Just sustained, affordable sampling over the next
month before I hit that checkered flag. Thankfully, in the wake of GABF, the Beering
Gods have smiled favorably, continuing to bestow some incredible tasting experiences upon
me:</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnMlp01mOlsdvqsUxz48ySYPK9_v7OsbSwD4gk1vwKf1wMWuMhVEt5G-muO6edpW4Fj68HNFI-aZqzGJoYSl6_2g-XGamKhyphenhyphen0N2YfCeXDNRlcRYb4ciqzeI8TSNnnO5nqeUhB7q5w8yM/s1600/IMG_3883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnMlp01mOlsdvqsUxz48ySYPK9_v7OsbSwD4gk1vwKf1wMWuMhVEt5G-muO6edpW4Fj68HNFI-aZqzGJoYSl6_2g-XGamKhyphenhyphen0N2YfCeXDNRlcRYb4ciqzeI8TSNnnO5nqeUhB7q5w8yM/s1600/IMG_3883.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><b><u>*Shelton
Brothers The Festival 2014:</u></b> I found out about this on Groupon of
all places. Most beer events listed on Groupon are lame, and tend to look
like an attempt at a quick money grab for some local entrepreneur looking to
cash in on the “craft beer craze”. This was simply listed as The Festival
2014 and was based in San Pedro, an oceanside
community not known for much aside from endless shipping docks, <b>The Minutemen</b>,
and <b>Ambrosia </b>(the band, not the dessert). The logo looked cheezy like
something from the ‘80s, and I expected a list of breweries like Sam Adams and
Shock Top. After a bit of digging, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
It was set up by Shelton Brothers distribution who are known for importing some
of the best braus from across the planet. Entry was only $30 through
Groupon, plus drink tickets. As fate would have it, while walking to the
entrance, some fella from the previous day’s session drove up and just handed us his
leftover drink tickets for free. There were at least 50. We were
meant to drink here. Held in an enormous warehouse near the docks, the
room was spacious, airy, not overly crowded, with a relaxed vibe, and scattered
with tables pouring the greatest brews in the world… no hyperbole
intended nor necessary. <b>CANTILLON, DE MOLEN, TO OL, HILL FARMSTEAD, DE STRUISE</b>…
flabbergasting to say the least. </div>
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To top it off, brewers and
representatives from each brewery were flown in for the event. I even had
the brewer from <b>BRASSERIE DE BLAUGIES</b> explaining the meaning behind “La
Vermontoise” to me in broken English. Of course, I’ve forgotten most of
the context, but it still left a lasting impression on me how the beer world is
an extended family. Even if we don’t speak the same language, we still
possess that same shared passion & appreciation, the same unadulterated
love of beer which unites us. <b>8 WIRED, 3 FONTEINEN, NOGNE O, THE BRUERY,
JOLLY PUMPKIN, ANCHORAGE</b>.
By stumbling upon this fest, I had stumbled upon greatness. And 52 deep,
all high octane, mind you, there was a considerable amount of additional
stumbling. Thankfully, my BFF <b>Melissa Gearhart</b> had volunteered to
drive. She and my other BFF <b>Ayn Dunn</b> proved to be the perfect companions
for brew exploration. I enjoyed their enjoyment, witnessing the
introduction of new favorite styles to their palates. I spotted a few San Fernando Valley hardcore beer nerd regulars here, and speaking to them again after the fact, they all flagged this is the finest beer event of the year, even rivaling or surpassing the <b>Firestone Walker Invitational</b>. Not bad for a random discount Groupon ticket...</div>
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<b><u>*Highway 395:</u></b> I started the year with a
trip to Reno,
so it seemed fitting to end the year with another one. We hit the Biggest
Little City to visit my wife’s family for Halloween, and give our son a chance
to trick or treat with his cousins. And give me a chance to hit some
unexplored breweries.</div>
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This extended weekend was a buffet of new brews, the
majority of which were impressive. The drive up 395 one of my favorite
stretches of scenic two lane blacktop anywhere in the country, through high
desert, past the highest peaked mountains in either state. On the way, I strong armed my wife & son
into stopping at <b>MAMMOTH BREWING </b>in… well… Mammoth. I was obnoxious
enough to arrive right when they opened, and sampled everything they had to
offer. Strangely enough, Mammoth beers cannot be found in SoCal, so I
needed to take advantage of this rare experience. Highlights were the
BOURBON BARREL AGED EISBOCK and the OWENS VALLEY WET HARVEST BLACK IPA. </div>
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us) family outing to <b>GREAT BASIN BREWING</b> hit
the spot and settled my cravings, albeit temporarily. After trying 9 new
ones, as well as several repeats, I found a Great Basin
bottle at a local liquor store with a brew that wasn’t on the menu at the
pub. The MAYAN MAYBE NOT Old Ale was the best thing I’ve tasted from this
brewery, with heavy malt, chocolate, caramel, and slight heat from
habaneros. </div>
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The next morning, I toted my wife & brother-in-law Rick
out to Truckee to hit my one “must see”
brewery: <b>FIFTY FIFTY</b>. Their stouts are the stouts of legend.
Guess what wasn’t on tap when we arrived. Their stout and porter were
tapped out so we sampled everything else available, comprised of the various
ales you’d expect, but the saving grace was the OLD CONUNDRUM BARLEY WINE and
the ANNULARITY BLONDE BARLEY WINE ON WOOD. Nectar of Heaven. </div>
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way out of town, we nearly drove past <b>MELLOW FELLOW</b> without stopping. I
would have kicked myself had we kept driving. Now that I've been there, this has become one of my favorite
beer bars in the country. The tap list was impeccable, and occupied by
numerous regional breweries I’d never heard of. OL’ REPUBLIC, FLAT TAIL,
LASSEN ALE WORKS, PALO ALTO BREWING, THE BREWING LAIR. MELLOW FELLOW is a
must.
We headed back to Reno, and surprisingly my wife
had a “must see” location on the beer tour: The <b>SIERRA TAP HOUSE</b>, run by
SIERRA NEVADA BREWING, right on the edge of the river in downtown Reno. Today was
Halloween and we lucked upon a NARWHAL STOUT tap event labeled as
“Narwhalloween”. Couldn’t have capped of the day better… NARWHAL 2014,
2013, 2012, BOURBON BARREL AGED, and CASK CONDITIONED. I spent most of
the evening of Halloween desperately trying to prop my eyelids open, although I
wasn’t very successful, nor was I very good company to the rest of the fam.</div>
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Halloween evening into Saturday we were inundated with a big
storm that plunged the temperatures & dusted the surrounding mountains in
snow. Perfect beering weather. Before taking the kids on a Virginia
City mine tour, it was time to cozy up to a Nevada staple: BATTLE BORN BEER,
apparently a lager that Nevadans are proud of, much like Texans and their LONE
STAR BEER, except Battle Born is infinitely better. Pho noodles downtown Reno. Afternoon
naps. A trip to Total Wine & More to stock up on single bottles I
can’t find in LA. Then we hit the town, brewery bound with my wife’s
sister Sarah, her hubby Rick, and other sis Amy. </div>
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First stop, <b>PIGEON HEAD
BREWERY</b>, very much a hipster brewery, in an industrial part of town, hidden
beneath an overpass. Raw but “cool” tasting room, nice staff, great T-shirt
designs, solid beers across the board. Next stop was <b>SILVER PEAK BREWERY</b>,
a spot that has clearly been around for a while, long before the recent wave of
“craft” outlets. This place has been pouring since the early days when folks were still calling them microbreweries, and it has that same
dated aura to it. I tried all 12 house taps, and as expected, pretty good
but not memorable. Definitely a taphouse for fans of BJ’s or Gordon
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The polar opposite is <b>BRASSERIE ST. JAMES</b>, likely the hippest
brewery in the basin. This joint was packed to the rafters, with our only
seating option being outside. Schmancy food and schmancy brews at San Francisco
prices. Pricey but high quality. We loved it, but we also wanted to avoid
being broke, so we all shared 12 samplers and some appetizers & moved
along. Next we hit <b>DEATH AND TAXES</b>, a dark and deliberate mix of
Prohibition era style meets Haunted
Mansion. Comfy,
with great cocktails and a few impressive taps. The stay was short, the altitude
and bone dry, cold air was dehydrating me and making the alcohol hit me
quicker. </div>
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<b>THE BREWER’S CABINET</b>. Tons of proprietary beers, but I only could only
make my way through another one, with a few tasters for good measure.
Most impressive was the HABANERO APPARITION IPA. Least impressive was how
much the room was spinning. We capped off the evening with a salty French
dip at Mel’s Diner and called it a night. Sunday was the long, but beautiful drive home which included
a stop in June Lake
to visit the newly opened <b>JUNE
LAKE BREWING</b>. I
tried everything on tap, and enjoyed their brews across the board, in
particular the HUTTE DOUBLE IPA and 8140 BLACK IPA. A nice, secluded,
down to earth spot worthy of seeking out. Dinner at <b>HOLY SMOKE BBQ</b> in Bishop capped off a great trip. This place is super clean. Spotless. The smoked meats were second only to homemade, but damn close to perfection. Best part was ghost pepper BBQ sauce, which I devoured without regret. The music piped into this restaurant was Christian Rock. Then I made the connection to the name HOLY Smoke. Those wacky Christians! Thanks to the deity of your choice, the Eastern Sierras treated me
quite well, as always, on this trip.
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The beering continues….</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The face of new beer.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<u>Tues 10/21 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2514 - SPATEN FRANZISKANER LOWENBRAU GRUPPE FRANZISKANER
WEISSBIER DUNKEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2515 - OAKSHIRE BREWING WATERSHED IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Wed 10/22 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2516 - KENYA
BREWERIES TUSKER FINEST QUALITY LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2517 - SPEAKEASY UNTOUCHABLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2518 - NEW BELGIUM
HOP THE POND (HOP KITCHEN #7) DOUBLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Thurs 10/23 – Tasters at Tony’s Darts Away, New release
tasting at Vendome, and a couple at home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2519 - KINETIC BREWING TORQUE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2520 - GOLDEN
ROAD PINATA BERLINER WEISSE AGED IN TEQUILA
BARRELS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2521 - BALLAST POINT SOUR WENCH BLACKBERRY SOUR ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2522 - INLAND EMPIRE BREWING COMPANY HEAD SPLITTER BLONDE
SOUR</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2523 - OFF COLOR BREWING TROUBLESOME GOSE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2524 - EVIL TWIN BREWING JUSTIN BLABAER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2525 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING FRESH HOP ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2526 - STONE BREWING SMOKED PORTER WITH CHOCOLATE AND ORANGE PEEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2527 - BISON BREWING ORGANIC RED REUBEN </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
2529 - EEL
RIVER BREWING TRIPLE EXULTATION</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2530 – PRIMATOR DOUBLE BOCK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Fri 10/24 – Downtown LA tastings</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2531 - ABSOLUTION BREWING PURGATORY</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2532 - SURF BREWERY MONDO'S CREAM ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2533 - KING
HARBOR BREWING THE SWIRLY</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2534 - KINETIC BREWING CITRAFUGE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2535 - PROGRESS BREWING ALAMO
CREAM ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2536 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING OKTOBERFEST</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2537 - BRAUEREI AYING AYINGER CELEBRATOR</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Sat 10/25 – Pumpkin ale tasting at Vendome, a few tasters at
Boneyard Bistro, and a couple at Kim Lawrence’s Halloween party</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2538 - ROGUE ALES ROGUE FARMS PUMPKIN PATCH ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2539 - SMUTTYNOSE BREWING PUMPKIN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2540 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY ICHABOD ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2541 - SHIPYARD BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED SMASHED PUMPKIN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2542 - UINTA BREWING OAK JACKED IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2543 - AVERY BREWING PUMP(KY)N</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2544 - LOGSDON FARMHOUSE ALES STRAFFE DRIELING</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This dog's face scares the crap out of me</td></tr>
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2545 - DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN KILLER GREEN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2546 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING WALLET DROPPER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2547 – GUINNESS BLONDE AMERICAN LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2548 - BIRRA PERONI</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Sun 10/26 – A couple lousy ones at Auntie Joey’s, some lousy
ones at home, but a big finale</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2549 - SHOCK TOP PUMPKIN WHEAT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2550 - SHOCK TOP HONEYCRISP APPLE WHEAT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2551 - SIMPLER TIMES LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2552 – JOSEPHSBRAU NAME TAG CLASSIC LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2553 - JOSEPH JAMES BREWING WEIZE GUY HEFEWEIZEN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2554 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN CARRIE LADD STEAMSHIP PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2555 - BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN CEASE & DESIST RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Mon 10/27 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2556 - STEINHAUS BREWING MISSION ST. INDIA PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2557 - PRETTY THINGS SAINT BOTOLPH'S TOWN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2558 – JOSEPHSBRAU BLACK TOAD DARK
ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2559 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING CELEBRATION ALE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Tues 10/28 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2560 - CORONADO
BREWING 18TH ANNIVERSARY ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2h_9adJuoDXBj5K8n6vNh5BU_3E9nyGgFJVen9qrsGn581X23dV70Qkf25m8_D4rxB_2wy0InuZdIcoeNpOFgyuCwPTBngvrA-2ByDUaNCwxqmUB41suisySVwwiN_12LaZVgVPusd5M/s1600/IMG_3575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2h_9adJuoDXBj5K8n6vNh5BU_3E9nyGgFJVen9qrsGn581X23dV70Qkf25m8_D4rxB_2wy0InuZdIcoeNpOFgyuCwPTBngvrA-2ByDUaNCwxqmUB41suisySVwwiN_12LaZVgVPusd5M/s1600/IMG_3575.JPG" height="291" width="320" /></a>2561 - BLACK MARKET BREWING SUPERSTITION PUMPKIN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2562 - BOATSWAIN H.L.V. ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Wed 10/29 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2563 - TUCHER DUNKLES HEFE WEIZEN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2564 – PRIMATOR MAIBOCK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Thurs 10/30 – Up the 395, destination Reno</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2565 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING ROCK N' DIRT
MILK STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2566 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING ALPER'S
TROUT PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2567 - MAMMOTH BREWING KUNG FU APPLE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2568 - MAMMOTH BREWING JAPANESE RED RICE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2569 - MAMMOTH BREWING WILD SIERRA
MOUNTAIN FARMHOUSE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2570 - MAMMOTH BREWING ELDERBERRY SOUR</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2571 - MAMMOTH BREWING OWENS VALLEY
WET HARVEST BLACK IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2572 - MAMMOTH BREWING FIRE &
EISBOCK </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u4RqI-8EeQdEOruS31MJ5RVgc_6CHtKG7IzGXXZ4Bi2xXoep-J-puC1ed1VJML-R_SHYAsrxTEVPnq-shZdUdFs30z_rdwB1_ihYfeUJmRPHKIFgHo0W0F_pnXqrhy1TSOeUH50Dk2s/s1600/IMG_3633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1u4RqI-8EeQdEOruS31MJ5RVgc_6CHtKG7IzGXXZ4Bi2xXoep-J-puC1ed1VJML-R_SHYAsrxTEVPnq-shZdUdFs30z_rdwB1_ihYfeUJmRPHKIFgHo0W0F_pnXqrhy1TSOeUH50Dk2s/s1600/IMG_3633.JPG" height="174" width="200" /></a>2573 - MAMMOTH BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED EISBOCK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2574 - MAMMOTH BREWING GOLDEN TROUT PILSNER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2575 - MAMMOTH BREWING PARANOIDS PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2576 - MAMMOTH BREWING IPA 395 </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2577 - MAMMOTH BREWING EPIC IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2578 - GREAT BASIN BREWING KEEP TRUCKEE
MEADOWS BEAUTIFUL WAAPUI ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2579 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
BASIN BACON BREW</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2580 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
BLACK EYE P. A. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2581 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
GINGER CILANTRO SAISON</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2582 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
HOP-A-SAUR</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yVVZsGvqsIBuR1repFqt9zwDeU4b5eGkru3ohbpa9TW-0iv6cpieTX_UHvrQu2fKJYyllMhyWYlH9Rr1H1-7Djl75JJYtWFC9-JCrzGcEcYsCbmYrgiFvdTV0sfFV0LsivS0q55q6kI/s1600/IMG_3634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4yVVZsGvqsIBuR1repFqt9zwDeU4b5eGkru3ohbpa9TW-0iv6cpieTX_UHvrQu2fKJYyllMhyWYlH9Rr1H1-7Djl75JJYtWFC9-JCrzGcEcYsCbmYrgiFvdTV0sfFV0LsivS0q55q6kI/s1600/IMG_3634.JPG" height="200" width="175" /></a>2583 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
JACKPOT PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2584 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
TECTONIC EVENT DOUBLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2585 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
TRIQSTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2586 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
OKTOBERFEST </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2587 - GREAT BASIN BREWING
MAYAN MAYBE NOT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2588 - BROOKLYN BREWERY DRY
IRISH STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2589 - HOP
CITY BREWING BARKING
SQUIRREL LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Fri 10/31 – Day trip to Truckee for serious sampling,
wrapping up in Reno</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2590 - FIFTY FIFTY ANNULARITY BLONDE BARLEYWINE ON
WOOD </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2591 - FIFTY FIFTY BLONDE #5 (TRUCKEE
BLONDE RESERVE)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2592 - FIFTY FIFTY BASE CAMP GOLDEN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2593 - FIFTY FIFTY MANIFESTO PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2594 - FIFTY FIFTY C.A.P.A.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2595 - FIFTY FIFTY LEG LIFTER
ALE
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2596 - FIFTY FIFTY ROCKSLIDE
IPA </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2597 - FIFTY FIFTY CHARLES B. BROWN ALE</div>
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2598 - FIFTY FIFTY OLD CONUNDRUM BARLEY WINE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2599 - KNEE DEEP BREWING MOCHA CREAM
STOUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2600 - BREWING LAIR STAKE OUT, COFFEE BLACK
IPA </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2601 - PALO ALTO
BREWING OYSTER STOUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2602 - LASSEN ALE WORKS OFF-THE-SCALE BARLEY WINE</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't ask.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
2603 – LAGUNITAS BORN YESTERDAY PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2604 - 21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY BLAH BLAH BLAH IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2605 - OL' REPUBLIC BREWERY CHOCOLYPTO STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2606 - OL' REPUBLIC BREWERY DUNKEL BOCK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2607 - FLAT TAIL BREWING TAILGATER KOLSCH</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2608 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT (2014)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2609 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING NARWHAL IMPERIAL STOUT (2012)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2610 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING NARWHAL BOURBON BARREL AGED</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2611 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING NARWHAL CASK
CONDITIONED
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2612 - BROUWERIJ STRUBBE IPA</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Sat 11/1 – Making the rounds at Reno’s brewpubs & breweries</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2613 - BATTLE BORN BEER</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even Sydney is aware how drunk our mine tour guide is.</td></tr>
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2615 - MAMMOTH BREWING YOSEMITE
PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2616 - PIGEON HEAD BREWERY IPL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2617 - PIGEON HEAD BREWERY SUPER HOP CHICK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2618 - PIGEON HEAD BREWERY PILSNER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2619 - PIGEON HEAD BREWERY RED RYE LAGER </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2620 - PIGEON HEAD BREWERY BLACK LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2621 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY XXX BLONDE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2622 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY BAILEY WHEAT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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PEAK BREWERY SIERRA AMBER
ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2624 - SILVER PEAK BREWERY SILVER PEAK IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2625 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY RED
ROADSTER </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2626 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY PEAVINE
PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2627 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY SCHNELL
PILSNER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2628 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY CRIMSON
WHEAT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2629 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY MCHINEY'S
WEE HEAVY SCOTCH ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2630 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY SLIDE SIDE
LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2631 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY SWEET MAMA
PUMPKIN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2632 - SILVER
PEAK BREWERY JUBILEE
CELEBRATION BOCK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2633 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES THE WIT ALBUM</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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2635 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES PACIFIC PASSAGE TO INDIA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2636 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES THE WHITE DOWNS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2637 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES SOUR WITTE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2638 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES CALIFORNIA
STEAMIN' </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2639 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES OKTOBERFEST</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2640 - BRASSERIE ST. JAMES GERMAN
RAUCHBIER </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2641 - NEW BELGIUM
LA FOLIE (2014) LIPS OF FAITH </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2642 - THE BREWER'S CABINET HABANERO APPARITION</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2643 - THE BREWER'S CABINET DIRTY WOOKIE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2644 - THE BREWER'S CABINET JAVA PUNK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2645 - THE BREWER'S CABINET DRAGON PUNCH</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdTdQEfY11WbFIn8bw90uA36gk0RsrvgTmZD-YiajHO56n8FaQEP7eHlQ22grHlYvdGZZ_cKBgRdu-pFlZ8SPDglYKteseOaptB17g-Hs9O-okXa6xKe6Uokhj3OzuBLWF94GNDrcDf8/s1600/IMG_3816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><u>Sun 11/2 – Headed home with a detour in June Lake,
followed by a few at home</u></div>
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2646 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING DEER BEER
BROWN ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2647 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING
ESBZAR </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2648 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING SMOKIN
PORTER</div>
2649 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING HUTTE DOUBLE
IPA
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
2650 - JUNE LAKE BREWING SILVER LAKE SAISON
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2651 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING ARCHIMEDES
RED ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2652 - JUNE
LAKE BREWING 8140 BLACK
IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2653 - MAMMOTH BREWING DOS OSOS (2014)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2654 - FISH BREWING FISH TALE ORGANIC IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Mon 11/3 – Home, dipping into the stash of singles purchased
in Reno</u></div>
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ALE WORKS
EAGLE LAKE
IPA</div>
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2656 - NINKASI BREWING IMPERIALE IMPERIAL STOUT</div>
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<u>Tues 11/4 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2657 - RUBICON BREWING IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2658 - CERVECERIA MEXICANA DEATH BECOMES YOU AMBER ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2659 - BROOKLYN BREWERY
MONSTER ALE BARLEYWINE (2012)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Wed 11/5 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2660 - RUBICON BREWING CAPRICORN BLACK ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2661 - HOPPY BREWING COMPANY STONY FACE RED ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2662 - TOMMYKNOCKER BREWERY COCOA PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2663 - PAYETTE BREWING MUTTON BUSTER BROWN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Thurs 11/6 – New release tasting at Vendome, then home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2664 - FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR GEISTERZUG RHUBARB GOSE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2665 - AMAGER BRYGHUS / THREE FLOYDS COLLABORATION ARCTIC
SUNSTONE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2666 - FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR SALZSPEICHER RASPBERRY SOUR
PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2667 - ANCHORAGE
BREWING THE TIDE AND IT'S TAKERS TRIPLE W/ BRETT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2668 - GRAND TETON BREWING
COMING HOME HOLIDAY ALE 2014</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2669 – PREARIS QUADROCINNO ALE WITH COFFEE BEANS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2670 – INDIAN WELLS BREWING DEATH VALLEY
PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2671 – SANTA FE
BREWING BLACK IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2672 – ALASKAN BREWING OATMEAL STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Fri 11/7 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2673 – TENAYA CREEK BREWERY MONSOON IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2674 – LEAVENWORTH
WHISTLING PIG HEFEWEIZEN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2675 – FISH BREWING FISH TALE ORGANIC WILD SALMON PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2676 – STILLWATER
BRONTIDE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2677 – SANTA FE
BREWING IMPERIAL JAVA STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Sat 11/8 – West
Valley brewery tastings
and a few at home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2678 – ENEGREN BREWING CZECH PILSNER WITH RIWAKA HOPS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2679 – ENEGREN BREWING PROTECTOR IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2680 – ENEGREN BREWING COURTRAI
SAISON </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2681 – LAB BREWING HOP SOLUTION</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2682 – LAB BREWING TAKE HER HOME TRIPEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2683 – LAB BREWING BELGIAN BREAKFAST BROWN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2684 – LAB BREWING AFTER MIDNIGHT MOO</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2685 – LAB BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2686 – ENEGREN BREWING CAPTAIN'S SUMMER SESSION KOLSCH</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2687 – AVERY BREWING DUGANA IMPERIAL IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2688 – GREAT BASIN BREWING
WHITE EYE P.A. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2689 – MAMMOTH BREWING BLONDIBOCK AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Sun 11/9 – Shelton Brothers The Festival 2014 in San Pedro,
one of the best beer tasting events of the year</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2690 – HET NEST DEAD MAN'S HAND RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2691 – BROUWERIJ 3 FONTEINEN OUDE GEUZE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2692 – BROUWERIJ 3 FONTEINEN HOMMAGE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2693 – THE BRUERY WINEIFICATION II </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2694 – THE BRUERY MASH & COCONUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2695 – 8 WIRED BARREL AGED SMOKED IMPERIAL PORTER (2011)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2696 – ANCHORAGE / JOLLY
PUMPKIN COLLABORATION CALABAZA BOREAL (ANCHORAGE
VERSION)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2697 – ANCHORAGE
BREWING TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE IMPERIAL STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2698 – BRASSERIE CANTILLON FOU' FOUNE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2699 – BRASSERIE CANTILLON CLASSIC GUEUZE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2700 – HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY BROTHER SOIGNE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2701 – BRASSERIE DE BLAUGIES DARBYSTE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2702 – OXBOW BREWING ABROREAL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2703 – BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN MOORD & BRAND BOURBON BARREL
AGED</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2704 – SANTE ADAIRIUS SAISON BERNICE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
2706 – CERVESA DEL MONTSENY MALTA CUVEE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2707 – NOGNE O VIC SECRET</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2708 – TO OL LIQUID CONFIDENTIAL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2709 – WEIRD BEARD BREW CO. BEARDED NURSE ARDBEG
BARREL AGED</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2710 – BREW BY NUMBERS 08/01 EXPORT STRENGTH STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2711 – BLUEJACKET BOURBON BARREL AGED FIGURE 8 </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2712 – BRASSERIE AU BARON CUVEE DES JONQUILLES</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2713 – JESTER KING BIERE DE MIEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2714 – JESTER KING LE PETIT PRINCE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2715 – JESTER KING SNORKEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2716 – HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY ANNA SAISON</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2717 – BAIRD BREWING WABI-SABI
JAPAN PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<div class="MsoNormal">
2719 – HAIR OF THE DOG PANNEPOOCH RESERVA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2720 – SHIGA KOGEN MIYAMA BLONDE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2721 – MINOH STOUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2722 – MIKKELLER BEER GEEK DESSERT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2723 – BREWFIST HEIMDALL GALAXIE SAISON</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2724 – BREWFIST SPAGHETTI WESTERN </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2725 – DE STRUISE BROUWERS CUVEE DELPHINE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2726 – PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES BOMB!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2727 – HANSON BROTHERS MMMHOPS PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2728 – SIDE PROJECT SAISON DU BLE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2729 – THE BRUERY BOTTLEWORKS XII</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2730 – JOLLY PUMPKIN FUEGO DEL OTONO</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZPsMgT3oTi7bdYlghqkOAGWg9FbGLY9eLXp7yohc0khxc4PLXurh3B0v7w-U5e094dCgCwItp4C3p9PTcnjH04zy04es7lkkizA81fatiLzoLxsqmvHNv47rWpD0HhEHHh1GObxExNU/s1600/IMG_3928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZPsMgT3oTi7bdYlghqkOAGWg9FbGLY9eLXp7yohc0khxc4PLXurh3B0v7w-U5e094dCgCwItp4C3p9PTcnjH04zy04es7lkkizA81fatiLzoLxsqmvHNv47rWpD0HhEHHh1GObxExNU/s1600/IMG_3928.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>2731 – SIREN CRAFT BREW ODYSSEY 001</div>
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2732 – MAGIC ROCK BREWING THE GREAT ALPHONSO</div>
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2733 – RENAISSANCE BREWING MPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2734 – 8 WIRED CHARDONNAY BARREL AGED SAESON (2012)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2735 – JOLLY PUMPKIN PERSIMMONS SHIP</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2736 – JOLLY PUMPKIN LA PARCELA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2737 – BROUWERIJ DE RANKE GULDENBERG</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2738 – BROUWERIJ DE RANKE SAISON DE DOTTIGNIES </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2739 – BUXTON BREWERY BOMBA GENERATION 4</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2740 – BUXTON BREWERY RED RASPBERRY ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2741 – BUXTON BREWERY THE LIVING END</div>
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<u>Mon 11/10 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2742 – FISH BREWING FISH TALE ORGANIC AMBER ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2743 – DESCHUTES BREWERY
HOP TRIP</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nfcdLWYdrqnGozh6YuyYdCtXMqQ6_f_rFPuC4uJDqiqOtLBCjLBtbZRIhFxFUUJyuTlNUeN7CQaJcq-gG_NkgZzGcOGNie1y1QEA9AaMdWhtiUyrt75kOajc7789ZHD2sP_jyyhLHus/s1600/IMG_3936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nfcdLWYdrqnGozh6YuyYdCtXMqQ6_f_rFPuC4uJDqiqOtLBCjLBtbZRIhFxFUUJyuTlNUeN7CQaJcq-gG_NkgZzGcOGNie1y1QEA9AaMdWhtiUyrt75kOajc7789ZHD2sP_jyyhLHus/s1600/IMG_3936.JPG" height="200" width="182" /></a>2744 – INDIAN WELLS BREWING MOJAVE RED</div>
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2745 – FISH BREWING HODGSON'S BITTER END IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2746 – EVIL TWIN BREWING CHRISTMAS EVE IN A NEW YORK CITY
HOTEL ROOM</div>
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<u>Tues 11/11 - Home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2747 – CERVECERIA MEXICANA PAY THE FERRYMAN PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2748 – FLYING FISH BREWING EXTRA PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2749 – RUBY
MOUNTAIN BREWING
BRISTLECONE BROWN PORTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2750 – LAUGHING DOG BREWING SNEAKY PETE IMPERIAL IPA</div>
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<u>Wed 11/12 – Samplers at Tony’s and a few at home</u></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrq3eEpLauVAV_Yf5Z9GbGsY6eGXeumgXE_BIammxtOSjqsUosPKToj4yxA5fYw8ibaRUM8WP6EG9LWr4X2zvliEzR16uYriz9UPnCLEf6jkgjm_T1z7iufop23YwDbPWjELIGsmjsvU/s1600/IMG_3943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrq3eEpLauVAV_Yf5Z9GbGsY6eGXeumgXE_BIammxtOSjqsUosPKToj4yxA5fYw8ibaRUM8WP6EG9LWr4X2zvliEzR16uYriz9UPnCLEf6jkgjm_T1z7iufop23YwDbPWjELIGsmjsvU/s1600/IMG_3943.JPG" height="200" width="200" /></a>2751 – KING
HARBOR BREWING POST
SEASON IMPERIAL IPA</div>
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2752 – KNEE DEEP BREWING AVIATOR IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2753 – GOLDEN ROAD MIGHT AS WELL IPL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2754 – ALESMITH BREWING WINTER YULESMITH </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2755 – CERVECERIA MEXICANA CHILI DEVIL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2756 – SANTA FE
BREWING HAPPY CAMPER IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2757 – TOMMYKNOCKER BREWERY IMPERIAL NUT BROWN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<u>Thurs 11/13 – New release tasting at Vendome, then home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2758 – GREEN FLASH BREWING CEDAR PLANK PALE ALE </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2759 – BEAR
REPUBLIC BREWING RACER X
DOUBLE IPA </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOgnP2diWTOIYUBvCyI8v0rp51yS5ym5Y824BMBrY8gdOkddN7hEYLdOqAV0hiFCJCOF0cSiSUl_qTSxbb-HsA1Wxz7K9gHVG16BmZUa8N_ZcszJRyzeiJ0HHxcBEGXegOc_6AQ3Hn6c/s1600/IMG_3954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOgnP2diWTOIYUBvCyI8v0rp51yS5ym5Y824BMBrY8gdOkddN7hEYLdOqAV0hiFCJCOF0cSiSUl_qTSxbb-HsA1Wxz7K9gHVG16BmZUa8N_ZcszJRyzeiJ0HHxcBEGXegOc_6AQ3Hn6c/s1600/IMG_3954.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>2760 – STONE BREWING SOUTHERN CHARRED
2014 </div>
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2761 – BRASSERIE DIEU DU CIEL PECHE MORTEL </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2762 – SLEEPY DOG BREWING WET SNOUT MILK STOUT </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2763 – NEW BELGIUM
SAISON HARVEST ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2764 – HOP
CITY BREWING HOPBOT
IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2765 – BROOKLYN BREWERY
OKTOBERFEST</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2766 – MENDOCINO BREWING OATMEAL STOUT</div>
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<u>Friday 11/14 – Gathering of co-workers at Golden Road, hard to believe it’s my first
visit all year </u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2767 – GOLDEN
ROAD I'LL HAVE ANOTHER STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2768 – GOLDEN
ROAD SURFLINER DOUBLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2769 – GOLDEN
ROAD BATCH 1000 BLACK LAGER</div>
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Sat 11/15 - Home</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2770 – RIO GRANDE
OUTLAW LAGER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2771 – DESCHUTES BREWERY
CINDER CONE RED</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2772 – INDIAN WELLS BREWING BLACKOUT STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2773 – JOSEPH JAMES BREWING CITRA RYE PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2774 – BROOKLYN BREWERY EAST INDIA
PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2775 – PAYETTE BREWING OUTLAW IPA</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But you already knew I was going to post this...</td></tr>
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<u>Sun 11/16 – Much sampling at Stone Pasadena, Slater’s 50/50,
Stout Hollywood, wrapping up at Loaded Hollywood checking out the incredible
CUTTHROATS 9 live</u></div>
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2776 – STONE BREWING MATTZEN</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2777 – STONE BREWING RUINATION IPA WITH HABANERO PEPPERS</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rZHAIpYDGx5OVPMZW8c5Np0uJkDz4hiBmzsX_Uvnl0OWRHrTRPYKDxJ2fqE9Gc61anWrtzCtoMkgM_7rqXKnyfyltd-YwVPWCD4hhrVtNqKXRAGfEtaCFjKUY7rspMnA2-89bWCLTsU/s1600/IMG_3970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rZHAIpYDGx5OVPMZW8c5Np0uJkDz4hiBmzsX_Uvnl0OWRHrTRPYKDxJ2fqE9Gc61anWrtzCtoMkgM_7rqXKnyfyltd-YwVPWCD4hhrVtNqKXRAGfEtaCFjKUY7rspMnA2-89bWCLTsU/s1600/IMG_3970.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>2778 – BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY PUMPKIN ALE </div>
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2779 – ROUGH DRAFT BREWING BELGIAN VANILLA STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2780 – HESS BREWING GRAZIAS CREAM ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2781 – PORT BREWING BOARD MEETING BROWN ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2782 – OHANA BREWING #HASHTAG
HOPS </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2783 – ROGUE ALES HAZELNUT BROWN NECTAR</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2784 – THREE WEAVERS DEEP ROOTS ESB</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2785 – SANTA FE
BREWING OKTOBERFEST</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2786 – CISMONTANE BREWING COULTER IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2787 – SIX RIVERS BREWERY SASQUATCH DOUBLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2788 – CISMONTANE BREWING DEAD SANTA (2014)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2789 – KNEE DEEP BREWING THINK TWICE TRIPLE IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2790 – CRAFTSMAN BREWING EDGAR'S ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2791 – RED STRIPE JAMAICAN
LAGER </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CUTTHROATS 9: What sucks is you don't realize how amazing these guys are.</td></tr>
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<u>Mon 11/17 – Home</u></div>
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2792 - DEVIL'S CANYON BREWING DEADICATED AMBER ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2793 - SIX RIVERS BREWERY IPA </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2794 - ALASKAN BREWING WINTER ALE </div>
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2795 - 21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY FIRESIDE CHAT WINTER SPICED
ALE</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CR1VvxbHNQOXDsTn2PZl7of2DleJIxENqgxmR5-F4saacyzkNCDc68PyvtJoPt4QJQtaFWR4367UFqJTvvRAq1yfm73Mgcy0TwKX2JxyHPSYOD5PgsvWtHjX0BtlF1kxzXlS1lzUXgo/s1600/IMG_4016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CR1VvxbHNQOXDsTn2PZl7of2DleJIxENqgxmR5-F4saacyzkNCDc68PyvtJoPt4QJQtaFWR4367UFqJTvvRAq1yfm73Mgcy0TwKX2JxyHPSYOD5PgsvWtHjX0BtlF1kxzXlS1lzUXgo/s1600/IMG_4016.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><u>Tues 11/18 – Home</u></div>
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2796 - NEW BELGIUM
ACCUMULATION WHITE IPA</div>
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2797 - BEER
VALLEY BREWING LEAFER
MADNESS IMPERIAL PALE ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2798 - HOPPY BREWING COMPANY TOTAL ECLIPSE BLACK ALE</div>
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<u>Wed 11/19 – Tasters at Tony’s and a couple at home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2799 - MONKISH BREWING ST. CITRA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2800 - IRONFIRE BREWING 51/50 IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2801 - STONE BREWING LUKCY BASARTD ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2802 - STONE BREWING SUBLIMELY SELF-RIGHTEOUS BLACK IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2803 - IRONFIRE BREWING BOOT HILL KILLER STOUT</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2804 - FISH BREWING VICIOUS CIRCLE AMBER ALE</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lb3qEjG-73Yv7FXTA0UAsS7CZ3-SjooPDgfribTmXcK1eq6f6iQ1HnBOnTburXYTe7kqfBq6_IYopk7fQ7eB_G4DabVpmxGx6e5IujEPjin3d5ZMcm_bN8IvAgSBEbKMgYKFL8mJnvM/s1600/IMG_4052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2lb3qEjG-73Yv7FXTA0UAsS7CZ3-SjooPDgfribTmXcK1eq6f6iQ1HnBOnTburXYTe7kqfBq6_IYopk7fQ7eB_G4DabVpmxGx6e5IujEPjin3d5ZMcm_bN8IvAgSBEbKMgYKFL8mJnvM/s1600/IMG_4052.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a>2805 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING BLOOD
ORANGE GOSE</div>
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<u>Thurs 11/20 – Belgian holiday ale tap takeover at Story
Tavern, wrapping up at home</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2806 - BROUWERIJ VAN HONSEBROUCK KASTEEL CUVEE DU CHATEAU
QUADRUPEL</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2807 - BROUWERIJ VAN HONSEBROUCK KASTEEL WINTER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2808 - BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE BIERE DU BOUCANIER CHRISTMAS
ALE</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2809 - BRASSERIE DE SILENRIEUX NOEL DE SILENRIEUX<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2810 - BROUWERIJ DE MUSKETIERS TROUBADOR MAGMA TRIPEL YEAST
(BRETT)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2811 - PABST BREWING LONE STAR BEER</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2812 - INDIAN WELLS BREWING<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>AMNESIA
IPA</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
2813 - RIO GRANDE
IPA</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This would be SO NASTY if I had any idea what it meant...</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-77209015201551036892014-10-23T08:45:00.003-07:002014-10-24T08:18:53.714-07:00Beer #2132-2513 / Day #274-293: Giving An Eff at GABFNo birder can hope to win a Big Year without a visit to
<b>Attu</b>, the ridiculously remote Westernmost point of the United States in the Aleutian
Island chain off the coast of Alaska. It’s a birders
paradise in May as the landing point for countless migratory birds who never
set foot in the continental United
States. Attu
in May is the pinnacle of any die-hard birders hoping to cull an unbeatable
list of sightings, and mandatory if one has any chance of winning a Big Year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gate A2 for Attu</td></tr>
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Denver in October is my Attu in May. More specifically, the <b>Great American
Beer Festival</b>. Over 700 breweries. Over 3,500 beers. </div>
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During my half-hearted, 2013 lone pursuit of a Big Year In
Beer, I was disappointed not to attend GABF, but life had other plans for
me. Instead I went to the USC
Norris Cancer
Hospital and had surgery
for prostate cancer. Nothing screws up a good year of beering like stupid
ol’ cancer. A year later, my PSA levels are nil, I’m healthier than ever,
and determined not to let anything stand in my way.</div>
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Since January 1st, 2014 I have remained focused on GABF as
my ultimate destination for racking up my beer count. I’ve always
jokingly referred to it as “Attu”. Depending
on how the rest of 2014 went, this would be my ace-in-the-hole, my dead ringer
for assured victory if I was already in the lead, or if I was way behind other
competitive beerers, this would be the secret weapon that could get be back
into the running. Randy Carncross and Chris Wilder obscured me in the
beer count for nearly the first half of this year, which crushed my spirits on
the one hand, but on the other, made me more intently focused than I ever
imagined possible. Determined. Driven. Relentless.<br />
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By
mid-summer Carncross, an American expatriate in Japan, had finally exhausted the
supply of unique beers on his small island and threw in the towel. By late
summer, thanks to multiple beer fests, I was steadily extending my lead past
Wilder, despite his highly competitive demeanor and financial
superiority. After investing three quarters of a calendar year absorbed
on the solitary goal of being the world’s greatest beerer, with no intention of
ever attempting to repeat this feat again, it’s now or never. When we
were last in contact, I was 300 beers ahead of Wilder. It would be easy
to throttle back, and not grind for the extra beers. It would be even more
devastating to rest on my laurels and allow my lead to slip. Time to drop
the hammer. Time for GABF.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No need to worry about bloodstains, right?</td></tr>
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As with my previous GABF adventure in 2012, I was meeting up
with beer guru <b>Dave Witte</b> in Denver.
And we both had press passes to the fest thanks to <b>Albert Mudrian</b> the
Editor-In-Chief at extreme music magazine <b><i>“Decibel”</i></b>, the same mag in which <b>Adem
Tepedelen</b> wrote a four page feature about beering adventures with Witte and I
at GABF 2012. Serendipitous to say the least. </div>
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I got lucky with a direct Burbank-to-Denver flight, and thus enjoyed a
rare opportunity to avoid the unmitigated disaster that is LAX. The
flight was quick and soon enough I was checked into Fleabag Central a.k.a. the
Ramada Midtown. Should I be worried about the blatant shabbiness of my
room, or what appear to be blood stains on the walkway outside? Neither
safety nor cleanliness was my primary focus. They had nothing to do with
beer. It was Thursday at Noon, and the first GABF session started around
5:30pm. I was two miles from the Convention Center, it was a picture
perfect afternoon, and a gauntlet of breweries and brewpubs stood between me
and tonight’s gathering. I took to Denver
on foot, accepting the challenge.</div>
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the valley smog I’m used to. My lungs didn’t know what to do. I
spent the afternoon zigzagging through Lower Downtown, or “LoDo” as the locals
have dubbed it, with each stop equaling or surpassing the previous one.
Thanks to the Untappd app “Nearby Breweries” function, in 15 minutes I located
the <b>ALEHOUSE AT AMATO’S</b> , where I posted up to the bar & ordered a bison
burger with goat cheese and pomegranate (weird, yet it worked), truly feeling
like a kid in a candy store drooling over their taplist. So many unique Colorado brews I never
see back home. Determined to stay on the go, I hit <b>DENVER BEER CO.</b> which
touted $1 tasters from an impressive board of top notch proprietary brews; open
atmosphere, friendly service, lots of beards and beers… if I lived here, I’d be
a regular. While I was conscious of not overdoing it too early in the
day, I also had a difficult time containing my excitement. With my
obsessive picture snapping and note taking, I may as well have “Beer Nerd”
tattooed across my knuckles.<br />
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Next stop <b>LUCKY PIE</b> pizzeria which drew me
in with their advertisements of a mid-day <b>LEFT HAND BREWING</b> rare cask event, a
<b>Firkin Fest</b>. 3pm on a Thursday and this joint was packed to the rafters
with pre-GABF revelers. I found the lone vacant barstool in the room,
sipped an otherworldly <b>LEFT HAND MILK STOUT WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS ON CASK</b>,
chatting with the outgoing Manager Brendan and the busy bartenders. I
wanted to try all four casks, but didn’t want to taint my GABF onslaught, so I
drifted further through LoDo, realizing that Denver is like <b>Beer Disneyland</b>, with so many
fabulous discoveries around every turn, so numerous that this town warrants
countless return visits. Like the Magic Kingdom,
you can’t experience it all in just one trip. I’m betting this town
rivals even Portland
in variety and availability of brew. I’m also willing to bet one could do
a Big Year In Beer without even leaving Denver.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sure, give me 4 days in Denver.</td></tr>
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I ran across <b>WORLD OF BEER</b> which was a highlight of my
recent Cleveland
trip, so stopped in to peruse the taplist. Enticing, but yet again I
decided to save myself. On my way out the door I caught a glimpse of a
chalkboard which challenged patrons to try 250 different beers. The board
was blank, devoid of even a single name. Ha! Fucking amateurs.</div>
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At last I was at the Convention Center, fittingly located at
the end of Stout St.
Two hours in advance of doors opening on a Thursday afternoon, and the throngs
of eager beer fanatics were already swelling. Each one of them was clad
in beer geek finery, showcasing each patron’s passion and knowledge of finer
brews. Pliny The Elder T-shirts were trumped only by the occasional Pliny
The Younger T-shirt. I wore no brewery gear, thinking it might help me
stand out. No such luck in this unwashed mass of predominantly white,
bearded, beer bellied men.</div>
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Like an elitist brat I cruised past the morass, up to the
second story Brewer’s and Press entrance. After walking two miles across
downtown, I was winded just walking up this flight of stairs. Whoa.
Take it easy, fella. You’re not in Burbank
anymore. You’re walking a mile above sea level.</div>
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I collected my breath as well as my press pass, and
eventually found Witte. He was giddy like me as we cruised the aisles of
this airplane hangar, prior to doors opening. The calm before this stormy
celebration of sick Bacchanalian excess. Before the impending flurry, I
had time to meet Witte’s contingent of Richmond,
VA peeps who would comprise our
greater drinking posse for the next 72 hours: <b>Greg “The Growler King”
Self,</b> <b>STRANGEWAYS BREWING</b> head brewer <b>Mike
Hiller </b>and brand ambassador <b>Lars “Das Vein” Zachariasse</b>.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTldc2hNV0ueOnh0l6o14em2qxPGqLBpYoMgpIsncwUS0zD2_b35W2-FE_0biic96m4gh_MwWy_0l058gkqskHXZImCI36IZDvyqDdV_ctvv6HxRKXryGeMxGTntjqjxefcswUGYMoPMo/s1600/IMG_2939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTldc2hNV0ueOnh0l6o14em2qxPGqLBpYoMgpIsncwUS0zD2_b35W2-FE_0biic96m4gh_MwWy_0l058gkqskHXZImCI36IZDvyqDdV_ctvv6HxRKXryGeMxGTntjqjxefcswUGYMoPMo/s1600/IMG_2939.JPG" height="320" width="216" /></a>Like an approaching thunderstorm, the walla of thousands of
entering enthusiasts quickly rolled across the length of the room, and as a
band of bagpipers wheezed the equivalent of the opening bell, GABF 2014 was
under way. I had four sessions to look forward to, and my starting
plan was to focus mainly on anything East of the Mississippi this first night.
Considering I wouldn’t be traveling any more for the rest of the year, I wanted
to take advantage of what may be my last chance to enjoy some unattainable Midwest, Southern, and East Coast brews.<br />
I
meandered with Witte, Greg, and Lars, hitting a treasure trove of old classics
and new discoveries… New Jersey’s <b>KANE BREWING</b>, Iowa’s <b>TOPPLING GOLIATH</b>,
Virginia’s unfortunately named but excellently brewed <b>LICKINGHOLE CREEK</b>,
Northern Indiana’s kings of all things<b> THREE FLOYDS</b>, Floridian favorites <b>CIGAR
CITY</b>, barrel aged gems from <b>GOOSE ISLAND</b>, then <b>KUHNHENN, MARTIN HOUSE, NEBRASKA
BREWING, PRAIRIE</b>… hell, I was just barely scratching the surface. Locals
say you get drunk quicker due to the altitude, and despite countering my
tasters with gallons of water, I was quickly inebriated. The session
wasn’t over, but I was already feeling as if I had reached my limit.
Witte was antsy to leave so we could catch bands playing over at The Summit,
and after a few more quick tasters, I followed the advice of Lars: “Let’s make
like a fetus, and head out.” <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keepin' it Primitive</td></tr>
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As much as this trip was beer-centric, I was equally looking
forward to checking out Colorado’s
own <b>PRIMITIVE MAN</b> in a live setting. The power trio took the stage,
delivering downtuned, sludgy Cro-Magnon tunes like a 16 megaton weight.
After being on my feet for 14 hours, and spending 10 of those with a beer in my
hand, I didn’t feel like beering any longer. My legs ached, my back was
sore, I was bloated, sleepy, all the while being crushed by the girth of this
monolithic band. Headliners <b>EYEHATEGOD</b> sealed my fate with one of the fiercest sets
I’ve heard from them, which is saying a lot considering I’ve been listening to
these guys for 20+ years. I figured I’d be out partying til the wee
hours, but it was not meant to be. I cabbed it back to the Shithole Inn,
crawled into the lumpy, misshapen King size bed and lapsed into a well-deserved
coma.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yacht Rock ambassadors</td></tr>
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Friday I had agreed to participate in some official “Press”
activities coordinated by the fest. I wasn’t in the mood, but I didn’t
want to flake and end up on the GABF Naughty List, so I sucked it up and headed
downtown with Witte. We hit <b>THE CORNER OFFICE</b>, a restaurant in the lobby
of The Curtis hotel where half of the breakfast menu was sold out, but what
remained was still culinary perfection despite the long wait. While
waiting impatiently for food, the first commercial on the bar TV advertised
<b>LIVER-AID,</b> a dietary supplement which “supports liver function”. An
ironic harbinger of things to come. The bartender accurately described
the first night of GABF as “A giant cloud of craft beer farts.” You got
that right, Sister. At 11:30am our breakfast arrived, and we wolfed it down in
part because we were ravenous, and in part because we needed to be at a press
luncheon at Noon. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a postcard.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Half an hour later we were 38 stories up, on the top floor
of the Hyatt, looking out at a panoramic view of the city and surrounding
snowcapped peaks. The lunch had started already and we were stuffed from
having just consumed breakfast. The only vacant table out of roughly 250
attendees was in the far corner of the room, so we sat awkwardly out of the way
like the retarded cousins at the prom queen’s wedding. The table was
cluttered with wine glasses meant for individual tastings of a roster of beers
to be paired with the impending five-course meal. Witte and I looked at
each other, sweating, the last thing on our minds being more food. While
panels of top beer industry insiders rambled on, aided by the prompting of a PR
“emcee”, the conveyor belt of decadence continued to roll, the only respite
being self-serve beer samples.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, maybe press junkets aren't all that bad.</td></tr>
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A few interesting stats came up… there are
3,100 breweries in the country, with 1.5 opening every day. The industry
thankfully doesn’t seem to be worried about over-saturation since there are
7,000 wineries in comparison nationwide. “Craft beer” (I hate that catch
phrase) sales continue to trend up, with the “Millennials” (I’ve never heard
that term until now) coming to an age where they have more buying power than
the Baby Boomers. Do I sound like a canned press stooge yet,
regurgitating pre-chewed factoids? That’s the whole idea of any press
gathering.</div>
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The PR hostess continued to rattle off facts and figures
about GABF and the beer industry in general, <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A prize to anyone who guesses what this is.</td></tr>
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and actually made statements like
“Don’t run downstairs and file your stories yet.” What am I, friggin’
Scoop McGillicuddy from the Daily Star? What the hell am I doing
here? Witte and I didn’t belong. This place was too nice, and we
weren’t “these people”. In spite of my passion for beer and geeky
interest in the industry, this lunch was a cure for insomnia, not to mention we
were surrounded by annoying laminate-danglers, the types who don’t take them
off when they’re away from the convention so everyone around town can take
notice how important they are. </div>
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As much as I respected the brewers on the panel, I was antsy
to be on the move. Witte bailed to meet some friends, and I shuffled downstairs
for a complimentary press junket bus tour of some local breweries. I got
the last available seat on this stuffy tin can, sitting patiently, listening to
other writers loudly networking, bragging about who they know and where they’ve
been.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laminate-danglers.</td></tr>
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First stop was <b>TRVE BREWING</b>, the most unabashedly Satanic brewery
in the country. Needless to say, I felt like a clown walking into one of
the coolest brewers in the nation with a cavalcade of dorky journalists, not
one of whom would understand the <b>SUNN </b>reference in the same of <b>TRVE’s STOUT
O)))</b>. Black walls, burning candles, goat heads, a plethora of
pentagrams, and excellent beer, TRVE has got it all. The ironically named
<b>Nick Nunns</b> did his best to field questions and pour samplers for our group of
50 in a short span of fifteen minutes, without an ounce of pretention or
annoyance at the non-metal , squaresville crowd. I could have spent the
whole day here, but against my better judgment I got back on the bus.<br />
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historical brewing techniques with modern beer styles. Good concept, but
nothing really made a lasting impression other than the generosity and
attentiveness of the brewer & staff. I’d like to come back in a year
or so when they’ve got the combo dialed in a bit tighter. Last stop was
<b>LOWDOWN</b>, a brewpub which appears to have a toothsome menu, inviting atmosphere,
and high quality proprietary taps. Their Selfish Pale Ale & Ua Pou Saison
were solid. Another spot worthy of hanging, but I kept watching the
clock, overly aware that GABF Session #2 was a mere hour away. </div>
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Same as the night before, Friday’s session started at the
STRANGEWAYS table with me, Witte, and Lars loitering, waiting for the officials
to give us the “all clear” to drink. When the OK was given for pouring to
commence, Lars handed me an old school hand-crank siren that I wound-up like I
was at the helm of a turn of the century fire truck. Sans dalmatian, we
were off. And I was indeed on fire, blazing through an unreal number of
top quality offerings, including one of my favorites of the whole fest, both in
brew and in name, <b>MEXICAN STANDOFF</b>, a spicy porter from <b>DUE SOUTH BREWING</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick, help this man digest!</td></tr>
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Tonight offered some of the most unique brews of the whole fest, like South
Carolina’s <b>PALMETTO BREWING A.M. WOOD ALE</b>, a hoppy pale ale aged on Spanish
cedar; North Carolina’s <b>NODA BREWING HOT PISTOL</b>, a chocolate raspberry habanero
stout; NorCal’s <b>EL TORO BREWING GHOST CHILI GOLDEN ALE</b>, brewed with ghost
peppers, and while it’s the hottest beer I’ve ever tasted, the lingering
back-of-the-throat burn didn’t ruin my palate.<br />
Most innovative of all
were the tastings from Michigan’s <b>RIGHT BRAIN</b> BREWING which included the <b>THAI
PEANUT ALE</b> which was both spicy and delicious, the<b> SCHRUTE FARMS BEET SAISON</b>
which only had a hint of that earthy, dirt taste you’d expect from beets &
was pleasantly well-balanced, and the surprisingly drinkable <b>SPEAR BEER</b> which
is their asparagus ale… sounded like a horrible idea, but was amazingly
quaffable. </div>
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Witte had been eating non-stop all afternoon and hit a wall
early. Short of actually holding his hand, I coached him through the pain
like a Lamaze instructor, and with ample water and restroom time, he was back
in action. Onward! The roster of punishingly excellent beers was
staggering. <b>THREE FLOYDS, NEW GLARUS, CIGAR CITY, WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS,
DC BRAU, FUNKY BUDDHA, ADROIT THEORY.</b> By the end of the session, I stared
into space, bleary-eyed, deafened by 15,000 beer swilling belchers and farters,
convinced there was no possible way I could subject myself to two back-to-back
GABF sessions the following day.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSl2ycORBq-atZ8C50tX9BYlVfY01JBKbyMz_bTHEQCQnGDSJhCxGyw9hUSkz6jqVap4OJOAuThppkz6Yoda3m7DIaIfC1UfKQVEomeQVGEDFGlxdn9OaNTa5oinm_adcjThYooAP-9I/s1600/IMG_2963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSl2ycORBq-atZ8C50tX9BYlVfY01JBKbyMz_bTHEQCQnGDSJhCxGyw9hUSkz6jqVap4OJOAuThppkz6Yoda3m7DIaIfC1UfKQVEomeQVGEDFGlxdn9OaNTa5oinm_adcjThYooAP-9I/s1600/IMG_2963.JPG" height="200" width="155" /></a>Witte and the gang left early to see
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats perform at the Marquis Theater. It was
only 9pm on Friday night and I was embarrassed to admit I was already primed to
hang it up for the evening. I was five sheets to the wind, and once again
after an active day my knees, calves, and feet were barely keeping me
vertical. Shouting over live music to talk to my friends in a packed club
sounded tedious and unappealing. And after actively texting and taking
photos for 12 hours, my phone was completely dead. I couldn’t get a hold
of Witte if I wanted to. Even if I borrowed a phone, I don’t know his
number off the top of my head. I can thank cell phone culture for my
inability to retain any information anymore.</div>
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I left the convention center as part of the greater mass
exodus of endless thousands of staggering, stumbling, loud, confused,
inebriated individuals. It was reminiscent of a George A. Romero
classic. Hordes of living dead invade the city and spread every direction
like the plague. I did my best to keep my own zombie-like demeanor under
control as I shuffled through the dark chill of LoDo. Despite my
exhaustion, I figured fresh air and walking would help me sober up enough so I
would not hate myself when I went to bed.<br />
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clubs, restaurants, the train station, through the park, over the river, on the
pedestrian bridge over the freeway, halting just short of my crappy
accommodations at the warm glow of <b>THE TRUFFLE TABLE</b>. This schmancy cheese and
charcuterie shop was still serving, and I desperately needed food. Feeling
unabashedly metrosexual, I savored a selection of house favorites accompanied
by figs and whole grain mustards and odd pickled items, conversing with the
owner about obscure non-pasteurized delectables. My wife would have been
in heaven. Too bad all of this exquisiteness was wasted on me, although I
felt my estrogen levels noticeably rising. The only thing missing was a TV
showing a Julia Roberts chick flick. <br />
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I don’t remember going to bed, but Saturday I awoke ready
for continued self-abuse. Witte, Greg, and I hit downtown on foot once
again. After a quick breakfast, and a two mile trek, it was already Noon,
and time to commence with the most serious beering of the weekend. There
were two sessions today. Would I end up as the poster boy for
Liver-Aid? One way to find out.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Face it!</td></tr>
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Thursday & Friday I had concentrated mostly on the
Eastern side of the country. Today I was branching out closer to home to
see what my favorite West Coast breweries were offering, just so I wouldn’t
miss out on something special. Despite slightly easier accessibility back
home, I had no regrets indulging in the wares of incredible Cali breweries like
<b>TRIPLE ROCK, RARE BARREL, KERN RIVER, DUST BOWL, CELLARMAKER</b>. I found it
criminal there wasn’t a line out the door for <b>FIFTY FIFTY.</b> Hah,
suckers! More for me! Thirty minutes into this afternoon session,
folks were already getting mouthy, loud, and rowdy. </div>
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Witte summed it up perfectly: <i>“It’s already amateur hour
here.”</i></div>
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I drifted to the Pacific Northwest, feeling like I was
visiting old friends and making new ones… I’m speaking of the beer, of course,
not the people. <b>ELYSIAN, BEND BREWING, BASE CAMP, 10 BARREL, SOUND
BREWERY, STOUP, GIGANTIC. ELLIOT BAY</b> was my favorite new Northwestern
discovery with their phenomenal <b>VIETNAMESE COFFEE STOUT</b> and <b>2012 FAUNTLEROY
IMPERIAL STOUT. </b></div>
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I don’t cellar many beers at home, but two that I have been
holding onto are <b>DESCHUTES THE ABYSS </b>imperial stout, one from 2011 and one from
2013. This afternoon <b>DESCHUTES </b>had <b>THE ABYSS 2012 </b>on tap. You know
I’m a nerd when I get excited about such things. And this was one beer
worth getting excited over. In the words of <b>Stu Priessler,</b> <i>“Yes, I’m
ready to face The Abyss.”</i></div>
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Loudness, crowdedness, and flatulence continued. We
cackled like 10 year olds making endless jokes about hipster beer farts.
Crop dusting of craft beer farts became <i>“Craftdusting”. </i> Artisan beer
farts became <i>“Fartisan”.</i> All the while, sampling this country’s beer
supremacy continued, lead by local kings <b>AVERY BREWING</b> whole palate-boggling
<b>UNCLE JACOB’S STOUT, LILIKOI KEPOLO, RUMPKIN</b>, and <b>OBSCURO & NIMBOSUS</b>
negated any reason to try any other brewery. </div>
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And just as I was adjusting to my beer legs, the session was
over, and all 15,000 of us were 86’ed onto the streets of downtown. My team
shuffled over to The Corner Office for much needed food & hydration, and
ended up sharing a community table with staff from <b>NEW BELGIUM</b>. Extremely cool
individuals who validated my belief that the beer scene is akin to the hardcore
punk music underground; it’s a giant family where everyone knows each other or
at least knows about each other, and are die-hard supporters and fans of each
other’s efforts. The New Belgium team also enlightened me to another
great catch phrase for the beering dictionary: <i>“Carpet walkers” </i>– An insult
referencing the people who work in the office, and not on the production floor.</div>
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An hour later I was walking the carpet up to the convention
center for the fourth and final time. This was my last hurrah and I
needed to make every second count. I had already hit all of the legendary
and cult breweries. Now I was focusing on the other guys, the breweries
who were not from popular states or greater metropolitan areas. West
Virginia’s <b>MORGANTOWN</b>, Rhode Island’s <b>REVIVAL</b>, North Dakota’s<b> LAUGHING SUN</b>,
Arkansas’ <b>CORE</b>, Alabama’s <b>BACK FORTY</b>, Iowa’s <b>NEW AMERICAN</b>. By 6:30pm I
had already tasted over 100 beers. I wasn’t finished in that I kept
pushing myself for a few more tasters, but in the figurative sense I was
already “finished”. Bloated like a beached whale, uncomfortable, not
capable of lucid conversation. I didn’t want to admit it, but I had hit
the wall. My body was telling me if I pushed myself further, I would
deeply regret stepping over the line. GABF had me in a submission
hold. I tapped out. Like that, GABF was over with a whimper, not a
bang.<br />
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Witte and the whole STRANGEWAYS gang were heading over to
TRVE so we all crammed into an Uber. The good part was I finally got to
talk to TRVE head honcho Nick Nunns a bit, nursing a few perfect brews the
whole time. I thought I was maintaining, but Nick kept asking me
unprompted, “Are you OK? Are you gonna make it?” I was an obvious
mess. I was harboring a same-day hangover. I started so early in
the day, and hit the sessions so hard, I didn’t even have the luxury of
sleeping it off. I was still awake with a piercing headache and an
uneasiness and discomfort that could not be pinpointed to one specific thing
other than generally “feeling shitty”. I sipped baby sips from the rounds
generously handed to me, met some cool locals, and soaked in the brilliantly
evil atmosphere of this ghoulish venue. I forced myself to make the most
of my last evening in Denver, but my primary focus was getting to my pillow
sooner than later. <br />
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Lars & Mike from Strangeways were headed to <b>SAM’S NO. 3</b>
for late night eats. I wasn’t hungry but food was a good idea, so I tagged
along. This place was featured on one of those douchey <b>Guy Fieri
</b>shows. It was packed, and every single patron was drunk, but the staff
dealt with it all with a smile. The inside of the diner was torn apart
like a ten dollar whore. Spills, wrappers, and trash everywhere. A
loud, inebriated morass resembling an outtake from “Caligula”. As we were
seated amongst the mayhem, Mike told me hilarious tales of his days as an
actor, and being rudely disregarded by Anthony Hopkins. Lars talked about
eating everything in sight and lived up to his word, like a machine, consuming
the better part of all three of our orders. When Mike asked me about my
day job I felt the spins coming on and limited myself to single sentence
answers, focusing less on conversation & more on keeping nausea at
bay. I would have enjoyed the company of these gents much more if I
hadn’t abused myself so thoroughly, but it was not meant to be. A
misshapen mattress was calling my name, and I happily answered its call.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd like the most smashed one, please.</td></tr>
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<br />
Sunday morning wasn’t nearly as rough as it could have
been. I dealt with the brunt of my hangover while I was still awake
yesterday, so I was feeling good this morning. I stared at myself before
going to bed Saturday night, horrified at how bloated and fat I was. I had
taken the shape of a human funhouse mirror. I was worried I had gained
ten pounds in one day after 108 beers, starchy foods and red meat. This
morning I looked normal again. A Sunday miracle. Jesus does love
me. </div>
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My flight wasn’t until this evening, and I had a day all to
myself. I stashed my bag at the front desk of the motel, praying a random
crackhead wouldn’t walk off with it. You couldn’t turn any direction in this
town without seeing a bright orange jersey. The town was wild with
unbridled Broncos fever, especially since there was a home game today at nearby
Mile High Stadium. I started my last day as I did my first day, at the
Ale House At Amato’s. During brunch, I researched nearby breweries on my
Untappd app and sipped a couple of local ales, the <b>ELEVATION 7437 DIPA</b> and the
<b>BRECKENRIDGE LUCKY U IPA</b> on nitro. And after a couple of ales I realized
I didn’t particularly want a couple more ales. I was shot. Needed
my mojo back. I needed a break from gluttony and liver abuse.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Art."</td></tr>
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Instead of cramming in as many last minute brewery visits as possible, I
meandered by the picturesque riverside that skirted LoDo, slowly basking in the
fresh air and sunshine and sounds of rushing water, relishing in a rare non-rushed
moment, a moment oddly not spent seeking out beer. I hit the <b>Denver
Museum Of Contemporary Art</b> where I was one of the only patrons. It was dead,
which was a good thing considering how most of the exhibits are minimalist in
nature. I needed minimalism right now to get my brain grounded and
prepared for re-entry back into the real world. I loitered at the rooftop
coffee house, feeling part <b>“Portlandia” </b>hipster, part<b> “Sprockets”</b> neu art
elitist, enjoying the zen of simplicity after three days of stimulation.
The quiet contemplation worked and my beering mojo returned
mid-afternoon. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dieter was supposed to meet me here.</td></tr>
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A few hours before trekking to the airport I hit <b>DENVER BEER
CO. </b>again to finish the selection of remaining samplers. No sampler shall
go unsampled. Not on my watch. Down the road was the highly touted
<b>PROST BREWING</b>. I ordered a flight and took in the Broncos game, posing as
a local. The room was roomy, meaning there was hardly anyone there. Not
promising for game day. Clearly this wasn’t the cool spot to be.
Again, I enjoyed the simplicity of a lack of a crowd, and made my way through
the hit-and-miss tasters, uncharacteristically leaning more in favor of their
lighter beers, especially the cloudy, citrusy, tart, highly drinkable
Kolsch. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things get weird after 263 beers.</td></tr>
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I reflected on the blur of GABF. The standouts for me
overall were the chile beers and oddball beers. In the past I’ve viewed
these as “novelty” beers and pooh-poohed them, but the high quality of brewing
across the board at random tastings was undeniable. This weekend was a
true success, and a deal-sealer. By the time I left the airport tonight,
I would have 263 unique beers under my belt. If this doesn’t solidify my
2014 Big Year In Beer victory, there is nothing else on this earth that will.</div>
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The GABF honeymoon was over. Attu was history. I fondly bid farewell to
Beer Disneyland, proudly donning my Denver Beer Co. baseball cap in place of
mouse ears. Westward bound, the only bottle I needed now was a bottle of
<b>Liver-Aid</b>.<br />
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<u>Thursday 10/2 – Wandering LoDo, kicking off GABF Session #1,
finishing at The Summit; 55 in one day:</u></div>
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<b>2132 – WYNKOOP PATTY'S CHILE BEER</b><br />
<b>2133 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY THUNDERSTOUT ON NITRO</b></div>
<b>2134 - DENVER BEER CO. MIDNIGHT DUNKEL</b><br />
<b>2135 - DENVER BEER CO. GALACTIC HIGHWAY</b><br />
<b>2136 - DENVER BEER CO. GRAHAM CRACKER PORTER</b><br />
<b>2137 - DENVER BEER CO. PUEBLO CHILE BEER</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgOzgrcjJmY-YpAoTl7e7sE5G9-HEZ-SQ_R4-0rJ4Wq5eXUl7zWcOhpeeZIrmA2q-7v994DZyZUWrRWABjPbGFHtYSq43lChB5K7ACnPh7wAKx9KIMg0BN2sf9CTdHgTqDpGsVDAfDnY/s1600/IMG_2795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgOzgrcjJmY-YpAoTl7e7sE5G9-HEZ-SQ_R4-0rJ4Wq5eXUl7zWcOhpeeZIrmA2q-7v994DZyZUWrRWABjPbGFHtYSq43lChB5K7ACnPh7wAKx9KIMg0BN2sf9CTdHgTqDpGsVDAfDnY/s1600/IMG_2795.JPG" height="200" width="146" /></a><b>2138 - LEFT HAND BREWING MILK STOUT WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS
ON CASK </b></div>
<b>2139 – STRANGEWAYS SOLEDAD RUM BARREL AGED</b><br />
<b>2140 – STRANGEWAYS UBERLIN</b><br />
<b>2141 – JAILBREAK BIG PUNISHER</b><br />
<b>2142 – JAILBREAK VAN DAMMIT</b><br />
<b>2143 – JAILBREAK MADE WITH BASIL</b><br />
<b>2144 – JAILBREAK DUSK TILL DAWN WITH
COFFEE </b><br />
<b>2145 - KANE BREWING NIGHT TO END ALL DAWNS</b><br />
<b>2146 - KANE BREWING MORNING BELL</b><br />
<b>2147 - KANE BREWING HEAD HIGH</b><br />
<b>2148 - KANE BREWING RIPPLE</b><br />
<b>2149 - TOPPLING GOLIATH INTERGALACTIC WARRIOR</b><br />
<b>2150 - TOPPLING GOLIATH PSEUDOSUE</b><br />
<b>2151 - TOPPLING GOLIATH ASSASSIN IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2152 - TOPPLING GOLIATH GOLDEN NUGGET</b><br />
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<b>2154 - REAL ALE BENEDICTUM: MYSTERIUM VERUM SOUR BROWN</b><br />
<b>2155 - LICKINGHOLE CREEK THREE CHOPT TRIPEL BOURBON BARREL</b><br />
<b>2156 - LICKINGHOLE CREEK BATCHELOR'S DELIGHT</b><br />
<b>2157 - LICKINGHOLE CREEK ENLIGHTENED DESPOT</b><br />
<b>2158 - HARDYWOOD PARK BOHEMIAN PILS</b><br />
<b>2159 - THREE FLOYDS BLOT OUT THE SUN</b><br />
<b>2160 – KUHNHENN
DRIPA </b><br />
<b>2161 - DARK HORSE PLEAD THE 5TH BOURBON BARREL </b><br />
<b>2162 - GOOSE ISLAND BEER CO. BACKYARD RYE BOURBON COFFEE
STOUT</b><br />
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<b>2164 - CIGAR CITY MADURO</b><br />
<b>2165 - MARTIN HOUSE BREWING THE IMPERIAL TEXAN</b><br />
<b>2166 - MOTHER ROAD WOODEN SPOKE NO. 3 BARREL AGED BLACK IPA</b><br />
<b>2167 - SICK N TWISTED HOT MAMA</b><br />
<b>2168 - SICK N TWISTED JUST THE TIP</b><br />
<b>2169 - PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES BEER WASTELAND RUM BARREL</b><br />
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<b>2170 - NEBRASKA BREWING MELANGE A TROIS</b></div>
<b>2171 – KUHNHENN PENETRATION PORTER
</b><br />
<b>2172 - JOLLY PUMPKIN VIVOS Y MUERTOS</b><br />
<b>2173 - SINGLECUT BEERSMITHS JOHN MICHAEL DARK LYRIC LAGRRR!</b><br />
<b>2174 - SINGLECUT BEERSMITHS HALF STACK IPA</b><br />
<b>2175 – PARKWAY BARREL AGED DUBBEL</b><br />
<b>2176 - O'CONNOR GREAT DISMAL BLACK IPA</b><br />
<b>2177 - DUE SOUTH ROGGENBIER</b><br />
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<b>2179 - CROW PEAK PAGAN SNAKE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2180 - CROWN VALLEY BARREL AGED IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2181 - CROWN VALLEY IMPERIAL PUMPKIN STOUT</b><br />
<b>2182 - CROWN VALLEY SERRANO SIDEKICK AMERICAN PALE ALE</b><br />
<b>2183 – WYNKOOP ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER STOUT BARREL AGED</b><br />
<b>2184 - RED ROCK BREWING 20TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL RED
ALE </b><br />
<b>2185 - RARE BARREL EGREGIOUS</b><br />
<b>2186 - SURLY BREWING COFFEE BENDER</b><br />
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<u>Friday 10/3 – GABF press junket tasting by day and GABF
Session #2 by night; 87 samples in one day:</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2187 - WICKED WEED SERENITY</b></div>
<b>2188 - BREWER'S ASSOCIATION TEAM HOMEBREW NAPOLEON COMPLEX
BERLINER WEISSE</b><br />
<b>2189 - PINEY RIVER OLD TOM PORTER</b><br />
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PORTER </b></div>
<b>2191 - UNION CRAFT BREWING BALT ALTBIER</b><br />
<b>2192 - PELICAN PUB & BREWERY TSUNAMI STOUT</b><br />
<b>2193 - ANTHEM GOLDEN ALE</b><br />
<b>2194 - PINEY RIVER SWEET POTATO ALE</b><br />
<b>2195 - PELICAN PUB & BREWERY SILVERSPOT IPA</b><br />
<b>2196 – TRVE EASTERN CANDLE</b><br />
<b>2197 – TRVE STOUT O)))</b><br />
<b>2198 - FORMER FUTURE GOLDEN FEATHER</b><br />
<b>2199 - FORMER FUTURE PRIM & PORTER SALTED CARAMEL</b><br />
<b>2200 – LOWDOWN SELFISH PALE ALE</b><br />
<b>2201 – LOWDOWN UA POU SAISON</b><br />
<b>2202 – STRANGEWAYS MARTIAN SPRING</b><br />
<b>2203 - THREE NOTCH'D GRAY GHOST AMERICAN PALE ALE</b><br />
<b>2204 - THREE NOTCH'D OATS MCGOATS</b><br />
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<b>2206 - STEWART'S IMPERIAL STOUT DESTROYER </b><br />
<b>2207 - STEWART'S STUMBLIN' MONK</b><br />
<b>2208 - STEWART'S OYSTER STOUT</b><br />
<b>2209 - STOUDT BREWING PILS </b><br />
<b>2210 - UNION CRAFT BREWING BLACKWING LAGER</b><br />
<b>2211 - UPSTATE COMMON SENSE KENTUCKY COMMON ALE</b><br />
<b>2212 - UPSTATE INDIA PALE WHEAT</b><br />
<b>2213 – WEYERBACHER RISERVA </b><br />
<b>2214 - FROTHY BEARD ANDALE JALAPENO CILANTRO</b><br />
<b>2215 - FUNKY BUDDHA BARREL AGED NIKOLAI VORLAUF IMPERIAL
STOUT</b><br />
<b>2216 - FUNKY BUDDHA LAST SNOW PORTER</b><br />
<b>2217 - GRAYTON BEER GOURDGEOUS PUMPKIN ALE</b><br />
<b>2218 - FOOTHILL BREWING SEXUAL CHOCOLATE</b><br />
<b>2219 - FOOTHILL BREWING JADE IPA</b><br />
<b>2220 - DEEP RIVER 4042 CHOCOLATE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2221 - DARWIN BREWING CHARAPA SPICED PORTER</b><br />
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<b>2222 - DARWIN BREWING SUMMADAZE FLORIDA WEST COAST IPA</b><br />
<b>2223 - DEEP RIVER BACK COUNTRY BLACK IPA</b><br />
<b>2224 - DUE SOUTH MEXICAN STANDOFF SPICY PORTER</b><br />
<b>2225 - DUE SOUTH CATEGORY 5 DIPA</b><br />
<b>2226 - MOTHER EARTH BREWING (NC) DARK CLOUD</b><br />
<b>
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<b>2228 - NODA BREWING HOP DROP & ROLL IPA</b><br />
<b>2229 - NODA BREWING HOT PISTOL CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY HABANERO
STOUT</b><br />
<b>2230 - OYSTER HOUSE BREWING MOONSTONE OYSTER STOUT</b><br />
<b>2231 - OYSTER HOUSE BREWING SUPERMOON IMPERIAL OYSTER STOUT</b><br />
<b>2232 - PALMETTO BREWING A.M. WOOD ALE</b><br />
<b>2233 - PALMETTO BREWING SMOKE ON THE HARBOR STOUT</b><br />
<b>2234 - RIVER RAT BREWERY FALL SEASONAL</b><br />
<b>2235 - SWAMP HEAD SMOKE SIGNAL SMOKED PORTER </b><br />
<b>2236 - SWAMP HEAD DARKWATER</b><br />
<b>2237 – TERRAPIN MIDNIGHT MONK</b><br />
<b>2238 - THOMAS CREEK CONDUPLICO IMMUNDUS MONACHUS </b><br />
<b>2239 - WEST SIXTH LEMONGRASS AMERICAN WHEAT</b><br />
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<b>2240 - CIGAR CITY BIG SOUND SCOTCH ALE</b></div>
<b>2241 - LEXINGTON BREWING KENTUCKY PUMPKIN BARREL ALE</b><br />
<b>2242 - ADROIT THEORY LEGION</b><br />
<b>2243 - ADROIT THEORY B/A/Y/S</b><br />
<b>2244 - ADROIT THEORY FEAR IS YOUR ONLY GOD</b><br />
<b>2245 - ADROIT THEORY LOVE OF THE DAMNED </b><br />
<b>2246 - WILLIAMSBURG ALEWERKS BOURBON BARREL PORTER</b><br />
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<b>2248 - DC BRAU EL HEFE SPEAKS</b><br />
<b>2249 - DC BRAU ON THE WINGS OF ARMAGEDDON</b><br />
<b>2250 - DC BRAU THE TRADITION </b><br />
<b>2251 - THREE FLOYDS
CHEVALIER
</b><br />
<b>2252 - THREE FLOYDS ZOMBIE
DUST </b><br />
<b>2253 - THREE FLOYDS EVIL POWER</b><br />
<b>2254 - NEW GLARUS SCREAM
DIPA </b><br />
<b>2255 - NEW GLARUS BROWN
PEACH </b><br />
<b>2256 – REVOLUTION RED SKULL IMPERIAL RED </b><br />
<b>2257 - RIGHT BRAIN THAI
PEANUT </b><br />
<b>2258 - RIGHT BRAIN SCHRUTE FARMS BEET
SAISON </b><br />
<b>2259 - RIGHT BRAIN SPEAR BEER ASPARAGUS
ALE </b><br />
<b>2260 - RIGHT BRAIN LOOPING OWL WHISKEY AGED ALE </b><br />
<b>2261 - SCARLET LANE DORIAN
STOUT </b><br />
<b>2262 - SUN KING SYMPATHY FOR THE
DEVIL </b><br />
<b>
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<b>2264 - THREE WEAVERS
EXPATRIATE </b><br />
<b>2265 – FATE MOIRAI COFFEE
IPA
</b><br />
<b>2266 - WILLOUGHBY BREWING PEANUT BUTTER CUP COFFEE
PORTER </b><br />
<b>2267 - PIG MINDS JOE DADDY</b><br />
<b>2268 - YAK & YETI BREWPUB BARREL AGED YAK'S RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT </b><br />
<b>2269 - BLACK SKY PERSEPHONE POMEGRANATE
WHEAT
</b><br />
<b>2270 - BLACK SKY PETAL TO THE METAL</b><br />
<b>2271 - DOGFISH HEAD BEER THOUSAND</b><br />
<b>2272 – CELLARMAKER COFFEE &
CIGARETTES </b><br />
<b>2273 - EL TORO BREWING GHOST CHILI GOLDEN ALE</b><br />
<b>
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<u>Saturday 10/4 – GABF Sessions #3 & #4, finishing up at
TRVE; A personal record of 108 samples in a day, and boy, was I feeling it:</u></div>
<b>2274 - TRIPLE ROCK SMALL TALK</b><br />
<b>2275 - TRIPLE ROCK RYE SMILE</b><br />
<b>
</b><br />
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<b>2277 - TRIPLE ROCK IPAX</b><br />
<b>2278 - TRIPLE ROCK RED ROCK</b><br />
<b>2279 - RARE BARREL SOURTOOTH TIGER</b><br />
<b>2280 - RARE BARREL MAP OF THE SUN</b><br />
<b>2281 - RARE BARREL FORCES UNSEEN</b><br />
<b>2282 - RARE BARREL COSMIC
DUST </b><br />
<b>2283 - ANCHOR BREWING COMPANY OBA (OUR BARREL
ALE) </b><br />
<b>2284 - ANCHOR BREWING COMPANY POTRERO HILL SOUR MASH
IPA </b><br />
<b>2285 - KERN RIVER BLACK ROCK IPA</b><br />
<b>2286 - KERN RIVER GRAVITY CHECK</b><br />
<b>2287 - KERN RIVER PUMPKIN
ALE </b><br />
<b>2288 - KERN RIVER SHUTTLE BUNNY</b><br />
<b>2289 – IRONFIRE VICIOUS DISPOSITION IMPERIAL PORTER</b><br />
<b>2290 - FIFTY FIFTY ECLIPSE BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>
</b><br />
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<b>2292 - FIFTY FIFTY MISO HOPPY</b><br />
<b>2293 - FIFTY FIFTY SPRING
FEVER
</b><br />
<b>2294 - EL TORO BREWING EL TORO NEGRO IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2295 - DUST BOWL BREWING CHERRY
PICKER </b><br />
<b>2296 - DUST BOWL BREWING HOBO
PILSNER </b><br />
<b>2297 – CELLARMAKER PERMANENT DAYLIGHT</b><br />
<b>2298 – CELLARMAKER TIM'S
BROWN </b><br />
<b>2299 – ELYSIAN FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN</b><br />
<b>2300 - ELLIOTT BAY VIETNAMESE COFFEE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2301 - ELLIOTT BAY FAUNTLEROY IMPERIAL STOUT 2012</b><br />
<b>2302 – ELYSIAN THE DREAD</b><br />
<b>2303 - THE COMMONS MYRTLE</b><br />
<b>
</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, the demand for asparagus beer is met.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>2304 – COALITION BRING OUT THE IMP</b></div>
<b>2305 - BEND BREWING WICKED MEDICINE BELGIAN STRONG ALE</b><br />
<b>2306 - BEND BREWING LOVELY CHERRY BALTIC PORTER</b><br />
<b>2307 - BASE CAMP RIPSTOP RYE PILS</b><br />
<b>2308 - BASE CAMP THE INCREDIBLE BALTOR</b><br />
<b>2309 - 10 BARREL CUCUMBER CRUSH</b><br />
<b>2310 - 10 BARREL P2P</b><br />
<b>2311 - GIGANTIC TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN</b><br />
<b>2312 - GIGANTIC PIPEWRENCH GIN BARREL AGED IPA</b><br />
<b>2313 - SOUND BREWERY MONK'S
INDISCRETION
</b><br />
<b>2314 - SOUND BREWERY DUBBEL ENTENDRE</b><br />
<b>2315 - SOUND BREWERY TRIPEL ENTENDRE</b><br />
<b>2316 – STOUP NW RED</b><br />
<b>2317 – STOUP BAVARIAN HEFEWEIZEN</b><br />
<b>2318 – STOUP ROBUST PORTER</b><br />
<b>2319 - DESCHUTES BREWERY THE ABYSS 2012</b><br />
<b>2320 - DESCHUTES BREWERY PLANETE ROUGE</b><br />
<b>2321 - ODELL BREWING GRAMPS OATMEAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoIyOP6ppDenDFfDVYi-KmUCZpk1ybYgM-nd_D68Bdl4hYHmT4lKow7pOXib8e94y8Sgnui15j_-LwdxuG1zzifTCNcvZYLSU6gmCg1vSor5ZfpoC_nINBqxf5gMnstRBMhNiu69SsNk/s1600/IMG_2975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoIyOP6ppDenDFfDVYi-KmUCZpk1ybYgM-nd_D68Bdl4hYHmT4lKow7pOXib8e94y8Sgnui15j_-LwdxuG1zzifTCNcvZYLSU6gmCg1vSor5ZfpoC_nINBqxf5gMnstRBMhNiu69SsNk/s1600/IMG_2975.JPG" height="200" width="154" /></a><b>2322 - ODELL BREWING FRIEK</b></div>
<b>2323 - AVERY BREWING LILIKOI KEPOLO </b><br />
<b>2324 - AVERY BREWING OBSCURO & NIMBOSUS</b><br />
<b>2325 - AVERY BREWING RUMPKIN</b><br />
<b>2326 - AVERY BREWING UNCLE JACOBS STOUT </b><br />
<b>2327 - THIRSTY DOG BOURBON BARREL WULVER WEE HEAVY</b><br />
<b>2328 - THIRSTY DOG SIBERIAN NIGHT BOURBON BARREL AGED</b><br />
<b>2329 - SOLEMN OATH HEAVYWEIGHT TICKLEFIGHT CHAMPION OF THE
WORLD WOOD BARREL AGED STRONG ALE</b><br />
<b>2330 - SOLEMN OATH SNAGGLETOOTH BANDANA IPA</b><br />
<b>2331 - SCRATCH BREWING BURDOCK SAHTI</b><br />
<b>2332 - ROCHESTER MILLS MILKSHAKE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2333 - BROKEN COMPASS CHILI PEPPER PALE
ALE </b><br />
<b>2334 - BROKEN PLOW SIGNATURE CHILI WHEAT</b><br />
<b>2335 - SAINT ARNOLD BISHOP'S BARREL NO. 4 </b><br />
<b>2336 - SAINT ARNOLD BISHOP'S BARREL NO. 2 BRETT</b><br />
<b>2337 – TELLURIDE WET HOPPED AMERICAN SUMMER</b><br />
<b>2338 - TRINITY LE CAPITAINE PETITE BOUDDHA</b><br />
<b>
</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA54vnN5HGsZwbqBNtZFsewwGGg9cCtj8Z0HARh5VBEoS6tekZmE_rVbYvr0fM6hGN9QPtEVTYNtIKKJUbPNgHhHFHBfRUtgaFZHhdYyFUxxgPa_b1GI7zNIlrGnQgC0kCX78e75oo3Y/s1600/IMG_2909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbA54vnN5HGsZwbqBNtZFsewwGGg9cCtj8Z0HARh5VBEoS6tekZmE_rVbYvr0fM6hGN9QPtEVTYNtIKKJUbPNgHhHFHBfRUtgaFZHhdYyFUxxgPa_b1GI7zNIlrGnQgC0kCX78e75oo3Y/s1600/IMG_2909.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><b>2339 - TWISTED PINE BILLY'S
CHILIES </b></div>
<b>2340 - TWISTED PINE BIG SHOT ESPRESSO STOUT</b><br />
<b>2341 – VERBOTEN MOUNTAIN MAN BOURBON BARREL IMPERIAL RYE ALE</b><br />
<b>2342 – VERBOTEN IN LOVE WITH SUMMER STRAWBERRY RHUBARB ALE</b><br />
<b>2343 - B2B BISTRONOMY CHERRY
STOUT
</b><br />
<b>2344 - BIG BEND MARFA LIGHT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2345 – ARMADILLO BRUNCH MONEY IMPERIAL GOLDEN STOUT</b><br />
<b>2346 – ARMADILLO QUAKERTOWN
STOUT </b><br />
<b>2347 – LIQUAMENTUM DOUBLE DOWN DAVY BROWN </b><br />
<b>2348 – LIQUAMENTUM HELL'S HALF ACRE</b><br />
<b>2349 - MAD RIVER BREWING CELLAR RESERVE
2013 </b><br />
<b>2350 - AVERY BREWING THE KAISER</b><br />
<b>2351 - LEFT HAND BREWING 400 LB MONKEY</b><br />
<b>2352 - LEFT HAND BREWING SMOKEJUMPER SMOKED IMPERIAL PORTER</b><br />
<b>2353 - DESCHUTES BREWERY ZARABANDA</b><br />
<b>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSJYGSf2dhcBW9nZ6qOvvxCuoJ_gmxdBRUue7G3F7tW6gRt0QCLTMvHTPZc6q2FWLhHcJ4Urbgok1CR980iD5euq0q9yngn7zwwE0wz2jbWg7r0TZWryC9MSDBcun-6kZFOF-J-vDtQA/s1600/IMG_3078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSJYGSf2dhcBW9nZ6qOvvxCuoJ_gmxdBRUue7G3F7tW6gRt0QCLTMvHTPZc6q2FWLhHcJ4Urbgok1CR980iD5euq0q9yngn7zwwE0wz2jbWg7r0TZWryC9MSDBcun-6kZFOF-J-vDtQA/s1600/IMG_3078.JPG" height="188" width="200" /></a><b>2354 - 5 RABBIT CERVECERIA YODO CON LECHE</b></div>
<b>2355 - 5 RABBIT CERVECERIA 5 VULTURE OAXACAN STYLE DARK
ALE </b><br />
<b>2356 – BRENNER BACON BOMB</b><br />
<b>2357 – BRICKSTONE WITCHING HOUR</b><br />
<b>2358 - CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN HELLTOWN RYE-OT</b><br />
<b>2359 - DADS & DUDES RUM, FORREST!
RUM! </b><br />
<b>2360 - FORBIDDEN ROOT SUBLIME GINGER</b><br />
<b>2361 - REVIVAL DOUBLE BLACK IPA</b><br />
<b>2362 - FULL PINT BREWING GUS IPA</b><br />
<b>2363 - FREEWILL / FULL PINT COLLABORATION SAFEWORD MANGO
HABANERO IMPERIAL IPA </b><br />
<b>2364 – MORGANTOWN JESCO'S WHITE IPA</b><br />
<b>2365 - BUR OAK DEVINE IPA</b><br />
<b>2366 – BORGATA OATMEAL CREAM STOUT</b><br />
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</b><br />
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<b>2368 – BRICKTOWN BLUESBERRY</b><br />
<b>2369 - SQUATTER'S HELL'S KEEP </b><br />
<b>2370 – WASATCH JALAPENO CREAM ALE</b><br />
<b>2371 - NEW AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE ALE</b><br />
<b>2372 - LAUGHING SUN 19TH AMENDMENT CHOCOLATE CHERRY STOUT </b><br />
<b>2373 - BACK FORTY FENCE POST SESSION ALE</b><br />
<b>2374 - BAYOU TECHE COCODRIE</b><br />
<b>2375 - BEAR WATERS SUNBURST BLOOD ORANGE SAISON</b><br />
<b>2376 - BLACK ABBEY THE CHAPTER HOUSE</b><br />
<b>2377 – CORE ESB</b><br />
<b>2378 – CUMBERLAND WHATCHU GINGER SAISON</b><br />
<b>2379 – TRVE HAIL SAISON WORSHIP DOOM</b><br />
<b>2380 – TRVE N.P.O.N. EQUINOX PALE ALE</b><br />
<b>2381 – TRVE MMXIV-I </b><br />
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<u>Sunday 10/5 – Last wanderings through LoDo, finishing at
Rootdown, Denver Int’l Airport:</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2382 - ELEVATION BEER COMPANY 7437</b></div>
<b>2383 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY LUCKY U DOUBLE IPA ON NITRO</b><br />
<b>2384 - DENVER BEER CO. OLD WORLD IPA</b><br />
<b>2385 - DENVER BEER CO. INCREDIBLE PEDAL
IPA
</b><br />
<b>2386 - DENVER BEER CO. KING OF JACKS IMPERIAL PUMPKIN</b><br />
<b>2387 - PROST BREWING PILS</b><br />
<b>2388 - PROST BREWING KELLER PILS</b><br />
<b>2389 - PROST BREWING DUNKEL</b><br />
<b>2390 - PROST BREWING KOLSCH</b><br />
<b>2391 - PROST BREWING WEISSBIER</b><br />
<b>2392 - PROST BREWING OKTOBERFEST MARZEN</b><br />
<b>2393 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING HADES </b><br />
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<b>2394 - AVERY BREWING THE REVEREND </b></div>
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<u>Monday 10/6 – Home at last</u></div>
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<b>2395 - AVERY BREWING THE BEAST GRAND CRU</b></div>
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<u>Tuesday 10/7 - Home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2396 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY UNITY LOS ANGELES PALE ALE </b></div>
<b>2397 - STONE BREWING ENJOY BY 10.31.14 IPA</b><br />
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<u>Wednesday 10/8 – Sunset Beer Co. run & a couple at home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2398 - TAHOE MOUNTAIN BREWING PARTY BOY BELGIAN IPA</b></div>
<b>2399 - COSMIC ALES HELLHOUND BROWN</b><br />
<b>2400 - MONKISH / SUNSET BEER CO. COLLABORATION SUNSET BEER
WIT</b><br />
<b>2401 - NORTH PEAK BREWING DUBIOUS BLACK CHOCOLATE STOUT</b><br />
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<b>2402 - CENTRAL CITY BREWERS RED BETTY WHITE ALE WHEAT BEER</b></div>
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<u>Thursday 10/9 – New release tastings at Vendome & Eagle
Rock Brewery, then finishing at home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2403 - MODERN TIMES AURORA RED RYE IPA</b></div>
<b>2404 - BREWERY OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES: VALAR MORGHULIS</b><br />
<b>2405 - BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING CAFÉ RACER
15
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<b>2406 - THE BRUERY IGNIS FATUUS</b><br />
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<b>2408 - SIERRA NEVADA BREWING BIGFOOT BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE
2004</b><br />
<b>2409 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY MEL'S BELLS PINK SAISON WITH WET
HOPPED MOSAIC</b><br />
<b>2410 – ALLAGASH NANCY RED SOUR WITH CHERRIES</b><br />
<b>2411 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY NORM II SMOKED PORTER</b><br />
<b>2412 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY / MALTOSE FALCONS COLLABORATION
LONGEVITY BALTIC PORTER</b><br />
<b>2413 - CRAZY MOUNTAIN BREWING MOUNTAIN LIVIN' PALE ALE</b><br />
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<u>Friday 10/10 – Oceanside with my boy</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2414 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY BACK GARDEN PALE ALE</b></div>
<b>2415 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY CONTINENTAL CREAM ALE</b><br />
<b>2416 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY ASPHALT JUNGLE IRISH STYLE DRY
STOUT</b><br />
<b>2417 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY 3 BEAGLES BROWN ALE </b><br />
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<b>2418 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY HOP CROP RED ALE</b><br />
<b>2419 - BAGBY BEER COMPANY HOP WHOMPUS</b><br />
<b>2420 - BELCHING BEAVER BLUSHING BEAVER RED ALE</b><br />
<b>2421 - BREAKWATER BREWING MAVERICK'S DOUBLE IPA</b><br />
<b>2422 - BREAKWATER BREWING ALPHA BRAVO</b><br />
<b>2423 - BREAKWATER BREWING TEAHUPO'O</b><br />
<b>2424 - BREAKWATER BREWING DMJ IPA</b><br />
<b>2425 - BREAKWATER BREWING OLD BLUE EYES</b><br />
<b>2426 - BREAKWATER BREWING WALKABOUT STOUT</b><br />
<b>2427 - BREAKWATER BREWING KALI KUSH</b><br />
<b>2428 - BREAKWATER BREWING BIERE DU JOUR </b><br />
<b>2429 - BREAKWATER BREWING BARREL 5</b><br />
<b>2430 - BREAKWATER BREWING RAILSLIDE RED</b><br />
<b>2431 - BREAKWATER BREWING PERFECT DAY</b><br />
<b>2432 - BREAKWATER BREWING TIS WIT IT TIS</b><br />
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<b>2434 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY OPHELIA HOPPY WHEAT ALE</b><br />
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<u>Saturday 10/11 – Oceanside Day 2</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2435 - MISSION BREWERY PLUNDER IPA</b></div>
<b>2436 - ACOUSTIC ALES BREWING INSTANT TRIPEL KARMA</b><br />
<b>2437 - BEER BREWING COMPANY LIMA-BIER</b><br />
<b>2438 - BEER BREWING COMPANY BELGIAN
GOLD
</b><br />
<b>2439 - BEER BREWING COMPANY BROWN</b><br />
<b>2440 - BEER BREWING COMPANY UFO IPA</b><br />
<b>2441 - BEER BREWING COMPANY XXX THREAT HOP FILTERED IPA</b><br />
<b>2442 - ACOUSTIC ALES BREWING MOSH PIT </b><br />
<b>2443 - ACOUSTIC ALES BREWING TUSH DOUBLE DRY HOPPED SESSION
IPA</b><br />
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<u>Sunday 10/12 – Chillin at home with the Wife & the NFL</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2444 - STRIKE BREWING DOUBLE IPA</b></div>
<b>2445 - GIGANTIC VOLTA SAISON</b><br />
<b>2446 - MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING SNOWSHOE WHITE</b><br />
<b>2447 - KENNEBUNKPORT BREWING CO. PORTER</b><br />
<b>2448 - EVIL TWIN BREWING LIL' B</b><br />
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<u>Monday 10/13 – Home, half of these went down the drain</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2449 - KENNEBUNKPORT BREWING CO. IPA</b></div>
<b>2450 - OL' BURRO BREWERY TAP 79 IPA</b><br />
<b>2451 - RHINELANDER BREWING BOATSWAIN CHOCOLATE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2452 – JOSEPHSBRAU STOCKYARD OATMEAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2453 - CRAZY MOUNTAIN BREWING AMBER ALE</b><br />
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<u>Tuesday 10/14 – Samplers at 38 Degrees, and a few at home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2454 - BEACHWOOD / DRAKE'S COLLABORATION VULCANIZER IPA</b></div>
<b>2455 - FACTION BREWING BORN DAY DOUBLE IPA</b><br />
<b>2456 - THREE WEAVERS MIDNIGHT FLIGHT IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2457 - BERRYESSA BREWING DOUBLE TAP IPA</b><br />
<b>2458 - STONE / DOGFISH HEAD / VICTORY COLLABORATION SAISON
DU BUFF</b><br />
<b>2459 - KARL STRAUSS PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER</b><br />
<b>2460 - PEAK ORGANIC BREWING IPA</b><br />
<b>2461 - GRAND TETON BREWING TROUT HOP BLACK IPA </b><br />
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<u>Wednesday 10/15 – Home, more than half of this went down the
drain</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2462 - BOULDER BEER COMPANY BUFFALO GOLD</b></div>
<b>2463 - CLOWN SHOESPECAN PIE PORTER</b><br />
<b>2464 - FULL SAIL BREWING AMBER ALE</b><br />
<b>2465 - GREENE KING THE KING'S ENGLISH IPA</b><br />
<b>2466 - RHINELANDER BREWING BOATSWAIN AMERICAN IPA</b><br />
<b>2467 - FULL SAIL BREWING IPA</b><br />
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<u>Thursday 10/16 – New release tasting at Vendome, and a
couple cheap ones at home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2468 - BOULEVARD BREWING TWO JOKERS DOUBLE-WIT</b></div>
<b>2469 - SMUTTYNOSE / STONE COLLABORATION CUSTER'S LAST STAND
IPA</b><br />
<b>2470 - SKA BREWING AUTUMNAL MOLE STOUT</b><br />
<b>2471 - MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING T.R.E.A.T. IMPERIAL CHOCOLATE
PUMPKIN PORTER</b><br />
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<b>2473 - BOULEVARD / SIERRA NEVADA COLLABORATION TERRA
INCOGNITA (2014)</b><br />
<b>2474 – JOSEPHSBRAU BAVARIAN STYLE HEFEWEIZEN</b><br />
<b>2475 - FULL SAIL BREWING WASSAIL WINTER ALE</b><br />
<b>2476 - CRAZY MOUNTAIN BREWING LAVA LAKE
WIT </b><br />
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<u>Friday 10/17 – Flight at Tony’s Darts Away and a couple at
home</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2477 - CISMONTANE BREWING HOLY JIM FALLS XPA</b></div>
<b>2478 - TELEGRAPH BREWING RESERVE WHEAT ALE</b><br />
<b>2479 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING MENDO MELLO ESTATE WET HOP
ALE</b><br />
<b>2480 - LATITUDE 33 BREWING CAMEL CORPS IPA</b><br />
<b>2481 - GIGANTIC FIREBIRD SMOKED HEFEWEIZEN</b><br />
<b>2482 - EINSTOK OLGERD ICELANDIC ARCTIC BERRY ALE</b><br />
<b>2483 - NORTH COAST BREWING PUCK, THE BEER PETITE SAISON</b><br />
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<u>Saturday 10/18 – Burbank OktoBURfest by day, and late night
Long Beach beering by night</u><b> </b><br />
<b>2484 - AVERY BREWING GORED SESSION PUMPKIN ALE </b></div>
<b>2485 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING OLD TOASTY DARK MILD</b><br />
<b>2486 - FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING MAGPIE BALTIC PORTER</b><br />
<b>2487 - GOLDEN ROAD OKTOBERFEST</b><br />
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<b>2494 - BAYREUTHER HELL</b><br />
<b>2495 - ENEGREN BREWING FOLIAGE PALE ALE</b><br />
<b>2496 - GORDON BIERSCH FESTBIER</b><br />
<b>2497 – SPATEN OKTOBERFESTBIER</b><br />
<b>2498 - BEACHWOOD BREWING ALPHA NEO</b><br />
<b>2499 - BEACHWOOD BREWING LAUREL IPA</b><br />
<b>2500 - BEACHWOOD BREWING HOP VADER</b><br />
<b>2501 - BEACHWOOD BREWING ANNIHILATOR</b><br />
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<b>2502 - BEACHWOOD BREWING UDDER LOVE</b></div>
<b>2503 - BEACHWOOD BREWING EL VERANO</b><br />
<b>2504 - CISCO
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RESERVE: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b><br />
<b>2505 - MONKEY PAW BREWING TAMARIN IPA</b><br />
<b>2506 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY OLD WORLD HEFEWEIZEN</b><br />
<b>2507 - GOLDEN
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<b>2508 - SAN PEDRO BREWING PORT TOWN PILSNER</b><br />
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<b>2510 - PITTSBURGH
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<b>2512 - UINTA BREWING CAHOOTS SAISON</b><br />
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-66120547943805305802014-10-01T23:20:00.001-07:002015-06-22T08:07:43.935-07:00Beer #2087-2131 / Day #267-274: Turning the Oaktown Frown Upside Down at Jingletown<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->I spent most of my life in the Bay Area, from the ages of 3
to 32.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I grew up in the South Bay…
Sunnyvale, San
Jose. As an adult I moved to <i>“The City”,</i> San Francisco proper, for
13 years before moving to LA in 2001.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While I was a resident of Northern California,
I explored every nook and cranny of the greater Bay Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, except for <b>Oakland</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>OakTown, as the rappers of the 90s dubbed it, was always an enigma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very scary enigma.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For countless years, Oakland’s
per capita murder rate lead the state, even doubling those of San
Francisco and New York
City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
growing up in the suburbs, the most horrific stories of violent crime on the
nightly news took place in Oakland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was always a place to avoid; never a
destination.
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Now at the age of 45, I find myself on a Southwest flight
bound for OakTown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been invited to
take part in a documentary about Berkeley’s
now-legendary all-ages punk venue <a href="http://www.924gilman.org/" target="_blank"><b>924 Gilman</b></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ve been actively involved in underground music for a good 30 years, so
as a result I’ve been approached many times to answer questions for various
books and documentaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I always
refuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, that’s not entirely
true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m actually very receptive to the
idea of documenting the sounds and history behind music I’m so passionate
about, but what I’m not receptive to is people who bite off more than they can
chew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when they eventually throw in
the towel, they’ve completely wasted my time. Trying to assemble and make sense
of the rambling and random input of 10 or 20 or 50 people would be a challenge
to say to the least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And most aspiring
documentarians who approach me don’t tout resumes containing a body of similar
work which convinces me they would be capable to tackling such a daunting
task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a single book or documentary
I’ve been approached about has ever seen light of day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Naturally, when a new proposal comes my way,
I give a standard response of, “If this truly happens, I want to be one of the
last people you interview,” which is code for “I think you’re wasting my time,
and I know you’ll give up after you talk to the first 8 people.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s basically a kinder, gentler way of
refusing to participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far I’ve
been batting 1.000 in that decision. </div>
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Enter <b>Corbett Redford </b>--
writer, director, comedian, musician, and frontman for <a href="http://bobbyjoeebola.com/" target="_blank"><b>Bobby Joe Ebola &The Children MacNuggits</b></a> (greatest band moniker of all time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from having a name that sounds like he
belongs in the English theatre reciting classic prose, Corbett is gregarious,
enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and most importantly not full of shit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> He </span>hit me up a few months ago about this
Gilman documentary when he was in LA, but the timing was bad & we never
connected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed legit at the time,
but like other docs, I figured I still had time to see if this would really pan
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, he put his money where his
mouth is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or rather Green Day’s money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out <b>Green Day </b>is actually backing this
monumental effort, out of a similar passion for a music venue and scene that
spawned so much creativity & energy, themselves included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corbett contacted me again in August, and
after 170+ interviews (!!!) they were close to wrapping up the first stage of
this documentary, but they wanted to get my input, and were willing to front me
some money for travel expenses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who
could say “No”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I didn’t.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My hosts and some very Good Hops indeed</td></tr>
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Waiting at the curb at OAK was <b>Dan Hashthrash</b> and his
wife <b>Corin</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were kind enough to
offer to let me crash with them overnight, and when I mentioned beer, they
suggested picking me up at the airport instead of having me take public
transportation, that way we could head out immediately to start beering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, twist my arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan doesn’t drink at all, but Corin loves the
suds and apparently is often lacking in company to share her interest, so I was
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Dan is an active member of the local hardcore scene, best
known for his band <a href="http://oaklandconnoisseur.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><b>Connoisseur</b></a>, a weed-centric grindcore unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And he writes songs based on experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This man IS a true connoisseur of The
Green.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s also one of the few people
with a medical marijuana card who truly does need it for medicinal purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One common bond we share outside of music is
Dan and I have both been treated for cancer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My prostate cancer treatment was a cakewalk in comparison to the regimen
of poking, prodding, testing, and surgery this man still endures for his bouts with colon cancer. </div>
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Our first stop was <a href="http://thegoodhop.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Good Hop</b></a>, part tap room, part bottle
shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seemed like a welcome joint to
chill out for the evening, but by the time we arrived at 9:30pm, they were 30
minutes away from closing, so we picked up a few late night bottles, and moved
along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cruising through the Northern
part of the city it was clear the old Oakland
was still here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still gritty as hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dirty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shabby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Desperate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unpredictably dangerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But peppered throughout the grit were random
hipster venues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A coffee shop here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A record store there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Artisan something-or-others adding small
oases of hope between corner stores, rescue missions, and dimly lit, heavily
barred residences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oakland is really trying hard to be that
desirable up-and-coming city, but there’s still a hell of a lot of “up” that has
yet to come.</div>
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We cruised by my host's cozy apartment in the <i>Temescal
</i>neighborhood, dropped off my backpack, and walked to the nearby <a href="http://www.hogsapothecary.com/" target="_blank"><b>Hog’s Apothecary,</b></a> a promised land of housemade sausages and plentiful, predominantly
NorCal taps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all of the geeky
advance research I do on breweries, I continue to be surprised when I hit a new
city; there’s always a wealth of untapped braus which were nowhere close to my
radar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The list at Hog’s was comprised
of so many beers which were unknown to me, I expected most of them to be
“good”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I got was
“outstanding”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>CELLARMAKER BREWING</b> out
of San Francisco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Holy Eff, this place knows their IPAs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were world class and worth killing for…
OTTO'S BACKPACK, MO' GALAXY, ORIGINAL DANKSTER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The sleepy beach community of Half Moon Bay has a brewery now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They sure do, and the <b>HALF MOON BAY BREWING</b>
CALF FIENE MILK STOUT WITH FAIR TRADE COFFEE is a silky dream in a
snifter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>HENHOUSE BREWING</b> BIG CHICKEN
IMPERIAL IPA did not lay an egg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b>MOYLAN'S</b> BREWERY PORT BARREL STOUT worked me over like the burly Irish
thug that it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Amazing service at the Hog's, all of whom were fully receptive to my quest to try their finest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He walks the walk.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Stuffed and pleased, we staggered back to the
apartment to relax, chit chat, get meowed at by mouthy cats, and share the
spoils of our raid upon the Good Hop, the highlight being NAUGHTY AUD IMPERIAL
STOUT from Petaluma’s <b>101 NORTH BREWING</b>, another new revelation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2AM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It would be a good idea to sleep since I’m supposed to sound articulate
on camera tomorrow.</div>
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I slept like a soggy log, awaking at 10am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plan was to meet at Noon at <a href="http://www.jtrecording.com/" target="_blank"><b>Jingletown Studios </b></a>in Oakland,
a facility owned by Green Day, which also serves as the office and ground zero
for the documentary crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan and Corin
were kind enough to shuttle me around, and as fate would have it, Dan is
involved in this doc as well, assisting with transfer of old and new video
assets to required formats for editing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After a quick bite at a hipster bagel-teria, and a third cup at artisan
enclave <b>Blue Bottle Coffee</b>, we were on our way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In a dumpy neighborhood bordering the freeway in West
Oakland, behind a gated fence the compound awaited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGmcgiIWz9LM2m0ze3UxvfRl3QwCdSdXJ_HRhGQIYKJyHosjZQW2kCyma5bdJkRsE9UDwyToDuR5x20FWZCkarrLQhfdlLv163yspHrBk4_tRvSo83foy6MUuu_GaXgt-utgu47JrCgE/s1600/IMG_2657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGmcgiIWz9LM2m0ze3UxvfRl3QwCdSdXJ_HRhGQIYKJyHosjZQW2kCyma5bdJkRsE9UDwyToDuR5x20FWZCkarrLQhfdlLv163yspHrBk4_tRvSo83foy6MUuu_GaXgt-utgu47JrCgE/s1600/IMG_2657.JPG" width="150" /></a>The main offices in front of the building,
where we met up with Corbett, were decked out from floor to ceiling in an over
the top Polynesian theme, part Disneyland,
part Vegas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The centerpiece is a larger
than life tiki with glowing red eyes, gleefully setting the mood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We relocated to a cavernous studio in the
back of the building, big enough to accommodate an orchestra but today set up
only for me and a small crew of documentarians. Corbett specifically wanted to
talk about my old punk band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stikky" target="_blank"><b>Stikky</b></a>, part of the first wave of Gilman bands and
a component of the goofy, geekcore scene that the club was initially associated
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat in a black padded chair,
comfy enough to make the two hour long interview breeze by in an instant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Frankly, I didn’t feel all that connected
during the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were talking
about subjects so vast in depth that I often didn’t know where to start, nor
how to zero in on the key aspects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
moments of clarity were there, but few and far between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of the time I stumbled for focus
and details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When talking about my own
band, even recollection of our own song titles didn’t flow naturally.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to Paradise.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Corbett
asked me about other influential East
Bay bands that I loved
like <b>Christ On Parade </b>and <b>Special Forces</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite being favorites of mine for the past 25-30 years, I drew a
blank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Derp, yeah, they were great,”
was about all I could muster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt
like I needed more coffee, although I’d already downed three high powered
bombers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My head just wasn’t in the
game, plain and simple, so I struggled to do my best, convinced all relevant
stories would flow freely after the fact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The piercingly bright lights didn’t help, and I realized that the moment
we stopped the interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within moments
of wrapping up, I was treated to a stabbing, relentless headache.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went back to the front office to discuss
finer points of the project and I silently commiserated over the screwdrivers
thrusting into my temple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was flying
home in 5 hours, and the original plan was to finish off the afternoon with a
visit to my favorite feature of Oakland,
Beer Revolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment I didn’t
want beer at all; I felt like crap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was
I hung over from last night? Am I suddenly that much of an amateur?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Documentary action shot.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
We said our goodbyes, and after cruising around a bit with
Dan and Corin and ingesting some fresh air, my head cleared and I felt normal again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lights glaring in my face for hours must
have been a major factor because now I was flighty as a spring chicken and
ready to drink, sans headache.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Onward to
the almighty <b><a href="http://beer-revolution.com/" target="_blank">BEER REVOLUTION</a>,</b> run by my pal <b>Rebecca</b>, and what a pal to have
when you’re a beer nerd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>50 rotating
taps, nearly all local, and a massive bottle selection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rebecca was there to give us a proper
welcome, and checking IDs at the door was the legendary <b>Orlando X</b>, lead
vocalist of <b>Special Forces</b>, one of my favorite East Bay
hardcore bands of all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hadn’t
talked to him in decades and of course he didn’t recognize me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said <i>“Hey, I was just talking about you for
this documentary. I used to be in Stikky.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And in his famously extreme manner, he yelled <i>“Stikky!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stikky!”</i> and proceeded to man-handle me uncomfortably for
several minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve always loved <b>The
OX</b>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OX attack.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Rebecca was as vibrant and generous as always. Proprietor
and maven of all things beerish, this woman will put all dudes to shame with
her thorough knowledge and beer savviness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beer Rev was hosting a tap takeover by <b>DUST BOWL BREWING</b> from Turlock, a turd of a town in California’s central valley, most likely
known more for meth than hops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
always, my low expectations were mercilessly crushed, this time by this mighty
brewery I’ve never heard of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Solid IPAs
across the board but my favorites were the phenomenal BALTIC PORTER, SOUL
CRUSHER BARLEY WINE, and BLACK BLIZZARD IMPERIAL STOUT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to Rebecca we tried all 10 of their
offerings, and plenty more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She treated
us to some tasty appetizers including the world’s most potent garlic fries, garlicky
to the point that I had no fear of being accosted by vampires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Or friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or my wife.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Beer Goddess.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
Rebecca hooked me up with an Uber car to the airport, and I
bid my friends adieu, thoroughly hammered, three sheets to the wind and well on
my way to the fourth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Oakland Airport was practically abandoned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then again who spends their Saturday night in
an airport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my case it was someone
who wanted to see his family again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could have stayed an extra evening and continued with the exploration, but my
brief mission was accomplished and I just wanted to see my wife again and sleep
in my own bed.</div>
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Countless thanks to Corbett for making this 24 hour
adventure possible, to Dan and Corin for putting me up and putting up with me,
and to Rebecca for her generosity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will
this documentary come out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems
highly likely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will I end up on the
cutting room floor?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also a high
likelihood considering the sheer volume of participants, and my inability to
express a concise thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way it
was a great experience hanging with some of Oakland’s Finest and drinking some of the Bay
Area’s Best.</div>
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The beering continues...<br />
<br />
<u>Thurs 9/25 - Home
</u><br />
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<b>2087 – GIGANTIC IPL</b> - A Portland rarity in SoCal, powerful citra hops, lovely. </div>
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<b>2088 – SANTAN BREWING HEFEWEIZEN</b> - Sweet citrus, solid. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJ-xy7vJ-GLIfFAyayAaATMOIbgCY2aQ1uU7juESYxmlao17WH1qQKhKueADL5EUnUcVfuxIJatQ-Sl2_mqKhsNbyJ5quirLyBnsgCMRQvlZnjK5uiphZJOqDtCudw8Mg0UGb31ptdxI/s1600/IMG_2608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJ-xy7vJ-GLIfFAyayAaATMOIbgCY2aQ1uU7juESYxmlao17WH1qQKhKueADL5EUnUcVfuxIJatQ-Sl2_mqKhsNbyJ5quirLyBnsgCMRQvlZnjK5uiphZJOqDtCudw8Mg0UGb31ptdxI/s1600/IMG_2608.JPG" width="144" /></a><b>2089 – CALDERA BREWING PILOT ROCK PORTER</b> - Chocolatey and slightly roasty, really darn tasty.</div>
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<u>Fri 9/26 – Starting at home before the flight, then an all
nighter in Oakland.
</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>2090 – SUDWERK BREWING CALIFORNIA DRY HOP LAGER </b>- Good way to pre-game.<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>2091 – CELLARMAKER BREWING OTTO'S BACKPACK</b> – Damn!</div>
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<b>2092 – CELLARMAKER BREWING MO' GALAXY </b>– Damn!!</div>
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<b>2093 – CELLARMAKER BREWING ORIGINAL DANKSTER</b> – Damn!!!</div>
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<b>2094 – CELLARMAKER / MONKEY PAW COLLABORATION CELLAR MONKEY
IPA WITH PASSIONFRUIT</b> – Evenly balanced, not too hoppy, not too fruity, killer.</div>
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<b>2095 – MOYLAN'S BREWERY PORT BARREL STOUT</b> – Heavy, sweet
port flavor, rich.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueuJgbjUYyfHrvDvGVMVJwHeVIxHwBKzXead6CqeE-0isNuNfuDxV0vfrWJnZ68YhiQ1Sf1NiBOLc4CpOerWk0GXPO28s7b18fHL7hI_iF2Ks4OX13Yhyphenhypheny2weWG16vL3sLk8JpZ5cEC8/s1600/IMG_2616.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueuJgbjUYyfHrvDvGVMVJwHeVIxHwBKzXead6CqeE-0isNuNfuDxV0vfrWJnZ68YhiQ1Sf1NiBOLc4CpOerWk0GXPO28s7b18fHL7hI_iF2Ks4OX13Yhyphenhypheny2weWG16vL3sLk8JpZ5cEC8/s1600/IMG_2616.JPG" width="200" /></a><b>2096 – HALF MOON BAY BREWING CALF FIENE MILK STOUT WITH FAIR
TRADE COFFEE</b> – Silky, roasty, awesome.</div>
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<b>2097 – IRON SPRINGS PUB & BREWERY REPACK ABBEY STYLE
DUBBEL WITH RYE</b> – Not bad, though not as well rounded as expected.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>2098 – ALE INDUSTRIES KEEP SAILING BOB SOUR DARK ALE </b>–
Cherry and anise, yum!</div>
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<b>2099 – HENHOUSE BREWING BIG CHICKEN IMPERIAL IPA </b>– Listed as
an “extreme” IPA, I really like it but the Cellarmaker IPAs were way more over
the top.</div>
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<b>2100 – LOCAL OPTION MORNING WOOD OAK AGED COFFEE PORTER </b>–
Hoppy amber with mellow coffee overtones. I could get very used to this. Wow.</div>
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<b>2101 – 101 NORTH BREWING NAUGHTY AUD IMPERIAL STOUT </b>– Nice
surprise, heavy molasses, thick yet still smooth, chocolaty malt, I love this
more than expected.</div>
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<b>2102 – BUTCHER'S BREWING SELECT RYE IPA </b>– From Santee in SD County, so why
haven’t I ever seen this in SoCal. Apricot & citrus, tasty, decent, just
weird that I had to travel to Oakland
to find it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, a solution to First World Problems.</td></tr>
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<u>Sat 9/27 – Beer Revolution, Oakland
and Pyramid, Oakland
Airport, then a few late
night treats with the Mrs.
</u></div>
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<b>2103 – DUST BOWL BREWING HOPS OF WRATH IPA</b> - Dust Bowl tap takeover at Beer Revolution. Woooo!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-4ICR5TakW8m5lpCr7m19_v4wvGzIrmjmfz0vBcBPZXXLSk50vGfPkYwT1QSwnbBFftOmrSFHGrznMnZN2vovm-r-7QHHPh01XNXzbqj0WVxVk4LDMSc53YQ3zNRCPWJ-toPgl_AYrE/s1600/IMG_2695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-4ICR5TakW8m5lpCr7m19_v4wvGzIrmjmfz0vBcBPZXXLSk50vGfPkYwT1QSwnbBFftOmrSFHGrznMnZN2vovm-r-7QHHPh01XNXzbqj0WVxVk4LDMSc53YQ3zNRCPWJ-toPgl_AYrE/s1600/IMG_2695.JPG" width="155" /></a><b>2104 – DUST BOWL BREWING SON OF WRATH DIPA </b></div>
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<b>2105 – DUST BOWL BREWING THE THERAPIST IMPERIAL IPA </b></div>
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<b>2106 – DUST BOWL BREWING BALTIC PORTER </b></div>
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<b>2107 – DUST BOWL BREWING SOUL CRUSHER BARLEY WINE </b></div>
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<b>2108 – DUST BOWL BREWING BLACK BLIZZARD IMPERIAL STOUT<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></div>
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<b>2109 – DUST BOWL BREWING DUMP TRUCK OF THE GODS QUADRUPLE
IPA </b></div>
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<b>2110 – DUST BOWL BREWING GALAXY PALE ALE </b></div>
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<b>2111 – GOOSE ISLAND THE
MUDDY IMPERIAL STOUT WITH LICORICE </b></div>
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<b>2112 – DUST BOWL BREWING OKTOBERFEST </b></div>
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<b>2113 – DUST BOWL BREWING ENGLISH MILD </b></div>
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<b>2114 – AUBURN ALEHOUSE PU-240 DIPA ON NITRO</b></div>
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<b>2115 – AUBURN
ALEHOUSE OLD
TOWN BROWN </b></div>
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<b>2117 – PYRAMID BREWERIES OUTBURST IMPERIAL IPA</b> –
Surprisingly very good.</div>
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<b>2118 – PYRAMID BREWERIES ALEHOUSE AMBER ALE</b> </div>
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<b>2119 – PYRAMID BREWERIES OKTOBERFEST</b> </div>
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<b>2120 – ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING HUGE ARKER IMPERIAL STOUT
BOURBON BARREL </b>– @ Blind Donkey, Pasadena:
Excellent barrel aged stout, but the smallest pour possible. Seriously, I’ve
received sampler larger than this “pour”.</div>
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<b>2121 – NEBRASKA BREWING IPA</b> – What a treat! Great!</div>
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<b>2122 – DEVIL’S CANYON BREWING CALIFORNIA SUNSHINE IPA –
Alternately marketed as “RYE IPA”</b>, nice rye build, bready, lingering hop
finish.</div>
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<b>2123 – ROCKMILL BREWERY SAISON NOIR</b> – Kinda sour, licorice,
raspberry, not awesome but OK.</div>
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<u>Mon 9/29 - Home
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Beer, say Beerlao!</div>
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<b>2125 – ROCKMILL BREWERY TRIPEL</b> – Sweet, yeasty, high
carbonation, tasty yet slightly odd.</div>
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<b>2126 – EVIL TWIN BREWING I LOVE YOU WITH MY STOUT</b> – Rich
boysenberry, high alcohol, leathery Cabernet, figgy greatness.</div>
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<u>Tues 9/30 - Home
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<b>2127 - DORADA PREMIUM LAGER</b> - Surprisingly decent, much
better than most cheap American lagers. Best part is it's from Guatemala. The
Wife found this at the Dollar Store.</div>
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<b>2128 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING PINCHY JEEK BARL</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- OK, but I was expecting more out of
something barrel aged. Malty pumpkin pie spice but that’s about it.</div>
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<b>2129 - WINGWALKER AMBER ALE</b> – The opposite of awesome.</div>
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<b>2130 - DORADA PREMIUM LIGHT </b>- Another decent Dollar Store
find from the Mrs. Not great of course, but I'd drink this over any American
light beer any day.</div>
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<b>2131 - BUTTERNUT'S SNAPPERHEAD IPA</b> - More malty than hoppy,
almost a burnt finish, hmmm<br />
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-70396546107645506362014-09-26T09:12:00.000-07:002014-09-26T09:12:00.473-07:00Beer #1901-2086 / Day #247-266: All the Brew Ha Ha About Beer #2,000<b><u>OC BREW HA HA</u></b><br />
After attending the excellent <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/05/beer-667-739-day-119-125-sabroso-y.html" target="_blank"><b>Sabroso Craft Beer & Taco Festival </b></a>back in May, I’ve spent the summer looking forward to the 5th Annual <a href="http://www.ocbrewhaha.com/" target="_blank"><b>OC Brew Ha Ha</b></a>, set up by the same organizers. As I
revisited this now familiar rural park area in Silverado, I fantasized about
what I would stumble across, aside from my own two feet, during four solid
hours of beering. Thanks to some discount Press/Blogger VIP tickets
(yeah, that’s right… Baller right here at 40% off! Woot!) I gained access to
the fest an hour before the majority of the unwashed, ready-to-party masses.
I was here to enjoy myself, but not to party so to speak. I was on a mission. Focused. Most
importantly I needed to be in the right frame of mind to drive home at the end
of the day. Nothing more humiliating or dangerous than a beer blogger with a
DUI. <br />
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active yeast trick that I lifted from an <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/how-not-to-get-drunk" target="_blank">article about Sam Adams</a>. For
those not following along, this well publicized Esquire article
about brewery founder Jim Koch included the revelation that in order to drink
all night and not be drunk, Koch consumed dry active yeast before each
beering session, as the yeast would allegedly break down a good majority of the
alcohol before it hits the bloodstream. I tried it at the Sabroso fest
as well as the <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/05/beer-776-819-day-136-138-can-beer-be.html" target="_blank">LA Vegan Beer Fest,</a> still unsure if it worked or if it’s a
placebo. Today I decided to approach it old school. I would stick
with plain old food and water to stay sober. One of the best features of
the fests organized by this team is the abundance of water provided throughout the event. Anytime a water dispenser was in sight, I would
chug as much as I could without holding up the line. <br />
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Being the nerd that I am, I researched this event in advance…
I plotted out which brewers to visit first in order to avoid long lines later
(read: <b>BOTTLE LOGIC</b>), and I brought along a hard copy of my Big Year 2014 list
so I could quickly reference which beers I’ve already tasted this year in order
to maximize my new brew experience. In retrospect, I wasted too much time at
the prior Sabroso fest noting all of my beers on my iPhone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The phone was new & I wasn’t savvy to
using it, and the iPhone just plain sucks when it comes to typing any sort of
message, especially with my sausage fingers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To remedy that, I’ve taken up a different method of note-taking
in recent months:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good ol' paper and pen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my trips I carry a pocket-sized
notebook.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today in The OC, I just
carried around a blank sheet of paper and filled every inch of both sides with
my list of beers and associated notes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Most of the 80+ breweries represented were somewhat local,
from Southern California, and in spite of there being an ungodly number of beers I had already claimed this year,
there was an equal amount that I still had not tried. A few of the
breweries brought out the big guns, with rare variants and limited barrel-aged
treats. Starting before the crack of Noon, thanks to <b>VALIANT </b>generously
tilting their taps a few minutes prior to the official kick off, I hit the
ground sipping. Events like these are where I rack up laughable numbers
of tasters. The samples are unlimited, the pours are roughly 1-3 oz.
Simple math. Walking from tent to tent at a leisurely pace, it’s not difficult in the least
to average 10, 15, 20 Tasters Per Hour. Maybe that’s how I’ll clock my
beerfest tasting speed from now on… I’ll measure it by “<b>TPH</b>”. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pQTadiJXZD6PaIbn7OkCVnfrbBhwn6RHOYY683Z6YXf64XSEYgsdsgrQXNJBY6v1DPdz7uB8O52E15EoAIStTn2ZSikmYkp_UuPHpXmlvOUD4mLuRZcvAV5-9xchcOe1rWozLu55o9c/s1600/IMG_2223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pQTadiJXZD6PaIbn7OkCVnfrbBhwn6RHOYY683Z6YXf64XSEYgsdsgrQXNJBY6v1DPdz7uB8O52E15EoAIStTn2ZSikmYkp_UuPHpXmlvOUD4mLuRZcvAV5-9xchcOe1rWozLu55o9c/s1600/IMG_2223.JPG" height="200" width="167" /></a>One of my highest priorities was to be one of the first to try the <b>BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON FIST COLLABORATION</b> DR. STRANGEMATTER IMPERIAL SAISON, a
unique powerhouse of a brew. To make
matters better, they offered not only the standard release version of this
beer, but also tapped a keg of a barrel aged version.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m typically a sucker for anything barrel
aged, but this was one of the rare occasions when the everyday release was
superior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I sound like a dork already?</div>
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My fears of not finding enough “new” beers for my year were
quickly allayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One incredible sampler
after another:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was the <b>BOTTLE
LOGIC BREWING</b> LAGERITHM DARK LAGER, proceeded by the mighty wallop of the <b>IRON
FIST BREWING </b>ROOTS OF WRATH BELGIAN QUAD, followed by the 1-2 punch of the <b>CISMONTANE
BREWING</b> BLACK'S DAWN WITH VANILLA AND MOLASSES.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Goddamn!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today’s going to be
awesome!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even breweries that I didn’t
have high hopes for delivered some superior goods, the perfect example being
the <b>TUSTIN BREWING</b> OLD TOWN IPA ON CASK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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After the first hour of beering, and a generous amount of
watering, I realized I wasn’t tipsy in the least.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I wanted to keep it that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>SLATER’S 50/50</b> had a tent where they were
serving their monstrous half beef/half pork burgers. They were selling them cut
into quarters or in half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no plans
to slow down on my sampling so I ordered a whole burger, and consumed the entire
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I was determined to have a full stomach that could absorb all of those tasters. It was half the size of my head and e</span>nough to feed a family of 12, but I
devoured it all and moved along for more pours.</div>
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There were some forgettable ones, and some that were just
plain not worth it, but overall the quality of braus ranked good to
excellent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some additional standouts
included the <b>BEACH CITY BREWER</b>Y RUSKI NOIR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT WITH
MADAGASCAR VANILLA BEANS, as well as the <b>BRAVERY BREWING</b> BOURBON BARREL AGED
SMOKING GUN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best New Brewery discoveries for me were <b>ARTIFEX </b>and <b>FOUR SONS</b>. The most unique beers of the
day were from <b>NOBLE ALE WORKS</b> with their CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH which tasted
like, well, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and their SWEETISH FISH which tasted
uncannily like Swedish Fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are they
trying to brew beers for kids?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
they’re onto a new angle.<br />
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The mid-day heat bore down mercilessly, and the crowd
swelled, and yet the lines never got too painfully long. There were enough
options to keep things moving for all of those in attendance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully I only ran across one stupefyingly
drunk buffoon, a 20-something douchebag who couldn’t have been more of a
stereotypical college boy if he tried, stumbling up to the <b>IRONFIRE </b>booth next to me,
demanding “Whichever one has the most alcohol!” and “Fill ‘er all the way up!” before
stumbling back to his friends screaming “Woooo! Brew Ha Ha!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad I wasn’t around to witness the inevitable
projectile vomiting.</div>
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4pm came much quicker than expected, and after four solid
hours of serious sipping, I had clocked in at an average tasting speed of 18
TPH. 73 new beers total, excluding a few accidental duplicate tasters. Best of all, I wasn’t tipsy thanks to a
solid regimen of non-stop water and that massive burger.</div>
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I left the fest ready for more oddly enough, but I missed
the family more than I needed even more beer. I didn’t
have anything else to prove today, so after a quick coffee stop I inched my way
back up the 5 North after yet another successful trip behind The Orange
Curtain.</div>
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<b><u>THE PUSH FOR BEER #2,000</u></b></div>
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with <b>EAGLE ROCK BREWERY</b>’s <b>Brothers Bakofsky</b>, respectively Lee and Andrew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were in Lee’s garage, where early in the
summer we brewed the <b>NONE MORE BLACK IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time we were brewing some type of dark
malt liquor or schwarzbier… the process wasn’t going as planned, so we were
prepared to alter what we were making on the spot in order to salvage this brew. In
the process of chit-chatting about what’s new, I mentioned I was within seven
beers of hitting Beer #2,000 for the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like true bros, their immediate response was “Shit! We’ve gotta get you
there tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do we have?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was stunned by their excitement and determination to push me to the next milestone NOW! I
brought a few offerings, but most of it was supplied out of Lee’s secret stash.
The best part is we ran the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous to attain
this goal, from sharing a ghettoey 40 ouncer of <b>CARTA BLANCA</b>, which was
unbelievably drinkable, to Lee’s own transcendent <b>SESSION IPA THING HOMEBREW</b>,
to a <b>BATCH 003</b> bottling of <b>RUSSIAN RIVER</b>’S delectable <b>SUPPLICATION </b>which was flat as a
pancake (the cork slid out, with no resistance, and zero pop) but rewardingly
tart and enjoyable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The topper was a
<b>2008 GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY BRAND STOUT</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I even asked Lee, “Are you sure you want to open this now?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He shrugged and muttered something about if
we don’t drink it, it’s just going to sit around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Another flat one, but so rich, oily, and viscous like Castrol motor oil.
I relished it. Couldn’t have asked for a better <i><b>Beer #2,000</b></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To the Brothers Bakofsky, I owe a debt of gratitude for your support and perseverance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheers!</div>
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<b><u>PUMPKIN BEERS</u></b></div>
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It's not even October and I’m already over them.</div>
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<b><u>THE BEER DIET</u></b></div>
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Yes, I’ve been drinking more beer than ever this year, and
simultaneously losing weight. The secret? Well, I sure wish I could
franchise some sort of crazy “Beer Diet” fad. Maybe I will anyway.
But truthfully it’s just plain old diet and exercise. No gimmicks.
In order to keep drinking ridiculous amounts of beer over a 365 day period
without bloating like a puffer fish, I drastically improved my diet to include
predominantly fruits, veggies, nuts, and fish, with some meat, and low carbs,
cutting down on wheat & pasta. Treats in moderation. No sodas.
I walk 2 miles every morning up and down fairly steep hills, do 50-60 push ups
daily, and swim every other evening. And 2,000+ beers into the year I’m
averaging 10 lbs. lighter than last year. Best of both worlds. Proof positive,
you <i>can </i>have your beer and drink it, too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time for a cold one.</td></tr>
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<b><u>MINOR TWEAKS TO MY BIG YEAR LIST</u></b></div>
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OK, time for mega geek talk (I won't be insulted if you tune out). I use the <b>Untappd </b>app to
keep track of my unique beers for the year. When I look up an entry that
I’ve already tasted, there’s a star next to the beer so I know I’ve already
claimed it this year. Untappd tracks keeps track of my beer totals in two
categories: “<i>Check-ins</i>” and “<i>Distinct Beers</i>”. If I’m doing my job
right, claiming only new beers for my overall list, no repeats, those two columns should be
the exact same number. Just recently the columns shifted. My Distinct Beers total was three fewer than my Check-ins total, which means
the dreaded D-word: Duplicates! It seems that entries for specific
beers occasionally are either deleted because someone decided that beer doesn’t
exist, or they’re merged with other listings when someone decides two beer listings are actually the
same beer. I was the victim of three Distinct Beer adjustments:</div>
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<i>1. BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON
FIST COLLABORATION DR. STRANGEMATTER BARREL AGED IMPERIAL SAISON</i> – This is the
barrel aged version of the standard Imperial Saison, and the same vendor at the
same table served both variants to me back-to-back at the OC Brew Ha Ha.
They were distinctly different in taste, not just in name For some reason the “Barrel Aged” listing
was removed, and merged with the Standard listing on Untappd. WTF.
Untappd and I will just have to agree to disagree on this one. Most
illogical!</div>
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<i>2. HEINEKEN
RIO DE JANEIRO CITY
EDITION</i> – I had this at the LAX Airport on my way to Dallas in July. It used to have its own
entry, but now has been deleted. Apparently this is the same as the standard
HEINEKEN, just packaged differently. After a little research, I will
concede on that one. So as not to throw off my accurate tally of
everything I’ve tasted after that, I’ll drink some other cheap, forgettable,
but unique beer before the end of the year and replace this one on my
list. Blame It On Rio!</div>
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<i>3. PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
SHARKBITE RED ALE vs. PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) SHARK BITE HOPPY
RED</i> – Each Pizza Port is known for brewing beers unique to their location.
I sampled these on 2/9 and 7/28 respectively. When I searched for
them on Untappd each had a different entry, and I didn’t think they were
duplicates. Now they have been merged into the same Untappd entry. My
intent was not to be sneaky; I thought they were genuinely unique. Hell, I
tasted them five months apart in two different locations. As with the Heineken,
I’ll drink something else and replace one of these two entries in my list just
to keep it legit. Too Legit To Quit!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heartwarming dog photo. We're at Pacific Plate Brewing, so it's beer related.</td></tr>
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The beering continues….</div>
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<u>Thursday 9/4 – New release tasting at Vendome, and a few at
home</u></div>
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<b>1901 - SAINT ARCHER / GIRL SKATEBOARDS COLLABORATION
PILSNER</b> – Eh. I was standing next to a fella who was super excited about
this. Some people are easy to please.</div>
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<b>1902 - CISMONTANE BREWING TEMPORADA CHARDONNAY BARREL AGED
SAISON</b> – Whoa! I wasn’t expecting this. Strong barrel character, slightly
sweet, woody caramel, doesn’t taste like a saison.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heart warming barrel aged saison photo</td></tr>
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<b>1903 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN DEVIL'S KRIEK</b> – Not bad, tart cherry
brew.</div>
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<b>1904 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN TAHOMA KRIEK</b> – Blonde sour ale,
tastes like a sparkling wine, OK but not really my thing.</div>
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<b>1905 - SHIPYARD BREWING SMASHED PUMPKIN</b> – I tend to
disregard Shipyard overall, this is an impressive brew though. Nice heavy true
pumpkin flavor, minus the nutmeg and spice overload of most pumpkin beers.</div>
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<b>1906 - EPIC BREWING / DC BRAU COLLABORATION FERMENTATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION PUMPKIN PORTER </b>– More complex than I was expecting,
chocolate & pumpkin. Dessert is served.</div>
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<b>1907 - MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING SOCKEYE RED IPA </b>– Very
disappointing.</div>
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<b>1908 - MAD
RIVER BREWING DOUBLE
DREAD IMPERIAL IPA </b>- Nice one, Mon.<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>1909 - SAM ADAMS NOBLE PILS</b> - Why did I bother?</div>
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<u>Friday 9/5 – Home</u></div>
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<b>1910 - PITTSBURGH BREWING I.C. LIGHT</b> – Didn’t have one in Pittsburgh so I had to
find it at home. After tasting it, I realized I didn’t necessarily “have
to.”</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8wWLxfbCTfgn3ipc3rJ2TD4v92SynYof43_GvBXzXJ7eUHvLdSJbgPGYZemKB0076bf8JCp_21RJ2-5J6Ss15v974aupKsCwX3-YJ1zrNxyzEAEe-FcXLYiQvPrqBOdoxPMNIA2Au-0/s1600/IMG_2542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8wWLxfbCTfgn3ipc3rJ2TD4v92SynYof43_GvBXzXJ7eUHvLdSJbgPGYZemKB0076bf8JCp_21RJ2-5J6Ss15v974aupKsCwX3-YJ1zrNxyzEAEe-FcXLYiQvPrqBOdoxPMNIA2Au-0/s1600/IMG_2542.JPG" height="188" width="200" /></a><b>1911 - BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE PIRAAT TRIPLE HOP</b> – Good.</div>
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<b>1912 - SKA BREWING BUSTER NUT BROWN ALE</b> – Decent.</div>
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<u>Saturday 9/6 – Absolutely crushing the OC Brew Ha Ha, and
still having two more when I got home</u></div>
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<b>1913 - VALIANT BREWING CRITERION BELGIAN AMBER WITH HONEY </b>–
Nice!</div>
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<b>1914 - VALIANT BREWING FIELDS ABLAZE SAISON WITH LEMONGRASS
& PEAR</b> – Tart, lemony & refreshing.</div>
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<b>1915 - VALIANT BREWING ALPHA OVERDRIVE QUADRUPLE IPA</b> – 100+
IBU, well rounded, awesome.</div>
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<b>1916 - BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON FIST COLLABORATION DR.
STRANGEMATTER BARREL AGED IMPERIAL SAISON </b>– Have I ever had anything like this?</div>
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<b>1917 - BOTTLE LOGIC / IRON FIST COLLABORATION DR.
STRANGEMATTER IMPERIAL SAISON</b> – Wow, one of the few times when the non-barrel
aged version is better. Sweet. Five Stars.</div>
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<b>1918 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING CLOCKWEISSE WITH PEACH</b> – Quite
peachy but smooth and satisfying. Great brew.</div>
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<b>1919 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING LAGERITHM DARK LAGER</b> – Clean,
really dig it.</div>
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<b>1920 - IRON FIST BREWING ROOTS OF WRATH BELGIAN QUAD</b> – Aged
for a year before releasing. Deep molasses. So goddamn good. I need a bottle to
impress friends with.</div>
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<b>1921 - CISMONTANE BREWING BLACK'S DAWN WITH VANILLA AND
MOLASSES </b>– Smooth, sweet, desserty, wow! Hardly any carbonation. Doesn’t
need it to rule like it does.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNYnjZt1RIf7fmPrg2iGeUeBVBBKb0Xm2xkzfQbytFhCnH_KawGeUMNvyCDz3MpQrahnyP3ny9dcX8vIWAlKjE5GPrIaY4SjW2gYl-kaQjWxJM-kAaU1Pc8uws8MvRSIqH9uuXDNkwrU/s1600/IMG_2540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNYnjZt1RIf7fmPrg2iGeUeBVBBKb0Xm2xkzfQbytFhCnH_KawGeUMNvyCDz3MpQrahnyP3ny9dcX8vIWAlKjE5GPrIaY4SjW2gYl-kaQjWxJM-kAaU1Pc8uws8MvRSIqH9uuXDNkwrU/s1600/IMG_2540.JPG" height="160" width="200" /></a><b>1922 - CISMONTANE BREWING TINY RIPPER PALE ALE CON LIMON –</b>
So good. I need this as my everyday beer.</div>
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<b>1923 - TUSTIN BREWING OLD
TOWN IPA ON CASK </b>– Killer, best Tustin
beer I’ve had yet.</div>
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<b>1924 - BEACHWOOD BREWING FOAM TOP CREAM ALE</b> – OK.</div>
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<b>1925 - PIZZA PORT THE NEW GUY WEST COAST PALE ALE </b>– Awesome! Sessionable
& hoppy.</div>
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<b>1926 - GREEN FLASH BREWING GREEN BULLET TRIPLE IPA</b> – Welcome
to Skunktown. Population: This.</div>
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<b>1927 - ANGEL CITY BREWERY OKTOBERFEST</b> – Marzen style lager,
malty, roasty, very good.</div>
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<b>1928 - GREEN FLASH BREWING EAST VILLAGE PILSNER</b> – Decent
basic pils.</div>
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<b>1929 - FIGUEROA
MOUNTAIN BREWING
OKTOBERFEST</b> – Eh.</div>
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<b>1930 - FOUR SONS BREWING THE GREAT ONE DOUBLE IPA</b> – Tasting
their brews a day before their official grand opening in Huntington Beach. Heavy citrus
hoppiness, damn good.</div>
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<b>1931 - 21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY BITTER AMERICAN</b> – Any can with
a chimp astronaut is automatically a favorite in my book.</div>
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<b>1932 - GOOSE ISLAND RAMBLER IPA </b>– Debuted a week ago, malty,
crisp and crunchy.</div>
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<b>1933 - HANGAR 24 OKTOBERFEST</b> – Pretty darn good.</div>
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<b>1934 - ARTIFEX BREWING NO NAME IPA</b> – Wow, I’m liking this.
Three hop varieties. Straight outta San
Clemente.</div>
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<b>1935 - WICK'S BREWING BARD'S SONG BROWN ALE</b> – Straight
forward, nutty and malty, I like it a lot.</div>
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<b>1936 - WICK'S BREWING BATTLE CRY IPA</b> – Piney, hoppy, sending
out a “Hell yeah” for Riverside.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7cAgoKR6KL1olMznNDppdItG5Tsw9KrvpPgKB8vEFqu_EBUOKXyEnygBfDZdrEy9GOxaiSHwV2YXov-5KYSIYixPhjBlw7wal0Ix5u49yz3u-SYJ457RkcnOVXqOyZxMLaseIHjfV5I/s1600/IMG_2260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7cAgoKR6KL1olMznNDppdItG5Tsw9KrvpPgKB8vEFqu_EBUOKXyEnygBfDZdrEy9GOxaiSHwV2YXov-5KYSIYixPhjBlw7wal0Ix5u49yz3u-SYJ457RkcnOVXqOyZxMLaseIHjfV5I/s1600/IMG_2260.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a><b>1937 - CLOWN SHOES CHOCOLATE SOMBRERO </b>– Chile
chocolate, I’m in love.</div>
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<b>1938 - LAGUNITAS BREWING FUSION 21 </b>– Tastes like a malty
pale, nice.</div>
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<b>1939 - CORONADO
BREWING ORANGE AVENUE
WIT –</b> Decent.</div>
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<b>1940 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING BERLINER WEISSE</b> – Tart &
tangy & tasty.</div>
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<b>1941 - RITUAL BREWING FAT HOG BOULEVARDIER COCKTAIL BARREL
AGED BARLEY WINE</b> – Tastes like a Manhattan, even moreso and much better than
that Rough Draft Manhattan Ale.</div>
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<b>1942 - RITUAL BREWING FUNNER SESSION IPA</b> – Lite, mildly
hoppy as expected.</div>
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<b>1943 - HEROES SIDEWINDER OATMEAL STOUT</b> – Decent but not all
that awesome overall. Slightly fruity aftertaste? Odd.</div>
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<b>1944 - MISSION BREWERY CORTEZ GOLD BELGIAN STYLE BLONDE </b>–
Tastes like a nice hef.</div>
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<b>1945 - DALE BROS BREWERY PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SUMMER BEER </b>–
Crisp light lager, decent.</div>
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<b>1946 - INLAND EMPIRE BREWING COMPANY BROWN ALE</b> – Eh. I
loved their Porter, but I can do without this one.</div>
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<b>1947 - MONKISH BREWING HEM & HAW DARK SAISON WITH BRETT
</b>– Killer! No roasty flavor conflict with this farmhouse ale. Great!</div>
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<b>1948 - DALE BROS BREWERY RED BETWEEN THE LINES</b> – OK, slight
hops, slight malt.</div>
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<b>1949 - NINKASI BREWING TOTAL DOMINATION IPA</b> – Good, standard
IPA.</div>
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<b>1950 - AUBURN ALEHOUSE HOP DONKEY</b> – Hoppy copper ale, malt
and brown sugar heavy, great one.</div>
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<b>1951 - REFUGE BREWERY CITRA SAISON </b>– hoppy , lemony saison,
wheaty, good shiite outta Temecula.</div>
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<b>1952 - REFUGE BREWERY BLOOD ORANGE WIT </b>– You like orange
juice? You’ll like this.</div>
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<b>1953 - NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY ACME CALIFORNIA IPA</b> – Decent.</div>
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<b>1954 - IRONFIRE BREWING PELE-KANE SESSION IPA</b> – Crisp &
piney, a solid 4 outta 5.</div>
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<b>1955 - IRONFIRE BREWING DEAD ON ARRIVAL DOUBLE IPA</b> – Great. <br />
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<b>1956 - BLACK MARKET BREWING DECEPTION</b> – Limey, tropical.</div>
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<b>1957 - BRAVERY BREWING BOURBON BARREL AGED SMOKING GUN </b>–
Incredible woody and roasty rich porter.</div>
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<b>1958 - CASCADE BREWING BLUEBERRY</b> – Tart with a T!</div>
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<b>1959 - CLOWN SHOES BLAECORN UNIDRAGON </b>– Oh baby, everything
I hoped for in a Clown Shoes stout. Thank you!</div>
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<b>1960 - I & I BREWING DRY STOUT</b> – Roasty, toasty English
style, more like a dark brown ale, but quite good.</div>
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<b>1961 - I & I BREWING HONEY CREAM ALE </b>– Bleh.</div>
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Slightly tart, more yeasty than expected, but very good.</div>
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<b>1963 - BOOTLEGGER’S BREWERY ROCCO RED</b> – A bit hoppy, doughy,
and overall good red ale.</div>
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<b>1964 - TUSTIN BREWING AMERICAN PALE ALE</b> – Crispy hops,
tastes like an IPA.</div>
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<b>1965 - NEWPORT BEACH BREWING PELICAN PALE ALE WITH CINAMMON
AND ALLSPICE ON CASK</b> – Good, tastes like a winter beer.</div>
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<b>1966 - NEWPORT BEACH BREWING OSCILLATION</b> – Sour like a
Yoplait yogurt.</div>
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<b>1967 - NOBLE ALE WORKS CINAMMON TOAST CRUNCH </b>– Basically
Naughty Sauce with cinnamon added, tastes like the name implies. My kid would
love it. A taster is fun, but I can’t imagine finishing a full glass.</div>
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<b>1968 - NOBLE ALE WORKS SWEETISH FISH</b> – Crazy fruity but not
syrupy or overly sweet. And it does indeed taste like Swedish Fish, which was
my favorite candy as a kid. It brings back a comforting sense memory.
Weird. And tasty.</div>
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<b>1969 - HOPARAZZI BREWING LE PRINCE DE PROVENCE</b>
– Bleh. Tastes like fancy tap water.</div>
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<b>1970 - BACKSTREET BREWERY RYDIN' RUBY GRAPEFRUIT RYE IPA</b> –
Very good, and I’m not a grapefruit fan, so it’s thankfully not prominent
overall.</div>
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<b>1971 - BACKSTREET BREWERY BREW HA HA HEFEWEIZEN WITH FRESH
MANGO AND HABANERO</b> – I’m a sucker for a good chile beer, and this is a good
chile beer.</div>
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<b>1972 - TAP IT BREWING RIMFIRE RED</b> – Crispy and distinct
hops, Great!</div>
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<b>1973 - OLD ORANGE BREWING SMUDGE POT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
</b>– Decent, but close to last place compared to the other stouts I’m tasting
today.</div>
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<b>1974 - FOUR SONS BREWING GOING (COCO)
NUTS AMBER </b>– Good.</div>
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<b>1975 - BEACH CITY BREWERY RUSKI NOIR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
WITH MADAGASCAR VANILLA BEANS</b> – Delicious, killer, what a treat.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You know how SoCal loves their Smiths.</td></tr>
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<b>1976 - OGGI'S PIZZA AND BREWING BARREL AGED BLACK MAGIC
STOUT</b> – Creamy and roasty, very good.</div>
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<b>1977 - LOST COAST BREWING DOUBLE IPA</b> – Wow, now they
actually make two beers I really like. It’s the dawning of a new brew era for Lost Coast.</div>
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<b>1978 - MONKEY PAW BREWING SWEET GEORGIA BROWN</b> – Smooth,
nutty, roasty, tasty.</div>
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<b>1979 - STADIUM BREWING CITRA TAKEOVER DIPA</b> – A solid, rich
and full-bodied imperial. Who is this brewery?</div>
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<b>1980 - PHANTOM ALES FARMHAUS SAISON </b>– Light and typical of
what you’d want in a rural ale, well done.</div>
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<b>1981 - EINSTOK OLGERD TOASTED PORTER</b> – OK.</div>
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<b>1982 - KARL STRAUSS BIG BARREL DOUBLE IPA</b> – Better than
other recent Karl Strauss tastings. It’s a good one.</div>
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<b>1983 - ARTIFEX BREWING BEACH HOUSE PALE WHEAT </b>– Delicious
simcoe & centennial hops.</div>
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<b>1984 - BIG SKY BREWING SCAPE GOAT PALE ALE</b> – Decent.</div>
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<b>1985 - BRASSERIE DIEU DU CIEL ROUTE DES EPICES RYE BEER
BREWED WITH PEPPERCORNS </b>– heavy pepper, very spicy, like a winter beer. Almost
tobaccoey. Super tasty.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maggie Gearhart is rolling for joy over this one.</td></tr>
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<u>Sunday 9/7 – Tasters at Pacific Plate, a few at Melissa
Gearhart’s, a few at home</u></div>
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<b>1986 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING ENGLISH MILD</b> – Really good,
mellow and roasty.</div>
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<b>1987 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING HORCHATA STOUT</b> – Awesome, silky
smooth and sweet, but full bodied. Has that milky vanilla rice horchata flavor
but evenly balanced.</div>
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<b>1988 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING WIDOWMAKER IPA </b>– Excellent,
piney and delicious, is this a single or a double?</div>
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<b>1989 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING 1ST ANNIVERSARY ALE </b>– Sweet,
like a cross between a Belgian style tripel and barley wine.</div>
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<b>1990 - SHMALTZ BREWING HE'BREW MESSIAH NUT BROWN ALE</b> – Tasty
and nutty and dang good.</div>
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<b>1991 - CENTRAL CITY BREWERS RED RACER IPA</b> – Like Pine Sol.</div>
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<b>1992 - WIDMER BROTHERS BARREL AGED BRRRBON '12 </b>– Caramelly,
highly alcoholic finish, sweet, perfect for sitting in a leather chair watching
football. Thanks for popping this open, Melissa Gearhart!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This are a few of my favorite Thing.</td></tr>
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<b>1993 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING SOUTHERN TRIANGLE IPA</b> – Decent
hop worship, at least it’s a hell of a lot better than that Weekday IPA of
theirs.</div>
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<u>Monday 9/8 – Brewing with the Brothers Bakofsky who insist
on pushing me to <b>#2,000</b></u></div>
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<b>1994 - LEE BAKOFSKY HOMEBREW SESSION IPA THING </b>(Highland Park, CA)
– Fug yeah, I’d drink this everyday if I could.</div>
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<b>1995 - ANCHOR BREWING COMPANY BIG LEAF MAPLE AUTUMN RED</b> –
Damn good, tastes like the name suggests, not to sweet, just right. Best Anchor
brew in my opinion.</div>
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<b>1996 - ODELL BREWING ST. LUPULIN</b> – Citrusy and clean,
probably even better when the bottle is fresh.</div>
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<b>1997 - CERVECERIA CUAUHTEMOC MOCTEZUMA S.A. DE C.V. CARTA
BLANCA</b> – For what it is, not bad.</div>
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<b>1998 - MARIN BREWING ALBION AMBER ALE </b>– Bready and roasty,
good one.</div>
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<b>1999 - RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING SUPPLICATION (BATCH 003) </b>–
Tonite we’re gonna party like it’s Beer 1999. Lee Bakofsky offered this one. An
early batch. The cork slid out, without a pop. No carbonation left.
Didn’t matter. It’s tart and delicious and as far as I can tell the flavors are
still there.</div>
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<b>2000 - GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY BRAND STOUT (2008)</b> – The
world’s most illustrious motor oil. Zero carbonation, but not necessary. It’s a
wonderful oil slick if you can ever find it. Thank you Lee Bakofsky for
offering this to the cause.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like Oscar and Felix.</td></tr>
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<u>Tuesday 9/9 – Home</u></div>
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<b>2001 – RUBICON BREWING MONKEY KNIFE FIGHT PALE ALE </b>– So-so.</div>
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<b>2002 – AYINGER OKTOBER FEST-MARZEN </b>– Das ist not goot, yah?
Tastes like bland melted popsicles. Pretty crappy. </div>
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<b>2003 – REDHOOK OUT OF YOUR GOURD PUMPKIN PORTER</b> – Not a fan
of Red Hook in general, but this is a rare one, evenly balanced, not over the
top with the spices which is important for a pumpkin beer.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 9/10 – Home</u></div>
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<b>2004 – ZYWIEC PORTER</b> – So much better than I was
anticipating. Thick mouthfeel, roasty, bready chocolatey Polish porter.</div>
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<u>Thursday 9/11 – New release tasting at Vendome, tasting at Angel City
and Americano</u></div>
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<b>2005 - TIMMERMAN'S PUMPKIN LAMBICUS</b></div>
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<b>2006 - DOGFISH HEAD PUNKIN' ALE</b></div>
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<b>2007 - ALASKAN BREWING PUMPKIN PORTER</b></div>
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<b>2008 - SAM ADAMS FAT JACK DOUBLE PUMPKIN</b></div>
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<b>2009 - CHRIS BANKER/STONE/INSURGENTE COLLABORATION XOCOVEZA
MOCHA STOUT</b></div>
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<b>2010 - THE LOST ABBEY ANGEL'S SHARE ALE</b></div>
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<b>2011 - NEW BELGIUM BREWING TOUR DE FALL</b> – On target with
what I want in a straight forward pale ale.</div>
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<b>2012 - UINTA BREWING PUNK'N</b> – Good, although I’m already
getting sick of pumpkin beers, and it’s not even Fall.</div>
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CITY BREWERY ARTIE PALE
ALE</b> – OK.</div>
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<b>2014 - ANGEL CITY BREWERY PILLOW TALK SCHWARZBIER</b> –
Unfiltered, cask conditioned with cocoa nibs and mint, like a liquefied Andes mint.</div>
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<b>2015 - ANGEL CITY BREWERY BRANDY DARK RYE LAGER </b>– Oh hell
yeah, like a port wine or a sweet cocktail, delicious.</div>
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<b>2016 - WIENS BREWING MILLENIUM FALCONER'S IPL </b>– Solid.</div>
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<u>Friday 9/12 – Hanging at home with Jack & Jackie</u></div>
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<b>2017 - MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING PLEASURE TOWN IPA</b> – Pretty
good. Ron Burgundy would be proud.</div>
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<b>2018 - MAUI BREWING LAHAINA TOWN BROWN </b>– Mahalo for
this one.</div>
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<b>2019 - BAYHAWK ALES IMPERIAL BROWN ALE </b>- Not what I was
expecting, more like a sour.</div>
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<b>2020 - LAGUNITAS BREWING LAGUNITAS SUCKS</b> - Looks like a
King Cobra bottle, but this is a superior brew.</div>
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<b>2021 - VICTORY BREWING OLD HORIZONAL BARLEY WINE ALE</b> -
Made me sideways like Miles Raymond.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where Robbie Hart got punched in the face for sticking his nose in other people's business.</td></tr>
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<u>Saturday 9/13 – More hangs with Jack & Jackie before
Oddball Fest</u></div>
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<b>2022 - GOOSE
ISLAND SOFIE</b> –
Nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On tap at Basin 141, Montrose.</div>
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<b>2023 - BALLAST POINT VICTORY AT SEA PORTER WITH COFFEE AND
VANILLA</b> - Heavy coffee, heavy vanilla, heavily enjoying this one.</div>
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<u>Sunday 9/14 – Tony’s Darts Away and Vendome tastings
followed by football at home</u></div>
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<b>2024 – TAPS VIENNA COUNTRY LAGER</b> - Smoother than your
typical cheapie lager, clean with hints of wheat and slight vanilla.</div>
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<b>2025 - SAINT ARCHER SCOTTISH EXPORT</b> - Roasted
maple, very nice, much better than most of their roster.</div>
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<b>2026 – TAPS BIERE DE GARDE</b> – Decent.</div>
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<b>2027 - EEL RIVER BREWING EMERALD TRIANGLE IPA -</b>
Pineappley tropical esters.</div>
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<b>2028 - STONE BREWING ARBALEST</b> - Billed as a Belgian IPA
at Tony's, it tastes more like a sour. Amber/copper brew with a tart berry
body... just like my woman. Yum.</div>
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<b>2029 – PRIMATOR PREMIUM </b>- Good but a little off, tastes like
corn</div>
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<b>2030 - VICTORY BREWING PRIMA PILS</b> - Very wheat,
delicious, like a wheat field in a glass, excellent.</div>
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<b>2031 - WEIHENSTEPHANER FESTBIER</b> - Lite popsicle water,
not rad.</div>
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<b>2032 – ERDINGER PIKANTUS</b> - A dark & sweet malt
bomb. Great!</div>
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<b>2033 - AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER URBOCK </b>- A solid
block of burnt, charred wood.</div>
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<b>2034 - SCHLOSS EGGENBERG SAMICHLAUS BIER</b> - Once the
strongest beer in the world at 14%, high alcohol lager that tastes like a
barleywine, rich, sweet, ready for the cellar. Austrian.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYriyMSp15j4zj0rLMEd_OmfO_Y5A50xyAnKpr9cizNNvWsHdzo8QYQE7wMY4Zazj3y4Yyqh2ZXrnU_BUdW_bVma-ikNrWVtTFS2cl7gisYfNwNghaA3MlIUYdOmHt82n2VijKO6nY3g/s1600/IMG_2449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYriyMSp15j4zj0rLMEd_OmfO_Y5A50xyAnKpr9cizNNvWsHdzo8QYQE7wMY4Zazj3y4Yyqh2ZXrnU_BUdW_bVma-ikNrWVtTFS2cl7gisYfNwNghaA3MlIUYdOmHt82n2VijKO6nY3g/s1600/IMG_2449.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><b>2035 - SAMUEL SMITH ORGANIC PALE ALE </b>- Basic English
pale.</div>
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<b>2036 - ALESMITH BREWING ANVIL ESB </b>- Unexpected heavy fruit
flavors.</div>
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<b>2037 - EPIC BREWING SMOKED PORTER</b> - Roasted dark fruit, very
smoky on the nose</div>
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<b>2038 - STONE BREWING IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT (2007)</b> -
Holding up nicely, a little oxidized but still rich & chocolatey. Thanks to
Todd at Vendome for sharing!</div>
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<b>2039 - KULMBACHER EISBOCK</b> - Finally my first eis beer.
Roasty and rich.</div>
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<b>2040 - LAGUNITAS BREWING IMPERIAL RED ALE</b> - Excellent hoppy
red.</div>
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<b>2041 - VICTORY BREWING FESTBIER</b> - Pretty darn good malty
marzen.</div>
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<u>Monday 9/15 – Football and fam</u></div>
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<b>2042 - CALDERA BREWING LAWNMOWER LAGER </b>– Basic.</div>
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<b>2043 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING ERASER IPA</b> - Decent.</div>
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<b>2044 - MT. SHASTA
BREWING SHASTAFARIAN PORTER</b> - Didn't know anything about this brewery, wasn't
expecting much, but I was wrong. This is great - chocolately sweet smooth
mildly hoppy.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 9/16 - Home</u></div>
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<b>2045 – SVYTURYS BALTIJOS DARK RED</b> - Lithuania? I'm
impressed. Caramelly malty red. So good.</div>
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<b>2046 - SMUTTYNOSE BOUNCY HOUSE IPA</b> - Slightly malty with a
mild hop tang. Grapefruity. Good sessionable IPA.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also appropriate for Tofu Lovers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<u>Wednesday 9/17 - Home</u></div>
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<b>2047 – RINKUSKIAI LOBSTER LOVER'S BEER</b> - Lithuania?
Really? Malty and sweet, heavy caramel. Very good.</div>
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<b>2048 - LOST COAST BREWING DOWNTOWN BROWN </b>- Decent.</div>
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<b>2049 - SHIPYARD BREWING PUMPKINHEAD ALE </b>- Tastes like a
spiced cider. Eh.</div>
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<b>2050 - SAMUEL SMITH ORGANIC CHOCOLATE STOUT </b>- Like Chocolate
Quik, super dry, powdery cocoa finish.</div>
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<u>Thursday 9/18 – New release tasting at Vendome and a few at
home</u></div>
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<b>2051 - BALLAST POINT HOMEWORK SERIES BATCH NO.3 ENGLISH
STYLE IPA</b> - Damn tasty, definitely an English style IPA, doesn’t taste like Cali style.</div>
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<b>2052 - ALESMITH BREWING EVIL DEAD RED </b>- This year's brutal
installment of this killer imperial red. Rich, malty and sweet.</div>
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<b>2053 - PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES CHERRY FUNK</b> - Its strength is in
its subtlety. Light ale like a saison with mild tart cherry.</div>
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<b>2054 - STONE BREWING HIBISCUSICITY</b> - Orange
peel and hibiscus, the nose is like a mildly musty wine cork, really different,
finish is dry as hell, heavy citrus.</div>
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<b>2055 - ANCHORAGE BREWING LOVE BUZZ </b>- Saison aged in Pinot
Noir barrels, the red wine barrel gives it a definitive funk, acidic on the
palate, bite like a sour. Yum.</div>
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<b>2056 - THE BRUERY / SMOG CITY COLLABORATION ATOMIC KANGARUE</b>
-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Belgian style golden ale brewed with
white wine grapes, very winey, very much like a sparkling white wine.</div>
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<b>2057 - DESCHUTES BREWERY BLACK BUTTE XXVI</b> - Vanilla, cherry, cranberry,
cocoa, molasses, heavy porter. Rich, decadent, can't believe it's only 12
bucks. A keeper.</div>
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<b>2058 - EPIC BREWING SANTA
CRUZ BROWN ALE </b>- Heavy roast, heavy hops, I love this!</div>
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<b>2059 - MARIN BREWING ST.
BRENDAN'S IRISH STYLE RED ALE </b>- Interesting, hoppy & malty upfront, kinda
funky like green onions on the finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
like all of their other beers, but this one is a swing and a miss.</div>
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<u>Friday 9/19 – Crab legs and movies with the family at home…
I should have saved that Lobster Lover’s Beer from the other night</u></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kpuxEK2f-juafp1VglD-E9Aj39_CzviNNoQjxSZP5o8XgeaxbGMuxX1fMVNuHQXz4H6aB1QoKORDeMEbMbWszncuWzbuH_aKavv5rMTzvgFRKAaXubOmV21YFQBKakBwUbZ671cTojU/s1600/IMG_2498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kpuxEK2f-juafp1VglD-E9Aj39_CzviNNoQjxSZP5o8XgeaxbGMuxX1fMVNuHQXz4H6aB1QoKORDeMEbMbWszncuWzbuH_aKavv5rMTzvgFRKAaXubOmV21YFQBKakBwUbZ671cTojU/s1600/IMG_2498.JPG" height="200" width="188" /></a><b>2060 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY SAISON HOUBLON</b> - Nice and
citrusy.</div>
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<b>2061 - TENAYA CREEK BREWERY CALICO BROWN ALE </b>- Malty and
hoppy in just the right ways. I dig this brewery.</div>
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<b>2062 - BREWERY OMMEGANG ADORATION </b>- Heavy spiced beer, with
all that cumin I could marinate some meat for tacos.</div>
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<u>Saturday 9/20 – A few at home and a Bud Light at Aunt
Mickey’s house</u></div>
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<b>2063 - BREWERY OMMEGANG COOPERSTOWN ALE </b>– Damn, I don’t
remember the last time I had a blonde ale this good.</div>
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<b>2064 - ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUD LIGHT </b>– Um. Yeah….</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>2065 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING BROTHER DAVID'S DOUBLE
ABBEY-STYLE ALE </b>- Beauty!</div>
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<b>2066 - FISH BREWING THE HOBBIT SMAUG STOUT </b>- Surprisingly
solid stout with subtle chile heat heavy dark malt roast, so glad it’s not just
a crummy novelty “cash in” beer.</div>
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<u>Sunday 9/21 – Football at Tony’s Darts Away as well as at
home, accompanied by the obligatory mid-day nap </u></div>
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<b>2067 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE HOP PROJECT LUPULUS RABBIT </b>- Clean
and crisp, slight hop skunkiness, dig it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Payday for the boy.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>2068 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING ELECTRIC TOWER IPA</b> - Malty
and good.</div>
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<b>2069 - KINETIC BREWING AFTERBURNER DOUBLE IPA</b> - Heavily
piney DIPA, great.</div>
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<b>2070 - OHANA BREWING RHINO'S REDEMPTION</b> - Roasty and hoppy,
not bad.</div>
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<b>2071 - RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING ROW 2, HILL 56</b> - Solid piney
and malty pale.</div>
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<b>2072 - STONE BREWING OLD GUARDIAN BARLEY WINE 2013</b> -
Fantastic! Complex and rich.</div>
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<b>2073 - FISH BREWING THE HOBBIT GOLLUM PRECIOUS PILS</b> -
Expected an average novelty beer, got a very tasty pils with strong sweet malts
and evenly balanced hops. Really good.</div>
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<b>2074 - FISH BREWING THE HOBBIT BOLG BELGIAN STYLE TRIPEL </b>-
Delicious, floral, yeasty, hoppy, so much nicer than the freak on the label.</div>
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<u>Monday 9/22 – Kicking off LA Beer Week with Eagle Rock
Brewing’s awesome Battle Of The Bands</u></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagle Rock Brewery's SHITFITS tearing you a new shitter.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>2075 - STONE BREWING COFFEE MILK STOUT </b>- Great way to cheer
on these brewers’ bands.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 9/23 – Starting at home, then deciding to indulge in
LA Beer Week at El Prado and Sunset Beer Co</u>.</div>
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<b>2076 - RUSSIAN RIVER / SIERRA NEVADA
COLLABORATION BRUX DOMESTICATED WILD ALE</b> - A sad lesson is storing beer wrong,
beware of Manager's Special, flat on flavor and carbonation, but I blame the
store not the brewers.</div>
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<b>2077 - BUFFALO BILL'S BREWERY AMERICA'S ORIGINAL PUMPKIN ALE</b>
- Decent, not overly spiced like most of these pumpkin beers, wouldn't go out
of my way for it, but wouldn't avoid it either.</div>
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<b>2078 - MAD RIVER BREWING BARLEYWINE ALE</b> - Delicious fig jam
and tobacco. Barley wines are the new sours, mark my words.</div>
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<b>2079 - THE BRUERY SO HAPPENS IT'S TUESDAY WITH CHERRY AND
VANILLA </b>- @ El Prado, Echo
Park. One of three
variants released simultaneously this evening for LA Beer Week. Killer stout
with a lighter mouthfeel, but rich flavor.</div>
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<b>2080 - IRON SPRINGS PUB & BREWERY CASEY JONES IMPERIAL
IPA</b> - @ El Prado. Super piney, kinda sweet, love it.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8baN_K5_lhY0gGdPLcVQWDixIK1fkYQEiWBXQ710I04zQIChrsoaFTjq7V-rJ7ZCnE3tU__-rPdhT1mgUbSpFhnGu19j11VmPi6mHPdS7HFxRP1kJPwYbvGPyp0s2pUG-7oE8e7mSbsc/s1600/IMG_2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8baN_K5_lhY0gGdPLcVQWDixIK1fkYQEiWBXQ710I04zQIChrsoaFTjq7V-rJ7ZCnE3tU__-rPdhT1mgUbSpFhnGu19j11VmPi6mHPdS7HFxRP1kJPwYbvGPyp0s2pUG-7oE8e7mSbsc/s1600/IMG_2529.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><b>2081 - DESCHUTES BREWERY DOPPEL DINKEL BOCK</b> – at Sunset Beer
Co, we missed out on the So Happens It’s Tuesday with Coconut so this was the
runner up. And one hell of a runner up. Super sweet, almost like barley wine,
excellent.</div>
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<b>2082 - ADELBERT'S BREWERY PHILOSOPHIZER</b> – at Sunset Beer Co,
damn good, floral, full bodied.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 9/24 - Home</u></div>
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<b>2083 - UINTA BREWING TRADER SESSION IPA </b>- Grapefruity light
hops, creamy malts, tight.</div>
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<b>2084 - MAGIC HAT BREWING HEART OF DARKNESS STOUT </b>- Silky and
chocolatey, darn tasty.</div>
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<b>2085 - NEBRASKA BREWING CARDINAL PALE ALE</b> - Very well done
coppery slightly hoppy pale, really like it.</div>
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<b>2086 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY 471 SMALL BATCH IPA</b> - Delicious
caramelly hops, rich, sweet, a fab sipper.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some people have too much fun during LA Beer Week. How embarrassing. I'd hate to be this guy.</td></tr>
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</div>
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</xml><![endif]-->It was 6:30am at the Minneapolis Airport
and I had already sampled five new beers for my Big Year. I was more than
a bit punchy from lack of sleep, but not about to miss this narrow window of
opportunity, no matter what the hour, to try some Midwestern brews which can’t
be found on the West Coast. This was another outing for Infest. We were
heading to Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play two shows over a long
weekend, courtesy of the selfless efforts, as well as the credit card, of Clevo
local legend <b>Tony Erba</b>. Erba is what we call Old School. Someone
who deserves the utmost respect. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's 6 o'clock somewhere... AM, that is.</td></tr>
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While we were excited to play this part of the country, we
were mystified by the oddball flight times. Legend has it United was the
only airline with a major hub in Cleveland
and they recently shut it down, thus eliminating all direct flights from
LAX. The only option was at least one layover. Not the end of the world,
but we were stuck on a red eye. After a quick three hours of restless
flopping around, pitifully pretending I had a chance of sleeping on the way to Minneapolis, it was already sunrise on Friday morning and
we had four hours to burn before connecting to Cleveland. We landed at the ungodly
time of 6am (4am back home for those keeping track), but thankfully it was the
exact hour all of the airport shops and restaurants rolled up their grated
entrances. My pal <b>Todd Haug</b> from <b>SURLY BREWING</b> told me their beers are
available in Concourse G, and whaddya know, there they were at 6am, a heavenly
gathering of Surly cans lined up next to all of the Snapples and pre-packaged
cookies. I categorically retract any time I’ve ever taken Minneapolis’ name in
vain. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How about "Sleep"?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
With major time to kill, I moseyed through an airport that
resembled an upscale shopping mall, with an abundance of food and tchotchke outlets
of every make & model touting Minnesota
novelty souvenirs. However, my focus was not on finding the right size
<i>SuperMoose </i>T-shirt. I was bound and determined to sample the finest the
Twin Cities could offer, at least within the confines of their airport.<br />
I
opted for an eatery called Ike’s, a semi-dated restaurant where everything was
detailed with oak and brass, straight out of 1986. Not my kind of place
overall, but I was here for the taps. I devoured a massive corned beef
hash plate in order to justify my pre-dawn tasting. While they didn’t offer
flights, the waitress was kind enough accommodate my sad puppy faces, and found
a work-around to get me tasters of everything on draft. I had some decent
<b>SUMMIT, GRAIN BELT</b>, and <b>SCHELL </b>beers, but the crown jewel was the appropriately
named <b>BENDER BROWN ALE</b> from <b>SURLY</b>, a mildly hoppy, thoroughly comforting brew.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's 9am and we've hit Rock Bottom.</td></tr>
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That killed 90 minutes. Still another 2.5 hours to
go. I tracked down my bandmates, and while <b>Matt Domino</b> slept it off, <b>Joe Denunzio</b>
and <b>Bobby K. </b>joined me at <b>ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY</b>. Each location brews a
selection of the chain’s flagship beers and accents them with a handful
specific to each location, which is what I was gunning for. After the
line-up at Ike’s, these were bland and immediately forgettable. Not to
worry. I planned on investing major beering time this weekend, and I was
already up eight new braus by 9am. I’m coining my own new drinking excuse
tagline: “It’s 6am somewhere!”</div>
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On the subject of quotes: <i>“Hello Cleveland!”</i> I didn’t
dare quote <b>Spinal Tap</b> when we arrived. I can only imagine how unfunny
that line is to Clevelanders after a good three decades of undoubtedly being
quoted by traveling bands. Local scenester Meghan Guder was kind enough
to pick us up at the curb… That would be “Us” sans Bobby K. who, as per usual,
rented his own car and disappeared, in search of pinball (he says) or, more
likely, secretive and utterly horrific bodily dismemberment. He’s a man of
mystery, and while I don’t have solid evidence that he’s a serial killer, when
the press interviews me about the newly uncovered, multi-state killing spree
which coincided with our tour dates over the past year, I will not hesitate to
point out the lanky, pasty, black-clad Nosferatuian spectre that is Bobby K. in
the police line-up. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beware of this sinister spectre</td></tr>
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Meghan schlepped our tired asses to a motel in Lakewood, just west of downtown Cleveland. Domino and Denunzio were
completely shot from our odd traveling hours, so they crashed for the rest of
the day. It was 2pm. As delirious as I was from sleep-deprivation,
I mustered my inner beer hunter and insisted on hitting the town. Meghan
had a few hours to kill before picking up her daughters from school, so she
graciously led me to <b>MELT</b>, a schmancy specialty (read “hipster”) grilled cheese
joint. As much as it didn’t sound like an awesome idea, my lack of
protest was rewarded with one of the most satisfying sandwiches in recent
memory. It wasn’t just a gimmick; these folks know exactly what they’re
doing with these masterfully massive missives to all things delectably
unhealthy. The experience was perfected by an impressive tap list of top
notch brews from <b>FAT HEAD’S</b>, <b>LEFT HAND, REVOLUTION</b>, and <b>JACKIE O’S</b>. And I
won’t soon forget those Mid-Eastern prices. $8 for a sandwich as big as
your head. $5 for a pint of an awesome beer that would cost $10 in a
tulip glass in LA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">People who don't drink love hanging with me.</td></tr>
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After insightful conversations about life in these parts,
how Cleveland
is a city where strangers don’t talk or smile because “everyone is poor and
pissed off”, it was time for Meghan to get back to her family and real
life. And real life was smiling good fortune upon me seeing as how
directly across the street was <b>WORLD OF BEER</b>. While she offered to drop
me off back at the motel, I insisted on staying behind solo & fending for
myself. There was no way I was passing up any establishment with 52 taps,
80% of which I’ve never even seen on any beer list. Maybe it was the
endless conga line of excellent beer choices, maybe it was delirium from lack
of rest, maybe it was a deep-rooted belief the ghost of <b>Harvey Pekar</b> would
grumble past me at any moment… whatever the case, I was euphoric. At that
moment, the <b>WORLD OF BEER</b> was the only world I wanted to live in. I was
one of only three patrons in this enormous monument to all things brau. Thanks
to the knowledge and skills of Krystal behind the bar, samplers kept sliding
down the conveyor belt into my gullet. <b>JACKIE O’S & FAT HEAD’S</b>
collaboration black ale, <b>FULL PINT RYE REBELLION</b> imperial stout aged in
rye barrels, <b>SOUTHERN TIER WARLOCK</b> dark pumpkin stout… Even if Drew Carey fell
out of the sky right now and crushed me to death in my chair, I would have died
a happy man. And after so much joviality, it occurred to me I was also a
tired, tired man. In my malted haze, my eyelids drooped, and I realized I
was nodding off, looking like a complete drunk who needed the bum’s rush.
I checked my phone… shit, it’s only 5 o’clock! I can’t be faded
now. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Lindsay's "serious" pose. Impressive.</td></tr>
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Like the cavalry, my wake-up call arrived just in time. It
was my pal <b>Matt Lindsay</b>, a musician from these parts who I’ve been friends with
for years via mail, but never actually met in person. Matt is renowned
for his part in some of the world’s most intentionally odd and idiotic bands
--<b>Tough Skins, Boy In Love, Fossil Fuel, Breathilizor </b>– a bald, bespectacled,
deadpan gent with an off-kilter sense of humor who reminds me of Eric Wood
circa 1988. Equally as important, he shares an affinity for fine beer,
and insisted on springing for a couple fab bottles of <b>LEXINGTON BREWING</b> ales
because he knew I’d love ‘em as much as he does. The <b>KENTUCKY BOURBON BARREL
ALE</b> and <b>BOURBON BARREL STOUT </b>were everything I hoped they would be… deep, rich,
heavy, stick-to-your-ribs kinda beers. His enthusiasm gave me my third
wind (I had already exhausted my second wind) despite being three sheets to the
wind. I would have been happy to camp out all night on those barstools,
chit chatting with Matt and the friendly staff, and sampling every beer in the
house, but I was in Cleveland
to play music apparently, so passing out at 7pm was not an option. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Astonished I'm drinking Bud.</td></tr>
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Matt was kind enough to shuttle me back to the room to pick
up my bass, then we headed out to the venue, the ironically named <b>Now That’s
Class</b>. This underground club is legendary in Cleveland lore as ground zero for nearly
every bizarre, over the top happening in the hardcore punk scene. Talk to
any of the locals and there’s an abundance of stories covering the gamut from
shootings, stabbings, muggings, substance abuse, sexual depravity, and general
mayhem. Only a couple months ago a national story broke regarding two
warring factions of hardcore “crews” who battled at a local music fest while
armed with machetes! I was expecting the worst, but aside from a men’s
room sink overflowing with standing water & puke, this was your standard
hole in the wall. If there were any issues this evening, I was oblivious
to them.</div>
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The last full U.S. tour I did was 7-weeks in 1997
with my old band <b>Spazz</b>, so most of these weekends out of town are like a 17
Year class reunion. Old friends come from out of the woodwork to
reconnect for a few brief hours, just long enough to warm my heart like a
<i>Hallmark Channel</i> movie. Although this club was stocked with a good number
of quality regional taps and bottles, my pal from the ‘90s, <b>Ms. Suree</b> kindly
brought me a secret stash of tasty tasters. While we caught up on the
back porch, I guzzled a good number of Ohio
suds from <b>FOUR STRING</b> and <b>GREAT LAKES
BREWING</b>. One of the first guys I ever met with a tattoo of my old record
label <b>Slap A Ham</b>, <b>Chris Pellow</b> made a rare appearance. This guy used to
travel to the West Coast all the time in the 90s to see all the noisy California bands who
never traveled East. My old friends <b>Ken Hansford</b> and <b>Doug Long </b>from the
band <b>Hellnation </b>made the pilgrimage up from Kentucky. Despite their distance from
me on the West Coast, I toured with Hellnation in Europe
in 1999, so I have a special affinity for these guys. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite the smile, Suree will mess you up.</td></tr>
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Great times and great brews just kept on coming. <b>SOUTHERN
TIER 2X STOUT</b> on tap, <b>FOUR STRING BRASS KNUCKLE PALE ALE</b>, <b>NEW HOLLAND DRAGON’S
MILK BOURBON BARREL STOUT</b>. I didn’t want this to end, but we were there
to play, so I did my best to hydrate & maintain while the show
started. <b>Wetbrain </b>killed it, as did <b>The Inmates</b> who are fronted by Paul
who also runs the club and lives upstairs. Tony Erba, who set up our
whole weekend, is also the vocalist for openers <b>Fuck You Pay Me</b>, a
ball-busting, fierce hardcore band who I was honored to share the stage
with. Erba is infamous for onstage antics with his previous bands…
busting guys’ heads open with the mic stand, fireworks, wrestling moves, carving
up his own forehead with broken bottles and performing drenched in blood… but
these days the maniacal behavior is replaced with hilarious stage banter and
passionate, energetic ferocity which is still absent from 98% of the hardcore bands
out there today. <b>FYPM </b>is a juggernaut. They take no prisoners, and
flatten all eardrums. Plus they’re just damn cool fellas. Infest
used all of their gear for our backline. FYPM bassist <b>Justin Haberer
</b>actually set up the entire bass backline for me, including his tuner &
distortion pedal. I felt like a rock star, or a jackass, letting him set
up everything so I could just plug in & play. Our set was sweaty,
loud, with a handful of hiccups, but mostly solid. Some of the standard
mosh pit mayhem, but thankfully no bottle rockets or machetes. Leading up
to this weekend, Denunzio had been wrestling with severe back pains, but made
it through this evening seemingly without issue, or at least he hid his wincing
well. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure if someone did actually pay them.</td></tr>
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My brain was running on its last exhausted fumes, fueled
solely by beer and sheer willpower. All chatted out at 3am, I was nursing
a <b>WEYERBACHER BLITHERING IDIOT BARLEY WINE</b>, barely able to prop my eyelids open.
I was indeed a Blithering Idiot myself. We were shuttled back to
the motel by the club’s soundman who must have been on speed, and insisted on
talking non-stop about his bands, their recordings, their influences. I struggled
to sound interested and interact without being rude and falling asleep on the
spot. The motel was mercifully close. I dragged myself past Rip Taylor’s
jovial doppelganger at the front desk, and my head dropped to the pillow like a
failed one-liner.</div>
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Satuday morning Denunzio woke me to announce he needed to
find an emergency room. His back pain was unbearably severe and he needed
some high powered drugs for any chance of making it through the rest of the
weekend. Tonight we were playing Pittsburgh
and there was no way he would make it in his current condition. The only
problem is it was 12:30pm. Erba was picking us up at 2. Denunzio got up
several hours ago, but waited until now to try the hospital. This was
going to be a long day. Needless to say, when I sprung the news on
Erba he was less than chuffed. In disbelief he shouted through the phone, “Does
he realize that can take up to 6 hours?!” Shit, I hate being the
messenger. </div>
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Last night Paul from The Inmates & Now That’s Class
suggested we meet up for brunch. I wasn’t sure if it was genuine or just
“drunk talk”, but as the rest of us were being kicked out of the motel, he came
to the rescue with a massive van for us to pile into. We hit a divey club
called the Parkside were 12 of us took over four tables and I choked down one
of the worst sandwiches I’ve had in recent memory, highlighted only by a decent
beer selection and good conversation… I found out lovely tidbits like Paul’s
psycho ex-girlfriend once threw a potted plant at his head while he was
sleeping. I went with a <b>FAT HEAD’S HEAD HUNTER IPA</b> and a <b>THIRSTY DOG OLD
LEGHUMPER</b> porter to pass the time. Beer or not, I was getting antsy. It
was mid-afternoon and we still had a two and a half hour drive ahead of us, but
we were all captive until Denunzio was sprung from the ER. Erba took the
bullet and went to the hospital to pick him up / coax him out. Of course,
a long delay was stretched even longer when an additional stop was required to
pick up prescription pain killers, but eventually our retarded circus hit the
road. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eATu1hd8JYc8VAbNKNTusfc6obhGl8wkK3KFNs6qvHIO_-zdXGSkgpd8U7SEvlXD6uJnyuwWP9Wej0kC4PeVG82K42H-mIS7shaBCp8JD69wfjxoZ_OS3naycnX-1kMf9Xz2eu18Mlc/s1600/IMG_1996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eATu1hd8JYc8VAbNKNTusfc6obhGl8wkK3KFNs6qvHIO_-zdXGSkgpd8U7SEvlXD6uJnyuwWP9Wej0kC4PeVG82K42H-mIS7shaBCp8JD69wfjxoZ_OS3naycnX-1kMf9Xz2eu18Mlc/s1600/IMG_1996.JPG" height="215" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washed Out next week. Washed Up this week.</td></tr>
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Screaming Southeast down the highway, Domino and I napped on
a full length puffy couch in the back of FYPM’s van. Drummer Steve and
guitarist Aaron were at the helm, likely annoyed by our snoring as we careened
along with a van full of gear and merch but no air conditioning. After a
lengthy and much needed nap, we were in PA where the air was cooler and the
climate less stifling. I didn’t know the Midwest could be so lush, but
was quickly corrected in that these folks all staunchly consider themselves to
be on the East Coast, NOT in the Midwest.
The flat horizon was now obscured by endless greenery, which segued into steep,
verdant rolling hills, and angular, hairpin roads dotted with farmhouses
displaying handpainted signs hawking eggs and corn. The road twisted
downward until the smell of burning brake pads was nearly gag-inducing, yet in
an instant we had arrived in the Pittsburgh
borough of <b>Millvale</b>. Tonight’s show was advertised as part of a
multi-club, four-evening punk and metal gathering known as Skull Fest.
The venue was <b>Mr. Small’s Theatre</b>, a converted, old ass church made of stone slabs
which encased an enormous stage, massive sound system, three full bars, and a
backstage that was basically a mini-apartment in the upper story of this
behemoth. First thing I saw when getting out of the van was a biker couple
riding their hog down the street with the personalized license plate
“<i>AS*KKR</i>”. This was going to be fun.</div>
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Despite the late departure from Cleveland, we were early enough to load in
without any pressure and still had a few hours to kill. Whenever I go to
a new city, I
research ideal beer destinations in advance and bring a long a wish list of
places I want to hit. 80% of the time I only hit one place on my list if
I’m lucky. The FYPM guys had found primo parking spaces in front and
weren’t about to drive me around so I could drink like a spoiled college
student. None of my old friends were loitering nearby yet. I was on
my own. Not a single cab was to be seen, and it was clear I would not be
making it to the much touted brewpub destination, The Church. I had
noticed a few neighborhood taverns down the block and figured at the very least
I could sidle up with some local salty dogs and grab an <b>Iron City</b>
brew.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRdcKmgsjabatRIEJ7A5z4MLLVeA5yx3J1n36C6_6iHHpBWlhUhxMcc5aqAiwPEpedxMpaSA77jec3QRm8YyMOVKEkm8mKxVxobocuR5YA-bUfgEt3mudoDFkcz0kKhZZob7GS9l8WA/s1600/IMG_2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGRdcKmgsjabatRIEJ7A5z4MLLVeA5yx3J1n36C6_6iHHpBWlhUhxMcc5aqAiwPEpedxMpaSA77jec3QRm8YyMOVKEkm8mKxVxobocuR5YA-bUfgEt3mudoDFkcz0kKhZZob7GS9l8WA/s1600/IMG_2010.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>Thanks to my <b>Untappd </b>phone app and surprisingly good wifi service,
a laundry list of local bars popped up in addition to a couple breweries within
walking distance! My first stop 5 blocks down from the venue was <b>DRAAI
LANG BREWING</b>. I was so excited to walk to a brewery, but felt a sinking
feeling that this was too good to be true. Sadly, my gut feeling was soon
justified. Draai Lang was closed, and a huge sign hung in the window
announcing their Grand Opening… NEXT weekend. Dammit! Looks like
I’m settling for an old man bar and some Iron City
after all.<br />
But wait, Untappd was telling me there was yet another brewery
only 3 blocks from here. I headed over there, but didn’t stay too
optimistic, especially since the address was on a residential street.
There wasn’t shit here but middle aged women with bingo arms sitting on their
front stoop chit chatting about other middle aged women with bingo arms.
But what’s that sign on the chain link fence at the end of the block? The chain
link fence with the OPEN gate. Huzzah! <b>GRIST HOUSE BREWING </b>was here
and it was open! I’d never heard of these guys, but it didn’t
matter. I had found a small brewery, I had hours to spare, and now I was
only 2 blocks from the club. This is already my favorite day ever.
The enclosed dirt & grass parking lot lead around the back of the residential
buildings to an oasis of grass roots beer and BBQing. Dusk was settling
in, the air had a comforting chill, the cicadas scritched a deafening chorus in
the surrounding hilltops.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brew Dane.</td></tr>
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Locals leisurely sipped brews, played games,
socialized, gawked and snapped selfies with a monstrous great dane. The
joint was bustling, but in spite of the robust business, the staff was
courteous and took time with each patron, explaining each beer and answering
all questions. I bellied up to the bar and ordered tasters of everything
over the course of two rounds.<br />
This was the opposite of Cleveland… Everyone was friendly, gregarious.
The couple near me immediately struck up a conversation, asking me about the
band. Three biker dudes sat down and we instantly chatted about common
West Coast beers they can’t find in PA. When I commented on how nice
everyone was, one of the greying bikers quipped, “The people in this town are
all very friendly, but if you mess with them they’ll kick your ass.” Not
a single arse cheek was met by any boots this evening. It was all smiles,
all good vibes. I watched the Pittsburgh Pirates winning on TV, relishing
my astoundingly perfect half-beef half-pork burger, slurping the elixir of this
newly founded brewery which had only opened 3 months prior. Their
proprietary brews ran the gamut from the earthy and roasty <b>CROUCHING PORTER
HIDDEN CHOCOLATE</b> to the hoppy and malty <b>BLACK rIPA</b> (the small “r” being Rye) to the smooth and
hop-laden delivery of the <b>CAMP SLAP RED</b> to the malty, oatmeally, bready <b>GRISTLY
BEAR BROWN</b>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Savage gets a taste before the set.</td></tr>
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I had reached nirvana, but I was here to do a job, so I
reluctantly headed back to the club just in time to miss the first band.
Aside from FYPM, I wasn’t familiar with any of the other bands, on our show or
any of the other affiliated ones for that matter. Our line-up was an odd,
mixed assortment of hardcore punk and true metal. This room as cavernous,
everyone stood around seemingly unaffected through each band. I had
already resigned myself to the fact this show might be a bit of a dud,
energy-wise. The vibe just wasn’t there. Except for some of
Denunzio’s crazed expressions, Infest is not a band that “puts on a
show”. We’re all mid-to-late 40’s dads who still love hardcore punk,
still love to play it, but the last thing that appeals to me is jumping all
over the place to “perform” like I did when I was 20 and didn’t have back
problems. Given that, I was sure this evening would be forgettable and
instantly be lost in the annals of non-memorable gigs. To make matters
worse, while I appreciated their style, the band before us played a string of
slow metal tunes that extended well over an hour. Propped in the middle
of the room, I was starting to feel sleepy, as if I would drift off to
dreamland in a standing position. We were the headliner and this was the
antithesis of a “warm up” act. While they were well received, they were
also killing our crowd’s enthusiasm with each passing moment. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've heard of Swedish hardcore but...</td></tr>
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It was time for our set and the only thing on my mind was
“getting it over with”. I was convinced we would be received with a
collective yawn for 40 minutes straight. We were on a big stage with a
built-in barricade, so audience interaction would be non-existent. And
whenever there is no audience participation, Denunzio has a habit of clamming
up, curling up into a ball and distancing us even further from the crowd.
The rest of us were set up, thanks to the quick backline assembly of FYPM, when
Denunzio called out to me… he was at the front of the stage but down on the
floor with the crowd. I figured he was just hob-knobbing, chatting up
some kids before we played, but then he asked for me to hand him the mic.
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Maybe it was the complimentary bottle of Patron up in the
backstage loft, or perhaps the prescription painkillers were working their
magic, but Denunzio told me we should start playing. He was going to
perform the show in the crowd, not on the stage. Once he made the
announcement that we hate barriers, we launched into the first song and the
floor exploded. What was a seemingly dead cathedral was an immediate
whirlwind of spikey haired kids losing their minds, mercilessly crushing each
other in the pit, and screaming their heads off. What appeared to be an
unwinnable task was now one of my favorite performances ever. Denunzio
had saved the show. He was the hero of the evening, representing the band
on the floor in the eye of the hurricane, taking shots and delivering the goods
like a champ, using equal parts intimidation and comradery. On this ridiculously
enormous stage, I had the best seat in the house. Hardly anyone was
watching us. The real show was on the floor. My playing was
secondary. First and foremost I was having the best time just watching
the insanity unfold with an unobstructed bird’s eye view.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reunited and it feels so good.</td></tr>
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<br />
After the show, I got to spend quality time with more old
friends, particularly <b>Albert Veith</b> and <b>Marky Shotgunblast</b>, the other half of
the aforementioned <b>Hellnation </b>from Kentucky.
Al brought me some long lost photos from our Euro tour in ’99, many of which I’ve
never seen. I was different in those days…. So much has transpired
over these past 15 years. My hair was on top of my head and brown, not on
my chin and grey. I was even more of a dork than I am now, usually
dressing as non-punk as possible on purpose, often in the form of ugly vintage
button up shirts. I lived in San
Francisco, not LA. I was married to the wrong
person, not truly living life to the fullest, oddly stifled in spite of being
so creative. In one of these old pics, I’m holding a bottle of beer and
sneering, and at the time I wasn’t mugging for the camera to show how much fun
I was having, so much as I was making a joke about how I didn’t drink. In
1999 I would have been 30 years old. It wasn’t until I was into my 30s that I actually
started drinking regularly. Drinking in itself hasn’t made me a better person, but
I’ve become a better person, and my drinking nowadays has unintentionally
become a reflection of how I’ve been able to let my hair down, metaphorically
speaking, of course. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently this Room Rocks</td></tr>
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One thing that hasn’t changed over the years are the
long-lasting friendships with my old music friends. We all connect with a
common background based on self-sacrifice and minimal gain, driven only by the
goal of creating noise we’re excited and passionate about. It was
gratifying and good for the soul to reconnect with Al. We easily could
have been mistaken for a same-sex couple considering how much we hugged each
other. And the party was just beginning. It was only about 11pm on
a Saturday. Time for the after-show.</div>
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I had no idea who was playing, but the FYPM guys were
strongarmed into taking me and Denunzio to <b>The Rock Room</b>, a shoebox of a bar,
packed to the last square inch with sweating, odorous, crazed freaks donning
spiked jackets and torn black clothes. Back in the ‘80s, we used to call
them <b>Quincy Punks</b>, so-named after an infamous “punk” episode of the popular
Jack Klugman medical TV drama, where all of the punks were portrayed as over
the top cartoon characters with spikey colored hair who acted like uncontrollable
primitives no matter what the social situation. There were a lot of them,
but unlike the comical TV caricatures, everyone here was cool and wanted
nothing more than to party and dig some loud, fast tunes. Denunzio and I
squeezed through the tight crowd to check out the band. We were told
entry would be no problem because they’d know who we were, and they did. Whoever
the band was, they sounded like The Go-Go’s. Good stuff, but I needed a
beer or five, so we hit the bar. I was fascinated how a bar staff of only
two people could take care of such an overwhelming crowd, but they did
it. All transactions were quick, and boom boom boom every thirsty gullet
down the length of the bar was quenched in a matter of minutes. Denunzio
took care of the first round. Two beers and a whiskey shot. 8
bucks. We looked at each other with sideways smirks and howled with
laughter. Gotta love these Mid-Eastern prices. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We only look like this when we're off duty.</td></tr>
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A thoroughly sloshed punky girl, no more than 5 feet tall
with a ri<span id="goog_1745541633"></span><span id="goog_1745541634"></span>pped black T, slung sluttily over one shoulder Flashdance-style,
wedged herself between the two of us. In a pleasant fog, she
eyeballed us both and yelled, <i>“Hey, you guys look like cops!” </i></div>
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I cracked up and replied, <i>“We are.”</i></div>
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<i>“No, really,”</i> she responded. <i>“Are you?”</i></div>
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<i>“Yes, by law if anyone asks us if we’re cops, we legally
have to admit that we are.”</i></div>
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It occurred to me this is why the Quincy Punks stick out to
me so much; it’s because I stick out so much to them. Some of them know
who I am because of my current and former bands. But there are also a
fair amount who have no idea who I am, even if they’ve heard my bands. In
a room full of spikes and hair gel and bad tattoos, I look like someone’s Dad
who came to pick them up. Or a cop. As much as I wanted to milk the
situation for comic relief, our rides were antsy, so we headed out with our
hosts to sleep it off.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erba truly is over us at this point.</td></tr>
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I don’t remember going to sleep, but next thing I knew it
was late morning Sunday, and time to head back to Cleveland to catch our flight home. On
our way out of Pittsburgh,
we wound up a two lane twisted, steep road and the irony was not lost on me
when we passed a <b>senior retirement home</b> while driving up <b>Cemetery Lane</b>. Those poor,
demoralized residents. I wasn’t feeling all that lively myself.
When I originally saw our itinerary, I equated Sunday as an extra day with free
time for further exploration and beer tourism, but it was not meant to
be. We had a two and a half hour drive back to Cleveland and three hours before we needed to
be at the airport. Bleh. No matter. After the marathon of
liver abuse I had subjected myself the last two days, I felt like my regional
beer mission was accomplished, and frankly, I just wasn’t in the mood to drink
anything but water and whatever I could find with electrolytes. The roadside
panini didn’t help settle my slight queasiness at all. I attributed it to
the whiskey. When I stick solely to beer, I have no issues the next
day. Today I was not on my game at all. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I never did taste that Cleveland Pickle.</td></tr>
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We reached the Cleveland
Airport with plenty of
spare time. As a secondary airport, it wasn’t very crowded, and we
breezed through the TSA checkpoint. I thought some hair of the dog was in
order to make these next two flights easier, but the malty <b>GREAT LAKES
DORTMUNDER GOLD </b>just didn’t quite hit the spot I wanted it to. Serious
detox was in order. After a quick shot down to Atlanta, I spent the layover eating a salad
and drinking water… anything other than another goddamn meat & cheese
sandwich. Timing wise it was a good day not to drink because I didn’t run
across any unique brews, and thus didn’t feel guilty about passing up something
good. The only local brew I found in Atlanta was the <b>SWEETWATER 420 EXTRA PALE ALE</b>
which I’d already enjoyed this year. I was impressed to see a slovenly
drinker at the airport bar salting his beer. Even as a well-travelled beerer,
this was a new one to me. Domino enlightened me that adding salt to your beer is an old timey
approach to keeping the foamy head on there longer. Apparently it also
helps the flavor of cheaper beer by cutting down on perceived bitterness.
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Ending the weekend as it had started… respecting the Old School. </div>
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The beering continues...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The family IS having fun. No, really. I think.</td></tr>
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<u>Tuesday 8/19 – Eagle Rock Brewing event at the Dodger game,
pre-gaming with Eagle Rock, Strand, Monkish,
and Bravery beers:</u></div>
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<b>1754 - STRAND BREWING WHITE SAND IMPERIAL IPA</b> – Yum.</div>
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<b>1755 - BRAVERY BREWING ALLEGIANCE IPA</b> – Yum.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagle Rock Brewery's Brothers Bakofsky wax philosophic.</td></tr>
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<b>1756 - LAGUNITAS BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT </b>– They actually sell
a top notch stout at Dodger Stadium now? Clearly I’m living in an alternate
reality.<br />
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<u>Wednesday 8/20 – Samplers at Tony’s and a couple at home:</u></div>
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<b>1757 - CONGREGATION ALES ESB (ON NITRO)</b> – Hey, now that’s a
damn fine beer. You’re finally stepping it up, you Congregationers!</div>
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<b>1758 - HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY NOT NORMAL FARMHOUSE ALE</b> –
Unfiltered, straw-colored, spiced saison, great for summer.</div>
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<b>1759 - MOYLAN'S BREWERY MOYLANDER DOUBLE IPA </b>– Malty
full-bodied Imperial IPA. Am I crazy or does this taste a bit minty?</div>
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<b>1760 - TRIPLE VOODOO 8 TENTACLES DOUBLE IPA </b>– Thick hops,
piney with a viscous mouthfeel.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they're not even drunk.</td></tr>
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<b>1761 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING WHITE DOG WHEAT IPA </b>– Really
hoppy, dry wheatfield crunch, tastes like a session IPA but it’s not.</div>
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<b>1762 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING SLEEK ZEKE PALE ALE</b> – Crisp,
pronounced hop bite, I dig it!</div>
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<b>1763 - MAD RIVER BREWING SERIOUS MADNESS BLACK ALE</b> -
Chocolate malty sleek brew </div>
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<b>1764 - MAD RIVER BREWING STEELHEAD EXTRA PALE ALE</b> - Piney,
hoppy, floral, yeasty finish. Doesn't taste like an actual steelhead at all,
thankfully. </div>
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<b>1765 - MAD RIVER BREWING JAMAICA RED ALE </b>- Tastes like the
Steelhead Extra Pale Ale except it's red. Not a bad thing, just not distinct. </div>
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<u>Thursday 8/21 – Thursday New Release tasting at Vendome and
a few at home before heading to LAX:</u></div>
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<b>1766 - GREEN FLASH BREWING CITRA SESSION IPA</b> - Interesting
minerally quality like hops were filtered thru rocks </div>
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<b>1767 - EVIL TWIN / SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES COLLABORATION
JOEY PEPPER </b>- Tastes like a spiced cider. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How real men drink... in airport parking lots.</td></tr>
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<b>1768 - DESCHUTES BREWERY FORAY</b> - Belgian style IPA, heavy
peach, straw colored, mild hops </div>
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<b>1769 - SIERRA NEVADA BREWING HARVEST SINGLE HOP IPA EQUINOX
</b>- Like the floor of a forest, gritty and earthy, that Equinox hop has a
distinct bite! </div>
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<b>1770 - NOBLE ALE WORKS CHINOOK SHOWERS</b> - Part of the ongoing
single hop series from Noble, hops are zesty and a touch orangey </div>
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<b>1771 - CENTRAL CITY BREWERS RED RACER IMPERIAL INDIA PALE
ALE</b> - Interesting DIPA, strong with a hint of tangerine. Hard to describe. Not
typical at all. Not sure I love it, but I don't dislike it. </div>
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<b>1772 - BREWERY OMMEGANG SCYTHE & SICKLE </b>- Definitely
tastes like a harvest ale, a hint of spice, a little sweet, kinda like a
Belgiany pale </div>
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<b>1773 - BREWERY OMMEGANG ABBEY ALE</b> - Delicious dubbel, thick
and licoricey. </div>
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<b>1774 - LAGUNITAS BREWING HOP STOOPID</b> - Driving to the roof
of Wally Park LAX, skunk o rama </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought beer. He bought Jello.</td></tr>
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<u>Friday 8/22 – 20 hours of sleep deprived traveling and
tasting in Minneapolis & Cleveland:</u></div>
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<b>1775 - SURLY BREWING BENDER</b> - Roasty and thick and describes
this moment perfectly at 6:30am in Mpls</div>
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<b>1776 - SUMMIT BREWING EXTRA PALE ALE</b> - Ok, it's no Surly
though </div>
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<b>1777 - SUMMIT BREWING OATMEAL STOUT</b> - Gotta be nitro, that
is smooth, pleasant cereally maltiness </div>
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<b>1778 - AUGUST SCHELL BREWING AXEL'S BONFIRE LAGER</b> - Mild,
creamy Vienna
lager, great breakfast beer </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only world I want to live in.</td></tr>
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<b>1779 - GRAIN BELT NORDEAST </b>- Decent amber lager, lightly
malty </div>
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<b>1780 - BOULDER BEER COMPANY SINGLETRACK COPPER ALE </b>- Light,
inoffensive, whatever </div>
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<b>1781 - ROCK BOTTOM (MINNEAPOLIS)
MOLLY'S TITANIC BROWN ALE</b> - Dark brown but really light on flavor. Whatever. </div>
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<b>1782 - ROCK BOTTOM (MINNEAPOLIS) TALL STACKS RED ALE </b>- Nice hoppy red, good one </div>
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<b>1783 - FAT HEAD'S BREWERY TRAILHEAD PALE ALE</b> – One of many
great taps at Melt, Cleveland.
Excellent hop juggernaut with citra & simcoe.</div>
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<b>1784 - FAT HEAD'S BREWERY GOGGLE FOGGER HEFEWEIZEN</b> –
Unfiltered, easy drinking.</div>
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<b>1785 - JACKIE O'S FIREFLY AMBER</b> – Smooth sippin’ .</div>
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<b>1786 - REVOLUTION BREWING ANTI-HERO IPA </b>– Nuclear hop
detonation, devastating.</div>
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<b>1787 - LEFT HAND BREWING MILK STOUT NITRO</b> – Creamy dessert
topping.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Krystal pours my meth.</td></tr>
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<b>1788 - FAT HEAD'S / JACKIE O'S COLLABORATION AFTER HOURS
BLACK IPA</b> – Kicking off a fine afternoon at World Of Beer. Roasty and
doughy and hoppy. Love it.</div>
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<b>1789 - FULL PINT BREWING RYE REBELLION</b> – Imperial stout aged
in rye barrels. A dense mouthful of sweetness and high alcohol. Five star
material.</div>
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<b>1790 - SOUTHERN TIER PUMKING</b> – Strong pumpkin flavor,
probably the best pumpkin beer I’ve ever had.</div>
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<b>1791 - SOUTHERN TIER WARLOCK</b> – Dark pumpkin stout, roasty,
like a heavy pumpkin pie.</div>
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<b>1792 -ARCADIA BREWING RAPUNZEL IPA </b>– Crisp & pineappley.</div>
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<b>1793 - ROCKMILL BREWERY PETITE SAISON </b>– Yeasty & estery,
heavy orange, rural goodness.</div>
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<b>1794 - SAUGATUCK BREWING DEAD GOAT DOPPELBOCK</b> – Malty &
delicious.</div>
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<b>1795 - TROEGS BREWING MAD ELF </b>– Cherry chocolate. Yum. What
is it? Part barley wine? Part strong ale?</div>
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<b>1796 - FLYING DOG BREWERY HORN DOG BARLEY WINE STYLE ALE</b> –
Killer, deceptively easy to drink.</div>
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<b>1797 - LEXINGTON BREWING KENTUCKY BOURBON BARREL ALE </b>– Heavy
on the vanilla, excellent. Thanks Matt!</div>
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<b>1798 - LEXINGTON BREWING KENTUCKY BOURBON BARREL STOUT</b> –
Awesome coffee oatmeal stout, wow, thanks again Matt!</div>
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<b>1799 - SAUGATUCK BREWING BONFIRE BROWN</b> – Solid.<br />
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<b>1800 - ANHEUSER-BUSCH BUD LIGHT PREMIUM </b>– Surprisingly not
bad.</div>
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<b>1801 - FOUR STRING BREWING BIG STAR WHITE IPA </b>– Yum!</div>
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<b>1802 - CRABBIE'S ORIGINAL ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER </b>– Yum.</div>
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<b>1803 - PABST BREWING STROH'S</b> – Not as bad as expected. Good
for an Old Man Beer.</div>
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<b>1804 - FOUR STRING BREWING BRASS KNUCKLE PALE ALE </b></div>
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<b>1805 - SOUTHERN TIER 2X STOUT </b></div>
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<b>1806 - GREAT LAKES BREWING
BURNING RIVER PALE ALE </b></div>
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<b>1807 - GREAT LAKES BREWING
COMMODORE PERRY IPA </b></div>
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<b>1808 - NEW HOLLAND
BREWING DRAGON'S MILK </b></div>
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<b>1809 - WEYERBACHER BREWING BLITHERING IDIOT BARLEYWINE </b><br />
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<u>Saturday 8/23 – Starting in Clevo, then some major Pittsburgh tasting:</u></div>
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<b>1810 - FAT HEAD'S BREWERY HEAD HUNTER IPA</b> – Good one.</div>
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<b>1811 - THIRSTY DOG BREWING OLD LEGHUMPER ROBUST PORTER</b> –
Nice, roasty chocolate porter.</div>
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<b>1812 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING TRIPEL GRIST ABBEY</b> – Floral &
delicious.</div>
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<b>1813 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING GRISTFUL THINKING </b>– Session pale,
easy drinking, grain forward.</div>
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<b>1814 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING CAMP SLAP RED </b>– Hoppy red ale,
smooooth.</div>
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<b>1815 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING CROUCHING PORTER HIDDEN CHOCOLATE</b>
– Earthy and roasty.</div>
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<b>1816 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING BLACK RIPA</b> – Hops and malts and
loveliness in a glass.</div>
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<b>1817 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING TRIPEL GRIST TRAPPIST</b> – Light and
estery.</div>
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<b>1818 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING WHEATIN' FOR THE WEEKEND</b> –
Orangey & light, great summer brew.</div>
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<b>1819 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING HIGH IQ BLONDE </b>– Smooth, easy
drinking, basic blonde.</div>
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<b>1820 - GRIST HOUSE BREWING GRISTLY BEAR BROWN</b> – Maybe my
fave, deeply malty & oatmeally.</div>
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Mary’s, PA. Exactly like every other Regional Shit Lager. It has its place.</div>
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<b>1822 - SOUTHERN TIER 2X IPA</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1823 - HEAVY
SEAS BEER LOOSE CANNON
HOP3 IPA</b> – Good.</div>
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<b>1824 - YUENGLING BREWERY BLACK & TAN </b>– Sooo much better
than the standard Yuengling.</div>
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<b>1825 - BELL'S
BREWERY TWO HEARTED ALE</b> – Yum.</div>
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<u>Sunday 8/24 – Major recovery time and all-day traveling back
to SoCal:</u></div>
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<b>1826 - GREAT LAKES BREWING
DORTMUNDER GOLD</b> – Amber, malty, just OK.</div>
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<u>Monday 8/25 – Home, finally relaxing:</u></div>
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<b>1827 - KONA BREWING CASTAWAY IPA </b>- not bad </div>
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<b>1828 - EVIL TWIN BREWING MOLOTOV COCKTAIL</b> - Completely over
the top Imperial IPA, almost too much, practically a barley wine it's so potent
</div>
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<b>1829 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING HEYDAY BELGIAN STYLE WHITE ALE</b> -
Well done Belgian style white </div>
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<b>1830 - BISON BREWING ORGANIC CHOCOLATE STOUT</b>- Smooth and
creamy, could be a tad thicker for my tastes, but still a winner </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Either shocked or about to burp.</td></tr>
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<u>Tuesday 8/26 – Happy to chill at home:</u></div>
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<b>1831 - NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY BLUE STAR</b> - So simple but
so well done. Distinct wheat and barley grain flavor but still light. Love this
one. </div>
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<b>1832 - SCUTTLEBUTT BREWING HOMEPORT BLONDE</b> - Acidic on the
finish, can't say I love it. </div>
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<b>1833 - GENESEE BREWING BARREL TROLLEY NUT BROWN ALE</b> - Basic
roasty brown ale with a yeasty finish. Not bad at all. </div>
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<b>1834 - WELLS & YOUNG'S BREWING STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING ALE</b>
- Tastes like a cream soda. Stupidly syrupy sweet. </div>
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<u>Wednesday 8/27 – Home:</u></div>
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<b>1835 - ABITA BREWING ABBEY ALE</b> - Malty, caramelly dubbel,
the best Abita brew by far. </div>
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<b>1836 - SUDWERK BREWING DUNKEL WEISS BOCK (20TH ANNIVERSARY
SERIES) </b>- Acidic and a bit harsh on the finish, then I realized this is a beer
from 2010. With that in mind, this hybrid is not bad otherwise.(Sudwerk
commented on my Untappd check-in with the following: " Congratulations!
That beer birthed our sour program!")</div>
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<b>1837 - ALASKAN BREWING WHITE </b>- Citrusy and smooth. Primo
like the rest of the Alaskan roster. </div>
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<b>1838 - SAMUEL SMITH INDIA ALE</b> - Nice, mellow hopped ale,
albeit mild by today's standards. </div>
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<b>1839 - SPRECHER BREWING PUB BROWN ALE </b>- Lighter English
style Pub Brown Ale, nice malted barley, Cor Blimey!<br />
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<u>Thursday 8/28 – Quick flight at Tony’s and a few at home:</u></div>
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<b>1840 - RUBICON BREWING HOPSAUCE DOUBLE IPA</b> - Straight up
tangy, piney, citrusy, hop attack. First time I've had anything from this Sacto
brewery. </div>
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<b>1841 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE ONAGER</b>- Like a slightly wild
farmhouse ale. Good one. </div>
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<b>1842 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE GUILLOTINE</b> - Dark, rich cherry
woodiness with some decent pucker. Excellent. </div>
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<b>1843 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE TREBUCHET</b> - Subtle, straw colored
sour farmhouse ale. Damn good. </div>
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<b>1844 - AVERY BREWING JOE'S PREMIUM AMERICAN PILSNER </b>- Good
accompaniment to frozen pizza. </div>
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<b>1845 - ROGUE ALES JUNIPER PALE ALE</b> - Above average pale ale,
mildly hoppy, a lil' creamy, not bad.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I said I wanted some Buddha, she was bummed to discover I was talking about a beer.</td></tr>
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<u>Friday 8/29 – Tastings at The Other Door, District Pub, and
Cushion Teresa’s:</u></div>
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<b>1846 - CHEERDAY BREWERY LUCKY BUDDHA</b> – Total shit beer from China, but the
coolest bottle I’ve ever held.</div>
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<b>1847 - WESTMALLE TRAPPIST TRIPEL</b> – Mmmm, Trappey…</div>
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<b>1848 - BRASSERIE D'ACHOUFFE McCHOUFFE</b> - Heavy vanilla, nice
Belgian strong.</div>
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<b>1849 - BRASSERIE D'ACHOUFFE HOUBLON CHOUFFE DOBBELEN IPA
TRIPEL</b> - Lovely, hoppy, floral and yeasty.</div>
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<b>1850 - EPIC BREWING IMPERIAL PUMPKIN PORTER</b> - Oh hells to
the yes.</div>
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<b>1851 - EPIC BREWING STRAIGHT UP SAISON</b> - Loverly and floral.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work it, Cushion!</td></tr>
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<b>1852 - SAMUEL SMITH TADDY PORTER </b>- Malt-o-Rama, damn that's
good.</div>
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<b>1853 - SAMUEL SMITH NUT BROWN ALE</b> - Nutty-o-Rama, darn good.</div>
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<u>Saturday 8/30 – Santa Clarita area tasting with The Beckers
at Newhall Refinery, Wolf Creek, Lazy Dog:</u></div>
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<b>1854 - BROUWERIJ ROMAN RINCE COCHON CUVEE SPECIALE</b> - Belg-Yum!</div>
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<b>1855 - GOOSE ISLAND THE OGDEN BELGIAN STYLE TRIPEL</b> - Excellent.</div>
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<b>1856 – AYINGER MAIBOCK</b> - eh.</div>
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<b>1857 - TAP IT BREWING ESTATE PALE ALE</b> - Thumbs up.</div>
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<b>1858 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY GOLDEN EAGLE BLONDE ALE</b> –
Bleh. And this place looks like an omlette house circa 1986.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photographic evidence Gina Becker drank a beer.</td></tr>
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<b>1859 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY TIMBER WOLF RED ALE</b> – Pretty
good. Wolf Creek has recently started cranking out some beers I actually
really enjoy.</div>
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<b>1860 - HEADLANDS BREWING HILL 88 DOUBLE IPA </b>– From the SF
Bay Area. I’ve never seen this brewery anywhere, what’s it doing here. I
want to taste whatever else they have, but unfortunately I’m not digging this
DIPA.</div>
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<b>1861 - LAZY DOG HONEY BLONDE</b> – Eh.</div>
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<b>1862 - LAZY DOG HEFEWEIZEN</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1863 - LAZY DOG PALE ALE</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1864 - LAZY DOG RED</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1865 - LAZY DOG IPA</b> – Crisp hoppiness, very good.</div>
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<b>1866 - LAZY DOG CHOCOLATE PORTER </b>– It is.</div>
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<b>1867 – SAKU PORTER</b> - I just
like the fact that it’s Estonian.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVRV5pP_mTviGkbZnPmt37346wnx9L0gWoala9SV47brIGkn7jw_06xBowdHLnmUCHF4BiQ3S0jhpCJFprSYwZthFTO3AyI7grATXl3t6tvdfJ4tE30y2CVA1CpR2nuzuB29oVZ458Bw/s1600/IMG_2140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVRV5pP_mTviGkbZnPmt37346wnx9L0gWoala9SV47brIGkn7jw_06xBowdHLnmUCHF4BiQ3S0jhpCJFprSYwZthFTO3AyI7grATXl3t6tvdfJ4tE30y2CVA1CpR2nuzuB29oVZ458Bw/s1600/IMG_2140.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a><u>Sunday 8/31 – Harley’s grand finale farewell tasting at
Vendome and a few at home:</u></div>
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<b>1868 - ALLAGASH BREWING FLUXUS (2014)</b> – Mildly spiced golden
ale, more like a wine than a beer.</div>
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<b>1869 - BROUWERIJ BOSTEELS DEUS BRUT DES FLANDRES (2010)</b> –
Heavy floral and sage notes. I haven’t had this in 5 years so this may be the
same vintage I originally tasted. Very champagne-like.</div>
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<b>1870 - BRASSERIE DUBUISSON SCALDIS PRESTIGE (2013)</b> – Heavy
oak, musty like a corked wine, but not unpleasant.</div>
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<b>1871 - BRASSERIE DUBUISSON SCALDIS PRESTIGE DE NUITS (2013)
</b>– Immediately tastes like a tannic red wine. Ale aged in wine casks from
Burgundy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proper send-off for Harley the Cicerone</td></tr>
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<b>1872 - HANSSENS ARTISINAAL SCARENBECCA KRIEK </b>– Serious funk,
Hostess cherry pie aged in mildew.</div>
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<b>1873 - CASCADE BREWING SANG ROYAL </b>– Sour aged in wine
barrels, but no harsh acidity. Perfectly balanced.</div>
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<b>1874 - THE BRUERY SUCRE AGED IN NEW AMERICAN OAK BARRELS</b> –
Heavy, thick caramel beer. Five stars. Whoa.</div>
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<b>1875 - AVERY BREWING 5 MONKS BOURBON BARREL AGED BELGIAN
STYLE QUINTUPEL ALE</b> – Dammit, how does this exist? It’s too good. Viscous,
desserty, caramelly, dense, incredible.</div>
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<b>1876 - BEACHWOOD BREWING GREENSHIFT DIPA</b> – Beachwood does
all IPAs well and this DIPA is no exception.</div>
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<b>1877 - STONE BREWING WOOTSTOUT 2.0 </b>– Woot woot! Glad someone
brought this to the bottle share, not I can sit on mine for another year or
two. Exactly what I wanted in a stout. Fab.</div>
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<b>1878 - SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES APPRECIATION</b> – Saison aged
in wine barrels with boysenberries. And I thought I didn’t like fruit beers. My
contribution to Harley’s going away tasting. And I only brought it due to the
generosity of Chris Wilder.</div>
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<b>1879 - CASCADE BREWING THE VINE</b> – Loverly sour tripel,
puckery but easy to drink.</div>
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<b>1880 – ALMANAC HEIRLOOM PUMPKIN BARLEYWINE</b> – Superior.</div>
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<b>1881 - THE BRUERY 2 TURTLE DOVES </b>– Out of production Bruery
gem, Belgian dark with pecans & cocoa nibs. Wow, thanks to Vendome
bottle share coaxing this out of the closet.</div>
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<b>1882 - DESCHUTES BREWERY BLACK BUTTE XXIII </b>– Heavy praise to
the Vendome bottle share. Heavy, malty porter attack. Luscious and delicious,
it really held up all these years.</div>
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<b>1883 - PRETTY THIINGS LOVELY SAINT WINEFRIDE </b>– Excellent
brown lager, brewed using a decoction method. Yes, I’ll pretend I know what
that means, but I have no idea. All I know is decoction is delicious.</div>
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<b>1884 - BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING PETER BROWN TRIBUTE ALE</b> – Not
all that awesome. Wouldn’t you want to make any “tribute” awesome instead
of average? The Pretty Things brown I just had right before this blew it away.</div>
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<b>1885 - LOST COAST BREWING ALLEYCAT AMBER </b>– Decent, but
nothin’ to write home about, or to buy again.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Todd is making sure I don't guzzle the whole thing. Dammit.</td></tr>
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<u>Monday 9/1 – Tasters at Yard House, sharing Greek microbrews
with The Emerys:</u></div>
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<b>1886 - DESCHUTES BREWERY ARMORY XPA</b> – On nitro, crazy
refreshing, floral hops.</div>
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<b>1887 - YARD HOUSE IPA </b>– Crispy hop punch.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1888 - DOGFISH HEAD FESTINA PECHE </b>– Tart, peachy, citrusy,
but not aggressively sour.</div>
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<b>1889 - LOST COAST BREWING 25TH ANNIVERSARY ALE </b>– Wow, Lost Coast
made a beer I really like! Excellent Belgian style dubbel. Sweet, yeasty,
heavy.</div>
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<b>1890 - SEPTEM MICROBREWERY MONDAY'S PILSNER</b> – Not bad,
standard cheapie lager except this Greek microbrew wasn’t so cheap.</div>
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<b>1891 - SEPTEM MICROBREWERY FRIDAY'S PALE ALE </b>– Nice.</div>
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<b>1892 - SEPTEM MICROBREWERY THURSDAY'S PREMIUM RED ALE </b>–
Cookie dough yeast and good hoppiness. Great!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1893 - SEPTEM MICROBREWERY SATURDAY'S PORTER</b> – Chocolatey
and delicious, yeasty, smooth.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1894 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING WEEKDAY IPA</b> – Bleh, tastes soapy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Emery's coolie phase is in full effect.</td></tr>
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<u>Tuesday 9/2 – Home and practice:</u></div>
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<b>1895 - CENTRAL CITY BREWERS RED RACER I.S.A. IMPERIAL
SESSION ALE </b>- Toothy malts and mild hops, very nice session IPA.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milkin' it with Harkins.</td></tr>
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<b>1896 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING FALL HORNIN'</b> – Seems a bit early for pumpkin beers, but I picked
up 7 of them yesterday. This one is liquid pumpkin spice, heavy nutmeg. </div>
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<b>1897 - EAGLE ROCK / ALESMITH COLLABORATION DAIRY TANK</b> – Holy
F</div>
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<b>1898 - CERVECERIA CUAUHTEMOC MOCTEZUMA S.A. DE C.V. BOHEMIA</b>
– Surprisingly decent Mexilager.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 9/3 – Chillin’ at home</u></div>
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<b>1899 - MARIN BREWING IPA</b> – Tasty subtle malt, balanced
citrusy hops.</div>
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<b>1900 - DRAKE'S BREWING DRAKONIC IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Praise Baby
Jesus!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm confident in Doc Brown's ability to get us Back To The Future.</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-64553911990822458812014-08-19T23:49:00.001-07:002014-08-20T07:38:40.051-07:00Beer #1656-1753 / Day #219-230: We Are Not AloneOne day last week I went home on my lunch break, and my
family was just starting to watch the Spielberg classic “<i>Close Encounters Of
The Third Kind</i>.” I remember the iconic movie poster from my childhood,
with the lonely road leading to an ominous glow on the horizon, emblazoned with
the classic tagline “We Are Not Alone”. Something familiar, yet still
eerily unknown is just beyond our reach.<br />
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As fate would have it, a half hour later I was randomly
cruising the internet, using the search terms “Big Year” and “Beer”. I
was checking if anyone had mentioned my blog out there in cyberspace.
Many folks who read something shocking will claim they spit coffee all over
their screen, or fell out of their chair. I did neither of these.
But I was indeed stunned to stumble across the site <i>www.everydaydrinking.com</i>,
a seemingly abandoned blog (I say “abandoned” because the last entry is from
February 2014) where the author briefly described his pursuit of a beer-themed
Big Year. Sounds familiar. Apparently this guy is participating
with a large group of friends. Their rules are brief, but very similar to
mine. And also like my beer quest, his guidelines are adapted from the
annual Big Year birding competition. </div>
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Serendipity?</div>
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Coincidence? </div>
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Well-intentioned adaptation?</div>
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Good ol’ fashioned piracy? </div>
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The blog’s author was a fella named Tyler. Judging by the beers noted on
this site, I gathered they’re from the East Coast. I reached out to Tyler to see if he &
his pals were still chasing their beer year, or if they gave up when the blog
entries stopped six months ago. He wrote back & confirmed they are
indeed still active with their respective Big Years. He asked how I heard
about them, so I introduced myself and sent a link to my blog. </div>
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It’s been radio silence ever since. </div>
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With what little info I got out of him, he claimed their
leading beer tasters were up to around 1,600 beers for the year. I’m past 1,700. While I’m
supportive of all my fellow beer enthusiasts, I must admit for a fleeting
second… OK, it was a good hour or two…. I felt a little cocky knowing at this
moment in time I might possibly be the top beerer in the world. The Kenny
Bostick of brau. </div>
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But just who are these mysterious beings lurking just beyond
the horizon? Do I need to send out a five-note musical signal to
establish contact?</div>
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After repeated efforts to reconnect, I have not heard a peep
from this mystifying menagerie of malt mavens. I’m guessing one of the
following is true:</div>
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1. He’s pissed because he thinks I stole his idea.</div>
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2. He’s pissed because he adapted my idea, and I
finally found out about it.</div>
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3. He’s not pissed at all, and just doesn’t check his email
very often.</div>
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Mostly I’m flat-out astonished there’s an entire group of
people pursuing the exact same goal, and I had no idea they were out there
until eight months into my own Big Year. It’s like bumping into your twin
who you never knew was born. Until now, I was only aware of Chris
Wilder and Steve Enders in Northern California and Randy Carncross in Japan as
being the only folks in the world on board with this tumultuous journey.
Now there’s an entirely new (well, new to me) Big Year beering faction on the
East Coast. </div>
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Disturbing. </div>
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Unnerving.</div>
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Eerie. </div>
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We Are Not Alone.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"We came to Earth to do two things: Probe Asses and Drink Beer. Looks like we're almost out of beer..."</td></tr>
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The beering continues…</div>
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<u>Thurs 8/7 – New release tasting at Vendome on National IPA
Day</u></div>
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<b>1656 - BROUWERIJ HUYGHE DELIRIUM DELIRIA</b> – Almost like a
sparkling wine. A blond ale with a bitter, acidic finish, some mild
cherry. Can’t say I love it.</div>
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<b>1657 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY DESPERADO IPA</b> – Good mix of hops
and decent malt… they made a beer I actually like.</div>
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<b>1658 - BLACK MARKET BREWING 5TH ANNIVERSARY KENTUCKY COMMON
ALE</b> – Dark amber beer with a roasty nose that actually tastes like a lighter
sour ale. I’m confused.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cool hat makes up for the 15 min wait.</td></tr>
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<b>1659 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY MIDNIGHT HOWL INDIA BLACK ALE</b> –
Wait, is this the same brewery I’d written off earlier this year as mediocre? I
dig this. A lot. Good black IPA with a bitter finish.</div>
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<b>1660 - KERN RIVER BREWING JUST OUTSTANDING IPA</b> – I never see
Kern River brews. One of my Facebook friends
recommended this today, and a couple hours later, by chance, Vendome has a few
bottles tucked away behind the counter. A lucky accident, especially
considering today is National IPA Day (whatever). Great IPA, hoppy, rich, and
balanced.</div>
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<u>Fri 8/8 – Pismo
Beach with the family</u></div>
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<b>1661 - BLUE MOON BELGIAN WHITE </b>– Surprisingly not bad.
Then again, after 4 hours of driving, anything would taste good.</div>
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<b>1662 - BARRELHOUSE BREWING TRIPLE DOUBLE SESSION IPA</b> –
Pretty nice, good session IPA.</div>
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<b>1663 - HOAGIE'S SANDWICHES & GRILL HOAGIE'S IPA</b> – A
decent IPA with a thick, full mouthfeel, but was it worth waiting 15 minutes
for? I’ll have to say “No”.</div>
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<b>1664 - FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING WRANGLER WHEAT</b> – Not bad,
slightly sweet, a bit of wheat, nice accompaniment for the sunset.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Games for the kids and whaaat? What a coincidence!</td></tr>
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<b>1665 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING NEW ALMADEN IMPERIAL RED</b> –
At Hot Shots Family Entertainment center, this place rules… pool, air hockey,
video games, and top shelf taps. Best of all, this imperial red is
deeeeeelish.</div>
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<b>1666 - FACTION BREWING SUMMER IPA</b> – Wow, that’s bad ass.</div>
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<b>1667 - KERN RIVER BREWING SIERRA SINGLETRACK SESSION IPA</b> – I
can’t find Kern River anywhere this year, and
now twice in 2 days I find their beer. Mind = Blown. A great session IPA.</div>
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<b>1668 - LAGUNITAS BREWING FUSION 23 IPA</b> – Not sure what this
is, but it tastes like a session IPA, and like a close relative of the Kern River session IPA above.</div>
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<b>1669 - MAD RIVER BREWING STEELHEAD BOURBON BARREL AGED EXTRA
STOUT</b> – Oh, you already know how good this is by the name alone.</div>
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<u>Sat 8/9 – Pismo
Beach, a strangely low
number for being out of town</u></div>
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<b>1670 - HERETIC BREWING BLACK MARIA BLACK IPA</b> – Menu says
it’s Black Moriah, an imperial black IPA. I can’t find that online
anywhere, even on the brewery’s website, so by default it’s gotta be Black
Maria. Call it what you want. I call it goddamn tasty.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid loves the Manrock brew dog.</td></tr>
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<b>1671 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING OATMEAL YETI </b>– Oh Yeti, can you
do no wrong?</div>
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<u>Sun 8/10 – Central
Coast tasting on the way
home</u></div>
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<b>1672 - OSKAR BLUES BREWERY MAMA'S LITTLE YELLA PILS </b>– A
perfect way to start the day. Brunch beer.</div>
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<b>1673 - HERETIC BREWING PETITE ROUGE </b>– One of three tasters
at Manrock. Nice, mellow hibiscus brew.</div>
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<b>1674 - MANROCK BREWING REAPER-CUSSION DOUBLE IPA</b> – Well done
Imperial IPA from this family run operation. Mom & Dad are out for the day,
but the kids are holding it down. Support this place, big time!</div>
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<b>1675 - HERETIC BREWING CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT PORTER</b> – Like
cookie dough. Yum.</div>
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<b>1676 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING BRAVO #217 </b>– Praise
Firestone for their extensive samplers. This one is a superior imperial brown
ale aged in spirits barrels. Crazy delicious.</div>
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<b>1677 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING PARABOLA (2013)</b> - Thank you
Barrelworks. Yes, this is true love.</div>
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<b>1678 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING XVII ANNIVERSARY ALE</b> – Oak
aged strong ale, practically infallible.</div>
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<b>1679 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING SOUR OPAL</b> – Barrel aged sour
Gueuze style ale. Loverly.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Firestone Walker: Like Fantasy Island for beer nerds.</td></tr>
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<b>1680 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING OAKTOBERFEST </b>– Full bodied
and easy drinking. Can’t wait to have this again in the Fall.</div>
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<b>1681 - FIRESTONE WALKER
BREWING SUCABA (2014)</b> – Bourbon and crème brulee, stupidly perfect.</div>
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<b>1682 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING VELVET MERKIN (2013)</b> –
Barrel aged imperial oatmeal stout. A ridiculous treat from the Barrelworks
room. Now I know what I’m sitting on with my bottle at home. </div>
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<b>1683 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING BRETTA WEISSE </b>– Refreshing
and mildly sour, heavy pineapple.</div>
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<b>1684 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING FOEDER #2</b> – Barrel aged red
Flemish style ale, tart and fruity and evenly balanced.</div>
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<b>1685 - FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING DOUBLE DBA (2014)</b> – Barrel
aged imperial bitter, superior.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hop envy at Pure Order Brewing.</td></tr>
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<b>1686 - PURE ORDER BREWING VIVA LAGER</b> – Dig it.</div>
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<b>1687 - PURE ORDER BREWING CROOKED NECK HEFEWEIZEN </b>– Named
after the famous deceased local celebrity giraffe with the crooked neck. The
giraffe was weird. This beer is not. One of my favorites from Pure
Order, along with their porter.</div>
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<b>1688 - PURE ORDER BREWING RED EYE WHEAT </b>– Good one, not
super distinct, but nice.</div>
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<b>1689 - PURE ORDER BREWING WILLIE WAUGHT </b>– Good wee heavy.</div>
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<b>1690 - PURE ORDER BREWING SANTA BARBARA COMMON ALE </b>– Decent.</div>
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<b>1691 - PURE ORDER BREWING SANTA BARBARA PALE ALE</b> – Decent.</div>
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<b>1692 - PURE ORDER BREWING BLACK GULL PORTER </b>– One of the
best of the seven in the sampler.</div>
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<b>1693 - MISSION BREWERY HEFEWEIZEN</b> – Very tart, not bad,
don’t think I’d make it my house hefe though.</div>
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<b>1694 - MISSION BREWERY IPA</b> – Mellow hops, mildly acidic
finish, and cookie dough yeast. OK.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fam can hardly contain their excitement.</td></tr>
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<u>Mon 8/11 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1695 – RUHSTALLER GILT EDGE</b> – Wheaty and grainy and golden
and really good when it’s not super cold. There’s nothing to feel gilty about.</div>
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<b>1696 – RUHSTALLER CAPT CALIFORNIA BLACK IPA</b> – Delicious hops and
chocolatey malt. Toni Tennille would be proud.</div>
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<b>1697 - UNCOMMON BREWERS BACON BROWN ALE</b> – Nut brown ale
brewed with toasted buckwheat and bacon-cured pork. Really tasty, like a mildly
smoky rauchbier. Not overly bacony or gross like a Rogue novelty shit beer.</div>
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<b>1698 - DOGFISH HEAD PALO SANTO MARRON</b> – Deeply rich,
Paraguayan palo santo wood aged imperial brown. Dark, yeast-heavy, malt
heavy. A real powerhouse.</div>
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<u>Tues 8/12 – Flight at Tony’s and a few at home</u></div>
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<b>1699 - SURF BREWERY BLACK IPA</b> – Roasty and a lil’ hoppy,
easy sippin’.</div>
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<b>1700 - HANGAR 24 ESSENCE DOUBLE IPA</b> – Tastes more citrusy
than hoppy, hard to believe it’s a double IPA, it tastes like a fruity pale
ale.</div>
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<b>1701 - SMOG CITY BREWING WEIRD BEER SAISON</b> – Herby, estery,
heavy on the cloves, would make a good Hot Toddy in the winter time.</div>
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<b>1702 - THE LOST ABBEY WITCHES WIT</b> – Cloudy, wheaty, with a
hint of herbal spiciness. Finishes clean, like it was never in your mouth… that
must be the witchcraft part of it.</div>
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<b>1703 - SCUTTLEBUTT BREWING AMBER ALE</b> – Heavy roasted barley
& hops, not bad.</div>
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<b>1704 - OSKAR BLUES BREWERY DEVIANT DALE'S</b> - Welcome back,
old friend. Crazy over the top piney hops. An ol’ favorite. Hardcore.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action shot from Tony's. Riveting.</td></tr>
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<u>Wed 8/13 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1705 - SAM ADAMS DOUBLE AGENT IPL</b> – Tastes like a buttery
pale ale, not like an IPL at all. Not necessary.</div>
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<b>1706 - KONA BREWING FIRE ROCK PALE ALE</b> – Middle of the road
pale ale. Perfect for the beach when you really don’t care about flavor, so
much as you just want to consume anything cold and wet.</div>
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<b>1707 - SAMUEL SMITH OATMEAL STOUT</b> – One of the first beers I
ever liked. It tastes weak compared to most stouts I’m into now, but I can’t
really knock a legend, even if it does taste like an old popsicle.</div>
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<b>1708 - STILLWATER ARTISINAL ALES CELLAR DOOR AMERICAN
FARMHOUSE ALE </b>- Another brilliant Stillwater
brew. White ale with sage, I hate other sage beers but I love this. It’s evenly
balanced, cloudy, herbal, and addictively drinkable.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proof that Little Green Men are lightweights.</td></tr>
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<u>Thurs 8/14 – Weekly new release tasting at Vendome and a few
at home </u></div>
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<b>1709 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING HEART'S DELIGHT </b>– Summer
ale aged in wine barrels with cherries added, low carbonation, almost like a
tart wine. Vanilla. Not overbearingly acidic or sour.</div>
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<b>1710 - MIKKELLER HUES</b> – Vinegar, corn, big time pucker,
sweet & sour pork on the nose. Supposed to be a gueuze. </div>
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<b>1711 - MOTHER EARTH BOOKOO IPA WITH MOSAIC AND SIMCOE </b>–
Crisp, golden, with a wonderfully crunchy and skunky hop bite.</div>
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<b>1712 - STONE BREWING 18TH ANNIVERSARY</b> – Brown IPA with major
sweet malt on the back end. Caramel and hop infused oatmeal cookies.</div>
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<b>1713 - LOCAL OPTION / CENTRAL WATERS COLLABORATION LA PETITE
MORT </b>– Delicious upper-Midwestern collab. Weizenbock with Belgian yeast added.
Dark caramel, syrupy sweet, but still drinkable. Pair this with ice cream.</div>
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<b>1714 - BUTTE CREEK BREWING ORGANIC PALE ALE</b> – Serious
toffee, better than I hoped it would be.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "R" is for Raisin, not Redneck.</td></tr>
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<b>1715 - BISON BREWING ORGANIC HOP CUVEE</b> – Well balanced,
smooth hops. Don’t let the “organic” part scare you away. Or the “bison” part.</div>
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<b>1716 - SHMALTZ BREWING HE'BREW GENESIS DRY HOPPED SESSION
ALE </b>– Whoa, tastes a hell of a lot like the Bison Hop Cuvee. Well, they both
have centennial & simcoe hops. This one’s just more kosher.</div>
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<u>Friday 8/15 – Home</u></div>
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<b>1717 - LAGUNITAS BREWING A LITTLE SUMPIN' EXTRA! ALE</b> – Nice
DIPA. Lagunitas doesn’t make a bad beer.</div>
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<b>1718 - W BREWING 559 RFA </b>– A Central Valley beer? Right on,
something different! Raisin Farmer Ale, apparently brewed with raisins. Red ale
that doesn’t taste like a red. Light, acidic, a tad malty.</div>
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<b>1719 - BLACK DIAMOND BREWING GRAND CRU BOURBON BARREL AGED </b>–
An acidic, liquefied chocolate covered vanilla cherry. I was expecting
something more “rounded”, with less bite. OK.</div>
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<u>Saturday 8/16 – Family party in the afternoon, friend’s
pre-wedding party at night</u></div>
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<b>1720 - BLUE MOON BREWING HARVEST PUMPKIN ALE </b>– Heavily
spiced, not nearly as bad as anticipated for a Blue Moon.</div>
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<b>1721 - TECATE LIGHT </b>– Que malo.</div>
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<b>1722 - SAM ADAMS LATITUDE 48 IPA</b> – Is it more embarrassing
to be seen drinking this, or to be the brewer that made this?</div>
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<b>1723 - BRASSERIE DUPONT SAISON DUPONT</b> – Wow. Just
wow. The old standby.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally, a beer for stinky ass hippies.</td></tr>
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<b>1724 - KONA BREWING BIG WAVE GOLDEN ALE </b>– Big surprise, so
much better than other Kona brews. Well-balanced honey golden ale. Mahalo!</div>
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<b>1725 - PACIFICO CLARA</b> – How do you say “liquid sadness” in
Spanish?</div>
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<b>1726 - UNITY VIBRATION BOURBON PEACH AMERICAN WILD ALE </b>– It
was inevitable… a kombucha beer. So, it’s good for me, right? Tastier
than expected, perfect at the hot summer’s eve party where I popped it. I
didn’t taste any bourbon barrel whatsoever. Not as sour as expected. Peachy,
sweet, mildly tart, a bit like cider.</div>
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<b>1727 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY OLD BAWDY BARLEY WINE STYLE ALE
(2013) </b>– Very drinkable, not as cloying as many barley wines can be.
Sweet but not over-the-top rich. Think session barley wine, if there could be
such a thing.</div>
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<b>1728 - BREWERY OMMEGANG THREE PHILOSOPHERS QUADRUPEL ALE</b> –
Deep amber quad with 2% Liefman’s Kriek blended which adds just a hint of
tartness to the thick, malty base. Easy to drink, even just shy of 10%.</div>
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<u>Sunday 8/17 – Tasting at home, at the Vendome bottle share,
at Eagle Rock Brewery, and Mohawk Bend</u></div>
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<b>1729 - BLACK DIAMOND BREWING FREE STYLE BELGIAN BLONDE</b> – I
was expecting something completely average. I got a well-balanced blonde,
infinitely better than what the average ale of this style typically delivers.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sooo, that's why you hold beer tastings?</td></tr>
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<b>1730 - BEACHWOOD BREWING SKYLINE GOLD KOLSCH</b> – Smooth and
easy to guzzle, wheaty with maybe a hint of butter? Thanks to Harley for
bringing the growler.</div>
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<b>1731 - THE BRUERY OUDE TART (2013)</b> – Flemish style red ale
aged in red wine barrels, pomegranate, rich with dark fruit. Superior.</div>
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<b>1732 - MILL VALLEY BEERWORKS ESPIRITU OSCURO</b> – Wow! Musty,
dank nutmeg, spicy Belgian style dark ale. Killer!</div>
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<b>1733 - CLOWN SHOES RIDE THE LION</b> – Decadent, sweet caramel
with a boozy finish.</div>
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<b>1734 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING ESPRESSO OAK AGED YETI (2014)</b> –
Excellence! Oily and chocolately bean brew. Effing perfection. Dare I say
abominable?</div>
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<b>1735 - SIERRA NEVADA BEER CAMP ACROSS AMERICA WEST COAST
DOUBLE IPA</b> – Not oppressively hoppy, creamy with a back end bite, and a
pleasantly malty aftertaste.</div>
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<b>1736 - SUN KING BREWING RING OF DINGLE</b> – Clean, roasty, a
bit watery. Still nice to try considering it’s not readily available in Cali.</div>
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<b>1737 - SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES PROFESSOR RON 22C
WOOD-AGED BEER</b> – Tart stout, heavy on the cherry finish. What a
treat. Thanks Chris Wilder!</div>
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<b>1738 - STONE BREWING 13TH ANNIVERSARY ALE</b> – Like a malty
barley wine, slightly funky on the nose, but resilient and drinkable. I like
how the bottle clearly states: “Do not cellar. Enjoy in 2009.”</div>
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<b>1739 - THE BRUERY BLACK TUESDAY (2012) </b>– Bourbon barrel
imperial stout, strange thing is it’s brown, not that inky blackness you would
expect. But it’s thick & deliriously delicious. And 19%... whoo boy, it’s a
powerhouse.</div>
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<b>1740 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY NAUGHTY NELLIE </b>– Standard golden
ale. Not as distinct as the other Pike brews, but ya can’t always bat 1.000.</div>
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<b>1741 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY RED VELVET </b>– Sleek imperial red
with rye. At 10.8% it’s deceptive. Delicious, and capable of creeping up
and incapacitating you quickly.</div>
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<b>1742 - FACTION BREWING FACTION PILS</b> – Really nice basic
pils. Nicely done for such a straight forward, simple style.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"To crush your enemies..."</td></tr>
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<b>1743 - KNEE DEEP BREWING TANILLA</b> – That’s a beaut! Smooth
vanilla porter, grab a spoon and dig in.</div>
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<b>1744 – TAPS RIS: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT </b>– Loving this, it’s
a flowing blanket of silky roasted, malted, creamy goodness. I want to make a
nest out of this so I can curl up inside of it.</div>
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<b>1745 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING HORSE TONGUE WHEAT</b> – Easy to
drink, a bit tart, very fruity, nice one.</div>
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<b>1746 - NOBLE ALE WORKS TONGUE TICKLES </b>– Hard to believe it’s
a DIPA, tastes like a session beer, but damn tasty.</div>
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<b>1747 - SIERRA NEVADA BIGFOOT (2014)</b> - Mildly spicy, dang
that’s good. Seasonal barley wine. Sasquatch would be proud.</div>
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<b>1748 - MOTHER EARTH CALI' CREAMIN' VANILLA CREAM ALE</b> –
Tastes like the same says, more like a soda than a beer, if soda was 5.2% ABV.</div>
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<b>1749 - GOLDEN ROAD RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Oh yeah baby,
that’s a real treat!</div>
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<u>Monday 8/18 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1750 - SMUTTYNOSE BREWING SUMMER WEIZEN</b> – I love Smuttynose,
but this tastes like Bud.</div>
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<b>1751 - NEW BELGIUM BREWING TRIPPEL </b>– Belgian style tripel
brewed with coriander. A solid brew, which is unexpected considering how
mediocre a lot of their releases have been. </div>
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<b>1752 - BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER WORKS TELL TALE HEART IPA</b> –
Piney, buttery IPA, well done like all other B-W output.</div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><b>1753 - BOULDER BEER COMPANY SWEATY BETTY BLONDE</b> – Not
bad, slight banana taste, decent but wouldn’t willingly buy it again.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look, Earthling... I saw you talking shit about Intergalactic in your last entry..."</td></tr>
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</span>Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-28211507452271401842014-08-07T08:40:00.000-07:002014-08-13T07:03:01.135-07:00Beer #1463-1655 / Day #205-218: Gettin' a Taste With The Waste<div style="text-align: right;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's this guy's fault...</td></tr>
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I’ve been friends with<b> Dave Witte</b> since the early
90’s. We connected through a shared appreciation of each others’ bands,
primarily my band <b>Spazz </b>and his bands <b>Discordance Axis</b>, <b>Iabhorher</b>, and <b>Human
Remains</b>. We lived 3,000 miles apart, Dave on the East Coast and me on the
West Coast, but we kept in regular contact. Witte is the first person I
met who was a hardcore beer nerd. I started publishing a magazine in 2000
called <b>“<a href="http://www.sixweeksrecords.com/html/sfl.html" target="_blank">Short, Fast + Loud!</a>”</b> and Witte wrote a column<b>, “Beers and Bands”</b>.
I wasn't a huge beer fan at the time, but I respected his enthusiasm for the
craft. Not until we met up in 2001 at The Troubador in West
Hollywood did I finally “get it”. Witte was filling in as
the drummer for Japanese legends <b>Melt-Banana</b>. They had come down the West
Coast, and along the way Witte had picked up a special bottle from <b>Hair Of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Dog</b> <b>Brewery </b>in Portland. He gushed about how awesome
this beer was and insisted on sharing it with me. As much as I
appreciated the offer, I felt unqualified to drink such a monumental beer as I felt I
wouldn’t truly love it like Witte loved it. I didn’t want him to waste
such an astounding beer on my inexperienced palate. Witte wouldn’t take “No”
for an answer, and poured me a small sampler. I don’t recall what the specific
beer was, but it was a pivotal moment… the consumption of that “gateway” beer
that would eventually sway me into the world of top notch brews.<br />
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Now in 2014 Witte and I are still close friends, despite the
massive East-West mileage gap. And when one of his current bands <b>Municipal
Waste</b> asked one of my bands <b>To The Point</b> to open for them on a two-show SoCal
stint, it was a no-brainer. Appropriately
enough, the first show in LA was sponsored by Pabst Brewing. In addition to the gigs, Dave & I agreed
to dedicate as many hours as possible to serious beering. </div>
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Witte flew in on Thursday, and we hit the ground running
with a visit to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/glendaletap" target="_blank"><b>GLENDALE TAP</b></a>, a former hole in the wall, scary dive bar
turned hipster haven. They sport a rapidly rotating list of drafts and
some impressive bottles to boot. Definitely a destination for
flannel-clad, bearded 20-somethings pursuing the latest in “craft”
offerings. We met up with <b>Adam Greenwood</b>, the bassist who replaced me a
few years ago in the line-up for the band <b>Despise You</b>, to share some braus
& discuss ideas for a possible beer-focused webseries. I tried an ALMANAC beer I surprisingly didn’t love, GOLDEN GATE GOSE, but
the brewery’s name was quickly redeemed when I ordered the solid ALMANAC
IPA. We all ordered several rounds of unique brews, and shared tastes of
everything around the table. Several selections pleased me immensely… THE
BRUERY TRADE WINDS TRIPEL WITH THAI BASIL, EPIC BREWING BRAINLESS ON PEACHES,
LOGSDON FARMHOUSE ALES OAK AGED BRETTA, and EPIC BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT.
Not bad for a weeknight.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harkins & Witte: Nuclear keg partying</td></tr>
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Friday night was the self-described <b>Pabst “Nuclear Keg
Party”</b> at the Echoplex. The line of long haired, black T-shirt clad
partiers awaiting entry was easily a quarter mile down the block to Echo Park.
My band To The Point was opening the show at 9pm, and I was looking forward to
getting it over with. I sort of enjoy performing, but when I’m in the
opening band, it’s even less exciting, and my main focus is to get through it
without any major catastrophes so I can relax and enjoy the rest of the
show. LA has always been one of my favorite places to play, and tonight
was no different. Witte’s headlining band Municipal Waste has a large and
loyal following. They’re also a traditional ‘80s style thrash metal band,
whereas To The Point is awkward, stop & start hardcore punk, devoid of
metal or solos. Would we go over well with this crowd? I breathed a
sigh of relief when the room responded positively, immediately moshing,
cheering, sharing beers and clearly ready to party.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To The Pabst</td></tr>
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Our band is slightly
out of our element on a “real” stage, as we’re more accustomed to playing on an
impromptu set up in a rented hall or warehouse. Despite the silly “rock”
smoke machine, and the illuminated Pabst neon sign behind us, the set felt
good, and we actually sounded pretty damn solid from what I could tell. Mission accomplished, I
relaxed in the cramped backstage, hunting for something non-Pabst to
consume. Witte has a serious contingent of friends and fans who are well
aware of his beer acumen, so there were a few rounds of nice bottles brought
back and hidden under the mountain
of PBRs. Reaching
into the chilly tubs, bobbing for beer, I pulled out bottle after bottle of
quality brau, most of which I had already tried this year. Eventually, a
few surfaced which were new for my list, and despite the crazed atmosphere, the backstage revelers displayed proper decorum by passing around bottles to share
for tasting. GREAT DIVIDE BREWING SHOWDOWN RYE IPA, HERETIC BREWING EVIL TWIN,
and BALLAST POINT FATHOM IPL were the few that were new for me. I missed
the middle band The Shrine, distracted by catching up with old friends and
sampling suds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wife and The Waste</td></tr>
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Then it was the moment everyone waited for: The
Waste. They haven’t played in a while, but you could have fooled
me. The playing was flawless, the crowd was whipped into a relentless
frenzy from the first note to the last. Garbage cans were thrown.
Beer was sprayed in every direction. Middle-aged dudes who haven’t done a
stage dive in 10-20 years were doing stage dives. Pants were pulled
down. Backflips off stage. Sweat. Mayhem. Best of all,
everyone was smiling. The show was over somewhat early, so The Wife and I
stopped in to The Red Lion, sharing a couple German braus for a quick
nitecap. The kitchen was closed. The beer was decent. The
crowd was young, and definitely not “our people”. We called it a night
& I had to be content with only five claimable beers for the day. Not
to fret…</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Log Em All</td></tr>
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Our second show was supposed to be Saturday, but was
inexplicably moved to Sunday. Saturday was now an “off day”. No
matter. There’s plenty of untapped tasting opportunities in LA and The
OC. We picked up Witte’s buddy from ASCAP <b>Etan Rosenbloom </b>and headed down
to Placentia to
<b>THE BRUERY</b>. This was a first time for us all, and in retrospect I’m
kicking myself in the ass for waiting so long to make the pilgrimage
here. Not only does this establishment create some of the most
innovative, pioneering, and all-around tasty brews, but after continually
raising the bar of excellence so high, likewise their prices have followed
suit. Aside from a handful of flagship beers that retail around $8-12,
the standard for Bruery output seems to be in the $20-30 range these
days. Way too rich for my blood, so imagine how stoked I was to discover
their tasting room offered roughly 30 of their unique beers, and all available
as reasonably priced samplers, as cheap as $1 each. Between the four of
us we ordered multiple samplers which we shared, and ended up blasting through
a good 26 tasters, most of which were new to my Big Year. Way to rack ‘em
up. A few truly limited beers were on a separate lists for “members
only”, but the staff was kind enough to let us sample the FLOYD D’RUE
collaboration beer with <b>3 FLOYDS</b>, a rum barrel aged imperial porter which,
frankly, tasted like Jagermeister. This destination is a must for any
serious or adventurous beer drinker. Each new taster was as delectable as
the previous. With this many incredible beers, I decided my usual note-taking was absurd. The stock descriptions of each brew said it all. And
each one was pure perfection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Noble attempt at tasting everything</td></tr>
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I speculated that by hitting The Bruery first, anything
after that would pale in comparison, no matter how excellent it was. Such
was the case with our next stop, <b>NOBLE ALE WORKS</b>. One of my OC favorites,
but after the over-the-top richness of the full canon of Bruery braus, it was
difficult to convince my companions how great this destination is. We
tried everything available, most of which I had already claimed, but I gladly
indulged in tastes of old favorites like the MAN’S MILK STOUT. New revelations
were the TRANSPACIFIC SAISON and the bizarrely simple but satisfying PINK &
YELLOW.</div>
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At this point, Etan had loosened up, and was clearly a sheet
or two into the wind. He hinted repeatedly and not so subtly about
stopping at taco trucks if we “wanted to”. We were full, but it kept
coming up, so clearly this fella was starving. Heading back from behind
The Orange Curtain, up to LA, we made a pit stop in Boyle
Heights, which by chance lead us to a
destination I had heard about but never sought out: <b>RAMIREZ BEVERAGE CENTER</b> Located in
one of the most unlikely areas of LA, half of this store is like a beer
supermarket, with numerous bottles I’ve never seen in California,
like Bell’s
Brewery. I’m convinced this is one of the only destinations in the
country where you’ll find cholos with neck tattoos discussing the attributes of
fruity esters in specialty beers. Witte and I purchased a few bottles to
share, shuttled Etan home, and headed back to my place for swimming, chilling,
and beering, with a quick evening detour to visit Grill Em All’s Ryan &
Kevine Harkins for some burgers, dogs, and braus. But we weren’t partying
tonight. Tomorrow we were leaving early, in search of the Holy Grail.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ramirez: Muy grande</td></tr>
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Back in October 2012, Witte invited a ton of friends to meet
up in Denver at
the Great American Beer Festival, indisputably the largest beerfest in the
country. I was the only one who didn’t flake. Thanks to some press
passes, we were able to gain immediate access to each GABF session without
cramming our way in behind tens of thousands of eager, unwashed masses.
The very first booth Witte insisted on visiting was Alpine Beer Company.
I live in California
& I’d never heard of them, yet they’re only about two and a half hours
south of where I live. He excitedly gushed about what a revelation their
Duet IPA was, and he was right, as usual. It was an unparalleled hop
bomb, rivaled only by classics of the genre like Pliny. Since that day,
every time Witte has visited Southern California,
he has mentioned, “We should visit Alpine”. Our time has always been
limited, and as great as Alpine is, a five hour road trip usually doesn’t sound
too appealing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alpine photo bomb</td></tr>
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This visit was different. Our second show was in San Diego. We had
all day to explore breweries. We hit
the road at 9am, made a pit stop in Boyle
Heights for breakfast
tacos from a street vendor, and made a beeline for the promised land of Alpine,
jamming ‘70s prog rock the whole way. Deep Purple, Kansas, Ambrosia. Slightly later than
we hoped, but still early enough to beat the rush, we hit the rustic mountain
town of Alpine, roughly 30 minutes east of SD proper. This is one of
those small towns where all of the local businesses take the easy way out and
name themselves after the town itself. Alpine Lumber. Alpine
Bowling. Alpine Real Estate. Alpine Pest
Control. Alpine Books. At last… <b>ALPINE BEER COMPANY</b>, a small and
unassuming brewery on the main (and only) drag through town. Unless you
were in the know, you’d have no clue that this place is masturbatory fodder for
beer geeks nationwide.</div>
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It was lunchtime and fortunately they not only served taster
flights, but they had a café. We ordered tasters of everything available,
which ended up being 12 different beers. A few of them I had already
enjoyed this year, but most were new for my 2014 list, including the majority
of their legendary IPAs, of both the flagship and the obscure variety.
Their non-IPA beers are decent but nothing to write home about, with the
exception of the exceptional BOURBON BARREL AGED ODIN'S RAVEN, but their IPAs
are world class, and highly sought after in beer geek circles. There it
was, flowing freely, the godly DUET, along with the LUPULIN STAR, the sessionable BABY
FACE, PURE HOPPINESS (which I had already proudly claimed this year as Beer
#1,000), and the proprietary in-house blend DU-HOP, a mix of Duet and Pure
Hoppiness. We chowed on the beef-and-an-egg-with-gravy-over-fries
“poutine”, served on a paper plate with a plastic fork, shared every beer in
the house, and chatted up the friendly staff. This day was already
absolute perfection, and we were just kicking it off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Promised Land</td></tr>
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Next stop, we headed back West to the industrial parks and
hit <b>SOCIETE BREWING COMPANY</b>. I had sampled some of their brews this time
last year at the Mammoth Bluesapalooza beer fest, and I recall walking away
with a so-so impression of their output. This visit was the polar opposite.
We loitered in their vast tasting room, and sampled every single beer, and
there wasn’t a single one that could even be considered “average”. These
folks know exactly what they’re doing. All were extremely impressive and
distinct, not to mention all 13 we tasted were unique to my Big Year and
claimable. Great single hop IPAs, nice stouts, rich Belgian styles,
they’ve got it all.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Products of Societe</td></tr>
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We then trekked to <b>WHITE LABS</b>. For decades, this establishment has
been in the business of supplying yeast, microbes, and all of that sciencey
teeny tiny stuff that makes beer taste so unique. They now brew their own
beer, and offer samplers and flights of the same beer (i.e. four of the same porter recipe) fermented with different yeasts,
and by tasting them back-to-back, it proves how vital it is to select the correct strain for your
brew. The beers were both innovative and oddball, especially the FRANKENSTOUT
with a mix of 96 yeast strains, and two versions of the PEANUT BUTTER PORTER,
one with London Yeast that tasted like a Brach’s candy corn, and the other with
Hefeweizen Yeast that tasted like a straight up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. The
fella behind the bar lacked any personality whatsoever, and told us everyone
else was across the street at a company picnic. No surprise they left him
behind. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intergalactic sans Beastie Boys</td></tr>
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Our ears perked up when he asked if we liked stouts (an
absurd question), and he recommended <b>INTERGALACTIC BREWING</b>, only a few blocks
away. Yet another secluded industrial park brewery, this tiny D.I.Y.
establishment has only been open for about a year, but they’re ambitious and
chasing the dream at warp speed. Having already tasted 30+ beers before
3pm, we limited ourselves to six samplers at Intergalactic, which was OK
considering we found most of their output to be pretty average. Despite
the insistence that we should come here for the stouts, they were our least
favorite of the tasting. I dug the BROWN COAT ALE and the ANDROMEDA IPA, but
best of the batch was the BEAM ME UP SCOTCH ALE, which inexplicably was <b>not
</b>called Beam Me Up <i>Scotchy</i>! Talk about a missed opportunity. While we
didn’t love it, in fairness Alpine and Societe are a hard act to follow, but
these guys are young & eager to try new things. They’re just not
there yet. I’ll check ‘em out again, maybe in another year, and see if
they’ve got it dialed in. But they’re on their way.</div>
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Witte and I detoured to my Dad’s house, to check in, drop
off our bags, and spend some brief quality time visiting, since we were
crashing there for the evening. Daddy Dodge has always been supportive of
my endeavors, even when he doesn’t fully understand them. Their guest
room was taken over by a momma cat and five kittens who they recently agreed to
foster. I volunteered to crash on the couch. Witte eagerly claimed the room with the family of cats. <br />
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We drove downtown to load-in to the <b>Casbah</b>, tonight’s
shoebox of a venue, and a staple of the San
Diego underground music scene for 20 years.
Directly in the flight path and less than half a mile from the International Airport,
this club has a capacity of maybe 130, but San Diego has never been a big turnout kinda
town. San Diegans do everything possible to make you aware that they
aren’t second fiddle to Los Angeles,
secretly aware that they really are. Municipal Waste could easily fill an
800 capacity venue in LA, but 130 people is oddly a challenge to lure into a
venue in SD. </div>
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It was still early, and fortunately we were within walking
distance of Little Italy. While we should have invested some quality time
at <b>Bottlecraft</b>, instead we hit <b>BALLAST POINT</b> for food and samplers of their
“R&D” beers which are constantly revolving taps
of experimental brews. My last experience a few months prior at Ballast
Point’s Old Grove location was phenomenal, despite the crowds; each beer a revelation
in brewing excellence. This time…. well…. not so much. The majority
of the R&D beers this time around were so indistinct, I had difficult time
figuring out which one was which. And the food was surprisingly
sub-par. So much so that I felt like I needed a diaper the minute we left
the tasting room.</div>
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This day was the finale of the legendary San Diego
Comic-Con, so the neighborhood was riddled with out of town geeks of every
shape and size. I silently chuckled at the sight of old dudes carrying huge
bags of swag, wearing Captain America
shirts. I scoffed, but is it any more embarrassing than middle aged dudes
like myself wearing black T-shirts of old punk bands? And driving hours
away from home to play noisy music and barely get paid gas money? And to
do it for a good 30 years straight? Now who’s the real out of town geek?<br />
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The show kicked off at a reasonable hour with local thrash
metal acts <b>Eukaryst </b>and <b>Witchaven</b>, two tight, and energetic bands, followed by
yours truly and <b>To The Point</b>. As with the LA show, we were a fast
hardcore punk band on a basically all-metal bill. Unlike the LA show, in
SD we went over like a lead balloon. The second I spoke into the mic I
wished I had brought a pin with me, so I could hear it drop. While the
crowd wasn’t antagonistic in any way, they were also completely non-responsive,
and completely non-stoked that we were on stage absorbing valuable
life minutes from them that should have been occupied by pure metal instead. I was
in this situation in 1986 with my high school skate punk band Legion Of Doom,
and I reacted indignantly, urging everyone in the room to “support the scene”
while they mercilessly heckled me and told me to do things like “play the skin
flute”. 28 years and countless shows later I knew better. We were
out of our element. Who cares. There’s no way to really win, so just have
fun with it… don’t mock the crowd, have a good time, and maybe a few
individuals will eventually warm up. As it turned out, what started as an
arctic blast of a reception, eventually melted into a smattering of polite
applause and minor participation towards the end of the set. I headed to
an air-conditioned corner to drink <b>Bulliet Rye</b> shots while <b>Municipal Waste
</b>righteously and rightfully rocked the Casbah (yeah, I had to say the obvious).</div>
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A little after midnight, we were already packed up &
ready to go. Dave and I were up for a quick nightcap, but with it being
late on a Sunday, we were S.O.L. The anticipated spots were not open til
the usual 2am tonight. We cruised North Park.
No Toronado. No Modern Times. Total bust. Whatever. It
was getting late, and we were better off going to bed. After all, we had
another day of tasting ahead of us, so it’s best to cut our loses and head back
to Pop’s. I flopped around the whole evening on a stiff, uneven couch,
while Dave tossed and turned in the other room, randomly tormented by kittens leaping in every direction and batting him in the face.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of everything, Pizza Port style</td></tr>
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Monday we awoke bleary eyed, but ready to roll. After
a quick family breakfast full of meat and starch, Witte and I drove to the
ocean to visit <b>PIZZA
PORT OCEAN
BEACH</b> as soon as they
opened. All Pizza
Port locations are famous
for brewing their own raster of formidable proprietary beers. Witte
introduced me to head brewer <b>“Nacho” </b>and we requested our standard
tasters: “One of everything”. Soon enough we were joined by a few
of the members of last night’s opener <b>Eukaryst</b>. Bassist <b>Gino Fontana</b>
works here as well, and this young man is living the dream. He’s a
20-something metal dude in a beautiful beach city, who landed a job making the
best pizzas in town, learned at work how to make the best beer in town, and has
now brewed his own beer, named after his band, which is for sale at Pizza Port:
<b>EUKARYST SINISTER IMPERIAL STOUT.</b> Hell, they even taped a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2zUfdjGjvE" target="_blank">music video</a> in the brewery itself. Sadly, the keg was blown when Witte and
I arrived, so out of 17 proprietary beers we sampled, Sinister was not one of
them. These were metal dudes, who really could have given two shits who I
was, but I was with Witte, The Master, who has basically set the benchmark for extreme music
over the past two decades, and these guys knew it, so by association I was
hooked up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Livin' the dream, you wish you were this guy</td></tr>
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Dave needed to return his gear, and his car, and make it to
LAX for a late flight. Even though it was noon, I was aware of the
impending horrors of Southland traffic, so we reluctantly left San Diego County earlier than either of us wanted
to. After a long drive, stops at Paiste, and a drum rental spot, we
didn’t reach my house until about 6pm, starved and a little cranky from lack of
food and beer. I popped a couple bottles, we snacked, then headed to the South Bay
to return his car. Everything in LA takes a long time, and this was no
exception. Although we envisioned a day filled with non-stop beer, at
this point we only had an hour before Witte had to be at LAX for his red-eye
home, so we wrapped up the weekend at<b> NAJA'S PLACE</b> at the Redondo Beach
Pier. A local legend for their 88 taps, it’s a spot I’ve always wanted to
like, but have always had a difficult time doing so. This evening was no
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was hardly anyone there
on a Monday night, yet the small handful of drinkers present were even louder
than the “new country”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>horseshit being
blasted at volume 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The view of the
small harbor was picturesque, the weather this evening was perfect, the beer
itself was great, but I just didn’t want to be here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a token <b>Pliny</b>, and a few other tastes, we ran to LAX, and the Beer Guru ascended towards the East like the great, hoppy Buddha that he is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing like beers & painfully loud New Country</td></tr>
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The beering continues...<br />
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<u>Thursday 7/24 – New Release tasting at Vendome, a few at
home, and a trip to Glendale Tap</u></div>
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<b>1463 - SURF BREWERY SHAKA CITRA
IPA </b>- Tropical fruit, mildly bitter, and clean like a session IPA.</div>
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<b>1464 - SHMALTZ BREWING HE'BREW ST.
LENNY'S BELGIAN RYE DOUBLE IPA</b> – Heavy on the rye, mild caramel finish, slight
bite almost like a rauchbier.</div>
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<b>1465 - ALASKAN BREWING PILOT SERIES IMPERIAL RED</b> – Roasty
caramel, malt, and fruit.</div>
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<b>1466 - THE BRUERY SMOKING WOOD BOURBON BARREL AGED (2014) </b>–
Heavy smoke & chocolate, a superior smoked imperial rye porter, so crazy
good I had to buy a bottle for later.</div>
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<b>1467 - SIERRA NEVADA / BALLAST POINT COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
ELECTRIC RAY
IPL</b>
- The Bruery Humulus is still king of all IPLs, but this is a close 2nd.</div>
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<b>1468 - SIERRA NEVADA / ASHEVILLE BREWERS ALLIANCE
COLLABORATION TATER RIDGE SCOTTISH ALE </b>- Brewed with sweet potatoes. These guys
are getting wacky now.</div>
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<b>1469 - SIERRA NEVADA / ALLAGASH COLLABORATION MYRON'S WALK
BELGIAN STYLE PALE ALE </b>- Sounds boring, tastes excellent. I love this one.</div>
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<b>1470 - THE LOST ABBEY SERPENT'S STOUT</b> - Oily and awesome,
better than most Lost Abbey ales</div>
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<b>1471 - ALMANAC GOLDEN GATE GOSE </b>- Second Almanac beer I
didn't love, I'm tasting rosemary.</div>
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<b>1472 - THE BRUERY TRADE WINDS TRIPEL WITH THAI BASIL</b> - Just
killer, they didn't go over the top, just hints of spice to keep it perfectly
balanced.</div>
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<b>1473 - ALMANAC IPA </b>- Crisp full bodied and damn good, tastes
like a double.</div>
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<b>1474 - NINKASI BREWING TRICERAHOPS DOUBLE IPA</b> - Malty,
hoppy, well rounded, perfectly executed.</div>
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<b>1475 - EPIC BREWING BRAINLESS ON PEACHES</b> - Excellent. I
don't taste the cask but it's a nice, evenly balanced mildly fruity brau.</div>
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<b>1476 - LOGSDON FARMHOUSE ALES OAK AGED BRETTA</b> - One of the
best, killer saison that stands out from your average farmhouse ale.</div>
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<b>1477 - EPIC BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Mildly hoppy, way
impressive, dense</div>
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<b>1478 - STONE BREWING IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT (2014) </b>–
Excellent, thick & chocolatey</div>
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<u>Friday 7/25 – Echoplex backstage and a quick visit to the
Red Lion.</u></div>
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<b>1479 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING SHOWDOWN RYE IPA</b> – Yum.</div>
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<b>1480 - HERETIC BREWING EVIL TWIN </b>– Tasty mildly hoppy
imperial red.</div>
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<b>1481 - BALLAST POINT FATHOM IPL</b> – Lighter like a session
IPA, I dig it.</div>
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<b>1482 – WARSTEINER PREMIUM
DUNKEL</b>
- One of two late night at the Red Lion Inn, this one was better than the
Landbier.</div>
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<b>1483 - BRAUEREI VELTINS GREVENSTEINER LANDBIER </b>– S’OK but I
wouldn’t order it again.</div>
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<u>Saturday 7/26 – The Bruery tasting room. Mind = blown.
Noble tasting room. Then several closer to home. I spent my time
enjoying, and practically no time taking notes.</u></div>
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<b>1484 - THE BRUERY FLOYD D'RUE </b>– Bourbon barrel aged imperial
porter…. Tastes like a Jager shot</div>
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<b>1485 - THE BRUERY BOIS FUME</b> – Bourbon barrel aged old ale,
smoked porter blend</div>
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<b>1486 - THE BRUERY SUCRE BOURBON BARREL AGED</b> – Bourbon barrel
aged English style old ale</div>
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<b>1487 - THE BRUERY 5 GOLDEN RINGS BOURBON BARREL AGED</b> –
Bourbon barrel aged golden ale with pineapple, cinnamon, and allspice</div>
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<b>1488 - THE BRUERY THE WANDERER</b> – Dark sour ale with
blackberries & cherries</div>
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<b>1489 - THE BRUERY HUMULUS HBC 462</b> – Very light single hopped
blonde ale</div>
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<b>1490 - THE BRUERY BERAZZLED</b> – Sour blonde with raspberries</div>
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<b>1491 - THE BRUERY OUDE TART (2014)</b> – Sour Flemish-style red
ale aged in wine barrels</div>
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<b>1492 - THE BRUERY WHITE CHOCOLATE (2013)</b> – Bourbon barrel aged
wheatwine with vanilla and cacao, so sweet and dense, I’m not sure I could
drink more than a small taster</div>
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<b>1493 - THE BRUERY COUVERTEU</b>R – Belgian dubbel with cacao
nibs and vanilla beans</div>
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<b>1494 - THE BRUERY SOUR IN THE RYE WITH PINEAPPLE AND COCONUT </b></div>
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<b>1495 - THE BRUERY OUDE TART (2012)</b> - Sour Flemish-style red
ale aged in wine barrels</div>
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<b>1496 - THE BRUERY BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS </b>– New American oak
Anniversary ale with 20% maple syrup aged in Fess Parker port barrels</div>
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<b>1497 - THE BRUERY SAISON RUE (2014) </b>– Farmhouse-style saison</div>
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<b>1498 - THE BRUERY / BOTTLE LOGIC COLLABORATION TUMESCENCE </b>–
Saison brewed with fruit and herbs</div>
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<b>1499 - THE BRUERY TART OF DARKNESS WITH CACAO & VANILLA</b>
– Sour stout with cacao and vanilla</div>
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<b>1500 - THE BRUERY AUTUMN MAPLE BOURBON BARREL AGED </b></div>
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<b>1501 - THE BRUERY HUMULUS HBC 430 </b>– Another variation on the
single hopped blonde ale, I recall this one was better than the HBC 462</div>
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<b>1502 - THE BRUERY TART OF DARKNESS (2014) </b>– Legendary sour
barrel aged stout</div>
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<b>1503 - NOBLE ALE WORKS SIPPER-SAURUS </b>– Mexican style lager,
served with a lime, made by Tyler King from The Bruery.</div>
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<b>1504 - NOBLE ALE WORKS CUDDLE PUDDLE</b> – German style Sticke
Alt bier created by the brewer from TAPS</div>
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SAISON</b> – Created by one of the brewers from the up & coming Inglewood brewery Three
Weavers. Probably my favorite Noble of the day.</div>
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<b>1506 - NOBLE ALE WORKS BREAKAWAY PALE ALE</b> – Hoppy and easy
drinking.</div>
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<b>1507 - NOBLE ALE WORKS PINK & YELLOW</b> – Like a Summer
Shandy, but really, really freakin’ good.</div>
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<b>1508 - CUCAPA BREWING LOOKOUT BLONDE ALE </b>– One of the only
Mexican “craft” breweries I’ve had the opportunity to try. Perfect pool
beer. Good thing we were actually in the pool when we shared it.</div>
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<b>1509 - FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR FREIGEIST GEISTERZUG</b> – A
“spruced traditional gose”. Piney and herby, funky and good.</div>
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<b>1510 - BRASSERIE DE SILLY SILLY SOUR</b> – This is a really nice
sour, Silly.</div>
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<b>1511 - ANGEL CITY BREWERY DARK RYE LAGER BOURBON BARREL
(2014)</b> – Never seen this before. Glad to see something new from Angel City
finally. Heavy rye and malty deliciousness.</div>
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<b>1512 – AVERY SALVATION</b> – Left over from the Echoplex
stash. Avery is flawless.</div>
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<b>1513 - GOLDEN ROAD CABRILLO KOLSCH </b>– Their flagship canned
kolsch, reliable and tasty as hell.</div>
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<u>Sunday 7/27 – San
Diego County
tour with The Master. A crazy amount of tasting, but hardly any
note-taking. Not necessary.</u></div>
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<b>1514 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY WILLY VANILLY </b>– Vanilla added to
the Willy lager.</div>
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<b>1515 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY MANDARIN NECTAR </b>– OK, not a
favorite</div>
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<b>1516 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY IRISH RED </b>– Good.</div>
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<b>1517 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY CAPTAIN STOUT</b> – Good.</div>
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<b>1518 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY BOURBON BARREL AGED ODIN'S RAVEN</b>
– I’ve never even seen the standard Odin’s Raven stout, let alone this treat.</div>
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<b>1519 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY BABY FACE </b>– Excellent session IPA</div>
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<b>1520 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY LUPULIN STAR </b>– Now you’re
talking.</div>
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<b>1521 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY DUET </b>– This is the beer that
started it all for me & Witte. Perfection.</div>
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<b>1522 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY DU-HOP </b>– An in-house blend of
Duet and Pure Hoppiness. Perfection x2.<br />
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<b>1523 - SOCIETE BREWING THE BACHELOR AMARILLO SINGLE HOP IPA </b></div>
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<b>1524 - SOCIETE BREWING THE BACHELOR CITRA SINGLE HOP IPA </b></div>
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<b>1525 - SOCIETE BREWING THE BACHELOR MOSAIC SINGLE HOP IPA </b></div>
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<b>1526 - SOCIETE BREWING THE APPRENTICE IPA </b></div>
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<b>1527 - SOCIETE BREWING THE PUPIL IPA </b></div>
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<b>1528 - SOCIETE BREWING THE PUGILIST DRY STOUT </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1529 - SOCIETE BREWING THE BUTCHER IMPERIAL STOUT </b></div>
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<b>1530 - SOCIETE BREWING THE PUBLICAN HOPPY ALE </b>– Smooth n’
hoppy, good one</div>
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<b>1531 - SOCIETE BREWING THE SCRAPPER SD DARK ALE </b>– Very tasty
& malty and a bit o’ hops</div>
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<b>1532 - SOCIETE BREWING THE GLEANER SAISON WITH CALIFORNIA
SAGEBRUSH</b> – Awesome and refreshing with fruity esters up the wazoo</div>
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<b>1533 - SOCIETE BREWING THE HARLOT BELGIAN BLONDE </b>– Extra
piney and sagey</div>
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<b>1534 - SOCIETE BREWING THE MADAM BELGIAN STRONG GOLDEN </b>– A
tropical fruit bomb</div>
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<b>1535 - SOCIETE BREWING THE WIDOW BELGIAN STRONG DARK</b> –
Yeasty, fruity, dark amber, yum<br />
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<b>1536 - WHITE LABS PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER WLP013 LONDON
YEAST </b>– Candy corn, big time</div>
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<b>1537 - WHITE LABS PEANUT BUTTER CUP PORTER WLP380 HEFEWEIZEN
YEAST </b>– More pure PB essence</div>
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<b>1538 - WHITE LABS LEEUWENHOEK SAISON WLP670 AMERICAN
FARMHOUSE YEAST BLEND </b></div>
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<b>1539 - WHITE LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP006 BEDFORD BRITISH YEAST </b></div>
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<b>1540 - WHITE LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP051 CALIFORNIA ALE V YEAST </b></div>
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<b>1541 - WHITE LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP005 BRITISH ALE YEAST </b></div>
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<b>1542 - WHITE LABS PASTEUR PORTER WLP862 CRY HAVOC LAGER
YEAST </b></div>
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<b>1543 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING WORMHOLE WIT </b></div>
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<b>1544 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING BROWN COAT ALE </b></div>
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<b>1545 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING ANDROMEDA IPA </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1546 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING RED SHIRT #21 IMPERIAL IPA </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1547 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING PLANET INVADER RUSSIAN IMPERIAL
STOUT </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1548 - INTERGALACTIC BREWING BEAM ME UP SCOTCH ALE WEE HEAVY</b>
– Why didn’t they call this “Beam Me Up, Scotchy”? A missed opportunity.</div>
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<b>1550 - BALLAST POINT Q.U.A.F.F. ROGGENBIER </b></div>
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<b>1551 - BALLAST POINT LUNGFISH OAK SMOKED HELLES LAGER </b></div>
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<b>1552 - BALLAST POINT ALT HANDS ON DECK </b></div>
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<b>1553 - BALLAST POINT REEL BOSSES AMERICAN WHEAT WITH FRUIT </b></div>
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<b>1554 - BALLAST POINT SALES AND ALES AGAVE CREAM ALE</b> </div>
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<u>Monday 7/28 – Trying everything at Pizza Port Ocean Beach
with Witte, and wrapping up at home. Again, not interested in note
taking. Just focusing on enjoying what we’re tasting.</u></div>
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<b>1555 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) TEAR DOWN THE WALL
BERLINER WEISSE </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1556 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) OC CHRONIC AMBER </b></div>
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<b>1557 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) NERF HERDER
ENGLISH DARK MILD </b></div>
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<b>1558 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) MICANO QUAD-DIZZLE
BELGIAN QUAD WITH RAISINS </b></div>
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<b>1559 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH) CHINGON IMPERIAL IPA WITH MANGO, LIME ZEST,
& CAYENNE </b></div>
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<b>1560 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) NORSE WOMAN IPA </b></div>
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<b>1561 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH) BRONX BOMBER
IMPERIAL IPA </b></div>
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<b>1562 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) JETTY IPA </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1563 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) NO SURF CREAM ALE </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1564 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) SHARK BITE HOPPY
RED </b></div>
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<b>1565 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) GUILLAUME BELGIAN
STYLE WIHTE </b></div>
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<b>1566 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN BEACH)
SUNSET CLIFFS SAISON </b></div>
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<b>1567 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) LA FLAMA DORADA
TRIPEL </b></div>
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<b>1568 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) ABRAHAM DRINKIN'
AMERICAN WHEAT </b></div>
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<b>1569 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) BEER HUNTER
EPISODE 2 SAISON WITH KIWI </b></div>
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<b>1570 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) LUKE SKYGUY PALE
ALE </b></div>
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<b>1571 - THORN ST. BREWERY SPICY SESSION </b>– Lovin’ chile beers this
year. This one is right up there with all the awesome Thorn St. output.</div>
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<b>1572 - HERMITAGE BREWING CITRA SINGLE HOP IPA </b>– Damn
good. Thanks Chris Wilder for enlightening me to this brewery that I’d
written off in previous years.</div>
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<b>1573 - NOGNE O #100 BARLEY WINE</b> – What’s Norwegian for
“Yum”?</div>
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<b>1574 - DRAKE'S BREWING AROMA COMA</b> – Seasonal IPA, I’m a
frake for Drake’s</div>
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<b>1575 - FACTION BREWING OATMEAL STOUT</b> – Naja’s Place, Redondo
Beach – Despite the new country being blasted at volume 11, and the douchey
patrons, still a great view and a good selection of unique brews. Really
taking a cotton to this newer Alameda,
CA brewery.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 7/29 – Home Sweet Home</u></div>
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<b>1576 - SIERRA NEVADA / RUSSIAN RIVER COLLBORATION BEER CAMP YVAN THE
GREAT HOPPY BLONDE </b></div>
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<b>1577 - ALASKAN BREWING ICY BAY IPA </b></div>
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<b>1578 - SIERRA NEVADA
/ VICTORY COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
ALT ROUTE </b></div>
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<b>1579 - EVIL TWIN / STILLWATER
/ STONE COLLABORATION THE PERFECT CRIME BLACK SMOKED SAISON </b></div>
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<u>Wednesday 7/30 – Date Night at home watching the premiere of
Sharknado 2</u></div>
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co-worker Sean Casey truly my hero for bringing this back from Chicago.</div>
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<b>1581 - STEVE ENDERS HOMEBREW (PALO ALTO, CA)
OAKED CITRA</b> – When is some brewery going to hire this guy. Every homebrew
I’ve had from Mr. Enders is the end-all be-all.</div>
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<b>1582 - GOOSE ISLAND BEER CO. PERE JACQUES (2013) </b>– Whoa, I
forgot how good Goose
Island could be.
Thanks Sean Casey for bringing this back from The Windy City.</div>
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<b>1583 – AVERY KARMA BELGIAN STYLE PALE ALE </b>– Avery always
delivers, but the previous 3 are tough acts to follow.</div>
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<u>Thursday 7/31 – After work tasters at Tony’s, and a few late
night tasters on the town with The Wife</u></div>
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<b>1584 - PORT BREWING GROMMET SESSION IPA</b> – Yum.</div>
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<b>1585 - BLACK DIAMOND BREWING RAMPAGE IMPERIAL IPA</b> – Heavy duty,
didn’t know Black Diamond was this good.</div>
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<b>1586 - KNEE DEEP BREWING HOPOHOLIC 4x IPA</b> – Strangely enough
not as over the top potent as expected.</div>
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1<b>587 - THE LOST ABBEY JUDGMENT DAY BELGIAN
QUAD</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1588 - BALLAST POINT STEAMBOAT BLACK LAGER</b> – Oh baby that’s
good. I’m a sucker for black lagers.</div>
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good.</div>
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<b>1590 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING CLAYMORE SCOTCH ALE</b> – Wee heavy,
and way tasty.</div>
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<b>1591 - OMMEGANG WITTE </b>– At The Falls, DTLA. Really good.
Named after my beer BBF. Not really, but he gets people sending him pics
of this beer weekly.</div>
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<b>1592 - EPIC BREWING CO. CAPT'N CROMPTON'S PALE ALE </b>– Tasty.</div>
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<b>1593 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING POPPYFIELDS </b>– S’OK</div>
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<b>1594 - THE LOST ABBEY AVANT GARDE</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1595 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING URSA MINOR</b> – A drinkable sour from
Craftsman</div>
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<b>1596 - EVIL TWIN BREWING ASHTRAY HEART SMOKED IMPERIAL STOUT</b>
– At the Hermosillo,
inky, smoky, perfection.</div>
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Brewing, and a few with The Cushion</u></div>
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<b>1597 - LOST COAST BREWING TANGERINE WHEAT</b> – Soda pop.
Blech.</div>
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<b>1598 - TUCHER BRAU TUCHER HELLES HEFE WEIZEN </b>– Surprisingly
full bodied. Danke.</div>
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<b>1599 - SCUTTLEBUTT BREWING GALE FORCE IPA </b>– I like
everything from Washington.</div>
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<b>1600 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING COMPANY THE SESSION GAP ORDINARY
BITTER</b> – On cask, finally a brewery in San Fernando Valley.</div>
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<b>1601 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING COMPANY THE LITTLE SPREE
YORKSHIRE PALE ALE </b>– On cask, loverly.</div>
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<b>1602 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING COMPANY THE KING'S TAXES SCOTTISH
60 SHILLING</b> – On cask, diggin’ it.</div>
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<b>1603 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING COMPANY JACKIE TAR BROWN STOUT</b> –
English style stout, lighter and sessionable like all of their selections.</div>
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<b>1604 - MACLEOD ALE BREWING COMPANY THE CRISIS NEW SCHOOL
ENGLISH PALE ALE</b> – My favorite of the five. So glad they didn’t run out of beer
before I made it there.</div>
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<b>1605 - FIGUEROA
MOUNTAIN BREWING PARADISE RD PILSNER</b>
– Tasty. Especially while watching Drunk Karaoke at The Cork, Van Nuys.</div>
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<b>1606 - FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING FMB 101 KOLSCH STYLE ALE </b>–
This hole in the wall actually had another beer that I haven’t had. Cray!</div>
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<b>1607 - KIUCHI BREWERY HITACHINO NEST XH MATURED IN SAKE
CASKS</b> – Umai!</div>
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<u>Saturday 8/2 – Afternoon sampling in Downtown LA with The
Wife</u></div>
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<b>1608 - CISMONTANE BREWING BLACK'S DAWN</b> – A favorite from
recent years, a nice, thick, oily coffee stout, both toothsome and affordable.</div>
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<b>1609 - BLACK DIAMOND BREWING WHITE WITCH IPA</b> – Dismissed
this as a hack brewery, but this hop sauce is solid.</div>
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<b>1610 - STONE BREWING ARROGANT BASTARD BOURBON BARREL AGED</b> –
Not as rich as expected, but not a letdown by any means.</div>
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<b>1611 - IRONFIRE BREWING GUNSLINGER GOLD</b> – Decent.</div>
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<b>1612 - STONE BREWING DOUBLE BASTARD ALE (2013)</b> – The bomb,
and then some.</div>
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<b>1613 - MOYLAN'S BREWERY DRAGOON'S DRY IRISH STOUT </b>– On
nitro, dark and tasty.</div>
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<b>1615 - DOUBLE
MOUNTAIN CLUSTERF#CK IPA</b>
– A clusterf#ckin’ good one.</div>
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<b>1616 - KIUCHI BREWERY ANABI PLUM WEIZEN </b>– Wow, unique.
Unlike any other beer. Great.</div>
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<b>1617 - KIUCHI BREWERY HITACHINO NEST DAI DAI ALE IPA</b> – Doesn’t
taste like your standard IPA, that’s Japan for ya…</div>
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<b>1618 - KIUCHI BREWERY HITACHINO NEST ALE BREWED WITH GINGER</b>
– Again, really unique. Sugoi!</div>
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<b>1619 - KIUCHI BREWERY HITACHINO NEST ESPRESSO STOUT</b> – I’m
going to marry this beer.</div>
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<b>1620 - STRAND BREWING MUSASHI BLACK IPA</b> – A beer that’s
hoppy and dark? Sign me up.</div>
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<b>1621 - NOBLE ALE WORKS NAUGHTY SAUCE </b>– Dig it.
Although golden milk stouts kinda freak me out.</div>
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<b>1622 - BUTTERNUT’S BEER AND ALE HEINNIEWEISSE WEISSEBIER </b>–
Farmhouse-ish, pretty darn good, one of the better Butternut’s efforts.</div>
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<b>1623 - EEL RIVER BREWING CALIFORNIA
BLONDE ALE</b> – Pointless.</div>
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<b>1624 - MISSION BREWERY CARRACK IMPERIAL RED</b> - Yarrr
matey, red skies at night, sailor’s delight! Delicious ye be!</div>
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<u>Sunday 8/3 – A few at home, and many at Vendome’s weekend
tasting & bottle share</u></div>
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<b>1625 – SKA BREWING MODUS HOPERANDI </b>– Been wanting to try
this all year, finally available in Cali.
Solid hop bomb.</div>
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<b>1626 – RHINELANDER BREWING BOATSWAIN DOUBLE IPA</b> – Not bad
for a Trader Joe’s house ale, not amazing, and not very hoppy, but malty and
decent. The price is right, that’s for sure.</div>
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<b>1627 – DEVIL’S CANYON BREWING BELLE BIERE BRUT CALIFORNIA
SPARKLING ALE</b> - Fruity and sparkly champagne style ale, the wife would love
this.</div>
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<b>1628 – TELEGRAPH BREWING BUELLTON SILENT PARTNER</b> - Still got
mine in the fridge, yet to hear the album, but just tried it at a Vendome
tasting, light and farmhousey</div>
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<b>1629 – MOTHER EARTH BREW CO. KISMET IPA</b> - Major cannabis
overload, skunky and crunchy as hell</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hair of some other dog</td></tr>
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<b>1630 – BOOTLEGGER’S BREWERY 5TH ANNIVERSARY </b>-
Tastes like a Belgian strong ale, dark, malty, highly carbonated</div>
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<b>1631 – EL SEGUNDO BREWING BLUE HOUSE IPA</b> - Slightly malty.
Delicious.</div>
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<b>1632 – BLACK MARKET BREWING QUADROPHENIA</b> - Belgian style
brewed with coconut palm sugar, so damn tasty.</div>
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<b>1633 – HANGAR 24 BARREL ROLL NO. 4 HAMMERHEAD (2014)</b> - Hands
down best H24 to date, heavy caramel up front, heavy malt on the back,
barleywine aged in rye n bourbon barrels.</div>
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<b>1634 – FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING LIZARD’S MOUTH IMPERIAL IPA
- Piney, skunky DIPA</b>, best Fig Mtn to date.</div>
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<b>1635 – SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES DEAF STEWART</b> - Sour
witbier, big time pineapple with some pucker, totally refreshing. Thanks Chris Wilder!</div>
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<b>1636 – ART’S HOMEBREW RASPBERRY WHEAT</b> - Damn that's tasty,
courtesy of a Vendome Liquors bottleshare regular, refreshing and superior to
most fruit beers on the market.</div>
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<b>1637 – ALMANAC CERISE SOUR BLOND</b> - Welcome to Pucker Town.
Population: This. Strangely mustardy on the nose.</div>
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<b>1638 – ALMANAC DARK PUMPKIN SOUR</b> - Pumpkin, spices, aged in
wine barrels - Hohoho - total holiday winter warmer type beer.</div>
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<b>1639 – EL SEGUNDO MOSAIC BLUE HOUSE PALE</b> - Light, crispy,
delicately hoppy like a session IPA.</div>
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<u>Monday 8/4 – Tasting at home</u></div>
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<b>1640 - WORLD BREWS BARREL TROLLEY IPA NO. 2 </b>- Malty IPA, not
super hoppy, for some reason I thought this would be cheap and crappy. It's not
bad.</div>
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<b>1641 - BISON BREWING ORGANIC HONEY BASIL</b> – Whatever.</div>
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<b>1642 - BELCHING BEAVER BEAVER'S MILK STOUT</b> - Sweet, rich,
inky, chocolatey, with a silky mouthfeel. Good one.</div>
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<b>1643 - RUSSIAN
RIVER BREWING
SANCTIFICATION SOUR BLONDE </b>- 100% brettanomyces sour. Not heavy pucker, but
just enough to give it complexity. Astoundingly easy to drink.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 8/5 – The Other Door, Burbank and Infest practice</u></div>
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<b>1644 - LAGUNITAS BREWING DAYTIME FRACTIONAL IPA</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><b> </b></span>- Great session IPA.</div>
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<b>1645 – UNIBROUE BLANCHE DE CHAMBLY </b>– Wheaty &
satisfying.</div>
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<b>1646 - BIERBROUWERIJ DE KONINGSHOEVEN LA TRAPPE DUBBEL</b> - Malty
caramelly, a real treat.</div>
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<b>1647 - MODELO ESPECIAL CHELADA</b> – Que lastima!</div>
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<b>1648 - REDHOOK ALE BREWERY AUDIBLE ALE</b> – Eh.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 8/6 – Tony’s tasters and a couple at home</u></div>
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<b>1649 - NOBLE ALE WORKS HOPS OF HOPE</b> - Unfiltered session
IPA, nice sharp hoppiness, straw colored, crisp bite, for a great cause.</div>
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<b>1650 - FACTION BREWING ALES FOR ALS IPA</b> - Standard IPA,
mildly hoppy, for a great cause.</div>
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<b>1651 - STRAND BREWING ATTICUS IPA</b> - Reddish-amber, malty IPA
from a South Bay fave</div>
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<b>1652 - GOLDEN ROAD SURFLINER FOR ALS</b> - Golden, straight
forward IPA for a great cause</div>
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<b>1653 - DRAKE'S BREWING GOODBYE PORKPIE RYE</b> - Smooth, light,
easy drinking rye pale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proceeds go to
fight ALS.</div>
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<b>1654 - SPRECHER BREWING ABBEY TRIPLE </b>- Slightly syrupy,
heavily fruity Belgian style triple</div>
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<b>1655 - SIERRA NEVADA
BREWING PORTER </b>- I don't remember it being this great... creamy texture almost
like a milk stout, roasty, with a malty grain finish, slightly sweet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When you're not looking, sometimes even Donnie gets a taste</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-85291667176537373952014-07-24T19:27:00.000-07:002014-07-25T13:27:45.977-07:00Beer # 1401-1462 / Day #198-204: North Dallas Forty Ouncer<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, airlines do allow one Carry On</td></tr>
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</xml><![endif]-->Welcome back, y’all! After a decent amount of
haggling, and a prior cancellation, our band Infest finally headed to Dallas, TX.
The power duo of Jesus “Jesse” Fuentes and Katerina Economou set up our
weekend, booking us on a solid line up with a multitude of the best aggressive
bands from Chicago, Austin & Dallas. Fuentes is part of the
ever-revolving door of Texans who tend to mix-and-match themselves in
ever-changing combos in every heavy grindcore band in the state. This guy
plays drums and guitar, records bands, sets up shows… a regular Jesus Of All
Trades. His girlfriend & partner in crime Katerina is equally as
hands-on with setting up logistics and whatever is needed to facilitate these
local noisy events.
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We left LAX on Friday afternoon, and I knew the weekend
would be good when one of the small airport bars offered cans of beer to go,
including one I’ve never heard of: The <b>GOLDEN ROAD CARRY ON</b>, a citrus ale
that’s extremely heavy on the citrus, but I couldn’t have been more ecstatic in
my nerdiness whilst taking this aboard our Southwest flight to El Paso. In
spite of LAX being a major international hub, and Dallas
being a major international hub, we were inexplicably booked with a stopover in
El Paso.
Sadly, the El Paso
airport completely lacked any local flavor on the suds front, not even a
freakin’ Lone Star beer, not to mention there was no decent food. The
connecting flight to Dallas’
Love Field could not have come soon enough. </div>
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First thing I noticed, everyone actually does say
<i>“Y’all”</i>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"But Officer, I wasn't laughing.."</td></tr>
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<i>“I’d like to welcome y’all to Dallas.”</i></div>
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<i>“Y’all have a nice evening.”</i></div>
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We <i>“all”</i> rolled through the airport, amused by the police
attempting to look authoritative on their comical Segways, and hopped into
Jesse & Katerina’s baller black luxury rental vehicle. Thanks to Katerina’s
savvy Groupon skills, we were hooked up in a swanky hotel by The Galleria in North Dallas. Like really swanky. Like
scumbags-like-us-clearly-don’t-belong-here swanky. You’d think after
playing music for 30 years this would be second nature, but it’s not. I’ve
spent my touring life sleeping on filthy floors at the worst house on the block
in the worst part of town. I’m still humbled at moments like this, but I
wasn’t about to complain. The cherry on top was the lobby bar loaded with six Texas beers on tap.
While rooms were being sorted out, I lounged in the lobby on a white leather
chair sipping a toothsome <b>LOST GOLD IPA</b> from Austin’s <b>REAL ALE BREWING</b>. I shouldn’t get
used to this. But I easily could.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like a glowing Xanadu it appears</td></tr>
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After checking in, we all piled into the pimpmobile and
headed to the Lower Greenville neighborhood to check out some local grindcore
bands playing at <b>Taqueria Chichen Itza</b>, which is exactly what it sounds
like: A one-room taqueria, not much larger than the actual tortillas
they’re serving. What they didn’t serve was alcohol, but this venue is
BYOB-friendly, so we headed to the corner store a half block away. However, in
the opposite direction of the liquor store there was a glowing neon row of
bars, with the closest building touting itself as a Bottle Shop. Whaaaa?
Sure enough, I had stumbled upon <b>World Beer Company</b>, a wall to wall bottle shop
with 22 unique taps. The good news is they were open. The bad news is it
was last call. Matt Domino was right behind me and we snuck in for last call for
a couple high-quality, high-octane pints…. the <b>MARTIN HOUSE BREWING PRETZEL
STOUT</b> and the <b>(512) BREWING COMPANY PECAN PORTER</b>, a beer highly recommended to
me by Harley The Vendome Cicerone back home. The vibe was perfect, both beers
were excellent, but they were closing up shop and we had no choice but to
leave. What’s the old adage… “It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to
have loved at all.” Oh, World Beer Co., parting is such sweet sorrow.</div>
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Next stop was across the street at the mildly douchey
<b>Libertine Bar</b>, a spot with a multitude of Texas taps posted, but half of which were
unavailable when I ordered them. Joe Denunzio got the last of the
<b>OMMEGANG BELGIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IP</b>A and I got a taste before I went inside
and waited 15 minutes for pours of the <b>ROGNESS BREWING BEARDY GUARD</b> and
<b>COMMUNITY BEER COMPANY ESB</b>. We loitered outside with our pints, but
tensions rose as Domino got nasty looks from a blonde sitting across from us…
nasty because she made the decision to hit the town commando… meaning no
underpants, just a short skirt, and her wizard sleeve flapping in the
breeze. And yet it was everyone else’s fault for actually noticing she
was sans panties. Look lady, y’all should wear some skivvies next time!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gettin' a taste of Dallas</td></tr>
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We headed back to the taqueria to check out some grinding
noise from Creator/Destroyer, a full-throttle aural assault featuring Fuentes
in the line up, as well as my old pal Dorian Rainwater. I tried ordering
food, but the cook told me, “We’re out of all meats, except ham.” Who’s
ever heard of a ham taco? And the nearby stores stopped selling beer at
midnight. Good to know, expect for the fact that it’s now 1am. I
hit the row of bars again, and fought a crowd of frat folks noisier than
Creator/Destroyer to get a pint of the well-worth-it & skunky <b>ODELL
MYRCENARY IPA</b>. 1:30am, last stop and last call at <b>Greenville Ave Pizza
Company</b> for a couple scrumptious slices and a forgettable pint of <b>BRECKENRIDGE AGAVE WHEAT ALE</b>.</div>
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Our whole team was tipsy, and headed back in the pimp ride,
all the while Bobby K. fought off carsickness (which we were convinced is more
of a self-induced phobia) from the far back seat. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We must drink by Any Means Necessary</td></tr>
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I awoke Saturday morning, fresh as a daisy. Or at
least as fresh as a daisy that’s been mercilessly trampled multiple times.
Today’s agenda was to meet up with my old friend Chris Thackaberry, a UK native
I first met in London back in 1999 through our shared affinity of fast hardcore
music, and who strangely enough now resides in Wylie, TX. Thacka has
adopted the Texas
lifestyle with a big T, driving one of the most massive white trucks in the
state. The only thing missing was a gun rack. Unlike the wahoo persona of
his vehicle, Thackaberry is the most warm-hearted, friendly, and generous
individuals you would ever hope to meet. He picked me up and shuttled me
to Deep Ellum Brewing to check out their taps during their short window of
Noon-3pm pouring. As we weaved through this endlessly sprawling
metropolis, he enlightened me to the oddball state liquor laws. We
discussed Dry counties (he lives in one, no liquor is sold whatsoever), Damp
counties (beer and wine only), and Wet counties (everything’s for sale, but at
specific hours). Apparently, most breweries are not allowed to sell taps
directly to the public, so they get around this by selling “brewery tours” and
offering a “free” tasting at the end of the tour. Sure enough, we rolled
up to a massive crowd at <b>DEEP ELLUM BREWING</b>. With only a short three hour
window, attendees need to get their drink on in a timely manner. There
was a live band, a food truck, and bustling throngs that were nearly shoulder
to shoulder. No tasters, no flights. The only option was to
purchase a pint glass which came with three wooden nickel drink tokens.
So, this was their “work around”, to avoid selling beer directly to the public…
we’re trading tokens for each pour, not exchanging money. Come to think
of it, I had a similar experience at Jester King Brewing last summer. It
was all making sense.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deep in the heart of Ellum</td></tr>
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I tried everything they had on tap, which wasn’t much… the
<b>DOUBLE BROWN STOUT, DALLAS BLONDE, DEEP ELLUM IPA</b>, and their <b>PALE ALE</b>.
All were decent, the IPA being the best of the four. No specialty taps.
And no flagship <b>DREAM CRUSHER DOUBLE IPA</b>, thus my dreams were indeed trod
upon. </div>
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My old pal Jack Barfield made the roadtrip up from Austin and met us at the
brewery. We drank, listened to the mediocre cover band in the courtyard,
and soaked up the unseasonably mild weather. I dreaded Dallas
this time of year, expecting a thoroughly humid, soggy, and boiling hot weekend
of which Texas
is infamous for. Instead we were treated to a rare stretch of overcast
70s weather which was nicer than what I left behind in California. It was 2pm and I hadn’t
eaten a thing. My only option for my second meal, for the second
time: Pizza. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winning the Four Corners lotteria</td></tr>
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At 3pm they gave us the bum’s rush, and we flowed into the
street with the stream of tipsy Texans. Next stop was near the venue we
were playing tonight, <b>FOUR CORNERS BREWING</b>. More baffling was that the
liquor laws were different here than at Deep Ellum. Four
Corners actually had a comfortable tasting room in the brewery and
directly sold samplers & pints. I grabbed a flight of four impressive
brews, the <b>LOCAL BUZZ, BOSS LADY RUSTIC RED</b>, plus the fantastic <b>BLOCK PARTY
PORTER </b>and <b>EL CHINGON IPA</b>. Overall, I enjoyed 4C way more than Deep
Ellum. The mellow vibe was more akin to what I’m used to in SoCal.</div>
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Time to head back to the hotel, pick up my bandmates, and
get ready for tonight’s gig. Being the Texas gentlemen that they are, both Barfield
and Thackaberry brought with them a healthy assortment of local flavor for
ample sampling. We had a couple hours before the doors opened at the spot
we were playing, so just enough time to kick off a Room 624 Tasting Party of
our own. We opened eight different beers and split them between four of
us, with Thackaberry barely sipping more than a drop since he volunteered to
drive. Several offerings from <b>REAL ALE,</b> an astonishingly good <b>SHINER RUBY
REDBIRD</b>, a <b>SOUTHERN STAR PINE BELT ALE</b>, an excellent Belgian style white ale
<b>WHITE RABBIT </b>from <b>INDEPENDENCE BREWING</b>, and one of the weekend’s crown jewels,
the <b>BLAKKR </b>collaboration Imperial Black Ale from <b>3 FLOYDS / SURLY / REAL ALE</b>
(many thanks Mr. Barfield!). Pleased, but not too soggy, we headed to the
venue.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Room 624 Tasting Party: Act One</td></tr>
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Speaking of soggy, our original venue, Diablo Ranch, had
been flooded out a few days prior, due to a squall of massive
thunderstorms. With the Ranch underwater, Fuentes scrambled & found
the Vice Palace as a last minute replacement
venue. This less-than-elegant “Palace” is a cavernous warehouse that
could have easily fit 3,000 people. We weren’t expecting 3,000 people,
but it would have to do. No idea what this place used to be, but the
walls inside were covered with a dense, mysterious, furry looking substance
that I was praying wasn’t asbestos. This location was so enormous that
bands just drove their vehicles straight into the heart of the building to unload
their gear. There was a small stage and sound system at one end of the
room that was blasting noisy tunes while everyone prepared for the show.
Strangely enough, it took me a minute to realize the house music was actually
my old band Spazz, from an album I haven’t fully listened to in close to two
decades. It was an oddly disconcerting, vaguely nightmarish & surreal
feeling to hear material that I had written and recorded, of which I barely had
a hint of recognition or recollection. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He did.</td></tr>
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I walked a few blocks down for a quick, unsatisfactory
dinner at <b>Hofmann Hots</b>, a hot dog joint with a million double-entendre Weiner
slogans plastered on every square inch of the building. The dog I ate conjured a sense memory of 4th Grade hot lunches, and elementary
school classmates puking on their desks. Well, at least my third meal in Dallas wasn’t pizza.</div>
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The show kicked off with a solid line up of Texas grind-hardcore-thrash-power-violence
bands, each one more punishing than the one before them…. <b>Mean & Ugly,
Lacerations, Chest Pain, Mindless, Creator/Destroyer.</b> Next was <b>Weekend
Nachos</b> who had just arrived that morning from Chicago. They blazed through their set
in a shower of miscellaneous smokebombs and fireworks. This crowd was
small but savage, primitive. I saw chunks of the ceiling drifting down
lazily through the haze, all the while praying that I was not catching lung
cancer, or about to perish in an inferno lit by a wayward firecracker.
<b>Infest </b>hit the stage and we cranked out a lukewarm set, not the worst, but not
the best. Poor sound, more fireworks, sweat, mayhem, blood on the floor…
so a good time had by all. </div>
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After some hand shaking, picture taking, and soggy pats on
the back, the small but mighty crowd was gone, and we were in the parking lot
alone, being bitten by unseen winged creatures. Wait, what’s the location
of the after-show? Shit. Thankfully our room still contained a
bounty of unsampled local brews, so we capped off the evening with Part 2 of
the Room 624 Tasting Party, highlighted by the weekend’s finest brew:
<b>RAHR & SONS BOURBON BARREL AGED WINTER WARMER</b>, a dark and dense,
slightly sweet, thoroughly dominating Texas
oil slick of a beer. </div>
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Sunday I awoke a much fresher daisy than the morning
prior. After a stiff coffee and a scone, it was apparent we would need to
check out soon, and there were still a decent amount of unopened, unique beers
in the fridge. Too early? Hmmm, one of them WAS labeled as a
“Breakfast Brew”. Well, if you insist. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look very closely you can still see it</td></tr>
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Matt Domino and Crazy Legs Bob headed out to the <b>Waffle
House</b>, enduring a barrage of “Awful House” jokes. Barfield offered to
drive me and Denunzio around for a few hours before heading to the airport, so
we hit the quintessential Dallas tourist spot: <b>Dealey Plaza</b>
– The location of JFK’s assassination, an event rivaled only by Roswell as the grand
poobah of all conspiracy theories. As much as I didn’t think it would
affect me, it was eerily humbling to stand on a site so familiar, one I’ve seen
thousands of times throughout my life via a grainy, Zapruder home movie.
The book depository is still there. The grassy knoll is still there,
crassly identified with a massive yellow “GRASSY KNOLL” banner. And there
are two painted “X”s in the street, locations of the first shot and the second
shot. Avoiding hucksters who were selling conspiracy newsletters or
recruiting visitors for unnecessary tour packages, and watching families run
into the middle of the street to mug for photos over each “X” was
uncomfortable, but also typically American in its own way. The only thing
missing was a corporate sponsor: <i>“The JFK Assassination Site –
Sponsored by Taco Bell and Monster Energy Drink”</i>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poser.</td></tr>
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Sticking to this downtown neighborhood, we hit <b>Sonny Bryan’s
Smokehouse</b> for what turned out to be mediocre BBQ, highlighted only by the fact
I got to try one of the local favorites recommended by several friends, the
delicious <b>PETICOLAS BREWING VELVET HAMMER</b>, a smooth drinking, deep red, strong
ale. We got to the airport early enough to relax and enjoy a couple more
pre-boarding pints including the roasty, dark, malty <b>SAINT ARNOLD BREWING SANTO</b>
black kolsch. Not sure why the airport bar insisted on showing endless CNN coverage of the recently downed Malaysia jetliner. Not the most prudent of viewing choices for a terminal full of passengers. Flying home, seated next to the one woman on the plane who
would never stop talking even if you threatened her with a white-hot branding
iron, I realized this was my first trip to the Lone Star State when I didn’t subject myself to<b>
Lone Star beer</b>. Considering Lone Star is one of the worst beers in the
country, and I had just sampled some of the best beers Texas has to offer, it was a fair
trade-off. Vaya con dios, Tejas. Turns out y’all know what you’re doing
with your brewing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continuous plane crash coverage on the airport bar TV, right before I board a plane. Good choice.</td></tr>
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<u>Thursday 7/17 – New release tasting at Vendome and a couple
at home:</u></div>
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<b>1401 - BOULEVARD SAISON BRETT (2014)</b> - A freshly manicured
garden in a glass, no overwhelming pucker, tart but smooth.</div>
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<b>1402 - STONE BREWING ENJOY BY 08.16.14 IPA</b> - Flawless and
fresh as always, a real man's IPA, definitely related to the cannabis family.</div>
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<b>1403 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING 2ND DRAFT AMERICAN MANHATTAN ALE
</b>- Supposed to be homage to the Manhattan
cocktail, tastes like Brach's chocolate covered cherries to me, though not
unpleasant.</div>
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<b>1404 - BOULEVARD LOVE CHILD NO. 4</b> - The beautiful mutant
offspring of all things wild, funky and tart. Good one. </div>
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<b>1405 - BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN / ANCHORAGE COLLABORATION MUD
& FUNK</b> - Not at all what I expected, tastes nothing like an imperial stout,
and everything like an acidic red wine. </div>
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<b>1406 - HERMITAGE BREWING ALE OF THE IMP</b> - I bought one of
these about 4-5 years ago and it was horrific. A friend insisted I try it
again. Not horrific at all. Seriously great DIPA. Thanks for not being terrible
anymore, Hermitage. And thanks for insisting I give this brewery another try,
Chris Wilder.</div>
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<b>1407 - DE STRUISE BROUWERS PANNEPOT (2011)</b> - Ridiculous how
excellent this is, tart like a wine, well rounded and malty beeriness, this is
incredible.</div>
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<b>1408 - BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING BIG BEAR BLACK STOUT</b> - Decent,
I taste the hops more than anything, could be even inkier for my tastes. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's another long-winded story, y'all...</td></tr>
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<u>Friday 7/18 – LAX but mostly Dallas</u></div>
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<b>1409 - HEINEKEN RIO DE JANEIRO CITY EDITION</b> – What’s this
about a ‘Shitty Edition’?</div>
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<b>1410 - GOLDEN ROAD CARRY ON CITRUS ALE </b>- Makes me happy to
buy this @ LAX and carry it on the plane. You made me a very pleased man, Golden Road.</div>
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<b>1411 - RAHR & SONS TEXAS RED</b> - Decent way to start our
weekend in Dallas,
six pack from a gas station. Not bad, but things can only get better.</div>
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<b>1412 - REAL ALE BREWING LOST GOLD IPA</b> - Have I mentioned how
much I love TX yet? Killer IPA! Hoppy but balanced by the grains, y'all.</div>
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<b>1413 - (512) BREWING COMPANY PECAN PORTER</b> – The shiznit.
Highly recommended by Harley The Vendome Cicerone back home, but I didn’t
expect to actually find it. An Austin
brewery on tap at World Beer Co. </div>
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<b>1414 - MARTIN HOUSE BREWING PRETZEL STOUT</b> – At World Beer
Co. Sweet, malty, interesting concept, but the taste is not distinctly
pretzely as touted.</div>
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<b>1415 – OMMEGANG BELGIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY IPA</b> – Libertine Bar. The keg
tapped out with Joe Denunzio’s glass, but I got a taste. Great Belgian
style IPA, and the best hoppy beer I’ve had from Ommegang.</div>
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<b>1416 - COMMUNITY BEER COMPANY ESB</b> – Libertine Bar. Palatable
but not memorable.</div>
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<b>1417 - ROGNESS BREWING BEARDY GUARD</b> – Libertine Bar. Is it
weirder that there’s a Biere de Garde coming out of TX, or that the brewery is
from a town in TX named Pflugerville?</div>
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<b>1418 - ODELL BREWING MYRCENARY DOUBLE IPA</b> – Blind Butcher
bar, 1am outside in surprisingly perfect weather. Wonderfully skunkified double
IPA. </div>
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<b>1419 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY AGAVE WHEAT</b> – Meh. Nothing
to write home about, nor blog about. A pint to accompany 2am pizza in downtown Dallas.</div>
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<u>Saturday 7/19 – Dallas,
sans J.R. Ewing</u></div>
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<b>1420 - DEEP ELLUM BREWING DOUBLE BROWN STOUT </b>– Decent, more
akin to an English style stout.</div>
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<b>1421 - DEEP ELLUM BREWING DALLAS BLONDE </b>– I picture an
actual Dallas Blonde as big and voluptuous. This beer isn’t big and
voluptuous. It’s mild and nondescript.</div>
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<b>1422 - DEEP ELLUM BREWING DEEP ELLUM IPA </b>– Excellent hoppy
IPA, too bad they weren’t serving their Double IPA.</div>
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<b>1423 - DEEP ELLUM BREWING PALE ALE</b> – S’OK.</div>
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<b>1424 - FOUR CORNERS BREWING LOCAL BUZZ</b> – Delicious rye
golden ale brewed with locally sourced honey, gotta love that.</div>
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<b>1425 - FOUR CORNERS BREWING EL CHINGON IPA</b> – A combo of hops
and distinct malt, one of my faves.</div>
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<b>1426 - FOUR CORNERS BREWING BLOCK PARTY PORTER</b> – The best of
the four Four Corners I tried, roasty and
chocolatey and smoooove on the finish. Excellent.</div>
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<b>1427 - FOUR CORNERS BREWING BOSS LADY RUSTIC RED</b> – Mildly
hoppy red, not mind-blowing, but quaffable.</div>
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<b>1428 - INFAMOUS BREWING HIJACK CREAM ALE</b> – Not bad, but I
never expect greatness from cream ales.</div>
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<b>1429 - INDEPENDENCE BREWING WHITE RABBIT</b> – This was a
standout of all the Austin
cans & bottles from Jack Barfield, a Belgian style white ale, so damn good.</div>
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<b>1430 - REAL ALE BREWING HANS' PILS</b> – OK.</div>
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<b>1431 - REAL ALE BREWING BREWER'S CUT NO. 015 SIGNATURE HOP
PALE ALE </b>– Real hop bite minus the bitterness, tastes a bit like corn on the
cob.</div>
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<b>1432 - REAL ALE / 3 FLOYDS / SURLY COLLABORATION BLAKKR
IMPERIAL BLACK ALE </b>– A worship-worthy collaboration of North meets South, a
superior imperial black ale with heavy hops and chocolate goin’ on, plus at
9.99% ABV it’ll knock you on your ass if you’re not a professional.</div>
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<b>1433 - REAL ALE BREWING BREWHOUSE BROWN ALE </b>– Decent, malty,
and sessionable.</div>
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<b>1434 - SHINER RUBY REDBIRD</b> – I have an aversion to Shiner
Bock, but I couldn’t believe I didn’t hate this. It’s actually quite
good, killer for a hot TX day. Not overly sweet. Grapefruit without the
heavy acidity, and a sharp ginger bite. Good one.</div>
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<b>1435 - SOUTHERN STAR BREWING PINE BELT PALE</b> – Nice coppery,
easy drinking pale with some bite.</div>
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<b>1436 - AUSTIN BEERWORKS HEAVY MACHINERY DOUBLE IPA</b> – So much
writing on the can, it’s of Biblical proportions. Awesome crunchy IPA.</div>
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<b>1437 - SAINT ARNOLD BREWING 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALE </b>– Tastes
like it’s a hybrid of barleywine meets a Belgian quad. It’s 2am and this is
delicious.</div>
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<b>1438 - REAL ALE BREWING DEVIL'S BACKBONE TRIPEL </b>– Belgian
style, golden and satisfying.</div>
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<b>1439 - RAHR & SONS BOURBON BARREL AGED WINTER WARMER</b> - A
dark and dense, slightly sweet, thoroughly dominating Texas oil slick. Best beer of the
trip. I’m forever grateful to Chris Thackaberry for hooking us up with
this bottle.</div>
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<b>1440 - REAL ALE BREWING FULL MOON PALE RYE ALE </b>– Good one,
with that sharp & distinct rye bite.</div>
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<b>1441 - REAL ALE BREWING FIREMAN'S #4 BLONDE ALE </b>– Described
in my notebook as “whatever”.</div>
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<u>Sunday 7/20 – Dallas
tastings, and back to LA</u></div>
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<b>1442 - MARTIN HOUSE BREWING DAY BREAK 4 GRAIN BREAKFAST BREW</b>
– Did you say “breakfast”? OK, if you insist. Ale brewed with honey and
milk sugar. Sweet and oatmealy. Interesting for a taste, but I wouldn’t
want the full can.</div>
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<b>1443 - MARTIN HOUSE BREWING RUBBERNECK RED</b> – Tasty freakin’
red with some good full-bodied hops going on. Apparently someone from The
Toadies is involved in this brewery. I couldn’t name a Toadies song, but
I guess that gives ‘em some sort of street cred?</div>
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<b>1444 - GRAPEVINE CRAFT BREWERY LAKEFIRE RYE PALE ALE</b> – So-so. Surprisingly, it
doesn’t have that rye bite I was expecting.</div>
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<b>1445 - REAL ALE BREWING WHITE</b> – Wheaty and tasty. A
good Nooner beer.</div>
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<b>1446 - PETICOLAS BREWING VELVET HAMMER</b> – Both smooth and
powerful as the name implies. Is it an imperial red? All I know is
this would be one of my “go to” beers if I lived here.</div>
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<b>1447 - SAINT ARNOLD BREWING SANTO</b> – I got lucky to find a
damn good airport beer. A black kolsch with dark malt depth. Refreshing.</div>
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<b>1448 - HARPOON BREWERY IPA</b> – Very tasty hop attack with a
back end malt finish, well-balanced and comforting.</div>
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<b>1449 - KARBACH BREWING HOPADILLO IPA</b> – Making my Houston layover more
tolerable, a nice, dense, hoppy beast.</div>
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<b>1450 - SAINT ARNOLD
BREWING SUMMER PILS </b>– Good although not distinct.</div>
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<b>1451 - CORONA EXTRA </b>– I expected it to be pointless, and it
is. But at least there’s finally an airline beer I haven’t had, in order to
break the Bud & Heineken monotony.</div>
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<u>Monday 7/21 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1452 - COORS BREWING BATCH 19 PRE-PROHIBITION STYLE LAGER</b> –
I was expecting the worst, but this was surprisingly drinkable. It’s not too
far removed from “old man beer”, but goes fine as an inoffensive accompaniment
to spicy Mexican food. Thanks for the bottle, Kelly Reese.</div>
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<b>1453 - MENDOCINO BREWING BLACK IPA SEASONAL</b> – I’m a fan of
this style, although this one wasn’t distinct.</div>
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<b>1454 - BOULDER BEER COMPANY MOJO INDIA PALE ALE </b>- Decent, but
also semi-soapy. I wouldn’t drink it again by choice.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 7/22 – Home, digging into the long-awaited Beer Camp
collection</u></div>
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<b>1455 - HENNINGER PREMIUM LAGER</b> - My wife found this at the
99 Cent Store. Surprisingly it's pretty decent, your average lager but better
than Bud.</div>
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<b>1456 - SIERRA NEVADA / 3 FLOYDS COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
CHICO KING PALE ALE </b>- Very tasty hoppy brau, but tastes very much in line with trademark
Sierra Nevada hopped beers. Good, but I expected an imperial over-the-top
beer with FFF involved. </div>
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<b>1457 - SIERRA NEVADA / OSKAR BLUES COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
CANFUSION RYE BOCK</b> - Heavy rye and citrus bite, smooooth finish, tasty and
somewhat unique collab.</div>
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<b>1458 - SIERRA NEVADA / NINKASI COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
DOUBLE LATTE</b> - My fave of the collabs so far, fantastic coffee milk stout,
creamy, roasty, and damn near perfect.</div>
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<b>1459 - SIERRA NEVADA / NEW GLARUS COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
THERE AND BACK ENGLISH STYLE BITTER</b> - Very tasty, hoppy English bitter with
mild roasty and citrusy bits. A fine collab. </div>
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<u>Wednesday 7/23 – Home, exploring more Beer Camp</u></div>
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<b>1460 - SIERRA NEVADA / CIGAR CITY COLLABORATION BEER CAMP
YONDER BOCK</b> - Didn't get a lot of the fruitiness, but very dense & bready.
Still a good collaboration. </div>
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<b>1461 - SIERRA NEVADA / FIRESTONE WALKER COLLABORATION BEER
CAMP TORPEDO PILSNER</b> - Pretty mild, hoppy pils collab. Actually, my first
similar choice would be the Firestone Walker Pivo Pils.</div>
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<b>1462 - SIERRA NEVADA / BELL'S
COLLABORATION BEER CAMP MAILLARD'S ODYSSEY</b> - Deep, rich, dense dark ale. I
wasn't expecting greatness from a Bell's
collab, but this is one of my faves from the pack.</div>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-61969586215874627512014-07-17T00:31:00.003-07:002014-07-17T21:27:56.014-07:00Beer #1312-1400 / Day #187-197: Homebrews, Hosers, Hoses, Hobos, and Homies<div class="yiv9392896952MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2343">
<b><u>None More Black: It Goes To 11%</u></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As Dubya would say: Mission accomplished</td></tr>
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My first serious foray into homebrewing is complete. It all
started <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/06/beer-816-883-day-138-150-friendly.html" target="_blank">way back in mid-May</a> with me and <b>Ryan Harkins</b> from <b>Grill Em All </b>in <b>Eagle
Rock </b>brewer <b>Lee Bakofsky</b>'s garage. Ryan & I are the rookies, Lee is
the pro, graciously showing us the ropes. We set out to make a strong imperial
oatmeal stout, with roughly 11% ABV. A dark beer. And "it goes to 11”. A Spinal
Tap moment waiting to happen. I told my Wife about it, and her first question
was, “Are you going to call it ‘<b>None More Black</b>’?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are now!</div>
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A couple weeks ago, we gathered to taste our creation after
a month of fermenting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was ice cold
and not yet carbonated, but still damn good on its own. After letting it warm
up to room temperature I was getting the subtleties of the oatmeal on the back
end, with some minor roasty malt & grain goodness.</div>
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After a few more weeks for fermentation, it was ready for
bottling. Again, Ryan & I are total brewing greenhorns, but Lee patiently guided us through
the process. The bottle capper we were borrowing was left behind at Eagle Rock
Brewery, so we not-so-reluctantly drove down there to pick it up, and not
surprisingly enjoyed some quality pints while we were there. The <b>Imperialist </b>double IPA and <b>Lou </b>hoppy brown ale perfectly set the mood of gratitude.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cohorts cavorting.</td></tr>
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Back to business, the bottling went by fairly quick, and
somewhat accident free once we established our assembly line rhythm, occasionally switching between the "beer gun" bottle filler, and the capper. We
confirmed Ryan is not the best bottle capper. Likewise, I proved my ineptitude after Lee mentioned we needed to apply a little more pressure
to the capping, so I promptly applied too much pressure & snapped off the
top of the next bottle. We chatted about the various methods of potential
contamination during the bottling process, how Bootlegger’s Brewery allegedly
used to fill all of their bottles this way with a homebrewers beer gun, the recent influx
of homeless into Highland Park after being swept out of Downtown LA, and also
tossed around hobo-related monikers for our three man brewing
collaboration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ultimately, we ended up
with 36+ well filled bottles, and a handful of oddball rejects, ready for immediate consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The remaining 2/3 keg will be
aged with wood and held for a few more months until our “aged” stout is ready
for bottling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bottom line, I’m proud of
our maiden voyage and anticipate many more successful excursions beyond the barriers
of brewing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shit just got real.</td></tr>
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We celebrated with a quick evening jaunt to the <b>Hermosillo</b>, and enjoyed
some brews from their new in-house <b>Highland Park Brewery</b>, who is showing
incredible potential with these initial brewing forays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their guest taps are even more impressive,
almost none of which I had already tasted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The only surprising disappointment was the <b>Almanac Ichibier</b> sushi rice
beer which tasted like a garden hose. Regardless, it was a perfect night all around.</div>
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While I’m confident there’s room for growth in our
brau collaborations, this experience has been exponentially gratifying, and I’m thankful
to my cohorts for allaying my brewing-related fears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Keep an eye out </span>for <b>Bakofsky, Harkins and Dodge.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheers!<br />
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<u><b>West Coast Big Year Tasting Summit – Summer 2014</b></u></div>
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For
those of you following along, you’re aware that my old friend and former bandmate <b>Chris
Wilder</b> is also my nemesis and current closest competitor in the Big Year
In Beer. Work brought him to SoCal, and for the first time this year,
we were able to share
an evening of hardcore beers and jeers in person. The evening kicked
off with Wilder exclaiming, <i>“You’re ruining my life!”</i>, to which I
repeatedly quipped, “No, you’re ruining your own.” He then described
the manic pace with which he has been pursuing his
beer count, how he has completely stopped eating breakfast because he’s
gaining so much weight with all this beer, and how his wife Kate sadly
has less than zero interest in sampling beer or visiting breweries with
him. I’m lucky that my wife not only tolerates
and supports my bizarre quest, but often accompanies me to so many
remote brewpubs, bottle shops, and industrial parks… she has declared
several times that she’s “over beer”, but continues as my companion
nonetheless.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vertically challenged.</td></tr>
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Tonight,
The Mrs whipped up an incredible vegan Mexican dinner, and we stuffed
ourselves silly before plunging into the deep end of our evening. Being
the sporting chap he is, Wilder brought some thoroughly impressive Bay
Area braus to
share. While I don’t have the budget, nor the storage space for any
sort of major “collection”, I do have a small handful of special bottles
I’ve been squirreling away.
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One
group of bottles I’ve been saving for the apocalypse is a 5-year
vertical of<b> North Coast Old Stock Ale 2010-2014</b>. This was the first time I’ve been
able to sample a consecutive 5-year vertical of any beer, and while it
was quite good, the consensus
was this is more “fun” than it is “necessary”. Old Stock Ale is a
great, malty, alcohol-heavy, full-bodied brew that can hold up for
years, but there are also so many other far superior brews one could
cellar, Old Stock is not exactly the pinnacle of a beer
one would hold onto for a special occasion. </div>
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On
the other hand, the output of <b>Sante Adairius Rustic Ales</b> are exactly
the types of brews you would want to sit on for that special gathering.
Courtesy of Wilder, we opened the <b>Sante Adairius West Ashley</b> barrel
aged apricot saison. Sounded
completely frou-frou in description, but drinks powerful like a man’s
beer. Maybe it’s the “house microbes” that make this bottle so good.
Even if it was terrible, I’d still love the idea of any brewery touting
the inclusion of their “house microbes”. But
it’s not terrible. It’s the opposite of terrible, much like everything
on the roster from this fine beachside brewery.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At least he's a good sport.</td></tr>
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Despite
it being a work night, we stayed up until after midnight, catching up
on the back patio, trading tales about friends and family and nerding
out about our various beer experiences. <b>Almanac Farmer’s Reserve
Blackberry</b> slayed me.
Musically, we played roulette and happily winced at the awesomeness of
everything from <b>Gojira </b>to <b>House Of Lightning</b> to <b>Vital Tech Tones</b> to <b>
Stripmines</b>. The Wife went to bed, but the tasting continued to flow…
<b>Barrelhouse Stout </b>and <b>Smuttynose Barleywine</b> were
interesting, but the awe-inspiring <b>Mammoth Brewing Lair Of The Bear
Russian Imperial Stout </b>finally laid us both out for the final count.</div>
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The following morning, Wilder left me
with some brag-worthy bottles to enjoy on my own, including a <b>Steve
Enders </b>homebrew, and some sure-to-be-incredible Sante Adairius efforts.
I sent him off with some extras I had, consisting of several
<b>Sierra Nevadas</b>, a Polish <b>Warka</b> lager, and a <b>Natural Light</b>. </div>
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Turns out I got the better end of that deal.</div>
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Good luck, my friend… well, as long as my luck is slightly more fortuitous than yours in 2014.</div>
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The beering continues…</div>
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<u>Sunday 7/6 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1312 - FLYING DOG BREWERY EASY IPA</b> – An easy peasy, solid Session beer, nice crisp hop bite.</div>
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<b>1313 - MISSION BREWERY AMBER ALE -</b> Sweet cookie dough and caramel malt, thick and comforting, Mission is really stepping it up.</div>
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<b>1314 - NEW BELGIUM 1554 BLACK LAGER</b> -
Nice black lager, one of the better New Belgium efforts... mild lager
with a roasted dark chocolate & licorice finish.</div>
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1<b>315 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING HOSS RYE
LAGER</b> - Oooo, that's a good 'un. Even better than I remember. That rye
spice gives it depth, but it's still nicely balanced malty lager.</div>
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<u>Monday 7/7 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1316 - DESCHUTES BREWERY DESCHUTES RIVER ALE</b> – Deschutes? Gesundheit! Damn that's good, and even hoppier than expected.</div>
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<b>1317 - DESCHUTES BREWERY INVERSION IPA</b> - Thought this would be average but it's surprisingly great.</div>
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<b>1318 - DESCHUTES BREWERY CHAINBREAKER WHITE IPA</b> - Nice wheaty IPA.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What the hell's this doing on the West Coast?</td></tr>
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<u>Tuesday 7/8 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1319 - THE DUDES' BREWING COMPANY
DOUBLE TRUNK DOUBLE IPA</b> - Holy shit, ridiculously better than I
remember, full bodied and rich, I'd drink this every day.</div>
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<b>1320 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING NOMAD PILSNER</b> - Let it warm up and taste the subtle depth of those crisp grains and malt, damn good.</div>
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<b>1321 - BUTTERNUT’S BEER AND ALE MOO
THUNDER STOUT</b> - Can't believe I found this NY brewery in California, mildly creamy,
slightly watery stout, tastes a bit like an iced roasted coffee with
malt added.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 7/9 - West Coast Big Year Summit with Chris Wilder</u></div>
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<b>1322 - NAPA SMITH BREWERY COOL BREW
HOP ALE</b> - I keep avoiding this brewery for some reason, I keep thinking
they’re some corporate brewer, but this is a decent IPA.
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<b>1323 - NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE
(2010)</b> – Well, this is pretty old, especially since I bought it 5 years
ago & it’s the only beer I’ve held onto that long.</div>
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<b>1324 - NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE (2011)</b> – Well, I guess this is fairly old.</div>
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<b>1325 - NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE (2012)</b> – Well, I suppose 2 years is sort of old.</div>
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<b>1326 - NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE (2013) </b>– Well, it’s kinda old, even though it’s from last year.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves me after all.</td></tr>
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<b>1327 - NORTH COAST OLD STOCK ALE (2014)</b> – Well, it’s 2014, so I wouldn’t exactly call it old.</div>
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<b>1328 - SANTE ADAIRIUS RUSTIC ALES WEST ASHLEY</b> - <span lang="EN">
Apricot saison aged in Pinot barrels? Sign me up. Even more incredible
than I was expecting. Must be the "house microbes" in there.
</span></div>
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<b>1329 - ALMANAC FARMER'S RESERVE BLACKBERRY</b> - Sour blonde with blackberries, ridiculous how evenly balanced this is. </div>
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<b>1330 - BARRELHOUSE BREWING STOUT</b> - Smooth, slight hops, a bit on the watery side, but delicious roasted malt flavor.</div>
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<b>1331 - SMUTTYNOSE BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE</b> - Rich and estery, with barely a hint of smut.</div>
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<b>1332 - MAMMOTH BREWING LAIR OF THE BEAR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Shit rules.</div>
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<u>Thursday 7/10 – New release tasting at Vendome, and a couple at home</u></div>
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<b>1333 - SKA BREWING TRUE BLONDE ALE</b> - Decent. And it's waxed, like any true blonde should be.</div>
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<b>1334 - DOGFISH HEAD POSITIVE CONTACT </b>- Cidery beer infused with the sweat of a famous underground hip hop beatmaker</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How did Harley know I've been waiting for this?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1335 - NEW BELGIUM / BREWERIJ BOON
COLLABORATION TRANSATLANTIQUE KRIEK (LIPS OF FAITH)</b> - You like Hostess
cherry pie filling? Me too. At least this one gives you a buzz.</div>
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<b>1336 - SKA BREWING DECADENT IMPERIAL IPA</b> - Ranking full stop.</div>
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<b>1337 - LEINENKUGEL’S BIG EDDY IMPERIAL IPA </b>- Hardcore thick DIPA, so viscous it's almost too much!</div>
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<b>1338 - GOOSE ISLAND HONKER'S ALE </b>- Melted popsicle water ale.</div>
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<b>1339 - DOGFISH HEAD SIXTY-ONE IPA
BREWED WITH SYRAH GRAPE MUST</b> - IPA brewed with Syrah grape must. It's
an interesting experiment, but I wouldn’t exactly call it a “must”.</div>
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<u>Friday 7/11 – Payday flight at Tony’s, and a couple during date night with The Wife</u></div>
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<b>1340 - TAPS IRISH RED</b> - Irish I could
drink this one more often. Mild hops & grain. Unlike most redheads,
it's even slightly sweet.</div>
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<b>1341 - HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY BEER
SPACESHIP</b> - Powerful hop presence, but lighter body like a session IPA. I
love this! Who are these guys?</div>
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<b>1342 - PORT BREWING OLDER VISCOSIT</b>Y - As excellent as expected, a liquified chocolate licorice cigar</div>
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<b>1343 - LOS ANGELES ALE WORKS LIEVRE
SAISON</b> - Floral & citrusy as one would expect, damn good, a lot of
attention was paid in brewing this, you can taste the difference.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two saxes. One mouth.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1344 - FLYING DOG BREWERY RAGING BITCH BELGIAN STYLE IPA </b>- Who you callin' "bitch", Bitch?!</div>
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<b>1345 - SAPPORO PREMIUM LIGHT BEER</b> -
Wasn't expecting this to be very good at all, especially a "light" beer,
but surprisingly good. I have no complaints. Oishii.</div>
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<b>1346 - ORION PREMIUM DRAFT BEER</b> - Figured this might be a step up from Sapporo. Wrong! On par with cheap American lagers. Kuso!</div>
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<b>1347 - GOLDEN ROAD JAX BLONDE ALE</b> - Nice sipper to accompany the underrated live jazz bands at this dusty Glendale venue.</div>
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<u>Saturday 7/12 – Starting at home, sampling at Newhall Refinery, finishing at Matt Becker’s 40<sup>th</sup> birthday</u></div>
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<b>1348 - SUDWERK BREWING IMPERIAL PILS</b> -
20th anniversary double hopped, double malted pils. Never had a pilsner
like it. Excellent.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ms. Gearhart tolerates my obsession</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1349 - HERMITAGE BREWING MANDARINA
BAVARIA SINGLE HOP SERIES</b> - First Hermitage brew I've had in years,
thought they were crummy before, but this one is top notch, heavy yeast
and hop presence, tropical</div>
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<b>1350 - BROUWERIJ HUYGHE DELIRIUM RED </b>- Cherry flavor Vicks, minus the mentho-lyptus</div>
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<b>1351 - UINTA BREWING TILTED SMILE
IMPERIAL PILSNER</b> - An hour after having an imperial pilsner at home, I'm
having another one at Newhall Refinery. Really nice, full bodied.</div>
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<b>1352 - MIKKELLER ORANGE YUZU GLAD I SAID PORTER</b> - Hey Mikkeller, orange yuzu glad I just paid 5 bucks for a 4 oz pour?</div>
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<b>1353 - CISMONTANE BREWING BELGIAN APPLE PIE</b> - Sweet, alcohol-heavy, and weird overall. </div>
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<b>1354 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY SURFIN' MONKS TRIPLE </b>– Tragic.</div>
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<b>1355 - THE BRUERY LOAKAL RED </b>- Oak
aged malty, hoppy, delicious red. Glad I got a taster, although it’s
probably one of the only Bruery bombers that can be purchased for under
$30 these days.</div>
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<b>1356 - WIENS BREWING INSOMNIA IPA</b> – Weed beer.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mad respect to The Brim. </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1357 - FULL SAIL BREWING SESSION BLACK LAGER</b> - Much better than anticipated, great "bullet" bottle, too.</div>
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<b>1358 - DOS EQUIS LAGER ESPECIAL </b>- Que lastima!</div>
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<b>1359 - FULL SAIL BREWING SESSION
PREMIUM LAGER</b> - I've been avoiding this forever, probably because I'm
subconsciously thinking it's Red Stripe. Not bad for a party beer.</div>
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<b>1360 - DOGFISH HEAD 60 MINUTE IPA</b> -
At a party rife with some of the most abysmal beers on the planet,
seeing this in the cooler is like winning the lottery.</div>
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<b>1361 - BITBURGER PREMIUM PILS</b> - Now I REALLY want Germany to lose the World Cup.</div>
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<b>1362 - BECK'S</b> - The fermented urine of a billion Deutschlanders.</div>
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<b>1363 - MODELO ESPECIAL </b>- If this
country does a major crack-down on the border crossings, this is the one
thing I support keeping out of our country.</div>
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<u>Sunday 7/13 – A couple at home, then a heck of a lot of tasting with my brewing cohorts</u></div>
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<b>1364 - VICTORY BREWING GOLDEN MONKEY</b> –
This always makes me think of the Beastie Boys, even though the Beastie
Boys don’t have a song called “Golden Monkey”. Awesome, golden Belgian
style tripel... and it's triple good going in my mouth.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPSfbKKNG4diciBLZHt1UgaidfMBkpCHVspfHl-Cs-4Ga4hFDZH12kLPxOca6eVotIorPrGWy_BGKsAZh8GK0pBmWykSmYHq1BrzT2J8dIXy6e7bOF8FgtRD_X62qjqWdOz3-Bc6LE_0/s1600/IMG_4014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPSfbKKNG4diciBLZHt1UgaidfMBkpCHVspfHl-Cs-4Ga4hFDZH12kLPxOca6eVotIorPrGWy_BGKsAZh8GK0pBmWykSmYHq1BrzT2J8dIXy6e7bOF8FgtRD_X62qjqWdOz3-Bc6LE_0/s1600/IMG_4014.jpeg" height="200" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud Papas.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1365 - VICTORY BREWING HOP DEVIL</b> - Praise Hop Satan!</div>
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<b>1366 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY IMPERIALIST DOUBLE IPA</b> - Ridiculous. Total armageddon to your palette, death by hops. Love it<b>.</b></div>
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<b>1367 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY LOU AMERICAN
BROWN ALE</b> - A tasty brown with serious hop bite, as a bonus this is
brewed to help raise funds for ALS research and treatment.
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<b>1368 - BAKOFSKY, HARKINS & DODGE HOMEBREW NONE MORE BLACK IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT</b> – Unparalleled excellence in brewing.</div>
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<b>1369 - HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY REFRESH </b>- Unfiltered and easy drinking pilsner. The name says it all.</div>
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<b>1370 - HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY WAKE UP </b>- Well done session coffee porter, sure beats Folgers in your cup</div>
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<b>1371 - HIGHLAND PARK BREWERY COCO NOCHE</b> - Mellow coconut stout, evenly balanced, subtle on the coconut, as it should be.</div>
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<b>1372 - ALMANAC FARMER'S RESERVE CITRUS </b>- Puckery but still a quick sipper.</div>
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<b>1373 - ALMANAC ICHIBIER</b> - Either
something's wrong with the keg, or this is the only Almanac beer I don't
like. Fish washed in soapy water & piped thru a garden hose.</div>
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<b>1374 - SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING
PERALTA PORTER</b> - Not as cool as Powell-Peralta, but a decent porter, a
bit watery, light mouthfeel, fair maltiness.</div>
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<b>1375 - STONE BREWING REASON BE DAMNED BARREL AGED BELGIAN ALE</b> - The name sums it up, delicious and even a bit sweet.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gettin' Hermo-silly.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b>1376 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING HEAVENLY HEFE</b>
- Fantastic, very floral, rich, more like a Belgian golden. Call it
what you want, I call it freakin' good.</div>
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<b>1377 - STONE BREWING STONE FARKING
WHEATON WOOTSTOUT</b> - Imperial pecan? Phenomenal. Incredible, thick &
oily, sweet & gooey, could easily be a dark barleywine.</div>
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<b>1378 - BEACHWOOD BREWING CONTROL+MALT+DELETE </b>- British ale, dark & decent but a bit thin on the mouthfeel.</div>
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<u>Monday 7/14 – Ohana tasting room, samplers at 38 Degrees, and a few courtesy of Grill Em All</u></div>
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<b>1379 - OHANA BREWING HOLLENBACK AMBER ALE</b> -
Caramel & malt heavy, solid, one of their better ones.</div>
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<b>1380 - OHANA BREWING SAISON KAU WELA</b> -
Belgian style farmhouse ale, esters & the usual, pretty darn good.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hot wife and cold tasters.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2358"><b>1381 - BEACHWOOD BREWING TABLE SAAZ</b> -
</span>Bland & forgettable, sorry. </div>
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<b>1382 - FACTION BREWING SPRING IPA</b> -
Holy cow that's good!</div>
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<b>1383 - JOSEPH JAMES BREWING DESERT SNOW WHITE IPA</b> -
Drinks like a session IPA, great!</div>
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<b>1384 - RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING DAMNATION</b> -
Heavy floral & estery, damn tasty.</div>
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<b>1385 - RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING PLINY THE ELDER</b> -
After years of hype, after all this time, I forgot how truly great this
is. Wonderfully hop-heavy but nice lingering subtle malt & barley. Can't believe it took me 6 1/2 months to finally get to my first Pliny.</div>
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<b>1386 - NOBLE ALE WORKS NEW EDITION</b> -
Did Bobby Brown brew this? American brown on toasted oak. If Whitney was around, I'd slap her for a pint. Awesome.</div>
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<b>1387 - CERVECERIA MEXICANA QUEEN OF THE NIGHT PALE ALE</b> -
For some reason, I love the idea of fancy beer coming out of Mexico. Heavy on the caramel, or is that dulce de leche. Que bueno!</div>
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<b>1388 - PABST BREWING OLYMPIA BEER </b> -
Quintessential "old man beer". Not nearly as bad as I was expecting.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drink Em All!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<u>Tuesday 7/15 – Gordon Biersch samplers and two more so-so brews</u></div>
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<b>1389 - GORDON BIERSCH GOLDEN EXPORT</b> – Pointless.</div>
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<b>1390 - GORDON BIERSCH HEFEWEIZEN </b>– Not bad, as long as they don’t put a lemon in it.</div>
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<b>1391 - GORDON BIERSCH MARZEN </b>– Ecch.</div>
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<b>1392 - GORDON BIERSCH SCHWARZBIER</b> – Astoundingly not good, with a moldy aftertaste.</div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2367"><b>1393 - GORDON BIERSCH BLONDE BOCK</b> – Crap.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2365"><b>1394 - ASAHI SUPER DRY</b> – Fair, but forgettable.</span></div>
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1395 - MENDOCINO BREWING WHITE HAWK IPA</b> – A huge improvement over the previous six, but still not of any significance</span><br />
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<u><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363">Wednesday 7/16 - Home & band practice</span></u><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1396 - ABITA BREWING AMBER</b> - Welcome to Pointless Town - Population: This.</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1397 - ABITA BREWING JOCKAMO IPA</b> - Heavy caramel malts & nice hoppiness, most likely the best offering on the Abita roster.</span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1398 - ABITA BREWING ANDYGATOR </b>- Not necessary, but a decent doppelbock.</span></span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1399 - MISSION BREWING SHIPWRECKED DOUBLE IPA</b> - Heavy hops with a cookie dough yeast finish. Mission has finally dialed it in. </span></span><br />
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1405575841193_2363"><b>1400 - BAIRD BREWING KUROFUNE PORTER</b> - Can't believe I found this bottle Stateside. Bitter chocolate, yeasty, malty and comforting. Really diggin' this. So glad I hit #1,400 with a good one. Kanpai!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life should be more like this.</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-31254962834856792592014-07-07T00:50:00.000-07:002014-07-07T21:50:35.312-07:00Beer #1228-1311 / Day #177-186: Brew The Right Thing<div style="text-align: right;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OPwEKhjK8K7qJHJhFeiie-nWifpp1OjD9urqpm1hI_OtWDtW25A86fJ_CnB4dalHc0IPxoDT_a21yZo7B7eoabmzut66uhNy17XH0hHbo0TubScUkvJdxY5CB6Qu-k2jnZFSh_Qr2uc/s1600/IMG_0811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OPwEKhjK8K7qJHJhFeiie-nWifpp1OjD9urqpm1hI_OtWDtW25A86fJ_CnB4dalHc0IPxoDT_a21yZo7B7eoabmzut66uhNy17XH0hHbo0TubScUkvJdxY5CB6Qu-k2jnZFSh_Qr2uc/s1600/IMG_0811.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>Brooklyn. Spawning ground
of Biggie Smalls, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and countless Spike Lee joints.
Known as a rough & tumble borough, especially to uninitiated
outsiders. 2.5 million sweaty, pissed off people smashed into 71 square
miles of brick and rusted steel. Despite having plenty of “flava”, who
knew Brooklyn could offer anything beer-wise,
aside from flavorless 40 ozers? <br />
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<b>Infest </b>was booked for two shows in Brooklyn,
so we headed out early to get a taste of this town, landing at JFK on a
Thursday evening. Our plane sat on the tarmac for an hour, while the
pilot informed us our gate “wasn’t ready”. What? The airport didn’t
know we were coming? We finally deplaned, only to wait an additional 15
minutes for our gate-checked guitars to show up, but only after continued
prodding of flight staff. I’ve always loved NY, but since we’ve landed
why is everyone here a buffoon?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I knew I'd get some sweet action in NYC</td></tr>
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Our fears were assuaged when we were met at the airport by
our pals Dan Oestreich and Jack Barfield. Dan is The Man who arranged this
whole weekend, and the only reason Infest is in NYC 25 years after an original
aborted attempt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jack is a friend who
traveled from Austin
just to hang out & soak up the spectacle that our weekends tend to be.</div>
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Thursday night, no obligations, so we drop off bags at our
<a href="https://www.airbnb.com/s/New-York--NY" target="_blank">Airbnb</a> room and head over to <b><a href="http://www.theanchoredinn.com/" target="_blank">THE ANCHORED INN</a></b>, a
funky pub adorned with floor to ceiling black velvet paintings depicting
everything from a cockeyed wizard to an ancient warrior riding a sleigh pulled
by polar bears. Behind the bar is one of the co-owners, Bill Dozer, one of the
nicest and hardest working scenesters you could hope to meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He runs the kitchen and bar here, as well as
sound next door at the adjoining Acheron club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s midnight, but the kitchen stays open long enough to whip up some
excellent burgers, and I’m off to the races sampling some Brooklyn brews courtesy
of <b>Sixpoint Brewing</b>, with the <b>Sweet Action </b>being particularly good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bill points out this beer is one that all of
his patrons identify as something different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some say Pale Ale, I guessed it was a mild Barleywine, Untappd says it’s
a Cream Ale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever it is, it’s
freakin’ tasty.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naw, take your time, Pops</td></tr>
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Friday I’m up early and exploring the neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bedford-Stuyvesant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bed-Stuy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d always envisioned this as one of the grittier neighborhoods, but
like most “bad” areas, the hipster presence has resulted in a plethora of
“artisan” establishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as much as
I like to make fun of hipsters, I have no issues reaping the benefits of the
new landscape they are creating. Like the <b>Bedford Hill Coffee Bar</b>; not only do
they serve great coffee, they have four local taps!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, every morning I went to
Bedford Hill, it was much too early to imbibe in the brews.</div>
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This afternoon the gang piled into Dan O’s van and headed to
a staple of Brooklyn pizza lore, <b>DiFara’s</b>. One
of the irresolvable arguments of this borough is who has the best pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many argue that it’s DiFara’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t research these things, so I was just
along for the ride. Best Pizza In NY? Sounds good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, one thing I didn’t know in advance
was EVERY SINGLE pizza is made by one man, Mr. DiFara.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s the only one allowed to make the pizzas,
so much so that legend has it he burned his hand and the whole operation closed
its doors for several months until he recovered. Our first mistake was ordering
2 large pies, thinking we would save money on each getting slices. Turns out
slices are the way to go. We waited. And waited. Everyone went across the
street to the bagel joint to get something to eat while we were waiting for our
pizzas. And we still waited. We had invested so much time already it was difficult to
determine if we should cut our losses and go, or stick it out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two hours later our pies arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were delicious. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then again it was 3pm and I hadn’t eaten
anything, so at this point a week-old hot dog from 7-Eleven would have been
delicious. The Best?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, you’ll just have
to wait & judge for yourself.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No caption can make this photo funnier than it already is.</td></tr>
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Next stop was Coney Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were a week too early to see <b>Joey Chestnut</b>
in the annual Hot Dog Eating Competition, but we were still able to grab a dog
& a beer at <b>Nathan’s</b>. Their proprietary <b>Coney Island Lager</b> was surprisingly
good, but the goodness was short lived as the NYPD left a bad taste in our mouths after
pulling our friend Alex Sanchez aside. He had mace visibly attached his belt
loop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a permit for mace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately his permit was for Pennsylvania, and we
were in NY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mace isn’t legal to carry in
NY, so they cuffed him and took him to the local precinct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked to a few undercover cops who were
explaining the laws regarding mace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They knew they were taking him in for something that wasn’t a big deal,
and that made it even worse. One of the cops was trying to make us feel at ease, like he
was “cool” and “just one of the boys” by talking very matter-of-factly, and
making comments about women walking by, like “Whoa, lookit dat ass!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They told us Sanchez would be out “in an hour
or two”, which the locals tell me is typical, even if they hold you for a day
or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, we had to let
our incarcerated pal work it out solo because we had to get back to the venue
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan's with Joey D., not Joey C.</td></tr>
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Once again, we were at The Anchored Inn, geared up to play
the adjoining <a href="http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>ACHERON </b></a>next door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
told this place was small, but that’s an understatement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily, these smaller shows are always my
favorite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intimacy & interaction
with the crowd is what makes it exciting, because aside from frontman Denunzio,
the other three of us don’t “put on a show”. We stand there & hammer out
these tunes, looking very much like the middle-aged Dads that we are. All of the
opening bands were awesome, and I somehow found one tiny, vacant square of real
estate in the back of the room where I was able to watch them. <b>Magrudergrind </b>are
always a highlight for me, and tonight was no exception. These dudes are
brothers-from-another-mother, and they absolutely killed it.</div>
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The sound was great, thanks to Bill Dozer, and all in attendance
were simply there to have fun and go off. There was a hiccup or two in our set,
but otherwise tonight’s show went smoothly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To my surprise, a few days later the <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/06/infest_the_acheron_6_27.php" target="_blank">Village Voice</a> even ran a
complimentary piece on the show. The bands wrapped it up before midnight, and The Anchored
Inn stayed open til 4am, so needless to say it was a fine evening of tipsy
tomfoolery, including some selections I can’t find out West, like <b>Geary’s
Summer Ale</b> and <b>Founder’s Dry Hopped Pale Ale</b>.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAE26e-54pYHhdn2ZRh1PLz7Gybd59Z1ZiIypLfloYB9UUNP-79TJHtt5vjPOvObIXnaKdOWeVJSGc4lJEwLMG6lbKMX7ppJuXobTsWk09TY5MKxzBVLctmNEnqmcit-0K9tWT5F87kU/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAE26e-54pYHhdn2ZRh1PLz7Gybd59Z1ZiIypLfloYB9UUNP-79TJHtt5vjPOvObIXnaKdOWeVJSGc4lJEwLMG6lbKMX7ppJuXobTsWk09TY5MKxzBVLctmNEnqmcit-0K9tWT5F87kU/s1600/IMG_0927.JPG" height="200" width="200" /></a>Saturday I awoke with a mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today was going to be Beer Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, yesterday was supposed to be Beer
Day, but with a huge group of folks who all want to do something different, it’s
difficult to accomplish anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Driving across town and waiting two hours for pizza didn’t help
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But today there would be no
distractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would meet up with a
couple friends who were beer savvy, and we’d hit the best local spots without unnecessary detours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I kicked off the day at a Bed-Stuy pizzeria called <a href="http://www.speedyromeo.com/" target="_blank"><b>SPEEDY ROMEO</b></a>. Awesome wood-fired foods. I went for the baked eggs which came in a cast
iron pan with arugula on the side;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one
of my favorite breakfasts in recent memory. Additionally, my waitress was cool
with pouring me some half-pints, even though they didn’t officially serve beer
samplers, so I checked out some great local taps from <b>SingleCut Beersmiths</b>, the
Billy 18-Watt IPA and Kim Hibiscus Sour. My pal R.J. Ober, guitarist of
Magrudergrind and regional rep for <b>Victory Brewing</b>, was kind enough to meet up
& guide me for the afternoon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Torst. Not exactly warm & fuzzy.</td></tr>
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We took the G Train (aka the “Ghost
Train”, nicknamed for its reputation of not showing up) out to <b><a href="http://www.torstnyc.com/" target="_blank">TORST</a></b>, a fancy
schmancy beer bar run by <b>Evil Twin Brewing</b>. This was at the very top of my list
to visit, being a huge fan of all things Evil Twin. The environment is very
antiseptic. I’m not sure if you’d call it post-modern or metrosexual or just plain
uncomfortable, but it was pristine and clean enough for Felix Ungar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> All beers are served in stemmed wine glasses, which frankly is kind of embarrassing... it's kind of like riding a moped: It's really fun until someone sees you doing it. </span>One unique thing about this spot is their
Flux Capacitor, which keeps each tap at the perfect serving temperature for
each beer. And it was!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing was too
cold, it was all just the right temp to enjoy what each style had to
offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were joined by my new pal Bill
Dozer and his wife, and co-owner of The Anchored Inn, Carmen Mello.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This couple also knows a ton about the local
beer scene, so I was in perfect sippin’ company with these three.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the less-than-warm nature of the
room, Torst offered a cavalcade of beer nerd fodder, including many East Coast
brewers I never see… <b>Maine Beer Co., Carton, Other Half, Westbrook</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span>n retrospect, it was ironic that Evil Twin is one of my favorites, as I didn’t try a single Evil Twin brew
while I was there. We shared the <b>De Dolle</b> Oerbier which defies
categorization, and I was nearly moved to tears by the perfection of the
<b>Haandbryggeriet </b>Dark Force Russian Imperial Stout. Biggest surprise was the
<b>Westbrook </b>Mexican Cake Imperial Stout aged on cacao nibs, vanilla beans,
cinnamon sticks, and habaneros.. Complex & rich, it tasted like Christmas
in Santa Fe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this was summer in NY, and we had to keep moving… <br />
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Another quick subway ride and we were suddenly in Manhattan’s East
Village, taking stairs
below street level to an unassuming pub, <a href="http://jimmysno43.com/" target="_blank"><b>JIMMY'S NO. 43</b></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The whole subterranean atmosphere reminded me
of Cheers, and this is clearly a local’s hangout, not geared towards the
tourist crowd whatsoever. Their taps are predominantly East Coast, and all
obscure, at least for me. <b>Barrier Brewing, Peekskill
Brewery, Radiant Pig,</b> <b>Oxbow </b>from Maine, <b>Off
Color</b> from Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This place is the shiznit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Between the four of us, we sampled nearly
everything on the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorites
were the offerings from <b>Barrier</b>, who apparently doesn’t tend to brew the same
thing twice. My picks of the list would be the <b>Barrier Bulkhead Red IPA</b> and the
<b>Oxbow Farmhouse Pale Ale</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great brews,
but the kitchen wasn’t open & we were famished, now that it was going on
4pm. Time for a quick sandwich at <b>Porchetta</b>, one of the best slow roasted pork sandwiches on the planet, and then down the block to my newest mecca of all things sudsy: <a href="http://proletariatny.com/" target="_blank"><b>PROLETARIAT</b></a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This man knows a helluva lot more than you</td></tr>
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They specialize in "Rare, New, and Unusual Beers." Too bad I wasn't wearing tape on my glasses, because I felt like king of the nerds. This establishment is beyond words. Very small, very specialized, carrying only the best of the best. Taps that I've never seen anywhere else. Breweries that I've never seen anywhere else. Everything was top notch, and the man manning the braus, Cory Bonfiglio, strikes me as the Dave Witte of NYC... one of those fellas who has been intently following good beer for way longer than 98% of the people involved in the beer scene now. This man knows his shit and is one of the best possible allies for navigating the "deep cuts" on their list. Everything was a highlight, each pour better than the next... <b>Hof Ten Dormaal Grappa Barrel Belgian Dark, Loverbeer Beerbrugna</b> sour on tap, <b>Glazen Toren Saison D'Erpe Mere Speciale Editie, Hill Farmstead / Brasserie de Blaugies collaboration La Vermontoise</b> farmhouse ale... all sheer perfection.</div>
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It was early evening, and I needed to sober up in order to play our second show this evening, so we all headed back to Brooklyn, to this evening's venue <a href="http://www.thewicknyc.com/" target="_blank"><b>THE WICK</b></a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome to The Wick.</td></tr>
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This massive brick compound was, appropriately enough, the site of an old brewery. In many of these cavernous rooms, I could still smell hints of musty, ancient fermentation... the greatest possible sense memory. The vibe was good, the turnout of 500+ was great, the opening bands were excellent, our set was OK... On a stage that big and that high, I always feel a bit of a disconnect from the crowd. I couldn't even see past the second row of folks in front of the stage. The crowd seemed to enjoy it which is all that really matters. The best part of this evening was reconnecting with old friends from the NY area hardcore/punk/metal scene, some of whom I haven't seen since the '90s when I was playing with <b>Spazz</b>... Ralphy Boy & Matt from <b>Disassociate</b>, Javier from <b>Born Against/Iabhorher/Kylesa</b>, Keith from <b>Rorschach</b>, Rob & Andrew from <b>Black Army Jacket</b>, Eddie from <b>Cattlepress</b>... it really made my evening hanging out with these guys. I told them it felt like a high school reunion, except with people I actually wanted to see. Good vibes. The Wick kicked us all out, and we migrated down the block, some to a Troma Films show, and others to The Anchored Inn around the corner. I ended up at the latter, and stayed up til the wee hours catching up with old friends, surprised that Keith Huckins was the only person on this entire trip to give me shit about wearing an LA Kings hat. Yo... Rangers lost. Deal with it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I love deez ol' palookas!</td></tr>
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I think everyone had a good time except drummer Bob, who according to eye-witness accounts, wavered heavily after two rum & Cokes, and stumbled to the sidewalk unable to stand. Guitarist Matt Domino spotted what was happening, donned his Good Samaritan hat, and took Bob back to our room where the lanky legend purged what was ailing him. The next morning we speculated if Bob was laid up after too much exhaustion (he had climbed the Statue Of Liberty earlier in the day, and then played a show that night), or if someone had drugged him, either accidentally or on purpose. Bob isn't a heavy drinker, but then again, he can handle two drinks easily.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naw, it's way classier 'n shit!</td></tr>
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At least Bob woke up feeling well, and ready to pursue his Standard Operating Procedure of a day chock full o' Diet Coke and pinball. Me, I was ready to explore more Brooklyn brews. I started out the afternoon sampling a tasty <b>Victory Wild Devil</b> farmhouse style IPA, courtesy of RJ Ober, but now that my whistle was wet, I needed more. We had the entire day free on Sunday, but I was the only one motivated to find local beer. I knew if I stuck around, my afternoon would disappear quickly in a series of waiting around for other people to go eat, take a shit, get cigarettes, get something else to eat, etc. So, I put on my big boy pants and hit this borough solo. One of the local breweries that intrigued me was <a href="http://otherhalfbrewing.com/" target="_blank"><b>OTHER HALF BREWING</b></a>, and according to Google Maps it was just a few blocks off the G Train. Even after two full days here, I had less than zero familiarity of what's where in Brooklyn, but I still headed to the train alone, assuming I'd make sense of it quickly. Within half an hour, I was meandering through an industrial section of the Red Hook neighborhood, looking for a brewery with no signage whatsoever. Other Half is simply a nondescript room off the street, in a shabby, graffitied brick building. If it wasn't for the address on the website, I would have never known this place existed by simply walking by. One small room, practically underneath the 278 expressway, raw and gritty, fully DIY, with cool '90s hip hop tunes in constant rotation, and eight high quality taps. Anthony was behind the counter, soft spoken, and as chill as it gets. I tried all eight beers (actually, I had already sampled their <b>Green Diamonds DIPA</b> the day before at <b>Torst</b>), and loved them all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, but where's the Other Half of this deer?</td></tr>
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40 oz later, I was more than pleasantly buzzed, and trying to figure out how to meet up with my cohorts on the other side of town. They were all in the Greenpoint neighborhood watching Bob play pinball at a laundromat. I rode the subway up, met my peeps, had a few quick slices (2 minute wait, as opposed to 2 hours), and grabbed a last local pint at <b>LAKE STREET BAR</b>, the <b>Bronx Brewery Bronx Pale Ale</b>. All too soon we were headed back to JFK, with still so much untapped potential I was leaving behind in Brooklyn, but it would have to wait for my next beering adventure. So many missed opportunities. Or maybe it was just the Big Apple's final revenge on a cocky Cali boy walking around in a Kings hat. Brooklyn's got the flava, Son!<br />
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The beering continues...<br />
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<u>Thursday 6/26 - LAX to JFK in a day</u></div>
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<b>1228 - WIDMER BROTHERS UPHEAVAL IPA</b> - At Rock & Brews, LAX... is this the joint owned by Gene Simmons? Decent IPA, smooth finish, evenly balanced hops.</div>
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<b>1229 - SIXPOINT BREWERY RIGHTEOUS RYE ALE</b> - Mildy spicy & hoppy rye beer, on tap at Anchored Inn, Brooklyn</div>
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<b>1230 - SIXPOINT BREWERY SWEET ACTION</b> - Pale ale? Cream ale? Barley wine? Whatever it is, it's freakin' good.</div>
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<b>1231 - BELL'S
OBERON ALE </b>-Wheat beer, fresh & refreshing</div>
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<u>Friday 6/27 - Brooklyn: Part 1</u></div>
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<b>1232 - CONEY ISLAND BREWING CONEY ISLAND
LAGER</b> - Tasty, malty, reddish-amber lager at Nathan's... I ordered two and my change was $9.11!</div>
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<b>1233 - D.L. GEARY BREWING GEARY'S SUMMER ALE </b>- Nice n' citrusy n' amber, not weak like most beers in the "summer" category.</div>
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<b>1234 - 21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY BACK IN BLACK IPA</b> - Not East Coast, but killer black IPA nonetheless, hoppy and chocolatey.</div>
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<b>1235 - FOUNDERS BREWING DRY HOPPED PALE ALE</b> - Welcome to hop town, love it, great Nouveau label art, too.</div>
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<u>Saturday 6/28 - Brooklyn: Part 2</u></div>
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<b>1236 - SINGLECUT BEERSMITHS BILLY 18 WATT IPA</b> - Hoppy, light and crisp, like a session IPA.</div>
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<b>1237 - SINGLECUT BEERSMITHS KIM HIBISCUS SOUR LAGRRR!</b> - Tastes like it sounds.</div>
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<b>1238 - CARTON BREWING MONKEY CHASED THE WEASEL</b> - Great Berlinerweisse with mulberry, hint of tartness but not overly fruity.</div>
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<b>1240 - BROUWERIJ DE DOLLE OERBIER</b> - Slightly tart, peppery beer that defies most categories.</div>
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<b>1241 - HAANDBRYGGERIET DARK FORCE</b> - Wow! What a treat. Black, oily, and Norwegian... just like my women.</div>
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<b>1242 - BROUWERIJ LIEFMANS GOUDENBAND OUD BRUIN</b> - Killer!</div>
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<b>1243 - WESTBROOK BREWING MEXICAN CAKE</b> - Christmastime in Santa Fe.</div>
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<b>1244 - BARRIER BREWING REMBRANDT PORTER</b> - Nice & roasty, apparently the brewery doesn't often brew the same thing twice.</div>
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<b>1245 - PEEKSKILL
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<b>1246 - BARRIER BREWING BULKHEAD RED </b>- Excellent red IPA!</div>
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<b>1247 - BARRIER BREWING MOLLY CODDLE</b> - Total English style brown pub ale.</div>
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<b>1248 - OFF COLOR BREWING SCURRY DARK TRADITIONAL ALE</b> - Mellow, mildly yeasty, mildly roasty.</div>
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<b>1249 - OXBOW BREWING FARMHOUSE PALE ALE </b>- Great!</div>
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<b>1252 - LOVERBEER BEERBRUGNA</b> - Rare Italian beer on tap, a sour with plums, so smooth.</div>
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<b>1253 - GLAZEN TOREN SAISON D'ERPE MERE SPECIALE EDITIE</b> - Crazy good, but too tipsy to tell what I'm tasting.</div>
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<b>1254 - JOLLY PUMPKIN / ANCHORAGE
COLLABORATION BOREAL</b> - A sour ale aged in oak with grapefruit & peppercorns. Sounds wacky, but it's crazy delicious.</div>
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<b>1255 - HILL FARMSTEAD BREWERY / BRASSERIE DE BLAUGIES COLLABORATION LA VERMONTOISE</b> - Hoppy, zesty, ridiculously good.</div>
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<b>1256 - ADIRONDACK
BEAVERTAIL BROWN</b> - A sleeping bag made of malt that I want to curl up in.</div>
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<b>1257 - VICTORY BREWING WILD DEVIL</b> - A version of
their Hop Devil with brettanomyces added. Way different. Doesn't taste like an
IPA. Like a wild, tangy farmhouse ale. Sharp and funky. Great stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks RJ!</div>
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<b>1258 - OTHER HALF BREWING MONTUEKA PALE ALE</b> – Like
corn cobs and wheat.</div>
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<b>1259 - OTHER HALF BREWING HOP SHOWERS</b> – Straight
ahead IPA, citrusy & bright.</div>
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<b>1260 - OTHER HALF BREWING OTHER HALF IPA</b> – West Coast
style w/ simcoe hops.</div>
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<b>1261 - OTHER HALF BREWING DOUG CASCADIAN DARK IPA</b> – Brewed
last December, they sat on a couple kegs and ended up with a well-rounded beer,
full mouthfeel, perfect blend of hops and deep roasty malts.</div>
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<b>1262 - OTHER HALF BREWING HUP! HUP! HUP! –</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Belgian style farmhouse ale with a hint of
hop tightness.</span></div>
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<b>1263 - OTHER HALF BREWING GALAXY IPA</b> – Clean, crisp,
well done.</div>
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<b>1264 - OTHER HALF BREWING WHEAT WINE</b> – Like a lighter
barley wine, sweet & wheaty, would be great in a winter cabin. Excellent, a
real powerhouse.</div>
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<b>1265 - THE BRONX BREWERY BRONX
PALE ALE</b> – Light amber, malt forward, full mouthfeel, tasty & perfect
for hangin’ with mooks from The Bronx, yo.</div>
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<u>Monday 6/30 - home</u></div>
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<b>1266 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING SPRING HORNIN' </b>- Love Anderson Valley, this is
no exception.</div>
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<b>1267 - EVIL TWIN FREUDIAN SLI</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">P</b> - Freakishly delicious. Full, well-rounded, sweet and decadent
barleywine.</div>
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<u>Tuesday 7/1 - home</u></div>
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<b>1268 - SAN MIGUEL BREWERY RED HORSE BEER</b> - My wife
found this at the 99 Cent Store. Not as horrific as I was expecting. Like Bud,
except the Philippines
version.</div>
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<b>1269 - DE STRUISE BROUWERS TSJEESES</b> - Smells and
tastes like liquefied walnuts.</div>
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<u>Wednesday 7/2 – at the Hollywood Bowl, watching Steve
Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers</u></div>
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<b>1270 - EVIL TWIN YANG</b> – Killer imperial IPA.</div>
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malt forward, fab on a summer's eve waiting for Steve Martin</div>
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<b>1272 - BEACHWOOD BREWING STILL LIFE SMOKED STOUT </b>- Rich
milky and smoky stout, this is exactly what I need on a perfect summer nite @
the Bowl</div>
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<b>1273 - CLOWN SHOES SWAGGER HOPPY RED LAGER</b> - Still at
the Bowl, so freakin good, crisp and hoppy red</div>
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<u>Thursday 7/3 – Vendome new release tasting and a few at
home</u></div>
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<b>1274 - BELCHING BEAVER ME SO HONEY </b>– A honey wheat
ale that is not overly sweet, thankfully. The description says “wild flowers &
cloves”, but I’m not getting any of that. Decent, and easy drinking.</div>
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<b>1275 - NEW BELGIUM / 3 FLOYDS COLLABORATION
GRATZER ALE</b> – An oak smoked wheat ale which actually tastes a lot like an
old ashtray, with a lingering Marlboro finish. </div>
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<b>1276 - DESCHUTES BREWERY
NOT THE STOIC</b> – Whoa! Rich and thick as molasses. Superior!</div>
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MOUNTAIN CLUSTER SINGLE
HOP IPA </b>– Skunky, buttery, and good.</div>
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<b>1278 - BEACHWOOD/HERETIC/STONE COLLABORATION UNAPOLOGETIC
IPA</b> – Nice combo of citrus depth and hoppy bite.</div>
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<b>1279 - BIG SKY BREWING SUMMER HONEY ALE</b> – Not
necessary.</div>
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<b>1280 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING SUMMER
SOLSTICE</b> – Overly sweet & caramelly, almost headed towards barleywine
territory.</div>
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<b>1281 - ALE INDUSTRIES RYE'D PIPER</b> – I’m a sucker for anything
rye related. I don’t love this. It’s OK, but I’d never buy it again.</div>
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<u>Friday 7/4 – The Fourth at home with friends</u></div>
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<b>1282 - UINTA BREWING MONKSHINE</b> – A standout Belgian
style golden ale, easy drinking, this could easily be my everyday beer.</div>
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<b>1283 – ALASKAN BREWING SUMMER ALE</b> – Kolsch style,
wheaty & mildly malty, can’t complain, this is a solid, accessible beer.</div>
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<b>1284 - WARKA LAGER</b> - Not nearly as bad as I was
expecting, pretty decent generic Polish lager.</div>
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<b>1285 - EPIC BREWING RIO'S ROMPIN' RYE BEER</b> - Excellent, one of the best rye
beers on the market, liquified rye bread with lemon.</div>
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<u>Saturday 7/5 – Torrance, Redondo, Hermosa Beach mini beer tour</u></div>
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<b>1286 - ABSOLUTION BREWING WANDERING POSSESSED COCONUT
PORTER</b> - Decent, one of the better ones, one of three I sort of liked. We
had 10 samplers, one I forgot I had already tried at the SD Int'l Beer Fest. I
really want to support independent brewers, especially locals. Absolution has a
great facility & everything in place to be a contender, but their beers
across the board are bland, watery, and lacking depth. I hope they get an
experienced brewmaster in-house to turn this ship around.</div>
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<b>1287 - ABSOLUTION BREWING HOLY COW MILK STOUT</b> - Fair.</div>
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<b>1288 - ABSOLUTION BREWING POSSESSED PORTER</b> - Pretty
good, like a lighter English style porter.</div>
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<b>1289 - ABSOLUTION BREWING FALLEN ARCHANGEL
IPA</b> - Not a good IPA.</div>
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<b>1290 - ABSOLUTION BREWING THE WICKED DOUBLE IPA</b> -
Fair, one of their "better" brews</div>
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<b>1291 - ABSOLUTION BREWING LIL RED ANGEL SESSION RED IPA</b>
- No.</div>
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<b>1292 - ABSOLUTION BREWING LIL ANGEL SESSION IPA </b>- No.</div>
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<b>1293 - ABSOLUTION BREWING CLOISTERED RED</b> - No.</div>
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<b>1294 - ABSOLUTION BREWING PENANCE PALE </b>- No.</div>
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<b>1295 - ALESMITH BREWING SPEEDWAY STOUT </b>- Enjoyed it with brunch
on Redondo Beach Pier. I want to make love to this beer.</div>
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<b>1296 - ABIGAILE BREWERY ILLUMINATI PILS</b> - This place
has out of place punk themed artwork, and the menu descriptions are straight
out of the Guy Fieri School Of Douchebaggery, but their beer is superior and
well worth the trip, especially considering I've rarely seen their brews on tap
outside of the restaurant in Hermosa Beach. </div>
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<b>1297 - ABIGAILE BREWERY HOPS N RYE
</b>- Lighter mix of both, easy drinking, highly carbonated, burp inducing.</div>
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<b>1298 - ABIGAILE BREWERY CACOPHONY IPA</b> - Incredible
hop bomb, slightly sweet, skunky and citrusy.</div>
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<b>1299 - ABIGAILE BREWERY THE SYNERGIST BELGIAN DUBBEL</b>
- A dark and delicious Belgian style dubbel, malty and deeply rich.</div>
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<b>1300 - KING HARBOR BREWING THE QUEST EL
DORADO</b> - Mellow, well-balanced pale with El Dorado hops.</div>
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HARBOR BREWING THE QUEST
HALLERTAU BLANC</b> - Really crispy grain-heavy finish, delish!</div>
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<b>1302 - KING HARBOR BREWING CALIFORNIA
SAISON</b> - Funky farmhouse ale, with a hint of curry.</div>
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<b>1303 - KING
HARBOR BREWING ABEL BROWN</b>
- Roasty perfection.</div>
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<b>1304 - KING HARBOR BREWING CASKABEL WITH CHIPOTLE ON
CASK</b> - Brown ale with chipotle added, on cask, really nice, I'm a sucker
for chile beers these days, this is no exception, well rounded.</div>
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<b>1305 - MONKISH BREWING ANOMALY</b> – Dark, strong ale,
perfection.</div>
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<b>1306 - MONKISH BREWING SHAOLIN FIST</b> – A spiced
dubbel, would be better around the Holidays.</div>
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<b>1307 - MONKISH BREWING SEME DELLA VITA</b> – Belgian
style tripel with pistachios & vanilla beans, sounds odd, but damn good.</div>
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<b>1308 - MONKISH BREWING ST. SIMCOE</b> – All simcoe hops
in a citrusy pale.</div>
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<b>1309 - MONKISH BREWING ST. LIBERTY</b> – All liberty hops
in a dry hopped pale.</div>
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<b>1310 - MONKISH BREWING SAISON DE
LILAH –</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Saison with lavender,
sounds super frou-frou, but it’s tasty. No, really.</span></div>
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<b>1311 - MONKISH BREWING POUR TOI </b>– Pour moi? C’est
bon! Well rounded pale ale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monkish
knows what the hell they’re doing, it turns out.</div>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-42125074602188944232014-06-25T23:11:00.001-07:002014-07-05T08:57:48.717-07:00Beer #1091-1227 / Day #170-176: Good, Good, Good, Good LibationsFor years my friends <b>Jim & Lily GasThai </b>have been
telling me to go to the <a href="http://sandiegobeerfestival.com/" target="_blank">SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL BEER FESTIVAL</a>, part of the SD
County Fair in Del Mar, CA. And for years I’ve avoided it, as well as
most other beer fests. Obviously I love beer, so what’s the issue?
Well, I used to envision beer fests as a gathering of frat types who show up to
chug as much as they can, eventually transforming themselves from being
annoying pricks into being annoying pricks who are starting fights and puking
everywhere. Over recent years, I’ve gradually attended more and more beer
fests, and the majority of the time the crowd is at least
semi-respectful. Considering this is my biggest Big Year yet, I felt like
I had no choice but to attend. The power couple of <b>Jack Kahn and Jackie
Denmon</b> sweetened the deal by graciously opening their home to us, and more
importantly, providing a home for our dog while we performed our excessive
beering.
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I left work early on Friday, picked up Camille the wife and
Donnie the dog, and hit the road by <b>Noon</b>. <i> Our session started at 5pm</i> in Del Mar. No
problem. The drive to SD even with traffic shouldn’t be more than 3
hours…. The plan is we get to Jack & Jackie’s pad, drop off the dog, all
four of us take a leisurely train ride to Del Mar, arriving with an easy 90 min
to spare before the beer session even starts. That was the plan.</div>
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We found out recently Donnie gets carsick. I figured it was
because he stares out the window at the road instead of the sky and makes
himself nauseous. So Camille had to ride in the back seat to keep him
calm and distracted so he wouldn’t lose his lunch on her cloth seats.</div>
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The traffic was some of the worst I’ve encountered trying to
reach San Diego.
Endless stop & go driving. So much so that Camille was the one who
started feeling carsick. Lurching forward and quickly stopping. For
hours. Bumper to bumper traffic, South on the 5 freeway.</div>
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It’s <b>3:30pm</b>, 3 ½ hours into our drive, and we’ve reached Del Mar.
Unfortunately, we can’t stop. Our friends live another 20 miles south of Del Mar, and the County
Fair is not dog-friendly. So close, yet so far. We inched our way to North Park, finally arrived at Jack & Jackie’s four
hours (!) after leaving LA. We were already behind schedule, and high
tailed it to the train station in Old
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<b>4:40pm</b>, we hopped on the Coaster headed north to Del Mar. Our destination
was only two stops away. The train sloooowly wound its way through the
coastal hills. First stop was reached at <b>5pm</b>. Meanwhile, far away,
our beer session was starting now. I’d already resigned myself to the
fact we would be late and attempted to keep my cool. Then the train
conductor informed us of a medical emergency, so we would be holding at the
station. I’m compassionate towards any tragic situation, but that
selfish, self-centered devil on my shoulder nervously checked the time on my
phone every 30 seconds. I fidgeted like a hungry 4 year old.</div>
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<b>5:15pm</b>, we were on our way. At last Del Mar was in sight, within spitting
distance of the train. But alas, we travelled PAST our destination for
the second time today… our stop was north of Del
Mar in Solana Beach, where we had to take a shuttle
back to the Fairgrounds. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It starts out innocently enough.</td></tr>
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<b>5:25pm</b>, we’re off the train and we find the bus stop for our
Fair shuttle. The sign says it comes every 30 minutes, with no indication
of when the next one will arrive. Times a-wastin’. Do we cab
it? I wandered around and found a cab driver a block away, only to see
the shuttle pull up at that moment… a brief “Sorry!” to the cab, and I sprinted
back just in time to board with the rest of my party. Whew.</div>
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<b>5:45pm</b>, the third time I’ve seen Del Mar today, and this time I’m finally
entering the Fairgrounds. Where’s the beer fest? I dodge the
sweaty, midway goers with corn dog breath, and jockey past throngs of older
couples waving <b>Smokey Robinson</b> VIP Dinner Package tickets. A helpful, but
painfully long winded Fair worker informs us our beer event is at the furthest
possible opposite corner of the Fairgrounds. Followed by more throngs of
shoulder to shoulder Fair-goers, all of them walking in different directions,
impeding our progress. </div>
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What other obstacles will we encounter? </div>
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Do we have to take a hovercraft to get our wristbands?
</div>
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Or ride a Shetland pony 5 miles offsite to get our tasting
glass?</div>
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<b>6pm</b>, six hours after leaving the house, and one hour after
our session had already started, at long last, our tasting begins. There
is much rejoicing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it gets a bit silly.</td></tr>
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This event is held in an open air, covered arena the size of
a convention center. Despite endless obstacles reaching it, pure nirvana
was achieved once we arrived. Although we only had 3 hours on the clock,
without even feeling rushed, I managed to make my way through an astonishing 75
beer samples (actually it was 77, but later I found out I had already claimed 2
of them). I was focused on beer and the enjoyment thereof… I didn’t
bother with half-crocked tasting notes because I figure anyone reading this
blog already knows that an IPA will be “Hoppy” and a stout will be
“Malty”. I limited my on-the-spot notes solely to a chronological list of
all beers sampled. After the fact, I was surprised to have retained my
impressions of a good majority of what was tasted.</div>
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We met up with the GasThai’s and some other friends along
with way. Nothing but good vibes, free flowing braus, and surprisingly
good concession food. There were many pluses to this outing:</div>
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<b>#1: No lines</b>. This was the only way I was able to make
it through 75 samples in 3 hours. The arena was large, very spread out,
and thus the crowd seemed close to non-existent. Many offerings were side
by side on expansive tables, so it was easy to make my way down the line.
Even so, I buzzed freely from table to table like a honeybee. I didn’t
want to stick to a particular area for too long, worrying that I would miss out
on something really special being unveiled elsewhere. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it's completely silly.</td></tr>
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<b>#2: Short pours.</b> The glass was tall, but nearly
everyone pouring adhered to the rule of the 1 oz pour. As a result, I
poured out very few samples after the first sip…. Only the truly bad,
pointless, or nondescript ones went into the dump bucket.</div>
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<b>#3: Tons of international beers</b>. While I always want
to try something new, 95% of the time I gravitate towards US beers, mainly due
to low finances as well as easier accessibility. I appreciated the
opportunity to sample offerings from Germany (SUNNER), Belgium (ST. FEUILLIEN), Netherlands (ROOIE DOP), Australia (COOPERS), Norway (NOGNE O), Denmark (TO OL), UK (MEANTIME), and
points in between. While many of the international choices could be
considered “common”, they represented a decent variety of “gateway” braus,
hopefully leading to additional exploration of each region by interested
beerers.</div>
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<b>#4: Tons of bottled beers</b>. A good number of these I
would have purchased to drink at home, but thanks to this event I was able to
check off some pricey bottles (i.e. Beer Geek BreAKfast, and many of the
overseas choices). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then you have no idea who's in your photo.</td></tr>
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<b>#5: The 5-9pm session actually ended at 9pm</b>. At nearly
every beer fest I’ve ever attended, the organizers cut off the pours 15 minutes
before the posted time… I’m assuming they all think that’s ample time for
attendees to “sober up” before they leave. I watched the clock
anticipating I’d be cut off at 8:45, but the pouring continued until 9pm
sharp. Seems like it’s not a big deal, but it is to me. I was able
to log in a solid 3 hour session without complaint. </div>
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Overall, I enjoyed most of the selections offered. The
best “discoveries” for me were Sacramento’s
<b>TRACK 7 BREWING</b>, Temecula’s <b>AFTERSHOCK BREWING</b>, The Netherlands’ <b>ROOIE DOP</b>, and
Ramona, CA’s
<b>CHUCKALEK INDEPENDENT BREWERS</b>.</div>
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By the end of the fest, I was pleasantly buzzed, but not
even close to being all-out drunk. I can’t say the same for many of my
fellow attendees. We encountered a seemingly non-stop cavalcade of
plastered partiers… some spewing offensive drunken slurs and gibberish, some
spewing the contents of the entire session. Folks like this are the exact
reason I’ve avoided beerfests for most of my life, but they didn’t ruin this
evening for me.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvmftlIwa_Q26DDHXylMmibpB_fZjQO1UzilDB8msnccw4efq2VgYAHPB_FtZ1pHYTH5MucdCYTDNEJdZXcMuh8xx-9kx-RGIt1CvnRvbbZdOQXYIm6h2ZCcFzvQu_pQPmrANufMjGxQ/s1600/IMG_0694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvmftlIwa_Q26DDHXylMmibpB_fZjQO1UzilDB8msnccw4efq2VgYAHPB_FtZ1pHYTH5MucdCYTDNEJdZXcMuh8xx-9kx-RGIt1CvnRvbbZdOQXYIm6h2ZCcFzvQu_pQPmrANufMjGxQ/s1600/IMG_0694.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then you're taking selfies with inanimate objects</td></tr>
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Kudos to the organizers of this event.</div>
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Kudos to the GasThai’s who finally talked me into attending.</div>
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Kudos to JK&JD for partying with us, being incredible
hosts, and jockeying us around SD.</div>
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Kudos to Camille for dealing with the endless on-the-go pace
of the day, just so her husband could be happy.</div>
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Kudos to Donnie the dog for not puking in our car!</div>
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The following morning I awoke fresh as a daisy (well, maybe
a mildly soggy daisy), and I was ready for more beering… well, as much as my
Wife and friends were willing to subject themselves to. The best part
about this day was all of our destinations were within walking distance of
J&J’s home, so at least I could pretend I was doing something good for my
health.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of everything, Round One.</td></tr>
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First stop, <b>THORN ST. BREWERY</b>. Never heard of this
place, but what a lucky accident to stumble upon their brewery. Between
their downstairs and upstairs rooms, they offered an impressive 23 unique brews
on tap. I was ready to start with a flight of eight, when our awesome
& accommodating tapper Adrienne chimed in with the suggestion, “Or I could
just pour you tasters of everything if you want to try them all?” Oh hell
yes!! Is she psychic or what? </div>
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The room is rustic and comfortable, the staff is friendly
and helpful, and the beer is outstanding across the board. So many
breweries have multiple styles and end up being hit-and-miss. Thorn St. knows what the hell they’re doing, and what the hell
they’re brewing. Every goddamn beer of the 23 was either good or
great! This destination is a must, even moreso considering it’s not in a
“hip” area, so there’s plenty of neighborhood parking, and I’m assuming crowds
wouldn’t be too overwhelming.</div>
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Next, we strolled over to <b>MODERN TIMES</b>, with their funky,
modern tasting room. The environment is bright and open, almost
European. I’ve only had their beer packaged in cans, so it was a treat to
try some new ones on tap. Super tasty, with the <b>Blazing World</b> hoppy amber
standing out as my favorite.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bat eating a banana for no apparent reason.</td></tr>
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After a quick perusal of the offerings at the <b>BOTTLECRAFT
</b>bottle shop, and a quick deli sandwich, we looped back to <b>HESS BREWING</b>.
The Hess compound is a super cool, albeit super bizarre layout, with the actual
brewery below street level. You actually walk over an indoor bridge to
reach the tasting room… you have to see it to believe it. Hess started
releasing several of their brews in cans recently, so distribution has
increased. Strangely enough, after visiting the tasting room, I realized the
canned beers are the least of their offerings. Their tap-only offerings
are vastly superior, the <b>Umbrix Rye Imperial Stout</b> being my favorite.</div>
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Some quality time with quality friends (and quality dogs),
drinking quality brews… this is what weekends should be about. Good
vibrations. Good libations. I’m pretty lucky.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My ever-patient co-horts.</td></tr>
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The beering continues:</div>
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<u>Thursday 6/19 – Tasting at Vendome, a few at home, and a
Belgian treat from Lee Bakofsky:</u></div>
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<b>1091 - OLD ORANGE BREWING THUMB MASTER DOUBLE IPA</b> - Heard a
lot of hype about this one. It's OK, but nothing to blog about.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lee breaks out The Good Stuff</td></tr>
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<b>1092 - AVERY BREWING COMPANY TWENTY ONE IMPERIAL BROWN</b> -
Deeply malty, hoppy, even mildly peppery. </div>
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<b>1093 - WEIHENSTEPHANER KORBINIAN</b> - Deep and complex
doppelbock, strangely enough it's great with Mexican food </div>
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<b>1094 - SAM ADAMS PORCH ROCKER </b>- Ok Summer shandy, lemonade
beer, ehh... </div>
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<b>1095 - SAM ADAMS SUMMER ALE</b> - Peppery wheat ale, one of the
least bad Sam Adams</div>
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<b>1096 - BRASSERIE CANTILLON CUVEE SAINT-GILLOISE LAMBIC</b> -
Brief sour bite, acidic, well balanced and beautifully floral ... Thanks Lee! </div>
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<u>Friday 6/20 – Absolutely KILLING IT at the San Diego International Beer Festival. No
tasting notes (below are some recollections, after the fact); just powering
through tasters. Plus a random late night Dos Equis just to make it more
absurd:</u></div>
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<b>1097 - PHANTOM ALES IPA</b> - OK</div>
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<b>1098 - LEGACY BREWING THE CHESTY IRISH RED</b> – Ech.</div>
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<b>1099 - RIP CURRENT BREWING IMPACT ZONE IPA</b> – Don’t remember.</div>
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<b>1100 - MONKEY PAW BREWING FREE KEN ALLEN ROBUST RYE</b> – Good
one.</div>
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<b>1101 - MONKEY PAW BREWING LOW AND SLOW RAUCHBIER</b> – Loved
this one towards the end of my 2013 Big Year. A winner.</div>
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<b>1102 - CARLOW BREWING O'HARA'S IRISH STOUT</b> – Yum.</div>
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<b>1103 - NOGNE O IMPERIAL PREMIANT INDIA PILSNER</b> – Good one.</div>
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<b>1104 - TO OL NORDIC BY NATURE </b>– Best name of any beer at the
fest.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily GasThai, I finally made it!</td></tr>
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<b>1105 - PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES PRAIRIE ALE</b> – Not memorable.</div>
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<b>1106 - JOLLY PUMPKIN MADRUGADA OBSCURA DARK DAWN</b> – One of my
fest favorites.</div>
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<b>1107 - BROUWERIJ MALHEUR MALHEUR 12 ALE </b>– Great!</div>
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<b>1108 - MIKKELLER / ANCHORAGE COLLABORATION BEER GEEK
BREakFAST OATMEAL STOUT</b> – As good as I hoped.</div>
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<b>1109 - PRETTY THINGS JACK D'OR SAISON</b> – A favorite of some
of my East Coast friends. I’m a fan of Pretty Things.</div>
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<b>1110 - MAZAMA BREWING HOP ERUPTION IPA</b> – OK. Not
familiar with this brewer. Doubt I’ll seek them out.</div>
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<b>1111 - MAZAMA BREWING WHITE WEDDING WHITE IPA</b> – Also OK.</div>
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<b>1112 - PORT BREWING MONGO DOUBLE IPA </b>– Old reliable.</div>
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<b>1113 - BEAR REPUBLIC BREWING ROCKET RED ALE</b> – I always wrote
this off as a boring red ale. It’s not. It’s goddamn tasty, and I’d
have no problem drinking this everyday as a house beer. Hoppy and full
bodied.</div>
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<b>1114 - BOCKOR VANDERGHINSTE OUD BRUIN</b> – An excellent, well
rounded sour.</div>
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<b>1115 - HELM' S BREWING WICKED AS SIN IPA</b> – Didn’t realize
Helm’s was this good. All of their offerings this day were impressive.</div>
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<b>1116 - KARL STRAUSS OFF THE RAILS IMPERIAL RED</b> - OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1117 - STUMBLEFOOT BREWING SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU </b>– Eh.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1118 - REFUGE BREWERY ILLUSION IPA</b> – Don’t remember this
one.</div>
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<b>1119 - HELM' S BREWING BEERUCCINO COFFEE PORTER</b> – One of my
favorites of the day.</div>
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<b>1120 - ACOUSTIC ALES THE GROUPIE BELGIAN BLONDE</b> – Acoustic
freaking RULES!</div>
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<b>1121 - BENCHMARK BREWING OATMEAL STOUT</b> – Good, if I’m
remembering correctly.</div>
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<b>1122 - GREEN FLASH 30TH STREET PALE ALE</b> – Good one… can’t
find this in LA.</div>
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<b>1123 - VALLEY CENTER BREWERY SMOKED VESPER VANILLA PORTER</b> –
All I remember is it didn’t take anything like a porter, nor anything smoked.</div>
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<b>1124 - VALLEY
CENTER BREWERY COLE
GRANDE PORTER </b>– Blech.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't know him, but he's pumped.</td></tr>
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<b>1125 - PIZZA PORT (OCEAN
BEACH) BACON & EGGS
DOUBLE PORTER</b> – Haven’t had this since GABF 2012. Welcome back, old
friend.</div>
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<b>1126 - TRACK 7 BREWING BIG 4 STRONG ALE </b>– Never heard of
this brewer, but now I’m going to seek them out. A pleasant
surprise. Sacto is blowing it up!</div>
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<b>1127 - TRACK 7 BREWING PANIC IPA</b> – See above.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1128 - PIZZA PORT (CARLSBAD)
POOR MAN'S DOUBLE IPA</b> – Every Pizza Port IPA wins.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1129 - ABSOLUTION BREWING CARDINAL SIN</b> – Don’t remember.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1130 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING EMBOOZLEMENT TRIPEL</b> – Had some
Rough Draft in the past & they were decent. This was quite good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1131 - CHUCKALEK ARCHIVES 1912 SSS TRIPLE STOUT</b> – One of my
fest faves. The biggest powerhouse of a stout of the whole event. I
need to visit this brewery.</div>
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<b>1132 - AFTERSHOCK BREWING JESS Y JAMES IMPERIAL STOUT </b>–
Aftershock was another new one to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed all of their
beers. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1133 - AFTERSHOCK BREWING FAULTLINE IMPERIAL IPA</b> – See
above.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1134 - AFTERSHOCK BREWING DUBBEL VISION</b> – See above the
above.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1135 - TAP IT BREWING FULL BLOWN STOUT</b> - OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1136 - TAP IT BREWING ALE CAMINO </b>– Least fave Tap It.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1137 - ROOIE DOP DAILY GRIND COFFEE PORTE</b>R – One of the best
of the fest. Dutch supremacy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1138 - MARIN BREWING STINSON BEACH PEACH</b> – I still avoid
fruit beers in general, but this was surprisingly refreshing, not cloyingly
sweet. </div>
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<b>1139 - SUNNER BRAUEREI KOLSCH</b> – Eh.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, only if they're TOTALLY fried</td></tr>
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<b>1140 - FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING DANISH STYLE RED LAGER </b>–
One of the few Fig Mtns I haven’t had, and it turns out it’s one of my
favorites.</div>
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<b>1141 - OGGI'S PIZZA AND BREWING BLACK MAGIC STOUT</b> – Good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1142 - LEFT COAST BREWING VOO DOO STOUT </b>– Pretty good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1143 - LATITUDE 33 BIERE DE MARS </b>– Pretty good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1144 - AZTEC BREWERY NOCHE DE LOS MUERTOS IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – I
support Aztec 100%. They bring both high quality and innovation to the
table. This spiced stout is top notch.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1145 - AZTEC BREWERY AZTEC AMBER </b>– I dig it, but it was too
cold.</div>
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<b>1146 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING CHOCOLATE OAK AGED YETI </b>– My
favorite in the line-up of all Yetis.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1147 - NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY LE MERLE</b> – The old fave,
still great.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1148 - NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY PRANQSTER</b> – The old fave,
still great.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1149 - ANTWERPSE BROUW COMPAGNIE SEEF BIER</b> – New one for me,
OK. Best part is the label art.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1150 - HELM' S BREWING CAPTAIN'S PALE ALE</b> – Good one.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1151 - COOPER'S BREWERY ORIGINAL PALE ALE</b> – From Australia.
They can keep it there.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1152 - MISSION BREWERY EL CONQUISTADOR EXTRA PALE ALE</b> –
Decent beer, but I think I was more impressed by the massive 32 oz can</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1153 - CISMONTANE BREWING RED-X</b> – Best Cismontane I haven’t
had yet (my favorite was Dos Cone Es, but I already enjoyed it earlier this
year).</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1154 - CISMONTANE BREWING HEIDELBERG SINGLE MALT</b> - OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1155 - CISMONTANE BREWING DARK MUNICH SINGLE MALT</b> - OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1156 - OCEANSIDE ALE WORKS OXYMORON BLACK IPA</b> – I seem to
recall this brewer starting out a big hit and miss. Everything I’ve tried
from them this year is a hit!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1157 - OCEANSIDE
ALE WORKS ELEVATION 83 PALE ALE</b> – See above.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1158 - WELLS & YOUNG'S BREWING YOUNG'S DOUBLE CHOCOLATE
STOUT </b>– Very much like a Tootsie Roll beer.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1159 - ADNAMS TALLY-HO BARLEYWINE </b>- Decent </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ummm... Ready to go!</td></tr>
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<b>1160 - NORTH PEAK BREWING ARCHANGEL SUMMER WHEAT </b>– I was
excited to try this regional Michigan
beer I’ve never seen. Sadly nondescript, aside from the appealing can
design.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1161 - MEANTIME BREWING OLD SMOKED BOCK</b> – Not super smoky,
but super good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1162 - DE PROEFBROUWERIJ REINAERT FLEMISH WILD ALE</b> – A
classic. Great!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1163 - BRASSERIE ST. FEUILLIEN SAISON</b> – I don’t see these
high quality Belgian beers packaged in cans too often, but here ya go.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1164 - BRASSERIE ST. FEUILLIEN GRAND CRU</b> – Great.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1165 - NEW ENGLISH BREWING CO.
ZUMBAR CHOCOLATE COFFEE IMPERIAL STOUT </b>- OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1166 - NEW ENGLISH BREWING CO.
HUMBLY LEGIT IPA </b>- OK</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1167 - EPIC BREWING CO. HOP
SYNDROME LAGER</b> – Good. Tastes like an IPA. Is it officially an IPL?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1168 - EPIC BREWING CO.
BLUESKI LAGER</b> – So-so</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1169 - CHUCKALEK DOWSER </b>– One of my new favorite breweries.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1170 - PIZZA PORT (SAN
CLEMENTE) DRAFT PUNK BIERE DE GARDE</b> – Good.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1171 - LA QUINTA BREWING HEATWAVE RED ALE</b> – Last beer of the
fest, and quite a surprise. Truly good! I’ve got family in La
Quinta… guess it’s time for a visit!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1172 - DOS EQUIS AMBER</b> – As lame as I remember it. It’s a
bad sign when putting a lime in your beer makes it way better.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Saturday 6/21 – Serious beering with Jack & Jackie,
wandering somewhere between North Park and South Park.
Again, didn’t take notes, but not necessary because everything was good:</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1173 - THORN ST. BREWERY GOLDEN HILLS PILS </b>– Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1174 - THORN ST. BREWERY BAD MOON WEIZEN</b> – Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1175 - THORN ST. BREWERY FOREPLAY BELGIAN BLONDE</b> – Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1176 - THORN ST. BREWERY SAISON DU PARQUE SUD </b>– Yes!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action shot of beer on a table.</td></tr>
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<b>1177 - THORN ST. BREWERY RASPBERRY BLONDE</b> – Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1178 - THORN ST. BREWERY FORNICATION BELGIAN GOLDEN STRONG</b> –
Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1179 - THORN ST. BREWERY HAMMERSMITH ESB </b>– Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1180 - THORN ST. BREWERY SMUGGLER'S AGAVE AMBER</b> – Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1181 - THORN ST. BREWERY GLUTEN REDUCED WEIZENBOCK</b> – Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1182 - THORN ST. BREWERY ABBEY ROOF BELGIAN QUAD</b> – Heck Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1183 - THORN ST. BREWERY SANTOS STOUT</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1184 - THORN ST. BREWERY SOLSTICE SESSION IPA</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1185 - THORN ST. BREWERY RELAY IPA</b> – Heck Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1186 - THORN ST. BREWERY RED HEADED HOP CHILD</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1187 - THORN ST. BREWERY STAYCATION IPA</b> – Heck Yes.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1188 - THORN ST. BREWERY CHILICABRA PALE ALE</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1189 - THORN ST. BREWERY RELAY IPA WITH HONEY &
CENTENNIAL HOPS ON CASK</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1190 - THORN ST. BREWERY JUST CHUCK AMERICAN STRONG ALE</b> – Oh
Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1191 - THORN ST. BREWERY DUBBEL DOWN SOUR BROWN</b> – Oh Hell
Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1192 - THORN ST. BREWERY COCONUT PORTER</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1193 - THORN ST. BREWERY MANGO HABANERO</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1194 - THORN ST. BREWERY GALAXY IPA</b> – Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1195 - THORN ST. BREWERY DARK TSAR RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b> –
Oh Hell Yes!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1196 - MODERN TIMES BLAZING WORLD</b> - Great hoppy amber </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1197 - MODERN TIMES BOOMING ROLLERS </b>- Three hop combo
that's mellow and less hoppy than the amber</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1198 - MODERN TIMES ONEIDA </b>- Pale ale, heavy on the tropical
fruit</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say "Yes" to the Hess</td></tr>
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<b>1199 - HESS BREWING DRYADALIS BELGIAN PALE ALE</b> – Killer, why
isn’t this in cans?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1200 - HESS BREWING CITY PARK STRONG ALE</b> – Full and robust,
just how I like ‘em</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1201 - HESS BREWING ORDEUM REX BARLEYWINE</b> – Not overly
sweet, but still a rich appertif</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1202 - HESS BREWING GRIM AVE SESSION IPA</b> – 2014 is The Year
Of Session IPAs. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1203 - HESS BREWING DECEPTIO BLACK IPA</b> – Hoppy and dark
perfection.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1204 - HESS BREWING UMBRIX RYE IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – As awesome
as it sounds.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1205 - HESS BREWING COFFEE GRAZIAS </b>– Their cream ale with
coffee added. There were clouds in my coffee … Clouds in my coffee…</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1206 - ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING BOONT BARL BOURBON BARREL
AMBER ALE</b> – Surprisingly subtle, almost like a “light” barleywine, but still
with some good bourbony sweetness and depth.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Sunday 6/22 – Belgian sampling at Vendome, and a mixed bag
at home:</u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1207 - BRASSERIE DUPONT AVRIL SAISON</b> - Watery, light, with a
nose like buttered popcorn</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1208 - BRASSERIE DUPONT SAISON DUPONT CUVEE DRY HOPPING 2014</b>
- Floral and a bit yeasty</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1209 - BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE WITCHES BREW GOLDEN ALE</b> -
Golden, sweet, doughy, with a hint of corn cob</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1210 - HALEN BREWERIES MARIENRODE TRIPPLE</b> - Rich and heavy
on the honey</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1211 - BRASSERIE LES 3 FOURQUETS LUPULUS TRIPEL</b> -Bitter
& dry like a non-sparkling champagne.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The real brew dogs.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1212 - BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE GULDEN DRAAK BREWMASTER'S
EDITION WHISKEY BARREL</b> - slightly sweet, not overpowering with the barrel like
most American beers</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1213 - BROUWERIJ ABDIJ DER TRAPPISTEN VAN WESTMALLE
WESTMALLE TRAPPIST DUBBEL</b> - Malty & mildly fruity esters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1214 - BRASSERIE ST. FEUILLIEN CUVEE DE NOEL SPECIALE</b>
- Continued Belgian goodness.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1215 - OCEANSIDE ALE WORKS DALIESQUE LAMBIC</b> - Barrel aged
lambic style sour, easy drinking with some peach and mild pucker goin' on</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1216 - STONE BREWING DOUBLE DRY HOPPED OAK AGED RUINATION </b>–
Do I really need to explain what level of perfection has been achieved here?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>1217 - EPIC BREWING WIT BEER</b> – Soapy and weird, with a hint
of sage. Instead of drinking it, I used it to marinate chicken. Much
better that way.</div>
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<b>1218 - MARIN BREWING POINT REYES PORTER</b> – Full bodied,
almost desserty porter.</div>
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<b>1219 - DESCHUTES BREWERY
TWILIGHT SUMMER ALE</b> – Whatever. Then again, I shouldn’t have had this
after that bomber of thick porter.</div>
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<u>Monday 6/23 – A few treats at home:</u></div>
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<b>1220 - STILLWATER ARTISINAL ALES CLASSIQUE </b>– Delicious, I
could have mistaken it for a saison. Tart and wheaty. The perfection I’ve come
to expect from Stillwater.</div>
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<b>1221 - SANTAN BREWING HOPSHOCK IPA </b>– Finding a lot more from
this AZ brewery lately. Slightly piney, malty, and totally comforting.</div>
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<b>1222 - SAMUEL SMITH IMPERIAL STOUT</b> - Major molasses,
wow!</div>
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<u>Tuesday 6/24 - Bottles at home and practice:</u></div>
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<b>1223 - FLYING FISH BREWING COMPANY FARMHOUSE SUMMER ALE</b> -
Wheaty, refreshing & loverly </div>
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<b>1224 - ANGEL CITY BREWERY SUMMER WEST COAST WHEAT ALE</b> -
Finally, an Angel
City brew I haven't had.
So good! Creamy, grainy, golden ale. </div>
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<b>1225 - CALEDONIAN BREWING COMPANY NEWCASTLE BOMBSHELL</b> - More
wheaty than your standard Newcastle...
I actually like it better than the standard Newcastle. It's actually drinkable. </div>
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<u>Wed 6/25 - Chillin with Wifey:</u></div>
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<b>1226 - LAUGHING DOG DOGZILLA BLACK IPA</b> - More roasty than IPAey, still nice.</div>
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<b>1227 - ROGUE AMERICAN AMBER ALE</b> - I have an aversion to Rogue, but this one is decent.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mullet-shaped toupees are real.</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-34387871459872633392014-06-23T23:52:00.001-07:002014-06-24T06:53:06.901-07:00Beer #1002-1090 / Day #158-169: Innovation and Aggravation<b><u>Par</u><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">t 1</span></u><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">: Innovation</span></u></b>
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If you’re a hermit who just recently integrated yourself
back into society, then you’re the only remaining person on the planet who is
not aware San Diego
County is Ground Zero for
microbrewing (I refuse to call it “craft” anything). Not only is it
birthplace to many of the most respected and revered names in the beer scene,
but it continues to lead the pack in trend-setting and innovation. A
couple weekends back, I picked a few breweries at random to visit, and I didn’t
pick all obscure destinations either, which is what I’m prone to do. It
was Father’s Day, and as a proud Father, I treated myself to my own gift.<br />
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First stop was a new one for me: <b><a href="http://www.whitelabs.com/" target="_blank">White Labs</a></b>. This company has been supplying yeast to the brewing
community since the mid-90s. Only in recent years did they start their
own brewing program, and open it to the public. Their tasting room is
comfortable, and their list is impressive. What makes White Labs so
pioneering & unique is their flights: Four samplers of four of the
same beer, but each one is fermented with a different strain of yeast.
Tasting them all side by side, you understand how much impact each different
yeast culture has on your beer. I had the IPA flight, and all four were
distinct. Most notable was the WLP 4000 Vermont Double IPA Yeast, which I
was told comes from a “famous Vermont
brewer”. Was I tasting the cousin of HEADY TOPPER? It could be
neither confirmed nor denied, but suspicions were well founded. Also
highly notable were the “Franken” brews, all containing a mixture of 96
combined yeast strains; Tastiest of all of them was the FRANKENSTOUT.
Proof that science can be both fun and tasty. Double props go to White Labs for handing out free growlers to all of the Dads who showed up on Father's Day!<br />
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Next stop: <b> <a href="http://www.ballastpoint.com/" target="_blank">Ballast Point</a></b>, Old Grove Location. Mid-afternoon on Sunday and this joint was packed to the
gills. It took some patience and creative jockeying to catch the eye of a
server, but well worth the combat-tasting experience. If you’re in SoCal,
you can find Ballast Point anywhere. If you’re a beer snob, you might
consider it a bit of a “ho hum” choice, but I’m telling you the tasting room
is a completely different beast worthy of being tamed. 20 taps, plus a cask or two.
In addition to the usual suspects, there’s a ton of experimentation resulting
in new one-off brews, and oddball varieties of the tried & true
beers. Like the hoppy BLACK MARLIN PORTER WITH ROASTED PEANUTS AND COCOA
NIBS ON CASK. Or the CHIPOTLE BLACK MARLIN PORTER. Or the WINTER SAN SALVADOR BLACK LAGER
WITH OYSTERS. Or the GRAPEFRUIT SCULPIN IPA. I love breweries that
constantly push the envelope, and despite their size, Ballast Point maintains
that D.I.Y. grassroots vibe. Not to mention their beer is consistently
excellent across the board.<br />
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Next, a hop, skip, and jump over to <b><a href="http://www.alesmith.com/" target="_blank">AleSmith Brewing Company</a></b>. And I did indeed feel like hopping, skipping, and jumping
for joy after finally visiting this mecca of brewing perfection. They
were pouring a few items exclusive to their tasting room, so I went for the 394
SAN DIEGO PALE ALE, the OLDE ALE MMXIV, BALTIC PORTER, and the SPEEDWAY STOUT
WITH ETHIOPIAN SUPERNATURAL COFFEE. All world class beers, and I love the
continuing variations being introduced into the Speedway Stout. I’m going
to visit this place more often, and take advantage of these Local’s-only
innovations.<br />
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It was finally time to make my way Northward towards
home. After making a bit of progress on the road, I went for one final
pit stop at <b><a href="http://www.pizzaport.com/locations/pizza-port-san-clemente" target="_blank">Pizza Port San Clemente</a></b>. I’m a huge fan of this franchise. Each Pizza Port
location brews their own proprietary beers, and in my experience 95% of them
are outstanding. All styles, always something new, interesting, and
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The perfect capper to this day was coming home to incredible
homemade gnocchi from my Wife. She ended the day with her own brand of
innovation. Damn, now I wish every day was Father’s Day.</div>
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<u><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Part 2: Aggravation</span></b></u></div>
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Tuesday night is band practice night. Often I’ll meet
up with Matt Domino and Joe Denunzio prior to practice at a local dive bar, but
occasionally we’ll hit a spot that actually carries beers I want to try.
The other week we chose <b>Story Tavern</b> in Burbank. I’ve been there
before, but it’s been a year or so. Last time I had a flight of excellent
Stone rarities at a Tap Takeover night.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Domino sporting the Tuesday shirt</td></tr>
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This time I asked about ordering tasters of a few different
beers. The waitress checked with the management, and informed me they
couldn’t sell me any tasters because of their <b><a href="http://www.kineticbrewing.com/" target="_blank">Kinetic Brewing</a></b> tap
takeover. Even though half of their board was non-Kinetic brews, the rule still applied. <br />
OK, I have no problem with an establishment who simply
doesn’t sell samplers. And I have no problem if there’s a special event,
and they want you to buy a full pour on that night. I get it. But I
was already aware of the Kinetic taps, and I was also aware that the official
Kinetic Tap Takeover event <i>took place on the Thursday before!</i> It was now
Tuesday... five days later! The actual event of a Tap Takeover is
traditionally on one evening. After that, sometimes there’s leftovers, as
was the case here. To add insult to injury, half of the fucking Kinetic beers on the board were
crossed out because they ran out of them. Not cool. At all.
As for full pours, nothing on the board was under $8. <br />
Don’t make an
excuse that there’s a tap takeover when it’s five days after the fact and half
of the goddamn featured beers aren’t even available. I felt like I was
being fleeced. Regardless, we stuck around and had a few pints (or tulip
glasses, depending on the beer). In spite of my ruffled feathers, the
Kinetic brews were outstanding, especially the KINETIC FUSION PORTER. </div>
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Thumbs down to Story Tavern.<br />
Thumbs up to Kinetic. </div>
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The beering continues...<br />
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<u>Sat 6/7 – A few flights at Slater’s 50/50 in Pasadena, and a few pints
in various spots around Downtown LA</u></div>
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<b>1002 - PORT BREWING ANNIVERSARY ALE</b> – Rich ‘n hoppy
excellence.</div>
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<b>1003 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING HERCULES DOUBLE IPA</b> – Hefty,
caramelly, malty DIPA. Flex those pecs!</div>
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<b>1004 - MOTHER EARTH BOOKOO IPA</b> – Light, crisp, crunch hops,
tastes like one of the many session IPAs out there, and that’s a good thing.
Very tasty.</div>
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<b>1005 - RITUAL BREWING EXTRA RED</b> – Decent red, I think I got
it too cold on tap. Last sip was the best when it started to warm up.</div>
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<b>1006 - IRONFIRE BREWING NUHELL IPL</b> – Loved this one,
following in the sizeable footsteps of Bruery Humulus. From one of my new
favorites straight outta Temecula.</div>
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<b>1007 - THE BRUERY MISCHIEF</b> – Their flagship Belgian style.
Golden, refreshing goodness.</div>
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<b>1008 - SANTAN BREWING MR. PINEAPPLE WHEAT </b>– Different spin
on wheat beer, not syrupy as I’d expect. Really tasty, wish I was on a beach in
Maui sippin’ this.</div>
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<b>1009 - VICTORY BREWING SUMMER LOVE</b> – Mild lager, good mild
hoppiness and hints of barley. Victory never disappoints.</div>
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<b>1010 - NINKASI DAWN OF THE RED</b> – Hoppy red, with a slight
acidic bite like pink grapefruit.</div>
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<b>1011 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE LA GRISETTE</b> – Majorly lemony
saison.</div>
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<b>1012 – CHIMAY CINQ CENTS TRIPEL </b>– Mild, golden, yeasty,
floral esters. More comforting than Christopher Cross on a sailboat.</div>
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<b>1013 – SPEAKEASY THE INFORMANT SAISON </b>– Decent, tart saison,
not incredible, but OK.</div>
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<b>1014 - SMOG CITY BREWING SABER TOOTHED SQUIRREL AMBER</b> – Very
nice, rich, full bodied.</div>
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<b>1015 - UNITED BREWERIES KINGFISHER PREMIUM LAGER</b> – What I
expected, maybe a little better. Lite lager that goes will with our incredible
Indian food at Badmaash, downtown LA</div>
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<b>1016 – OMMEGANG HENNEPIN FARMHOUSE SAISON </b>– Citrusy
farmhouse brew, it’s got the Yum Factor.<br />
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<u>Sun 6/8 – Chillin’ at home</u></div>
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<b>1017 - BAYHAWK ALES CHOCOLATE PORTER</b> – Roasty &
chocolatey, could have been more dense for my tastes, but still a good sipper.</div>
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<b>1018 - THE LOST ABBEY GIFT OF THE MAGI BIERE DE GARDE</b> –
Cloudy amber beer with mild spice, faint hops, light carbonation. Decent.</div>
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<b>1019 - EEL
RIVER BREWING IPA</b> –
Nondescript, but OK.</div>
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<b>1020 - VICTORY BREWING STORM KING IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Awesome
hop-packed stout.</div>
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<u>Mon 6/9 - Home</u></div>
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<b>1021 - EPIC BREWING BRAINLESS IPA </b>– Yeasty and IPAey, best
of both worlds</div>
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<b>1022 - ROGUE ALES MOCHA PORTER</b> – First Rogue brew I’ve had
in many years, I’ve been avoiding them. Pleasantly surprised that I
actually like this one quite a bit.</div>
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<b>1023 - ANDERSON VALLEY BROTHER DAVID'S TRIPLE ABBEY STYLE
ALE </b>– Trippin’ balls about this triple. Good one.</div>
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<u>Tues 6/10 – A few at Story Tavern, Burbank and a couple at
home</u></div>
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<b>1024 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN IRA</b> – Heavy, hop forward red
ale. Awesome, best Double Mtn to date.</div>
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<b>1025 - KINETIC BREWING RUSTED COFFEE AMBER ALE</b> – Coffee
overload, like I’m having my morning coffee with a shot of booze.</div>
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<b>1026 - KINETIC BREWING FUSION PORTER</b> – Best Kinetic brew
yet, super roasty, rich, freakin’ delicious. Cheers to the high desert’s
finest.</div>
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<b>1027 - KINETIC BREWING IGNITION PALE ALE </b>– Fookin’ great,
citrusy, crushingly hoppy. Love it.</div>
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<b>1028 - BRASSERIE DIEU DU CIEL SOLSTICE D'HIVER BARLEY WINE</b> –
Delicious barleywine, heavy on the caramel, perfect nitecap, comforting, should
be served with vanilla gelato.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Morrison: Who knew Glendale doesn't have to be lame?</td></tr>
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<u>Wed 6/11 – Starting at home, watching the Kings blow it at
Beer Belly, nitecap at The Morrison</u></div>
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<b>1029 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN SACRE BLEU </b>– That just sounds like a
nasty double entendre, doesn’t it? Double mount’n? Very Beavis &
Butthead. Anyhow, this is a decent Belgian style double, amber, malty goodness.</div>
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<b>1030 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING O' STOUT </b>– Drinks more like a black
lager, low carbonation, decent.</div>
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<b>1031 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING SAISON</b> – Excellent, rich, fruity
farmhouse ale with a deep orange color. It just looks satisfying.</div>
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<b>1032 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING MAIBOCK </b>– Real tasty, malty,
wheaty, creamy ale. My Wife says it would go well with cookies.</div>
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<b>1033 - THE LOST ABBEY CARNEVALE</b> – Tart and wild, very good.
I liked the Craftsman Saison much better though.</div>
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<b>1034 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING WILD TURKEY BOURBON BARREL STOUT</b> – As deeelish as it sounds.</div>
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<b>1035 - BELHAVEN BREWERY WEE HEAVY</b> – Super sweet, rich,
delicious, a liquefied powerhouse dessert in a glass</div>
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<b>1036 - BELHAVEN BREWERY BELHAVEN BLACK</b> – On nitro, excellent
roasted malts, lighter mouthfeel, but full of flavor</div>
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<u>Thurs 6/12 – Home</u></div>
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<b>1037 – SAM ADAMS LONGSHOT GRATZER</b> – Smells smoky, tastes
like melted Popsicle in a used ashtray. Recipe is from the winner of a homebrew
competition. Gratzer is a traditional Polish smoke wheat beer.
There’s a joke in there somewhere…</div>
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<b>1038 – UINTA BABA BLACK LAGER</b> – Solid, roasty, easy
drinking, and organic if you’re worried about such things.</div>
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<b>1039 – GOOSE ISLAND ENDLESS IPA</b> – Lite but sharp hop bite,
very tasty session IPA, bottled 6 weeks ago, so still nice, fresh, and crunchy.</div>
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<b>1040 – FIRESTONE WALKER VELVET MERLIN OATMEAL STOUT</b> – Ol’
Reliable, a mighty brew that’s oaty and stouty, of course, but also very
affordable. Firestone Walker is bringin’ high quality brew to The People!</div>
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<u>Fri 6/13 – Opening a couple bottles with family, and a few
late night samplers at Boneyard Bistro</u></div>
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<b>1041 - EPIC BREWING SPIRAL JETTY IPA</b> – Sorta OK IPA</div>
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<b>1042 - CLOWN SHOES BROWN ANGEL</b> – Hoppy imperial brown ale,
even a honky like me knows how freakin’ bad ass it is</div>
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<b>1043 - BRASSERIE CARACOLE SAXO </b>– Super wheaty and crisp,
decent golden ale</div>
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<b>1044 - BROUWERIJ VERHAEGHE DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE </b>– Tasty,
both sweet and sour, I could marinate some pork in this & make Chinese food</div>
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<b>1045 - SMUTTYNOSE FINESTKIND IPA</b> – Aggressive hoppy IPA.
Great stuff, Maynard.</div>
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<b>1046 - SMUTTYNOSE ROBUST PORTER</b> – Excellent, deep roasted
malts. Maybe some mild hops lurking in there, too? </div>
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<u>Sat 6/14 – Barely even starting in San Diego</u></div>
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<b>1047 - BELL'S
KALAMAZOO STOUT </b>– So-so stout.</div>
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<b>1048 - IRONFIRE BREWING SIX KILLER STOUT</b> – Emphasis on
“killer”, strong coffee and roasty cocoa. Great!</div>
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<b>1049 - HUMBOLDT BREWING BLACK XANTUS </b>– Barrel aged
brilliance. Mouthfeel is smooth as silk, flavors are thick as a brick, absolute
perfection.</div>
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<b>1050 - ACOUSTIC ALES WESTBOUND AND DOWN BELGIAN QUAD</b> – Thick
and spicy Belgian Quad, two thumbs up.</div>
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<b>1051 - ACOUSTIC ALES RUN FOR THE HILLS DIPA </b>– Fuggin’
fantastic nuclear hop detonation.</div>
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<b>1052 - BALLAST POINT CALICO AMBER ALE</b> – Classic amber, rich
and tasty.</div>
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<b>1053 - CORONADO BREWING ISLANDER IPA </b>– This is the
semi-secret gem of West Coast IPAs, always a favorite, but never touted as the
incredible IPA that it is. Not as easy to find as the Idiot IPA, but worth the
extra legwork to track down.</div>
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<b>1054 - BALLAST POINT BLACK MARLIN PORTER</b> – A hop heavy
porter that’s so damn good, it’s a revelation.</div>
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<b>1055 - BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY OATMEAL STOUT </b>– I was excited to
find this Colorado brewery in California for the first
time. That said, the stout itself is less than exciting. Decent, good cereally
barley nose. Granted, after the excellent stouts I had earlier in the day,
they’re a tough act to follow.</div>
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<u>Sun 6/15 – San Diego
contributes to the best Father’s Day ever</u></div>
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<b>1056 - WHITE LABS FRANKEN STOUT </b>– The “Franken” refers to a
combination of 96 yeast strains used for fermentation. A beautiful freak of
nature.</div>
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<b>1057 - WHITE LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 001 CALIFORNIA ALE YEAST</b>
– Well balanced West Coast style IPA.</div>
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<b>1058 - WHITE LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 090 SAN DIEGO SUPER YEAST
</b>– Citrusy with a creamy mouthfeel.</div>
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<b>1059 - WHITE LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 4000 VERMONT DOUBLE IPA
YEAST </b>– Wheaty, clean, rural, yeast tastes like undercooked bread or cookie
dough. The fella running the taps said they got this yeast strain from a
“famous Vermont
brewer”. He would neither confirm nor deny that this is Alchemist yeast,
but it seems likely. Is it the cousin of Heady Topper? If he told you the
answer, he would have to kill you?</div>
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<b>1060 - WHITE LABS TABBERER IPA WLP 550 BELGIAN ALE YEAST </b>–
Heavy citrus nose and taste</div>
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<b>1061 - WHITE LABS FRANKEN SMOKED MILD</b> – Heavy fruit and a
little bacon, not only Mild in style, but mildly smoked. Not a smoke bomb like
Schlenkerla. Mellow and easy drinking.</div>
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<b>1062 - WHITE LABS BIER DE GARDE WITH CHERRIES ON CASK</b> – Very
rural, cherries are subtle, hints of sour apple</div>
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<b>1063 - WHITE LABS FRANKEN LAGER WITH MOSAIC </b>– Clean, crisp,
with a hint of pear</div>
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<b>1064 - WHITE LABS FRANKEN LAGER WITH SORACHI ACE </b>– Lemony
and bready… again, all of these aforementioned “Franken” beers contain a combo
of 96 yeast strains.</div>
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<b>1065 - BALLAST POINT GRUNION PALE ALE </b>– Crisp, solid, hoppy
ale, heavy orange and kiwi.</div>
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<b>1066 - BALLAST POINT WINTER SAN SALVADOR BLACK LAGER WITH
OYSTERS</b> – Killer spiced oyster black lager, maybe even some sage in there?</div>
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<b>1067 - BALLAST POINT EVEN KEEL SESSION IPA</b> – On par with all
others in the recent wave of high-quality Session IPAs.</div>
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<b>1068 - BALLAST POINT GRAPEFRUIT SCULPIN IPA</b> – Wow, heavy
acidic grapefruit overwhelms the hops. I could probably mix this in a margarita
or a greyhound.</div>
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<b>1069 - BALLAST POINT REEF RYE BROWN ALE</b> – Rye forward and great. </div>
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<b>1070 - BALLAST POINT CHIPOTLE BLACK MARLIN</b> – A godsend. This
already brilliant beer is taken to the next level with chipotle pepper; even
superior to Habanero Sculpin in my book.</div>
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<b>1071 - BALLAST POINT BLACK MARLIN WITH ROASTED PEANUTS AND
COCOA NIBS ON CASK</b> – Completely different beer than the Black Marlin above. The
peanut flavor is overwhelming, I was expecting a PB & Chocolate bomb, but
it’s mainly a peanut bomb. I don’t taste the Marlin hops, and the cocoa is
extremely subtle. Innovate and simultaneously weird.</div>
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<b>1072 - ALESMITH BREWING 394 SAN DIEGO PALE ALE </b>– Named for
SD Padres local legend Tony Gwynn, in reference to the Hall Of Famers batting
average, this drinks like a clean session IPA. Hop prominent, and delicious.</div>
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<b>1073 - ALESMITH BREWING OLDE ALE MMXIV</b> – Crazy sweet malts,
almost a barley wine.</div>
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<b>1074 - ALESMITH BREWING SPEEDWAY STOUT WITH ETHIOPIAN
SUPERNATURAL COFFEE</b> – Really smooth mouthfeel, rich and oily, mild espresso and
cocoa presence. As superior as expected.</div>
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<b>1075 - ALESMITH BREWING BALTIC PORTER </b>– A bready and malty
treat.</div>
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<b>1076 - PIZZA PORT (SAN
CLEMENTE) PIER RAT PORTER</b> – A damn solid roasty
Porter.</div>
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<b>1077 - PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE)
BLACK SEA BASS SCHWARTZBIER</b> – On nitro, smooth but kinda watered down, one of
the only Pizza Port brews I didn’t love.</div>
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<b>1078 - PIZZA PORT (SAN CLEMENTE) DANGER ZONE DOUBLE IPA</b> –
Big time cannabis weed ale with those skunky hops… they should ditch their
Chronic Ale, and replace it with this.</div>
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<b>1079 - PIZZA PORT (SAN
CLEMENTE) CITRA-R-RAMA</b> - Hoppy and light, a
total yum fest.</div>
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<u>Mon 6/16 – Home with the parents visiting from Chico</u></div>
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<b>1080 – BLACK SHEEP BREWERY MONTY PYTHON’S HOLY GRAIL ALE </b>–
Tastes like a malty, melted Popsicle. In a word: Semprini.</div>
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<b>1081 – MISSISSIPPI
MUD BLACK & TAN</b> – Derp.</div>
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<b>1082 – SIERRA NEVADA BLINDFOLD BLACK IPA</b> – If I’m going to
be blindfolded, I think I need a “safe word”. How about “Cacao”?
Anyhow, freakin’ great beer, powerful hop bite, love it. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even the sign has a bend.</td></tr>
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<u>Tues 6/17 – A couple at Whiskey Bend, a couple at home</u></div>
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<b>1083 – SIERRA NEVADA NOONER SESSION IPA</b> – Quite toothsome,
as expected. I’ve been Nooned.</div>
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<b>1084 – MICHELOB ULTRA</b> – Shit beer sent through a time warp
from 1986.</div>
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<b>1085 – NEW BELGIUM FAT TIRE</b> – Your best bet if it’s offered
in a dive bar tap line-up.</div>
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<b>1086 – GRAND TETON BREWING BITCH CREEK ESB EXTRA SPECIAL
BROWN </b>– Slight caramel malt and mildly bready. Yeah, you heard me, Biatch!</div>
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<u>Wed 6/18 – Chillin’ at home with the family</u></div>
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<b>1087 – SAM ADAMS ESCAPE ROUTE</b> – Most Sam Adams make we wish
I had an escape route. This one’s an OK kolsch, some light malts and lemony
overtones (no, I didn’t say “notes”).</div>
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<b>1088 – SIERRA NEVADA SNOW WIT WHITE IPA </b>– Clever name, given
the 7 experimental dwarf hops they used. Awesome white IPA.</div>
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<b>1089 – KNEE DEEP BREWING RYEDENTITY CRISIS</b> – Not what I was
expecting. Like a rye infused sour with a hint of handsoap.</div>
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<b>1090 – GREEN FLASH DOUBLE STOUT </b>– 5 years ago this was my
favorite stout. I haven’t had it in a couple years, and it turns out this bad
boy still holds its own. Deep licorice, chocolate, roasty tobacco. I
never hear anyone rave about this beer, and I have a feeling this is overlooked
by the general populous in the beer community. Still awesome!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Party time.</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-66005420382407268082014-06-07T00:37:00.000-07:002014-06-07T00:37:01.429-07:00Beer #959-1,001 / Day #153-157: Rarefied Air - The Quest For Beer #1000 <i>"They’re men, dear. If they stop competing, then they die.”</i>
– JoBeth Williams in <b>“The Big Year”
</b><br />
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Upon the conclusion of my original 2013 Big Year In Beer, I
publicly laid out the <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2013/12/rules-for-big-year-in-beer-2014.html" target="_blank">ground rules for the Big Year</a> which I would again be
pursuing in 2014. At least two of my friends, that I’m aware of, accepted
it as a challenge and successfully kept pace ahead of me for the first five
months of this year. I blogged my frustrations about trailing
behind two men who I considered to have substantial advantages over me:
1. Randy Carncross for working at a brew pub and attaining endless access
to new beer all day every day. 2. Chris W. who quite honestly can
afford to purchase every beer in the Western Hemisphere, and has the
temperament to stow them all away in his stomach in mass quantities... kinda like
a Conehead except he’s not as pointy. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original Three. Too bad there's no breweries on Attu.</td></tr>
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After this past weekend in Paso at the <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/06/beer-884-958-day-151-152-single.html" target="_blank">Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival</a>, and a few additional tastings along the way, I
greatly increased my numbers. I was sure that I had finally pulled into
the lead ahead of both Randy and Chris, and before I knew it I was 42 beers
short of the magical milestone of 1,000. <br />
<br />
1,000 different beers. It’s an arbitrary number, and
there’s no prize, so why does hitting 1,000 seem like such a big deal? I
have no idea. It just does. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another selfie? I thought you'd never ask!</td></tr>
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Being the first to reach quadruple
digits is like Neil Armstrong stepping onto the lunar surface. It’s
uncharted territory, and many will follow, but there is a certain satisfaction
knowing you’re the first. </div>
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With this milestone in mind, I pushed myself this week to
sample more than I ordinarily would on an average week. The last thing I
need is some pesky pal sneaking up and hitting 1,000 before me.
Each day I was focused on my goal, with the eye of the tiger, and the belly of
a hobo. Establishments serving affordable flights and tasters were my
only chance to barrel through 42 different beers during the week. <br />
<br />
I
launched my attack:</div>
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*<b>Tony’s Darts Away, Burbank</b> – Two visits, some of the best
beer around and one of my favorite spots which constantly rotates their
selection.</div>
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*<b>Infest practice</b> – My weekly band practice. I asked Matt
Domino to bring a couple singles of what he brands “American Shit Lager”. He
brought some shit, that’s for sure, but I still sampled it, and it was new to
my list.</div>
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*<b>BJ’s, Burbank</b> – They serve a long list of proprietary
brews. I dropped in at 10:45pm on a Tuesday evening for a nitecap after
practice, thinking it would be a quiet place for a couple flights. The place
was packed, for no reason. Apparently this is where Burbankeans go to
party. Bleached blonde whores, dumpy geeks, muscular bros in Affliction
gear, old Armenian families, you name it… maybe everyone doesn’t need a beer as
much as I do, but clearly everyone needs a Pazookie.</div>
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*<b>Boneyard Bistro, Studio
City</b> – When the boss says
he wants to take you out after work, you say “Yes”, but the deal is even
sweeter when it’s at a place with constantly changing primo taps &
incredible BBQ, and you’re watching your home team in the Stanley Cup. All of
the planets were aligned in my favor. </div>
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*<b>Vendome Liquors, North Hollywood</b>
– Harley the Cicerone is a saint for organizing multiple beer tastings that are
both varied and affordable. He recently started a program of New Release tastings
every Thursday. Perfect timing for me.</div>
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With focus and determination, despite my woes and self-pity,
halfway into the year I’ve now pulled into the lead. <b>I’m the first to
reach Beer #1,000 in 2014</b>. <br />
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Am I the new Mozart?</div>
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Or Sandy Komito?</div>
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Or Sir
Edmund Hillary? </div>
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Maybe not. But the 1,000s are rarefied air, especially this early in the year.<br />
Follow me if you must, but be sure to hire a Sherpa.</div>
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The beering continues....<br />
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<u>6/2 – Tony’s Darts Away samplers, and one at home</u></div>
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<b>959 – LAGUNITAS SF FUSION DOUBLE IPA</b> – Full bodied with a
lingering hoppy finish.</div>
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<b>960 – CORONADO HOPPY DAZE IPA</b> – After SF Fusion this one
almost tastes rural, like a hoppy wheat field. Great stuff.</div>
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<b>961 – GOLDEN ROAD GET UP OFFA THAT BROWN WITH COFFEE ON CASK</b>
– Cask conditioning seems to take the acidic bite away from the coffee,
resulting in a cleaner coffee beer. Dangerously easy to drink. I could chug
this all day.</div>
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<b>962 – MODERN TIMES BLACK HOUSE BOURBON OATMEAL COFFEE STOUT
</b>– First off, a Modern Times beer not from a can? Cool. Second,
Tony’s Darts Away serves this at the perfect temp… not too cold, and not as
warm as the cask beer above. I’m tasting the subtleties of everything in the
name of this beer, and I’m guessing they would be buried if it was served too
cold. Truly an outstanding beer.</div>
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<b>963 – GOLDEN ROAD DART’S AWAY IPA</b> – Nice one! Crisp hop
bite, heavy dense orangey citrusness</div>
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<b>964 – HAVEN BREWING UNFILTERED IPA</b> – Mellow mouthfeel, sharp
hop presence. I haven’t had any of Haven’s proprietary beers in over a year,
and clearly they’ve stepped up their game. The best Haven beer to date.</div>
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<b>965 - STRAND BREWING HARVEST BALL ORANGE WITBEER</b> – Deep
orange color, refreshing, I had this while swimming on a hot summer’s eve.</div>
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<u>6/3 – A good one at home, two bad ones at Infest practice,
eight decent tasters at BJ’s</u></div>
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<b>966 - HUMBOLDT BREWING 500 B.C. DOUBLE IPA </b>– As majestic as
an ancient redwood, this is a mighty imperial that towers over the rest</div>
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<b>967 - KING COBRA MALT LIQUOR</b> – I feel like I should be
wearing baggy shorts and spray painting graffiti </div>
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<b>968 - MILLER BREWING STEEL RESERVE 211</b> – Unparalleled
excellence in brewing… but enough talk about Three Floyds…</div>
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<b>969 - BJ'S JEREMIAH RED</b> – Mildly fruity for a red.
So-so.</div>
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<b>970 - BJ'S HOPSTORM IPA</b> – Maybe more of a light sprinkle,
but mildly hoppy and better than expected.</div>
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<b>971 - BJ'S HAPPY SCOTSMAN</b> – Limited release, served too
cold, but it’s a much better beer when it warms up. A mild Scottish ale with
barely detectable hops.</div>
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<b>972 - BJ'S TATONKA STOUT</b> – Again, decent when it warms up a
bit, chocolatey smooth maltiness, would make a nice ice cream float</div>
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<b>973 - BJ'S GOLIATH IMPERIAL RED ALE</b> – Their best offering,
hop forward and wonderfully dense mouthfeel</div>
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<b>974 - BJ'S PIRANHA PALE ALE</b> – moderate hop definition,
pretty good</div>
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<b>975 - BJ'S NUTTY BREWNETTE</b> – heavy roasted malts, perty good</div>
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<b>976 - BJ'S PM PORTER</b> – on nitro, smooth and roasty, as nutty
as the brown</div>
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<u>6/4 – First Kings/Rangers Stanley Cup game, happy
co-workers, many samplers at Boneyard Bistro</u></div>
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<b>977 - HESS BREWING JUCUNDUS WHEAT ALE </b>– Decent wit, nice
& orangey</div>
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<b>978 - MONKISH BREWING GALAXY DEFENDER PALE ALE</b> – Tasty
Belgian style pale ale</div>
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<b>979 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING HOP TANKER DOUBLE IPA</b> – El Segundo
just keeps crankin’ out the superior IPAs. This one is a Double. Keep that
conveyor belt rollin’, guys…</div>
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<b>980 - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN MOLTEN LAVA DOUBLE IPA</b> – Didn’t really
dig their standard IPA, but this Imperial wins some Brownie points.</div>
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<b>981 - NOBLE ALE WORKS ENGLISH 101</b> – Solid, nutty English
strong ale</div>
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<b>982 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING STATION NO. 1 AMBER</b> – Shit, they
just keep releasing all good stuff. I need to get off my ass & visit El
Segundo already.</div>
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<b>983 - BROUWERIJ ST. BERNARDUS ABT 12 BELGIAN QUAD</b> -
Sweet, fruity, malty powerhouse of a Belgian quad. Too good.</div>
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<b>984 - ALESMITH RAMBLIN' RYE</b> –
Superior, rich,
malty, deep brown rye beer.</div>
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<b>985 - THE BRUERY HOTTENROTH</b> – Supposed to be a Berliner
Weisse, but I’m not getting the typical sourness. There’s some pucker from the
heavy lemon, but it’s more like a summer shandy.</div>
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<b>986 - ALESMITH SUMMER YULESMITH</b> – The mother effin’ bomb of
Double IPAs.</div>
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<b>987 - HESS BREWING HABITUS RYE BEER</b> – Very grain-forward, if
that makes any sense. Tastes like a field of rye being stone ground for the
bread maker. Very good.</div>
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<b>988 - CUVEE DE JACOBINS ROUGE</b> – Whoa, good and SOUR, mildly
funky like an old red wine.</div>
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<b>989 - SCALDIS NOEL</b> – A nice, muscular Belgian Strong.
Super sweet malts, anise, chocolate.</div>
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<b>990 - REISSDORF KOLSCH</b> – Excellent! Damn rich for a kolsch.
This is what beer should be.</div>
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<b>991 - ST. LOUIS GUEUZE FOND TRADITION</b> – Horrifically
weird. Major pucker with a blender full of green beans. Super odd. Can’t
shake the funk and the spicy green veggie aftertaste.</div>
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<u>6/5 – Vendome, Harley the Cicerone’s excellent new release beer tasting, and a so-so bottle at home</u></div>
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<b>992 – BELCHING BEAVER RABID BEAVER BITE RYE IPA</b> – Great bite, creamy mouthfeel,
evenly balanced hops and rye, love it!</div>
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<b>993 – STONE ENJOY BY 7-04-14 DOUBLE IPA</b> – As perfect as all
others in the series. Enjoy NOW!</div>
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<b>994 – BOULDER BREWING 35TH ANNIVERSARY BLACK IPA</b>– Big, roasted malt and hop
collision. Excellent!</div>
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<b>995 – STONE STOCHASTICITY QUADROTRITICALE</b> – Slightly sweet,
slightly fruity, rich quad that isn’t too heavy or syrupy, just right</div>
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<b>996 - OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES FIRE AND BLOOD RED ALE </b>- I dunno, I don't really dig it. The previous G.O.T. beers were solid, but this one has some wobbly legs on it. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#999 - A pint of Alpiney perfection</td></tr>
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<u>6/6 - A few more at Tony's and a big finale at home with the family on a Friday night. This is how it should be:</u></div>
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<b>997 - BEAR REPUBLIC CUVEE DE BUBBA</b> - A sour that lies somewhere between a Sweet Tart and bubble bath soap. I don't love it.</div>
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<b>998 - SIERRA NEVADA HOPTIMU</b>M - Their seasonal Double IPA that I look forward to every year. One of the best.</div>
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<b>999 - ALPINE HOPPY BIRTHDAY</b> - Never had this one, and never seen it on tap until two days ago. Thanks to Green Flash helping them boost production their Southland distribution is much wider. That said, who knows if this one will end up as limited as most of their other famous IPAs, so instead of a sampler glass, I ordered a full pint at Tony's. It's on par with their other A-List IPAs. </div>
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<i><b>1000 - ALPINE PURE HOPPINESS</b></i> - Complete & utter hop supremacy from SoCal's most sought after brewery.<br />
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<b>1001 - INLAND EMPIRE BREWING PEPIN THE SHORT PORTER</b> - Never heard of this brewer before, and I bought this on a whim because it was something new, and it was inexpensive. I wasn't expecting much, but thankfully I was proven wrong. Like, really wrong. Big time. This is a fantastic, well-rounded, full-bodied, deliciously roasty, chocolatey, portly porter. Now I'm determined to seek out their other releases.<br />
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Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival.
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Now that I’ve attended <a href="http://www.beeradvocate.com/events/info/66015/">FWIBF</a>, that’s how
much reverence I’ve attached to FWIBF. The name of FWIBF can only be
spoken or read with a brief pause in order to reflect on the fact that it’s <i>The
Single Greatest Goddamn Beer Event In The Western Hemisphere</i>.</div>
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gathering, and I didn’t do much research on it. I briefly scanned the
list of brewers, knew it would be awesome, and put it out of my mind.
What didn’t occur to me until I got there was this cross-section of breweries
represented The Best Of The Best. The recent LA area brewfests I’ve
attended we’re most likely just free rein to whoever wanted to pay for a
booth. And as unmatched as Denver’s
annual <b>Great American Beer Festival </b>is, and as competitive as it is for
breweries to even get a table at GABF, there is still a lacking element of
meticulous quality control. This is the upper hand of the FWIBF.
It’s not just an open casting call. It’s like GABF, pared down to
manageable size, with the riff raff weeded out. Participating breweries
have been <i>invited </i>by Firestone Walker. They are the upper echelon
of not only Domestic, but International brewers as well. </div>
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When geeks get extra geeky about their beer, who do they
name drop? <b>Fifty/Fifty</b>? <b>Three Floyds</b>? <b>Surly</b>?
<b>Mikkeller</b>? <b>Cigar</b><b>
City</b>? They’re
all here! And not until I arrived did I get the full impact of what a
treasure trove of geekdom this was. </div>
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At this tent was a plethora of beers I’ve never heard of,
but each one was better than the previous. At that tent was a beer I had
only heard about from friends or read about online, and here it was, freely
flowing on tap for unlimited pours. I’m never going to make it to Tampa, FL for Cigar City’s
annual release party for the highly sought after <b>Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout</b>.
But here it was in my home state. In arm's reach, to enjoy without restriction until
the keg runs dry.</div>
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The wife & I ventured North through the featureless
Central Valley of California, turning West on Hwy 46, past Brown Material Road,
past the death site of James Dean, to the uppity booze mecca of Paso
Robles. We convinced our wine-addicted friends The Beckers to trek to
Paso the same weekend. The Mrs. would have enjoyed FWIBF for about two
hours, then would have tugged at my shirt tails for the next four hours begging
to leave. There was no way I was leaving this event until they kicked me
out (which is what ultimately happened), so I pawned her off on The Beckers for
a day of wine tasting adventures, while I indulged in my
hobby/passion/obsession for the day.</div>
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My pal <b>Barnaby Struve</b>, VP of <a href="http://www.3floyds.com/?age_verification=414771c9c3"><b>Three Floyds
Brewing,</b></a> was kind enough to comp my entry, so I was allowed to partake
in the Brewer’s VIP early entrance privileges. This gathering was tightly
organized, with every detail given attention. Not only was each beer geek
issued a tasting glass, but also a small tray for food samples, as well as a
booklet listing all breweries alphabetically and noting what they were pouring…
even calling out specific kegs as “Rare Beer”. They even gave us
miniature golf pencils to take notes. There was plenty of elbow room, plenty of
free water for hydration, multiple vendors plating up free food samples.
And center stage, a generous sampling of the finest beer on the planet, many of
which are not otherwise available in Califonia. </div>
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True to form, and determined not to conform, Barnaby from
Three Floyds sported a <b>Bastard Noise</b> T-shirt while pouring at their
booth. Since he got me in, I repayed him with a super shitty CDR copy the
<b>Sockeye</b> “Barf On A Globe” collection of songs from compilations and
split records. Nobody knows who Sockeye is (including you), and out of
the few people who do know Sockeye, even fewer are actually fans of
Sockeye. But Barnaby is that rare off-kilter type of gentleman who
actually is a fan, and was genuinely happy to receive it. I got in early
on 3F’s stellar Yum Yum Pale Ale (which they describe as “pale ale-ish”), their
Barrel Aged Blot Out The Sun Imperial Stout which nearly made me weep at its
perfection, and I was lucky enough to be present when they opened their only
two available bottles of the Ol Leghorn Barleywine, a collaboration brew with Firestone
Walker that I have yet to find on a shelf, even at Firestone.</div>
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I schmoozed by way across the event center to greet a few
more old pals, most notably <b>Todd & Linda Haug</b>, the power couple in
charge of the mighty <b><a href="http://www.surlybrewing.com/">Surly Brewing</a></b>
out of Minnesota. Thanks to US Air, the Haug’s luggage was lost, and
therefore, they had to buy clean clothes for the day at a nearby Target.
Also out there somewhere in their missing bags were the Surly banner, and
accompanying Surly tchotchkes like stickers and beer can koozies. In
spite of the setbacks and frustrations, they commandeered their tent with some
of the finest brews known to mankind, and I happily sampled their legendary
Darkness Stout and the long-awaited Pentagram dark sour.</div>
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I met up with <b>Dustin Durrance</b>, a friend of <b>Dave
Witte</b>’s from Richmond, VA (then again, isn’t everyone a friend of Dave
Witte’s?), and beer nerd who follows this stuff way more than I do. He’s
a super cool dude and clued me in to some of the “must haves” I wasn’t even
focused on, such as the <a href="http://www.kernriverbrewing.com/"><b>Kern
River</b></a> Citra Double IPA. Then I ran into some old cohorts from the
San Jose
hardcore/grind/punk scene, the group of which are all mega beer nerds, and at
several points throughout the day we connected and bonded over our mutual love
of high quality brews and high speed bands. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how they say "Cheers" in Richmond</td></tr>
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Bottom line, it was a mass of pleased humanity. We
were all simultaneously tipsy, ecstatic, euphoric. </div>
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Unlike most other Fests I attend, on this day very few of my samples were poured
out midway to make room for something different. The glass was small, and
most pours were a third to half full, so I managed to make my way through an
astounding 55 samples. A nice lead on trying this many beers was
unexpectedly gaining access about 40 minutes before the main gates opened
(Thank you again FFF!). Out of 55 total beers this day, maybe only 4-5
were “pretty good”, but even that description is likely reliant upon the fact
that the bar had been raised to its highest point across the board. On a
day when every brewer was exceptional, and bringing their A-Game, anything
considered “decent” was still exceptionally better than any day-to-day brau out
there. Within the confines of this compound, the extravagance of high
quality sudsery felt debaucherous. With unlimited access to many of the
greatest beers on the planet, I felt like Caligula, violating every keg within
arm’s reach. Off the cuff I would have described each of these beers as “one of
the best”, on a day when EVERYTHING was The Best.</div>
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For now, I'm breathing deeply, relishing the memory, but
keeping focused on my next conquest. Did someone say "quadruple
digits"? Stay tuned!</div>
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<u>5/31 – The Single Greatest Goddamn Beer Event In The
Western Hemisphere, plus a few nitecaps at the diviest bar in Morro Bay:</u></div>
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<b>884 - THREE FLOYDS YUM YUM PALE ALE</b> - Self-described
"Pale Ale-ish", but “Yum Yum” describes it perfectly. Yum.</div>
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<b>885 - FIRESTONE WALKER / THREE FLOYDS COLLABORATION OL LEGHORN BARLEY WINE</b> -
Hopped, barrel aged barley wine. As unreal as expected.</div>
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<b>886 - THREE FLOYDS BLOT OUT THE SUN STOUT BARREL AGED</b>
- Holy. Eff. One of my favorites. Of all time. You're not allowed to try this.
Don't even look at it. In fact, don't even read this.</div>
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<b>887 - CIGAR
CITY HUNAHPU'S IMPERIAL
STOUT 2014</b> - Was beginning to think I'd never get to try this elusive
behemoth. Massive, heavy cinnamon & cocoa, unique compared to other
imperial stouts</div>
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<b>888 – SURLY DARKNESS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b> - The
legend continues.</div>
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<b>889 – SURLY PENTAGRAM </b>- Heavy cherry and
"barnyard funk", dark, dank, tart, brilliant, and somewhat evil</div>
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<b>890 – BOULEVARD GINGER LEMON RADLER</b> - Melted frozen
popsicle, lemon & ginger overload, I should be floating in an inner tube</div>
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<b>891 - DOGFISH HEAD WINE BARREL AGED BLACK AND BLUE</b> -
A one-off? Damn, I got lucky. Major dark berry jammy powerhouse, mildly sour,
mmhmmm</div>
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<b>892 - MIKKELLER ORANGE YUZU GLAD I SAID PORTER GRAND
MARNIER BARREL AGED </b>- Aged in Grand Marnier barrels, subtle flavors, still
can't rightfully say I know what yuzu tastes like</div>
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<b>893 - MIKKELLER TENDERLOIN APA </b>- Usually only
available at their SF taproom, but sampled at FWIBF, love it, not overly hoppy,
enough hop kick but still well balanced</div>
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<b>894 - BRAUFACTUM ROOG RAUCHWEIZEN</b> - Smoked beer that
is thankfully mild on the smoke, fruity, floral, really unique, excellent</div>
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<b>895 - BEAR
REPUBLIC TARTARE ROUGE
RED SOUR</b> - Serious funk like a "corked" bottle of wine or a
pungent bleu cheese, mildly & wonderfully moldy and weird sour. Great!</div>
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<b>896 - BEACHWOOD DENVER JACKHAMMER</b> – Creamy with a
bite, listed at 100+ IBU. As Bon Scott would say, I’ve got The Jack. </div>
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COFFEE-VANILLA ECLIPSE</b> – Considering how crazy expensive all of their beers
are, sampling their wares here was a golden opportunity. I avoided the mile
long Russian River line and opted for the ¼ mile long
Fifty Fifty line instead. This beer puts all other beer to shame. Aged in
oak bourbon barrels, espresso, vanilla, coffee. Brought me to the verge
of tears. Thank you Baby Jesus.</div>
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<b>898 - PIZZA PORT SOUR BEER HUNTER 2013</b> – Heavy on the
Rainier Cherries, not overly pucker, delicious, like a liquified Hostess Cherry
Fruit Pie with a sh*t-ton of alcohol</div>
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<b>899 - ODELL BREWING DR. ACULA BARREL AGED BLACK ALE </b>–
This makes me even more depressed that Odell isn’t distributed in California. This
“coffin aged” ale is one of the finest on a day filled with exceptional
beers. </div>
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<b>900 - REVOLUTION BREWING STRAIGHT JACKET BOURBON BARREL
AGED BARLEY WINE</b> - Fruit, coconut, bourbon... in two words: Fucking
insane!</div>
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<b>901 - RAHR & SONS STORMCLOUD BRITISH STYLE IPA</b> –
Clearly not a West Coast style IPA, mild bitter bite almost like the world’s
most mellow but still noticeable chile pepper, clean and tasty.</div>
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<b>902 - RAHR & SONS BUCKING BOCK</b> – They were
supposed to be pouring a barrel aged version at the FWIBF, but received the
wrong keg. No matter, this straight forward Helles Bock is still awesome.
Solid. Floral without being flowery. You can still drink it like a
man.</div>
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<b>903 - ODELL BREWING 59ER OAK AGED GOLDEN ALE</b> – One of
my favorite sours to date. So drinkable I could go through a growler solo.</div>
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<b>904 - KERN
RIVER CITRA DIPA</b> –
Grapefruity, not too bitter but it has a ridiculous hop bite, in a good way.
World class. Worth the wait in line.</div>
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<b>905 - THE BRUERY HUMULUS LAGER WITH COCONUT</b> – My
favorite IPL from one of my favorite IPLs, given a brand new twist. Tastes like
coconut weed.</div>
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<b>906 - GOLDEN ROAD EL HEFE ANEJO</b> – Hefeweizen aged in
Anejo Tequila barrels. One of my previous favorites from Golden Road. This year’s batch is extra
tequila-ey. Whoa! Serious.</div>
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<b>907 - JESTER KING NOCTURN CHRYSALIS </b>– Sour, barrel
aged blackberry beer. Interesting. I like it, but I’m OK with just a
taste.</div>
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<b>908 - NEBRASKA
BREWING ROMANCING THE CONE IPA</b> - Nice sharp IPA with a grease slick of hop oils.</div>
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<b>909 - BEACHWOOD SYSTEM OF A STOUT</b> – Intensely
concentrated Imperial Stout with Armenian coffee. One of the best beer names.
Super duper good. And you don’t have to live in Glendale to enjoy it.</div>
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<b>910 - FUNKWERKS SAISON</b> – Refreshing saison, not super
memorable, but I dug it</div>
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<b>911 - FUNKWERKS RASPBERRY PROVINCIAL </b>– Too
wine-cooler-esque for me.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ANOTHER selfie? Give it a rest, Bub!</td></tr>
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<b>912 – BONEYARD NOTORIOUS TRIPLE IPA </b>– Possibly the
crunchiest mouthfeel of any IPA ever produced. Whoa! Pungent and
delicious.</div>
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<b>913 – LAGUNITAS NIGHT TIME BLACK IPA</b> – Farckin’
stellar even in the daytime. I love hop-forward dark brews.</div>
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<b>914 - SUN KING LONESOME DOVE BELGIAN TRIPEL AGED IN PAPPY
VAN WINKLE BOURBON BARRELS</b> - Vanilla-ey, creamy, fruity, rich... just kill
me now.</div>
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<b>915 - OMMEGANG GNOMEGANG</b> – smooooth malt mouthfeel,
fruity, yeasty. Your ceramic lawn decorations will approve.</div>
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<b>916 - BELL'S
OARSMAN</b> – Decent, light, citrusy session beer</div>
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<b>917 - REVOLUTION BREWING DOS OSOS IPA</b> – So hoppy but
not crunchy, one of my favorite IPAs of the year</div>
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<b>918 - BEAVERTOWN HEAVY WATER IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – Effin’
solid! Tastes like and American Imperial Stout. Black chocolate motor oil. Love
it! 9 outta 10.</div>
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<b>919 – TAPS REMY OOH LA
LA RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT</b> –
Yet another 5 star beer today… too many to keep track of. Stout aged in
Rittenhouse Rye barrels. I’m home.</div>
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<b>920 - ODELL BREWING LOOSE LEAF</b> – Floral, light,
sessionable, great everyday beer</div>
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<b>921 - TRIPLE ROCK CELLARMAN SAISON BARREL AGED</b> –
Sour, aged in red wine barrels, distinct. Killer!</div>
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<b>922 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY SAN DIEGO SURPRISE PALE ALE</b> - Carries as
much hop weight as any of their IPAs.</div>
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<b>923 - FIRESTONE WALKER UDBA UNFILTERED BRITISH PALE ALE</b>
– floral, easy to drink, sessionable</div>
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<b>924 - FIRESTONE WALKER
DOUBLE JACK DOUBLE IPA</b> – Great hop powerhouse, I’d have no issues drinking
this 365 days a year.</div>
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<b>925 - FIRESTONE WALKER PIVO HOPPY PILS</b> – Loved it
last year. Love it this year. Can it still fall in the Pils
category with this much hoppiness? Don’t care. Gonna drink it
regardless.</div>
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<b>926 - FIFTY FIFTY OLD CONUNDRUM AGED ON PAPPY BARLEY WINE</b>
– Read the name and you already know this is incredible. Bourbon barrel barley
wine that is beyond 5 stars. The only conundrum is whether or not I’ll
ever enjoy this again.</div>
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<b>927 - ALESMITH SPEEDWAY STOUT BARREL AGED WITH VIETNAMESE
COFFEE</b> – Proof there is a God in Heaven who made it possible for me to
sample this beer again in my lifetime.</div>
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<b>928 - TRIPLE ROCK CELLARMAN SAISON</b> – Big citrus, but
not tart. Really different. Really goddamn good! 4.5 stars.</div>
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<b>929 - MOONLIGHT DEATH & TAXES BLACK ALE - </b>Aggressively
malt-forward, refreshing as hell</div>
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<b>930 - DOGFISH HEAD NAMASTE WITBIER</b> – spicey lighter
beer, really nice</div>
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<b>931 - ALESMITH GINGER LIL' DEVIL</b> – So gingery it
burns!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">San Ho, represent, Yo!</td></tr>
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<b>932 - YO-HO TOKYO
BLACK PORTER</b> – One of the few rare Japanese beers I’ve had. A light porter
compared to most American ones. Unfortunately my least fave of the day at
FWIBF.</div>
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<b>933 - PIZZA PORT AVA'S PALE ALE</b> – Crazy hoppy, might
as well be an IPA. Flawless like 99.9% of Pizza Port
brews.</div>
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<b>934 - SURLY OVERRATED WEST COAST
STYLE IPA</b> – Best name for an IPA ever. Best brewery as well.</div>
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<b>935 - SURLY BITTER BREWER</b> – Lovin’ it.</div>
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<b>936 - SURLY HELL LAGER </b>– Helles yes.</div>
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<b>937 - BIRRIFICIO ITALIANO SPARROW PIT BARLEY WINE</b> –
Hoppy Italian barley wine, shared a bottle inside the fest with San Jose punx after The
Man cut off the taps. Wow. Bad arse.</div>
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<b>938 - SURLY FURIOUS IPA</b> – The classic.</div>
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<b>939 - MURPHY'S IRISH STOUT</b> – Watered down,
forgettable. At the divey Fuel Dock, Morro Bay, CA.</div>
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<b>940 - NEW BELGIUM
RANGER IPA</b> – Also at the Fuel Dock. Not bad, but silly to even try
after 55 world class beers at the FWIBF.</div>
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<u>6/1 – Tasting at Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton,
then a tasting at the Telegraph tasting room in Santa Barbara:</u></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barrelworks: The Promised Land</td></tr>
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<b>941 - FIRESTONE WALKER ZIN SKIN</b> – Experimental
Barrelworks concoction using techniques from both beer and wine making. Bretta
Weisse aged in oak with Zinfandel grape skins added. Like an acidic, mildly
carbonated rose wine.</div>
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<b>942 - FIRESTONE WALKER BCZAR BEANS </b>– Russian Imperial
Stout infused with coffee and aged in a single bourbon barrel for seven
years! What? Who can wait that long? I’m glad they did.
Unparalleled greatness. </div>
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<b>943 - FIRESTONE WALKER
STICKEE MONKEE (2014)</b> – Belgian quad aged in spirits barrels with Mexican
brown sugar added. As rich and complex as it sounds. A modern day classic
beverage. </div>
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<b>944 - FIRESTONE WALKER
BRAVO BARREL AGED IMPERIAL BROWN ALE</b> – Aged in spirits barrels, a real
crusher. In a flight of four perfect Barrelworks beers, this one was my
favorite.</div>
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<b>945 - FIRESTONE WALKER
TAPROOM BROWN</b> – Lighter and roasty, hard act to follow after tasting in the
Barrelworks room, but still damn good.</div>
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<b>946 - FIRESTONE WALKER HAMMERSMITH IPA</b> – Maltier,
more mellow IPA</div>
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<b>947 - FIRESTONE WALKER WOOKEY JACK BLACK RYE IPA</b> – A favorite of mine, real bite
and wheat field goodness mixed with a hop attack</div>
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<b>948 - TELEGRAPH BREWING LOS PADRES SAISON</b> – I tasted
cookie dough yeast. My wife didn’t. I’m probably wrong. We both loved it
though.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Telegraph: Best brewery hangs in SB</td></tr>
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<b>949 - TELEGRAPH BREWING PRIME MERIDIAN ALE </b>– Mildly
hoppy, mildly tropical</div>
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<b>950 - TELEGRAPH BREWING RAVENA STOUT</b> – Roasty,
lighter dark beer, more like a porter in my book. Don’t get me wrong, I still
really enjoyed it though. I’m unfairly comparing to the Firestone Walker
Barrelworks stouts which are too dense to see any light source through.</div>
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<b>951 - TELEGRAPH BREWING CALIFORNIA ALE</b> – Mild esters, floral
hints, their flagship Belgian style ale is a good ‘un.</div>
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<b>952 - TELEGRAPH BREWING CIPHER KEY SESSION ALE</b> –
Mild, rye extra pale ale, s’good</div>
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<b>953 - TELEGRAPH BREWING STOCK PORTER </b>– Another
standby</div>
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<b>954 - TELEGRAPH BREWING WHITE ALE</b> – Belgian wit,
definitely getting some chamomile out of this.</div>
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<b>955 - TELEGRAPH BREWING PACIFIC STANDARD TIME BELGIAN
STYLE ALE</b> – My fave of all 10 tasters. Very malty Belgian style with the
fainted bit o’ pineapple, which isn’t very Belgian whatsoever.</div>
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<b>956 - TELEGRAPH BREWING 1927 EXTRA PALE ALE</b> – Heavy
orange extra pale ale, really opens up at room temp.</div>
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<b>957 - TELEGRAPH BREWING FLOTSAM LAGER</b> - nice</div>
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<b>958 - BUTTE CREEK ORGANIC PORTER</b> – Capping of this
amazing weekend at home. Even though “organic” scares me, this beer did not.
Roasted & comforting.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insect Porn is real.</td></tr>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-90217531510186957852014-06-01T23:40:00.000-07:002014-06-02T06:51:52.731-07:00Beer #816-883 / Day #138-150: Floor, Fermenting, Flights, Food, Friends, Fine Folks, and Fullerton<u>BREWING IN HIGHLAND
PARK</u>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, I'm totally into grind.</td></tr>
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As mentioned previously, I’ve spent years hemming and hawing
about homebrewing. I was determined to do it, but always found an excuse
not to follow through. A piece of equipment was missing. Or I was
too skittish about everything being properly sanitized. Or the weather
was too hot year round in SoCal for anything to ferment properly in my
garage. Or flat-out I was just too much of a goddamn scaredy cat.</div>
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The day arrived for me to finally Man Up, thanks to an agreed-upon
collaboration with <b>Ryan Harkins</b> from <a href="http://grillemalltruck.com/" target="_blank"><b>Grill Em All</b></a> and <a href="http://eaglerockbrewery.com/" target="_blank"><b>Eagle Rock </b></a>brewmaster <b>Lee
Bakofsky</b>. Hell, if it wasn’t for Lee offering to show us the ropes I’d
still be making weak excuses. And we’re using all of his gear. And
he supplied the ingredients. And he created the recipe. So, when I
say “collaboration” I actually mean I’m dead weight, but Lee has been gracious
enough to drag my carcass along through the process, for which I’m
thankful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cohorts in action.</td></tr>
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As much as I’ve attempted to comprehend the brewing process
by reading about it, taking a homebrewing class many years ago, and tagging
along with multiple brewery tours, a lot of it never really sank in.
Nothing like hands-on experience with an expert to bring it all home. I
ground nearly all of the malt and barley by hand. Measured the
hops. Stirred the mash. The tactile experience, and the sights and
smells of all of the source ingredients lead me to a greater understanding of
just what the hell I’m smelling and tasting in other beers. I thought I
knew, and know I’m aware I’ve only been partially correct on some of my
assessments. Frankly, next to the beer itself, that’s my favorite thing
about being so dorky about beer… there’s always something new to learn.
There will never be a finite number of beers to try. There will always be
something new, and brewers will always find ways to push the boundaries, good
or otherwise.</div>
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Bottom line, we brewed an oatmeal imperial stout. I
prefer not to go into too much detail, only because I’m not sure what to
expect. I don’t have a solid concept of what the combination on the front
end will produce on the back end. For now, I’m generically expecting some
semblance of a stout. This rookie will post more once our fermentation is
done.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More important than brewing: What toppings do we want on our pizzas?</td></tr>
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<u>MEMORABLE BEERS OVER MEMORIAL WEEKEND</u></div>
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The Wife and I hit a <b><a href="http://www.simicajun.org/2014/" target="_blank">Cajun & Blues Festival</a></b> in Simi Valley over Memorial
Day weekend. I’ve only stopped in Simi
Valley maybe three times since I’ve lived in
SoCal. The name of this town alone maintains a negative association in my
psyche thanks to the Rodney King verdict. Despite my preconceived
notions, I conceded to attending this Fest on Saturday and it was definitely
worth the trip. The entrance fee was reasonable. Parking was free.
Plenty of room to spread out. We could bring our own chairs and an
ice chest. Music was top notch… and when <b>Guitar Shorty</b> walked thru the
crowd in the middle of a song, I even managed to snap an awkward selfie with
him. Gator On A Stick could have been chicken, but it was toothsome
either way. The beer selection was just a half-notch above abysmal.
I wasn’t expecting much, but I thought a Cajun fest with an abundance of
jambalaya, gumbo, and gator parts would at least sell <b>Abita</b> beer. We were
stuck with the array of offerings from the <b>Anheuser-Busch</b> family.
Drinkable, but not memorable, of course. At least it was an excuse to
check a few more off my Big Year list.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie with Guitar Shorty mid-song</td></tr>
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The following day I headed down behind The Orange Curtain
for a nephew’s birthday party. Considering LA area traffic, the drive was
smooth sailing, aside from a carsick dog. Donnie puked everywhere in the
backseat. Do we have the world’s first dog with motion sickness?
Anyhow, my nephew was turning 1. Early afternoon parties for babies tend
not to have beer. The party was over by 3:30pm, and when the rest of the
family headed home, I stayed in The OC to conduct my own mini beer tour.
Aside from serious beering, I also stayed in the area to meet up with
some friends from the band <b>FLOOR</b>, from Florida,
in Fullerton….
That sounds like the beginning of a limerick, or a really easy tongue-twister.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completely Logical.</td></tr>
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Beer “tour” is synonymous with bizarre routes through
non-descript industrial parks, but once found, these breweries appear like
tiny, bustling oases in a mirage of tan-colored, shoebox uniformity.
First stop, <a href="http://bottlelogic.com/" target="_blank"><b>BOTTLE LOGIC </b></a>in Anaheim.
This brewer has only been open since January, but they were doing business out
the door. And the hype is justified. I first sampled their beers at
the <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/05/beer-667-739-day-119-125-sabroso-y.html" target="_blank">Sabroso Festival</a>, and they made such a solid impression, I had to make this
the first stop on my field trip. Despite the long line (I don’t do long
lines), I waited semi-patiently and ordered my sampler of 7 new
selections. While there is no set “rule” that beer needs to be tasted in
a particular order, Bottle Logic was smart to put the <b>EMP: Extremely Mellow
Porter</b> and the <b>Mother Heifer Milk Stout</b> first, because once I hit their IPAs, I
realized what true palate wreckers they can be (apologies <b>Green Flash</b>),
especially the <b>Alpha White IPA</b>. All selections were excellent, the
service was helpful & patient despite the impatient long lines of thirsty
Anaheimians. I can’t say enough good things about this place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cali Gold: Huell Howser would be proud</td></tr>
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Next, I cruised slightly North to the <b><a href="http://www.tapsfishhouse.com/brea/" target="_blank">TAPS BREWERY AND FISHHOUSE</a></b>. To my knowledge, they’ve never bottled any of their beers.
They have an impressive roster that occasionally makes its way to SoCal beer
bars. I’ve always liked them, and was chomping at the bit to visit ground
zero. I planted myself at the bar, and while I was thankful for the
mercifully small patronage, I was saddened that their tap selection wasn’t the
endless conga line of beers listed on their website. I thought for sure I
could keep the conveyor belt of samplers going, but I ended up only ordering
one flight. No worries. They rotate beers through on a regular
basis, so that’s the perfect excuse to return often. I had already
claimed their <b>Mocha Stout</b> this year, but I had to order it and sample again
because it was so freakin’ great. All pours were tasty, the <b>Cali Gold IPA</b>
and <b>Helles </b>being my favorites. I was feeling frugal so I resisted the
temptation to pig out on everything from their menu, but fortunately I did treat
myself to the awe-inspiring Dragon Eggrolls. I’ll be back.</div>
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I headed back South to <b><a href="http://www.noblealeworks.com/" target="_blank">NOBLE ALE WORKS</a></b>, hoping to stumble
across some unique small batch, oddball brews, which is one of the many things
they excel at. Then the kind-hearted gal behind the counter informed me
they close at 6pm on Sunday. It was 6:11pm. I forgot… even on
holiday weekends, places close earlier on Sunday. Shit. But she
took pity on me, sold me a bottle of their newest release, <b>Rakau Showers
Imperial IPA</b>, and mercifully poured me a 16 ouncer of their mighty <b>Man’s Milk
Stout</b>. Indeed, I felt like a comforted man-baby suckling on this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portrait of a Man and his Milk. Diaper optional.</td></tr>
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There was still an hour before my buds would be arriving, so
I hit <a href="http://www.provisionsmarkets.com/" target="_blank"><b>PROVISIONS</b></a> in the heart of Orange.
This bottle store / taproom was originally run by <b>The Bruery</b>, then closed, then
reopened under new ownership by <a href="http://www.havengastropub.com/" target="_blank"><b>HAVEN</b></a>, one of my favorite brewpubs in the lower
half of this great state. The concept is still the same, however, the
bottle selection has dwindled considerably, and half of the beer has been
replaced by wine. Regardless, it’s still a solid spot for a brau & a
snack for the throngs who have endured a grueling, laborious day of antique shopping in Old Town.
Provisions still carries a wide variety of styles on tap, and are savvy enough
to offer samplers. As much as I wanted to keep pushing my own boundaries,
I still had a long night ahead of me, and decided to limit myself to only four
tasters… two fine selections from Pasadena’s
mysterious <b>Craftsman Brewing</b>, the more elusive<b> Lagunitas Waldo’s Special Ale</b>,
and the liquid Christmas tree overload of the <b>Brouwerij Lupus Wolf 7</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gettin' FLOORed!</td></tr>
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While I still had my wits about me, I high-tailed it to
downtown Fullerton
to meet up with my pals: Unabashed music geek, hardcore screenprinter, and graphic designer
extraordinaire <b>Jack Barfield</b>, and <b>Steve Brooks</b>, guitarist / vocalist for
<b>Floor</b>. Floor is currently touring to support their new album “<a href="http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands/floor" target="_blank">Oblation</a>”.
This part of town is geared primarily towards the college crowd, boasting
rows upon rows of restaurants and bars for the frat folks to exchange phone
numbers, fluids, and fisticuffs. Floor was booked at the Slidebar, which
joined the ranks of the other non-descript hangouts in town. A huge plus
is the Slidebar is located directly next door to one of my favorite newer
brewpubs in the area, <a href="http://www.hopscotchtavern.com/" target="_blank"><b>HOPSCOTCH</b></a>, so our trio patronized it for our pre-show
indulgences. Mr. Brooks is “known” (read: “somewhat infamous”) for
his antics when he drinks and refuses to stop drinking. Were we in for
the genuine Steve Brooks tonight or the reincarnation of Darby Crash? Jack
and I ordered beer. Steve ordered iced tea. He was keepin’ it real
tonight. I started with an 8 oz <b>Goose Island Bourbon County Stout</b>.
I’m such a nerd, I was actually excited when I saw this on the taplist.
This beer has always been elusive to me. It’s release is always limited,
and highly sought after. I don’t wait in lines, and I don’t race all over
town to collect rare beer, so having this fall in my lap was like Charlie
unwrapping the golden ticket. It was as dense, inky, and complex as I had
hoped, but I should have had it for dessert, not as an appetizer. I
ordered the burger for dinner, and nearly doubled over from overstuffing
myself, but I couldn’t help it… this is one of my favorite burgers since Grill
Em All, and I couldn’t justify NOT eating the whole damn thing, no matter how
high it was stacked. Additionally, I ordered a sampler flight, the
highlights being the <b>Green Flash Hop Odyssey Black IPA</b> and the <b>6<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary Wheat Wine</b> from Fullerton’s
own <b>Bootlegger’s Brewery</b>. Well satiated, we headed back next door just in
time for Floor to set up. This three-piece unit absolutely crushed the
room. Their sludgy, down-tuned anthems are thick as molasses… the musical
equivalent of that Bourbon County Stout. Doomy, monolithic, powerful
beyond belief. I would have headbanged and whipped my hair around if I
had any. This was the pinnacle of an already great day. </div>
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All told, a top notch weekend, but how would it hold up compared to the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival a week later? Stay tuned to find out.<br />
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The tally continues...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Well, it wasn't. Thanks to Total Wine.</td></tr>
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<u>5/18 – Chillin’ poolside</u></div>
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<b>816 - SUDWERK BREWING MAIBOCK SPRING LAGER</b> – Floral,
well-rounded, refreshing</div>
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<b>817 - MARIN BREWING TRIPEL DIPSEA BELGIAN STYLE ALE </b>-
Mandarin orange esters, golden yeasty goodness</div>
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<b>818 - SANTAN BREWING DEVIL'S ALE</b> - Musty malts, very tasty</div>
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<b>819 - MARIN BREWING SAN QUENTIN'S BREAKOUT STOUT</b> - Not an
oatmeal stout but tastes like one, Delish!</div>
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<u>5/19 – Homebrew Day</u></div>
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<b>820 - NEW BELGIUM BLUE PADDLE PILSENER </b>– Crisp pils, OK, but
not much depth</div>
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<b>821 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY BOTANY BAY ESB</b> – Killer!
Enjoyed from brewer Lee Bakofsky’s secret stash in an unlabeled bottle, awesome
malt character. Freakin’ yum!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lee's homemade sour: Perfection!</td></tr>
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<b>822 - GENESEE BREWING GENESEE BEER</b> – A midwestern regional
shit lager I’ve never had. Kinda like Natty Bo. What you’d expect.</div>
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<b>823 - LEE BAKOFSKY HOMEBREW OLD PROCRASTINATOR BARREL AGED
SOUR</b> – Treat of the evening… Barrel-aged in a Highland Park garage, room temp with no
carbonation yet, and seriously phenomenal.<br />
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<u>5/20 - home</u></div>
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<b>824 - NEW BELGIUM SKINNY DIP</b> - Forgettable , in fact I don't
remember drinking it</div>
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<b>825 - GRAND TETON BREWING LOST CONTINENT DOUBLE IPA</b> - Heavy
citrus , perty good</div>
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<b>826 - NECTAR ALES RED NECTAR</b> - Reds often disappoint, but
Nectar Ales does not disappoint. Ever.</div>
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<u>5/21 - home</u></div>
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<b>827 - FIRESTONE WALKER OPAL DRY HOPPED SAISON</b> - Major tart
citrus bomb, grapefruity, dang tasty</div>
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<b>828 - MAD RIVER BREWING STEELHEAD PORTER</b> - Excellent
chocolatey malt attack<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donnie approved.</td></tr>
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<u>5/22 – A quick after-work flight at Tony’s Darts Away, then
home</u></div>
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<b>829 - GOLDEN ROAD / THREE WEAVERS COLLABORATION CROSS THE
POND IPA </b>- Finally get to try something from Three Weavers (well, partially).
Smooth, mild caramelly, almost buttery session ale</div>
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<b>830 - CISMONTANE BREWING COFFEE CITIZEN</b> – This beer and the
next three are from a Cismontane tap takeover at Tony’s. I got in on the
tail end of the leftovers. Cali Common infused with roasty coffee
goodness, golden amber, doesn't look like it tastes, total breakfast beer</div>
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<b>831 - CISMONTANE BREWING SCHWARZHOP AMERICAN BLACK ALE</b> -
Nice black ale, served @ room temp @ Tony's Darts Away, if it was too cold the
subtle malts would be hidden, mild & bitter mouthfeel<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">United Colors of Cismontane </td></tr>
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<b>832 - CISMONTANE BREWING DOUBLE RAINBOW DIPA</b> - Double Rainbow?
What does it mean? It means an all out superior hop assault, a delicious, deep
amber, incredibly rich brew</div>
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<b>833 - CISMONTANE BREWING 4TH ANNIVERSARY DOPPELBOCK</b> - Decent
doppelbock, heavily grain-like and wheaty on the palate, mild</div>
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<b>834 - GOOSE ISLAND TEN HILLS PALE ALE</b> - Has a good story
behind it for these unique hops they source. Didn't do much for me taste-wise
though. Sorry.</div>
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<b>835 - CALDERA BREWING IPA </b>- Potent, pungent hoppiness. Good
stuff.<br />
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<u>5/23 – A brief BevMo Burbank tasting, then home</u></div>
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<b>836 - GOLDEN ROAD HEFEWEIZEN</b> - Orangey deliciousness, way
better than yer average Hef</div>
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<b>837 - GOLDEN ROAD WOLF AMONG WEEDS</b> - Slightly skunkified,
danky goodness, a classic</div>
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<b>838 - SIERRA NEVADA OVILA SAISON</b> - Subtle citrus goin' on,
didn't love it as much as I expected, but it was probably too cold</div>
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<b>839 - BEAR REPUBLIC HOP ROD RYE</b> - Crazy good marriage of rye
and heavy hops</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Real Cubans. Time for jail.</td></tr>
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<b>840 - ALASKAN BREWING ESB</b> – I haven’t encountered many ESBs
I love overall, but I heart this one. Deep caramelly malts. So damn tasty!</div>
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<b>841 - MENDOCINO BREWING IMPERIAL BARLEY WINE ALE</b> - Crazy
rich, deep caramel flavors, semi sweet, all good.<br />
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<u>5/24 – Two crappy beers at the Cajun & Blues Fest, then
two great beers at the house</u></div>
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<b>842 - MARGARITAVILLE BREWING LANDSHARK LAGER</b> - What I
expected</div>
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<b>843 - SHOCK TOP BELGIAN WHITE </b>- What you'd expect</div>
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<b>844 - CORONADO BREWING SOCK KNOCKER IMPERIAL IPA</b> - 20
megaton hop explosion</div>
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<b>845 - STRAND BREWING BEACH HOUSE AMBER</b> - Roasty malts, easy
sippin<br />
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<u>5/25 – Beering behind The Orange
Curtain</u></div>
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<b>846 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING EMP: EXTREMELY MELLOW PORTER</b> -
Extremely Mellow Porter, maybe considered an English style, light roasted
caramel malts, easy drinking</div>
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<b>847 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING MOTHER HEIFER MILK STOUT </b>- They
describe it as "velvety smooth"... that's an understatement.
Ridiculously good.</div>
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<b>848 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING JOULE THIEF KRYSTALWEIZEN</b> - Light
but complex wheat beer, glad I had this before their IPAs got to my palette.</div>
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<b>849 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING RECURSION 2.0 IPA </b>- Tart
cantaloupe hoppiness. Yum.</div>
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<b>850 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING PREQUEL ALPHA WHITE IPA</b> -
Excellent Citra hopped IPA... got that skunky, armpitty eucalyptus funk that we
love</div>
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<b>851 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING DOUBLE ACTUATOR DOUBLE IPA</b> -
Creamy imperial IPA, I'm tasting everything from subdued caramel to flowers to a
veggie eggroll. It's a romantic dinner in one glass.</div>
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<b>852 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING TATTERED PRINCE SAISON</b> - Wild
yeastiness and a good amount of spice </div>
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<b>853 – TAPS CALI GOLD IPA</b> - The Columbus & Amarillo hops give it a
major crunch, serious hop bite. California's
Gold.. Huell Howser would be proud.</div>
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<b>854 – TAPS SEAWARD PALE ALE</b> - Cascade hops, kinda piney</div>
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<b>855 - TAPS POSEIDON 2.0 DOUBLE IPA</b> - Nelson Sauvin &
Cascade hops give it a deep citrus, slightly acidic hop bite, but nicely
balanced as well.</div>
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<b>856 - TAPS HELLES</b> - Mild malts, golden goodness, great
everyday beer. Everyone should replace Bud with this. Perfect with the TAPS
Dragon Rolls as well.</div>
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<b>857 - NOBLE ALE WORKS MAN'S MILK STOUT ON NITRO</b> - Creamy,
chocolatey, the name says it all. Bad ass. Finally a stout that does NOT taste
like coffee. Thank you!</div>
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<b>858 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING BAY LAUREL SOUR</b> - Noted as a sour,
but not cloyingly tart. Liquefied tropical fruit trail mix (sans
raisins).</div>
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<b>859 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING POINT FIVE IPA</b> - Tastes more like a
pale ale, not distinctly hoppy, not like that’s a bad thing as this is mellow,
easy sippin’.</div>
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<b>860 - LAGUNITAS WALDO'S SPECIAL ALE DIPA </b>- Excellent,
hop-forward DIPA, Love it!</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49DID-_1ZLx8pmnRtm7SezuUmNCkvObiR41beR2PcPfC3AUanESh0B331SUiwVGHAOxuTDjM6F_9BpnMu_Ee261PF7hZ4f_IQD45d-06YhAiEE02F9OSEGRdeoHDn1NVcKwGjwcyNLwQ/s1600/IMG_0281.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49DID-_1ZLx8pmnRtm7SezuUmNCkvObiR41beR2PcPfC3AUanESh0B331SUiwVGHAOxuTDjM6F_9BpnMu_Ee261PF7hZ4f_IQD45d-06YhAiEE02F9OSEGRdeoHDn1NVcKwGjwcyNLwQ/s1600/IMG_0281.JPG" height="200" width="150" /></a><b>861 - BROUWERIJ LUPUS - WOLF 7 BELGIAN STRONG PALE ALE</b> -
Crazy Xmas potpourri spice, heavy cinnamon, clove, slightly cough syrupy, a
good "winter warmer"</div>
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<b>862 - GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY STOUT</b> - America, fuck
yeah! I finally get to taste this bad boy. </div>
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<b>863 - GREEN FLASH BREWING HOP ODYSSEY BLACK IPA </b>– In a word:
Killer.</div>
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<b>864 - HOPSCOTCH TAVERN HEFEWEIZEN</b> - Brewed for Hopscotch
Tavern by Golden Road,
citrusy goodness</div>
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<b>865 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING AMBER </b>- Malt & caramel, good
stuff</div>
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<b>866 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY 6TH ANNIVERSARY WHEAT WINE</b> - Like
a barley wine, a little less sweet, full bodied and damn good. One of their
best.<br />
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<u>5/26 - Home</u></div>
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<b>867 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY PIKE PALE HEIRLOOM AMBER ALE </b>-
So-So. Least fave Pike brew.</div>
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<b>868 - AVERY BREWING COMPANY ELLIE'S BROWN ALE</b> - Nutty,
tasty, and nutty<br />
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<u>5/27 – Home, and a few at The Office, Burbank before Infest practice</u></div>
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<b>869 - NOBLE ALE WORKS RAKAU SHOWERS IMPERIAL IPA</b> - Nice oily
hops, and it really opens up at room temp. I wouldn’t drink it so cold
next time.</div>
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<b>870 - DUVEL MOORTGAT DUVEL</b> - Heavy citrus esters, slight
musk of a "corked" white wine, in a good way</div>
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<b>871 - NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY OLD RASPUTIN RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT </b>- Chocolate malt overload, so good</div>
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<b>872 - WIDMER BROTHERS HEFEWEIZEN</b> - Like Brach's butterscotch, ech<br />
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<u>5/28 - Home</u></div>
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<b>873 - BIG SKY BREWING MONTANA TROUT SLAYER ALE</b> - Didn't love
it, tasted sweet for some reason, the description sounds like a beer I'd want
though</div>
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<b>874 - BIG SKY BREWING MOOSE DROOL BROWN ALE</b> - Spittle never
tasted so delish<br />
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<u>5/29 – Small tasting at Vendome and a couple at home</u></div>
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<b>875 - BALLAST POINT PIPER DOWN SCOTTISH ALE </b>- Low hopped but
the hop subtleties are still present, roasty and malty, this piper should be
down my gullet</div>
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<b>876 - NEW BELGIUM
GRUIT: LIPS OF FAITH</b> - Wormwood? Thankfully I didn't turn into a lunatic and
cut off my ear. But I did finally cut some slack to the LOF series. Floral
golden yum</div>
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<b>877 - NEW BELGIUM RYEPA</b> - Hoppy, rye-ey, rustic, with a
creamy mouthfeel. I'm a sucker for rye.</div>
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<b>878 - STRUBBE'S FLEMISH RED</b> - Tangy, heavy pomegranate, a
bit too sweet, slightly funky, interesting, aged in Bordeaux barrels</div>
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<b>879 - BRASSERIE DE BRUNEHAUT THE CLOAK OF ST. MARTIN BELGIAN
QUADRUPEL</b> - What a trip! Crazily complex. Heavy musky and musty barrel
presence, highly raisiny, dank like an ancient old world stone dungeon</div>
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<b>880 - EEL RIVER BREWING RAVEN'S EYE IMPERIAL STOUT</b> -
Excellent oily chocolate bomb, like any great imperial stout should be</div>
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<b>881 - BRAUEREI SCHLENKERLA AECHT SCHLENKERLA EICHE
DOPPELBOCK</b> - Liquid smoke, like the charred remains of hobos from an apartment
fire<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RODRIGUEZ: Live at The Greek on the big screen. Sounds great. Looks like The Cryptkeeper.</td></tr>
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<u>5/30 - A few before heading to The Greek to see Rodriguez live:</u><br />
<b>882 - BALLAST POINT PALE ALE</b> - Formerly known as the Yellowtail Pale Ale, now it's simply "Pale Ale". Still the ol' standby. Got to sample it at BevMo Burbank on the way home from work. Ballast Point never disappoints.<br />
<b>883 - INNIS & GUNN ORIGINAL BARREL AGED BEER</b> - Smooth and sweet, like a pimp rollin' in a Cadillac Brougham</div>
Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-89146850437854951042014-05-21T23:42:00.005-07:002014-05-22T06:44:02.836-07:00Beer #776-815 / Day #136-137: Isn't All Beer Vegan?Earlier this year, I was included on an email chain with a
few friends who were talking about all of us going to the <a href="http://www.veganbeerfest.com/" target="_blank"><b>LA Vegan Beer and Food Festival</b></a>. <br />
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I wasn’t planning on attending. I’d never gone in
the past. It seemed kinda pricey. And it looked crowded, overrun with hipsters, and seemed like an
overall pain in the ass to deal with. But having my friends go, who were
not predominantly beer-drinkers, sealed the deal. So, I bought tickets
for The Wife & myself.</div>
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A lot of co-workers chuckled when I told them about this
event. <i>“Vegan beer? Isn’t all beer vegan?”</i> was the usual
response. It’s just water, hops, malt, and yeast, right? Actually,
no! A surprising number of beers are processed using animal products such
as <b>isinglass</b>, the dried swim bladders of fish which are used to
clarify some beers, predominantly stouts, and most notably <b>Guinness</b>.
<a href="http://www.barnivore.com/beer" target="_blank"><b>Barnivore</b> </a>is a site that lists beers known to use animal
products, and the list is surprisingly long.</div>
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Vouchers in hand, a couple months later, I talked to my friends about the
upcoming Vegan Beer Fest. Unlike me, they had NOT bought tickets after
all. And they had no plans on going. Wait…. What?</div>
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Remember that scene in the movie “Old School” where Will
Ferrell aka Frank The Tank is running down the middle of the street, drunk, in
the middle of the night, yelling “We’re going streaking!” Then he
realizes there is no “We”… he’s alone, naked, and no one is running with
him. That was me with my LA Vegan Beer Fest tickets. Aw shit....</div>
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Last Saturday was the day. Similar to my <b><a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/05/beer-667-739-day-119-125-sabroso-y.html" target="_blank">Sabroso </a></b>outing, my pre-gaming consisted of two packets of <b>Active Dry Yeast</b>, mixed with Greek
yogurt. Not the greatest tasting combo, but I hoped it would help keep me
sober for the afternoon. Camille and I trekked from The Valley, over the
hill, down side canyons to avoid the terminally backed-up Laurel Canyon,
towards the Westside, and into the clusterfuck of westbound Sunset Blvd.
It wasn’t until a few days prior that it registered... this beerfest was <i>in the heart
of The Sunset Strip</i>… had I known, that would have been the death knell of this
outing and I would have sold my tickets. But alas, I was a day late, and
$90 short. Traffic inched past legendary monuments to unparalleled
douchiness… The Saddle Ranch, The Standard, The Viper Room. At last, the
Vegan Beer Fest was in sight… a fenced-in, gravel parking lot opposite The
Roxy, with a line winding around the entire block. I groaned an audible
groan, and hunted for parking. All street parking has a 2 Hour limit
which clearly isn’t long enough. From the looks of the line, we would
easily spend half that time waiting to get in. The few “reasonably priced”
$10 parking lots were all full, and there were practically no other options
aside from getting a parking ticket or spending $22-$26 parking in the garages
of the nearby office buildings. I searched in vain for options, but after
wasting another 30 minutes fighting traffic and frustration, I realized time
was being wasted not using these tickets that were already paid for. I
bit the bullet, pulled into a pricey corporate office parking garage, and we
made our way to the back of the Vegan Beer Fest entry line.<br />
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There were easily 200 people in front of us waiting to
enter, and we still didn’t technically have our tickets. I had to
retrieve them from Will Call. As I pathetically peered through the iron-barred fence into the festival, kept outside like a disobedient pet, glaring
at people who weren’t me... people who were enjoying my unlimited beer without me, I tried not to let my
frustration and jealously get the better of me. I was standing in direct
sunlight, with a bladder on the verge of exploding after the long ride, and a
belly full of active yeast. </div>
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Then the line moved. Then it moved again. What I
anticipated as another hour was perhaps only 15 minutes. We were in the
homestretch. There was hope. It was like being in line forever at
Disneyland, and finally queueing up in a numbered row, next in line to jump in our log for Splash
Mountain.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cranky guy needs a beer. Or 37.</td></tr>
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My mood changed drastically once we were inside. The
spoiled brat finally got what he wanted: Entry to the playground of
bountiful beering. For a Sold Out event, there was a mercifully ample
amount of space to move around. Lines were not overly long. And my
fears of elbow-wrestling against mustachioed hipsters for access to taps were
laid to rest. It was a ruly crowd of average folks like me who simply dig
beer. I even spotted a few cool underground types. One of them had
a “<b>Soy Not Oi</b>” shirt. Another was wearing a <b>Capitalist Casualties</b>
T. My people were in attendance. And so were some of the finest
SoCal had to offer. </div>
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<b>Eagle Rock</b> unveiled their biting Ginger Saison. <b>Golden
Road</b> unleashed their anticipated seasonal Almond Milk Stout… wait, is that vegan? <b>Figueroa Mountain </b>has always been so-so in my
book, but their Big Cone black ale won me over. San
Francisco's <b>Speakeasy </b>ventured to South Cali
with their mediocre Big Daddy IPA, but then scored with their Betrayal Imperial
Red. I braved the long line at the <b>Bravery Brewing </b>tent to try their decent La
Fleur Hibiscus Wheat and Old Rat English Brown Ale. Self-proclaimed
Godfathers Of Beer <b>Karl Strauss </b>even stepped up the game a bit with their
sessionable Mosaic IPA. San
Diego’s <b>Modern Times</b> brought up a few different canned
beers, the Lomalond Saison and Fortunate Islands Wheat, which were both
astoundingly better than expected.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Faction guy: Big earlobes and great beers</td></tr>
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Many breweries played it safe, and brought out their “usual”
to pour, but I’m always appreciative to those who bring out specialty
kegs.<br />
The most impressive beers of the day, hands-down, were unleashed
by Alameda’s
<a href="http://factionbrewing.com/" target="_blank"><b>Faction Brewing </b></a>and Hermosa Beach’s<a href="http://abigailerestaurant.com/brewery/" target="_blank"> T<b>he Brewery At Abigaile</b></a><b>.</b>
Faction provided a stripped down, DIY style booth with two of the more impressive offerings of the day. And Abigaile won me as a loyal fan with all three of their beers, especially the Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Black Mass Porter. </div>
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I kept with my standard regimen of small pours throughout
the day, and managed to sample my way through 37 new beers, plus a few tasty
duplicates for good measure… hell, I can’t say no to the <b>Ballast Point</b> Habanero
Scuplin. Ever. I kept hydrated when possible, although the
organizers of this event would have been wise to make water stations plentiful
and <i>free</i>. Instead, some oddball frou-frou Hawaiian bottled volcanic water
was for sale. Not a big deal since it was only $2, but still….</div>
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We sampled a few vegan food offerings, both of which were
excellent…. Caribbean quesadillas from <b><a href="http://realfood.com/" target="_blank">Real Food Daily</a> </b>which were only $4 for two, and Frito Pies from <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/beyondmeat" target="_blank">Beyond Meat</a></b> which were not only delicious and the perfect accompaniment for beer but, strangely enough, absolutely free!</div>
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The <b>Grilled Cheese Truck</b>? Um…. Hate to break it to
you, but NOT vegan.</div>
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We left the Vegan Beer Fest full-bellied, comfortable,
pleased, satisfied. The mounting frustrations that kicked off the day were
quickly forgotten.<br />
Would I come here again? No. Well, not
unless it was free. And someone else drove. And they dropped me off
at the VIP entrance. </div>
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It was a great time once we were in, but this is one of the
worst parts of town to attend any event. I avoid The Strip at night, and
now I know to avoid it during the day as well.</div>
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Did the belly full of yeast help me stay sober, or is it a
placebo? I still wouldn’t bet money on it either way, but it seemed to
work. I didn’t hydrate nearly as much as I would have liked. </div>
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Then again, I didn’t leave the Fest with the urge to go
streaking through the quad.<br />
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The tally continues.... <br />
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<b>776 - MAD RIVER BREWING HUMBOLDT HAZE IMPERIAL WHEAT IPA</b> –
Dense and tasty, with a name like Humboldt Haze I was expecting some kind of
funky hemp beer. Huh. Huh huh. Duuude.</div>
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<b>777 - CALDERA BREWING ASHLAND AMBER ALE </b>– I’m really warming
up to more Ambers lately, probably because the bar has been raised. These
Oregonian tree huggers know what’s up.</div>
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<u>5/17 – LA Vegan Beer Fest +1</u></div>
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<b>778 - GOLDEN ROAD HEAL THE BAY IPA</b> – Great IPA that tends to
mysteriously come & go, so I like to enjoy it while I can. Some
proceeds go to a local organization protecting local watersheds. I’m
definitely wearing Birkenstocks whenever I drink this.</div>
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<b>779 - GOLDEN ROAD ALMOND MILK STOUT </b>– A limited, specialty
release. Super tasty. Probably doesn’t have milk in it. Hope
not. This is a Vegan Beer Fest, ya know!<br />
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<b>780 - NOBLE ALE WORKS ALL NIGHT LONG</b> – Some sorta complex
black ale. I’m a huge fan of these fellas, and they never cease to push
the boundaries of your average stein.</div>
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<b>781 - SIERRA NEVADA BREWING SUMMERFEST PILSNER</b> – Easy to
drink, inoffensive, better than the usual Pilsner, but I’d opt for any of their
other offerings first.</div>
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<b>782 - SMOG CITY BREWING L.A. SAISON</b> – Nice one from this Torrance brewery.
Golden, wheaty, farmy, yeasty.</div>
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<b>783 - WOLF
CREEK BREWERY WOLF IN
SHEEP'S CLOTHING SESSION IPA</b> - Just OK.</div>
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<b>784 - ABIGAILE BREWERY RYE
WHISKEY BARREL AGED BLACK MASS PORTER</b> – Beer Of The Fest! Incredible, deep
vanilla, barrel-infused, rich malt tastiness.</div>
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<b>785 - ABIGAILE BREWERY OATS OF BIRMINGHAM ENGLISH BROWN ALE
</b>– Maybe I’m a heretic, but many “English style” beers are lost on me.
This is an exception, and it’s exceptional.</div>
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<b>786 - ABIGAILE BREWERY 002 2ND ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE IPA</b> –
Lucky I got to try this one. Fantastic West Coast IPA. Not soapy or
skunky. Evenly balanced. Just right.</div>
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<b>787 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY GINGER SAISON</b> – Really decent
ginger bite without being overpowering. Bet this would be awesome with
Thai food.</div>
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<b>788 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY REVOLUTION AMERICAN PALE ALE</b> – The
standby.</div>
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<b>789 - FACTION BREWING DEFCON I BELGIAN QUAD</b> – Inspired,
rich, delicious… one of the few today where I enjoyed the full pour.
Excellent output from this modest SF Bay Area brewery.</div>
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<b>790 - FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING HOPPY POPPY IPA </b>– Had it
before. Thought it was one of their better brews. But then I tried
the Big Cone, which blew it away.<br />
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<b>791 - FIGUEROA
MOUNTAIN BREWING BIG CONE
CASCADIAN DARK ALE</b> – See above. Fig Mtn finally has a beer I really like.</div>
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<b>792 - GOLDEN ROAD BERLINER WEISSE</b> – Tart but surprising how
easy-to-drink this is. Highly recommended for anyone needing a starting
point to “try out” a sour.</div>
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<b>793 - SPEAKEASY BETRAYAL IMPERIAL RED</b> – Not a huge fan of
Speakeasy to date, but I truly enjoyed this double red ale. I guess I’ll
start speaking easier about these guys myself.</div>
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<b>794 - OMISSION IPA</b> – Gluten free. Not that
great. But if I had an allergy, I suppose I’d learn to like it. The
best of the three Omission offerings.</div>
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<b>795 - OMISSION PALE ALE</b> – Eh.</div>
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<b>796 - OMISSION LAGER</b> – Bleh.<br />
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<b>797 - EPIC BREWING ESCAPE TO COLORADO IPA</b> – Dig it.</div>
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<b>798 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY RUSTIC RYE IPA</b> – Enjoyed it more
in the past, but maybe it was too cold.</div>
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<b>799 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY PALOMINO PALE ALE</b> – I like
Bootlegger’s, but this is my least favorite off their roster.</div>
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<b>800 - MODERN TIMES LOMALAND SAISON </b>– Excellent canned
creation from SD. Seriously way more impressive than expected.</div>
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<b>801 - HANGAR 24 BETTY IPA </b>– Everybody has an IPA. Now
Hangar 24 does, too. Inland Empire
rejoice!</div>
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<b>802 - MODERN
TIMES FORTUNATE
ISLANDS WHEAT BEER</b> –
Very, very freakin’ good. I started out on the wrong foot with this
brewery. Since my first disappointing try, I’ve truly enjoyed all of
their releases since. I’m a fan. I’m gettin’ with the Times.</div>
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<b>803 - OSKAR BLUES DALE'S PALE ALE</b> – You’ve had it. So
have I. I was really hoping they’d show up with a specialty keg.
Instead it was the standard cans. Good, but <b>Deviant Dale’s</b> and <b>Ten
Fidy</b> are my favorites.</div>
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<b>804 - OSKAR BLUES OLD CHUB</b> – See above. Not the hugest
fan of this Scotch Ale, truth be told.</div>
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<b>805 - OHANA BREWING PACIFIC ALE</b> – Pretty good</div>
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<b>806 - BRAVERY BREWING LA FLEUR HIBISCUS WHEAT </b>– I’m due to
head up to the high desert & check out this place. This pinkish
taster was pretty good, not too complex, but I want to give them a chance.</div>
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<b>807 - BRAVERY BREWING OLD RAT ENGLISH BROWN</b> – Decent, solid,
better than the wheat beer.</div>
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<b>808 - OHANA BREWING PALE ALE</b> – Keg wasn’t ready, but I was
pushy & insisted on a sip. Yeah, total dick move. But nice, easy
drinking beer. I need to visit their tasting room.</div>
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<b>809 - EPIC BREWING GLUTENATOR</b> – Their take on gluten-free
brau. Much better than the Omission samples.<br />
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<b>810 - KARL STRAUSS MOSAIC SESSION IPA</b> – The big guys are an
easy target. It’s easy to pooh-pooh their beers as not being fancy or DIY
enough. The self-proclaimed Godfather Of Beer hits the mark with this
one. 2014 truly is The Year Of The Session IPA.</div>
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<b>811 - DESCHUTES BREWERY
MIRROR POND PALE ALE </b>– Not fancy, straight forward, but always good.</div>
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<b>812 - NEW BELGIUM WILD DUBBEL</b> – Unlike most of my beer
drinking friends, I’m not a fan of this Lips Of Faith series. They
usually sound like a good idea, but rarely deliver the goods. And I know
I’m alone in that generalized assessment. That makes this brew even more
enjoyable…. I like it! Tasty wild ale with a lot goin’ on. Rich,
malty, mildly spicy bite. Nice. </div>
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<b>813 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY HOWLIN' HEF</b> – Ummm. Here’s the thing…</div>
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<b>814 - SMOG CITY BREWING LIL BO PILS</b> – Decent pilsner.
Lite and unobtrusive. Don’t need it <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">again, but I do support this brewery,
smog and all.</span></span></div>
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<b>815 - ABBAYE DE LEFFE LEFFE BLONDE</b> – Post-Fest Belgian
nitecap with some friends up in Santa Clarita at a wine place... No, not a beer place. You’ve had it. You
like it.</span></span></div>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-61359176225871918712014-05-16T14:13:00.001-07:002014-05-16T21:58:10.520-07:00Beer #740-775 / Day #128-135: Week or Weak? The Craftiness of ACBW<b><a href="http://www.craftbeer.com/news-and-events/american-craft-beer-week/acbw-news" target="_blank">American Craft Beer Week</a></b>. We’re in the thick of it
now. I didn’t even know this was a real “thing” until I read a post about
it last weekend. Another excuse to drink good beer? Well, twist my
arm, but OK!<br />
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I launched into this brew-centric week properly by meeting
up with my pal <b>Ryan Harkins </b>from <a href="http://grillemalltruck.com/" target="_blank"><b>Grill Em All</b></a>, and <b>Lee Bakofsky</b> from <b><a href="http://eaglerockbrewery.com/" target="_blank">Eagle Rock Brewing</a></b> to talk about creating our own collaborative beer. And by
“collaborative”, I mean Lee is doing all the work. He’s the mastermind, and we’re brewing at his house, with his equipment, using his ingredients, based on
his recipe. Ryan and I have never brewed before, and Lee, being the
expert, has generously agreed to show us the ropes. I’ve been itching to
delve into homebrew for many years. I took a class several years ago at
<b><a href="http://www.brewsupply.com/" target="_blank">Culver City Home Brewing Supply</a></b>, bought some (but not all) of the gear, but
then I chickened out. </div>
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What if I don’t sanitize everything correctly and my beer
spoils? </div>
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What if it doesn’t ferment properly since my garage is hot
year-round in LA?
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What if my starter recipe is bland and pointless?</div>
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Eventually, I had “<i>What if’d</i>” myself out of giving it a try. I decided
to wait until someone experienced could give me a hand, or at least some
guidance so I didn’t completely blow it. I hit up a few homebrewing
friends, and we talked about getting together “next time”. But “next time”
never arrived. Months became years, and I didn’t do a damn thing, except throw
away my malt.</div>
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Fast forward 5-6 years, when I finally reached the point
where I was sick to death of making excuses NOT to do it. Ryan is a
self-made man, who co-owns the coolest culinary outfit around, completely DIY
and on his own terms. I hit him up to be my brewing partner. Like
me, he’s unfamiliar with the process, but he’s tight with Lee, and Lee ended up
being super cool & willing to school these two greenhorns on the “how-to’s”.</div>
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Our initial meeting was to review the process, understand
what’s involved, discuss the recipe, commit to a time to brew, and best of all,
hang out, socialize, and enjoy a few. I supplied a <b>Cismontane T.J. Slough</b>
barrel aged brew, and Lee cracked out a few Eagle Rock standbys, the <b>Solidarity
Black Mild</b> and <b>Manifesto Witbier</b>. This cat knows what he’s doing, so I’m
very excited & honored to be working on our first beer. D-Day (or
maybe its B-Day) is next Monday, and I’ll be posting all the sordid details.</div>
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So, we’re still celebrating <b>American Craft Beer Week</b>, but
what does it mean? Nothing really. The purpose is obviously to draw
more attention to the beer world, raise interest, and increase revenue.
Do I really need a reminder to drink more beer? Not exactly. Do I
need to drink more beer? Always.</div>
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If anything, ACBW is an excuse to blow the moths out of my wallet, and go
out more during the week, especially as this is a week for select tap takeovers, many of
which feature rare selections, new releases, and oddball variations of familiar
gems… Think: A boatload of barrel-aged brews.</div>
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The only real problem I have with this so-called event is
the phrase <b><i>“Craft Beer”</i></b> itself. It’s one of my grammatical pet
peeves. It’s a catch phrase that stirs up negative memories of the 1990’s
when <i><b>“Alternative”</b></i> was used to describe everything, mainly as a marketing tool
to move more units of anything from music to beer… Anyone remember those
incessant <b>Moosehead Lager</b> radio ads? “Moosehead is your Alternative Beer
for your Alternative Lifestyle for your Alternative Summer!” Blech.
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I think of “Craft” Anything in the same light. Craft
is the new Alternative. And when the Alternative itself becomes
mainstream, the phrase loses all meaning. The word Craft implies
something made by hand, lovingly created with care and attention. So how
else am I supposed to react to pallets of the <b>Kirkland Signature Craft Beer Selection</b> at
Costco, comprised of some third party, mass produced swill? The beer
fests I attend inevitably have some sort of <b>Shock Top</b>, <b>Blue Moon</b>, or <b>Widmer
Brothers</b> table. When Everything becomes Craft, then NOTHING is
Craft. Will someone please start a campaign to bring back the term
“<i>Microbrewery</i>”?</div>
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On a more positive note, even though ACBW is the equivalent
of a Hallmark holiday, I’ve had some damn fine braus the past few days, most
notably at the <a href="http://drinkdrakes.com/" target="_blank"><b>Drake’s</b></a> tap takeover at <a href="http://tonysda.com/" target="_blank"><b>Tony’s Darts Away</b></a> in Burbank. The new <b>7 x 70 IPA</b> was
unveiled, their awesome, seasonal Alpha Session IPA was reintroduced, and they
busted out a few barrel aged specialties: the <b>Brandy Barrel Aged Drakonic
Stout</b> and the <b>Whiskey Barrel Aged Rakish Rye Wine Ale.</b> Superb!
After this quick tasting, I headed up to meet Matt Domino at <a href="http://www.newhallrefinery.com/" target="_blank"><b>Newhall Refinery</b></a>,
where we shared a ton of shit-talking, and more importantly, a ton of beer
tasters. Newhall Refinery serves tumbler sized samplers of everything on tap,
so I went for a taste of everything I haven’t already tried in my Big Year.
Great service, great environment to chill, decent rotating tap list, not to
mention it’s the only game in town when it comes to the greater Santa Clarita
area.</div>
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American Craft Beer Week will officially wrap up in a couple
days. Am I bummed? Hell no. For me, every week is Beer
Week. And next week will be even better than this one. Cheers!</div>
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<u>5/8-10 – Hangin’ at home, and trying a few mediocre in-store
samples:</u></div>
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<b>740 - UINTA BREWING HOODOO KOLSCH STYLE ALE</b> – Hoodoo you
think is really into this beer? Well, I really dig all Uinta beers. This
one is on the bottom rung of the ladder though. </div>
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<b>741 - MENDOCINO BREWING TALON SMOKED DOUBLE PORTER</b> – Perty
good, not too smoky, standard roasted barley flavor.</div>
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<b>742 - EPIC BREWING SOUR APPLE SAISON</b> – Had a quick sample at
BevMo in Burbank; spiced, tart, would be better around Xmas time, I’m glad this
was just a sample, a full glass is not necessary.</div>
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(2013) </b>– Subtle hop goodness, didn’t club me over the head like most West Coast
beers with “hop” in the name. I’m gonna try it again soon side-by-side
with the Southern Hemisphere Harvest.</div>
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<b>744 - SPOETZL BREWERY SHINER BOCK</b> – Stumbled upon a tasting
at Total Wine in Northridge, CA. Glad I got to taste it & claim it without
drinking more than a thimble full. This bock blows, but you all know
that.</div>
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<b>745 - FIREMAN'S BREW BLONDE</b> – Tasted these Fireman’s brews
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<b>746 - FIREMAN'S BREW REDHEAD ALE</b> – Best of all three
offerings, still only about average.</div>
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<b>747 - FIREMAN'S BREW BRUNETTE GERMAN DOUBLEBOCK</b> – Decent
doppel, wouldn’t order it though.</div>
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<b>748 - INDIAN WELLS BREWING COMPANY WHISKEY BARREL BREW
BARREL AGED AMBER</b> – Mild vanilla woodiness. Fair. Not as husky as most
barrel-aged beers you’ll find on the market. Indian Wells isn’t known for
awesome brews, so at least this is a step in the right direction. </div>
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<b>749 - GREEN FLASH BREWING ROAD WARRIOR IMPERIAL RYE IPA</b> –
Goddamn, this is tasty. I would drink this daily. And I dig the different
packaging, a nice departure from their usual boring font & one color
labels. I’m ready to get a mohawk and cruise the wastelands with the Feral
Kid. </div>
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<b>750 - MISSION BREWERY DARK SEAS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT </b>–
Best Mission brew by far. Awesome chocolate & licorice bomb.</div>
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<u>5/11 – Mother’s Day</u></div>
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<b>751 - MAD RIVER BREWING STEELHEAD DOUBLE IPA</b> – Doesn’t taste
like a double, but still a good ‘un. Creamy hops. Easy.</div>
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have a sense memory of trying beer at age 13, and it tasted like stale
pee. I think I need to see a therapist for this resurgence of suppressed
memories. Or maybe I can just sue Heineken for mental cruelty.</div>
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<b>753 - STONE BREWING SMOKED PORTER WITH CHIPOTLE PEPPERS</b> –
Nice heat, not as complex as other recent chile beers I’ve enjoyed, but still
worthwhile, especially when it’s closer to room temp.</div>
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<b>754 - LOST COAST BREWERY 8 BALL STOUT</b> – Decent stout, maybe
closer to an English style, not super full bodied, but middle of the road, with
good subtle maltiness.</div>
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<u>5/12 – Monday, start of American Craft Beer Week</u></div>
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<b>755 - COORS BANQUET BEER (1970 ORIGINAL RECIPE)</b> – Turns out
Coors was pretty shitty in 1970 as well.</div>
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<b>756 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY SOLIDARITY BLACK MILD </b>– Classic,
easy-drinking. Power to the people! </div>
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<b>757 - EAGLE ROCK BREWERY MANIFESTO WITBIER</b> – Wow, somehow I
haven’t tried this Eagle Rock brew til now. Probably because so many Wits
are underwhelming. This is the exception… What a great beer! Mildly
citrusy, but full bodied. Thanks Lee!</div>
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<u>5/13 – Starting at Tony’s with Drake’s Tap Takeover;
Finishing with numerous tasters at Newhall Refinery:</u></div>
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<b>758 - DRAKE'S BREWING ALPHA SESSION IPA</b> – The old favorite
is back, from one of the few breweries to make a session IPA long before the
2014 surge. Mild, skunk hop bite.</div>
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<b>759 - DRAKE'S BREWING 7 x 70 IPA</b> – OK, so 7x70 = 490.
What’s that? Couldn’t find it. Then I looked up 7 x 70 on the
internet and found it’s a Biblical reference. Something about Jesus saying
peeps should be forgiven seventy times seven, which infers forgiving someone
for eternity. Brand new IPA unveiled here… mild flavors, decent, admittedly it
might be my least favorite Drake’s offering. Must they now beg for
eternal forgiveness?</div>
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<b>760 - DRAKE'S BREWING BRANDY BARREL DRAKONIC RUSSIAN
IMPERIAL STOUT</b> – “Barrel” and “Stout” are like Peanut Butter and Jelly in my
book… they belong together forever. 75% barrel aged for 2 years blended with
fresh Drakonic. As complex and crazily delicious as it sounds. Fruity wine-like
character paired with dark chocolate berries.</div>
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<b>761 - DRAKE'S BREWING RAKISH RYE WINEALE BARREL AGED</b> – Half
of it was aged 4 months in whiskey barrels then blended with 50% fresh brew;
Rich as any respectable barleywine should be, like a vanilla caramel taffy, I
just need some high quality vanilla bean ice cream to pour this over. Awe
inspiring. </div>
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<b>762 - LADYFACE ALEHOUSE BLIND AMBITION BELGIAN STYLE STRONG
ALE </b>– Haven’t had this one since last summer, still solid output from these
Agoura Hills mavericks. This brewery gets better every year.</div>
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<b>763 - STONE BREWING SPROCKETBIER BLACK RYE KOLSCH</b> –
With a name like this, I can’t help but picture Dieter on “Sprokets”. Dammit,
what a great beer. I have a new favorite Stone offering. Should we
listen to Kraftwerk now?</div>
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<b>764 - STONE BREWING DELICIOUS IPA</b> – It is!</div>
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<b>765 - LOST COAST BREWERY WATERMELON WHEAT</b> – Quite possibly
The Worst Beer I’ve Ever Tasted. Rogue Voodoo Doughnut beer now has some
serious competition.</div>
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<b>766 - BAVIK PETRUS OUD BRUIN</b> – Oh yeah, what a pleasant
sour. Finishes clean. I could sip this baby for a while.</div>
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<b>767 - NEW BELGIUM RAMPANT IMPERIAL IPA</b> – I seem to be alone
in this, but I’m not the biggest of New Belgium fans. However, I like
this one a lot. Maybe having it on tap makes a big difference.</div>
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<b>768 - DOGFISH HEAD 90 MINUTE IPA</b> – The standby. You
gotta dig it.</div>
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flavor, doesn’t overpower it & make it a fruit beer, just more of a
well-rounded IPA.</div>
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<b>770 - AYINGER ALTBAIRISCH DUNKEL</b> – Not great, but not
Scheisse.</div>
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<b>771 - OSKAR BLUES TEN FIDY STOUT </b>– The most wonderful of all
motor oils. I see this everywhere, but I’ve forgotten what a truly great stout
this is.</div>
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<u>5/14-15 - Wed & Thurs at home:</u></div>
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<b>772 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING RUMBLE OAK AGED IPA </b>– With
a name like “Rumble” the label should depict a showdown between leather
jacketed 1960’s hoodlums holding switchblades. Good, but I’d like to try
another one. I have yet to try any aged IPA that I love. But I do
love most Great Divide releases, so I think it deserves another shot.</div>
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<b>773 - INNIS & GUNN RUM AGED</b> – Cor Blimey!
Like a couple other recent beers, heavy vanilla and caramel, a rich
dessert-like beer.</div>
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<b>774 – CALDERA BREWING HOP HASH IPA</b> – A tasty hop blend from
the ever-reliable Caldera kettle.</div>
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<b>775 – EEL RIVER BREWING ORGANIC PORTER</b> – When it comes to
wines, the word “organic” always scares me. Organic wines suck. Not so with
beer. Organic beers have just as much of a chance as “normal” beers of being
good. Bold malts, underlying chocolate flavor, thumbs up.</div>
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</xml><![endif]-->The end of last week was close to wrapping up, and it couldn't have concluded any better than having my pal Ryan Harkins, co-owner of burger mecca <b><a href="http://grillemalltruck.com/" target="_blank">GRILL EM ALL</a></b>, inviting us down to hang out for the evening with him, his awesome wife Kevine, and some of their old Chicagoland pals Emily, her husband Brian, and his sister Maggie. The invite was all I needed to show up, but Ryan further sweetened the deal by informing me they have the somewhat elusive <b>HUMULUS IMPERIAL PALE LAGER </b>from <b><a href="http://www.thebruery.com/" target="_blank">THE BRUERY</a> </b>on tap. This is by far one of my favorite local beers. Legend has it that The Bruery has sworn they will never produce an IPA. Their way around it? Create a hop-bomb lager... the very first IPL that I was ever aware of, and since then several larger brewers have stolen the IPL thunder... Sam Adams, Widmer, and a few others. Humulus is a modern day classic. But I digress...<br />
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While it was an unusually slow evening at Grill Em All's location in the heart of downtown Alhambra, Ryan and his business partner Matt were busy hosting a bevvy of friends and fans, not the least of which were a contingent of old school execs from <b>Metal Blade Records</b>. In the meantime, my wife Camille and I made fast friends with the Windy City cohorts and engorged ourselves with the greatest, most filling, ridiculously over-the-top, decadent burgers in existence. Their special burger with ghost peppers and birria was seriously tempting, but I knew realistically I wouldn't survive, so The Mrs and I split a Cowboy From Hell burger topped with BBQ chicken.. Ryan treated our table to every possible combination of fries, all incredible, and my favorites being the No More Mr. Nice Fries topped with chili, and the Anvil Fries topped with duck confit and duck gravy. Everything was delicious beyond words, and the only thing missing was a stomach pump to remedy our gluttonous overindulgence. </div>
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After a few pints of Humulus and the Iron Maiden <b>Trooper</b>, an English bitter that was even better this time than I recall, we stumbled a block over to <b><a href="http://38degreesalhambra.com/" target="_blank">38 DEGREES</a></b>, a beer bar with arguably some of the best taps in LA. They manage to wrangle some of the rarest kegs around, and know their shit. Ryan's pal <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeerGeekLA" target="_blank">Phil Merkow</a>, a fellow mega beer nerd, joined us as a kindred spirit in our communal love for the brau. Camille and I ordered a flight to share, and generously, our entire table of eight all passed around each others goblets and tasters. I ended up trying much more than anticipated for a Thursday night, and it was all outstanding. Now that <b>ALPINE </b>has recently upped their production thanks to GREEN FLASH, I was able to get their stellar <b>NELSON IPA</b> on tap for the first time ever. Great peeps, great times, great beer.<br />
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After going through the motions of Friday, Saturday had finally arrived... the day I had been anticipating… the day of <b><a href="http://sabrosotacofest.com/" target="_blank">Sabroso Craft Beer & Taco Festival</a></b>. I had been looking forward to this day for months.
What I wasn’t looking forward to were the 90+ degree temps that SoCal had been
experiencing all week. My Wife’s MS has been bad lately, and the heat
affects her adversely, so she decided to stay home rather than risk collapsing
in some remote hillside park in Orange
County. I tried to
find a last minute drinking buddy, but no luck. I had to eat the extra
ticket. Rather than dwell on the loss, I focused on the positives… there
was an extraordinary number of new beers waiting to be tasted, and I intended
to make my way through as many as humanly possible over the course of this four-hour
session. But my Wife was going to be the designated driver. Now
what? I had nightmarish visions of being too tipsy to leave, and a
gauntlet of unavoidable DUI checkpoints.
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At the last moment, I remembered a <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/how-not-to-get-drunk" target="_blank">link </a>my overseas pal
<b>Randy Carncross</b> posted: <b>Jim Koch</b>, founder of <b>Sam Adams Brewery,</b> talked about a
method he adopted to avoid getting drunk at extended beer tasting
sessions: <i>Consuming active dry yeast</i>.
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Since reading this a few weeks back, I had been meaning to give this a shot, and today was the
perfect occasion to see how effective, or how completely ridiculous, this idea
would be. The more I drove and lingered on the idea, the more I
envisioned all possible bad outcomes.</div>
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What if the yeast makes me violently sick? </div>
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What if a loaf of bread forms in my gut and I can’t poop it
out?</div>
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What if the yeast blows up my stomach and I end up expanding
like Veruca Salt in “Willy Wonka”?</div>
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What if this yeast story is an elaborate prank, purposely
planted in the media to ensnare beer geeks into trying something absolutely
absurd?</div>
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En route to the fest, I stopped at a Ralph’s supermarket in Orange. In the
baking aisle I found the intimidating packets of Fleischman’s yeast. Koch
said he mixed yeast with yogurt to make the taste more palatable. I opted
for a small container of chocolate pudding.</div>
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Traversing the country road out to Lake View Park out in Silverado, I reached
the parking lot 15 minutes before the start of the session. Enough time
to prep my buzzkill formula. I couldn’t help thinking this is either the
dumbest thing I’ve tried, or the smartest thing I’ve tried. Considering
all of my preconceived fears about active dry yeast, I kept my initial intake
small… less than one packet. To my surprise, it wasn’t bad at all.
In fact, it tastes like Grape Nuts cereal. Hell, I’m a beer drinker, and
I love yeasty beers, so it should have occurred to me sooner this wouldn’t be a
big deal. I speedily scarfed down the concoction, then unsuccessfully
asked around the parking lot if anyone needed an extra ticket. No
dice. In fact, several other folks had extras, too. I had to accept
the fact that I was going to take a bath on the second ticket if I wanted to
start tasting on time, so I semi-reluctantly ventured into the tasting area.</div>
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The location itself as well as the layout of the event
couldn’t have been better. Plenty of room to spread out. Plenty of
trees for shade. Live music. Masked lucha libre Mexican-style
wrestling. Even a few non-beer vendors for those who needed a break from
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And most importantly, the range of breweries represented the pick of
the litter of establishments from California's Lower Half. Many old favorites, many
I’ve seen but never tried, and a couple I’d never even heard of. While I
was not in the loop with any hype for the day, it was clear that the buzz was
all about the newest Anaheim-based brewery <b>BOTTLE LOGIC</b>. Neighboring
tents catered to lines of 2-3 patrons at a time, while the Bottle Logic tent
had a line that doubled back and stretched so far I didn’t even realize the end
of the line was actually a line for anything. I had perused many recent
positive write ups about this establishment, but I also don’t have the
patience to wait for anything… especially in a park that was teeming to the
seams with countless available taps (and on a separate topic to rant about
another day, “fuck, no” I’m not waiting in <i>any </i>freakin’ line, even if it's for Pliny The
Younger!). </div>
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As expected, this fest, like most, was heavy on the IPAs overall, although 85% <b>PIZZA PORT ORDER IN THE PORT</b>, <b>EL
SEGUNDO HYPERION’S STOUT WITH VANILLA BEAN</b>, <b>BACKSTREET SANTO MOLE CHILE STOUT</b>,
and the <b>TAPS MOCHA STOUT</b>, although top honors and Beer Of The Day go to<b> <a href="http://bottlelogic.com/" target="_blank">BOTTLE LOGIC</a></b>… once their line finally died down, their premium offerings were still
available, and I was lucky enough to sample the next-to-last tasting of their
off-the-charts <b>LECHE BORRACHO MOLE STOUT AGED IN TEQUILA OAK CHIPS</b>. Every
<b>BOTTLE LOGIC</b> beer was unique, and although I’m not a hob-nobber or social
butterfly in general, I had to shake the hand of their President Steve Napolitano for
his innovative and just effing delicious beers. <br />
of them
were damn good. A surprising number of stouts were available, which made
me a happy man, the most memorable being the </div>
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This day was full of continued pleasant surprises. All
of the <b><a href="http://blackmarketbrew.com/" target="_blank">BLACK MARKET</a> </b>brews were terrific, but I’ve never had an imperial brown
ale until I tried their outstanding <b>EMBARGO IMPERIAL BROWN</b>. The
gregarious <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/brothers-in-brew" target="_blank">Phil Thomas</a> repped the excellent <b>CLOWN SHOES SPACE CAKE IMPERIAL IPA</b>. <a href="http://www.noblealeworks.com/" target="_blank"><b>NOBLE ALE WORKS</b></a> blew me way with their spicy <b>PISTOLA CHILE PILSNER</b> and
their complex <b>ROSALITA HIBISCUS PILSNER</b>, both being wonderfully tweaked
offshoots of their standard <b>PISTOL WHIP’D PILSNER</b>, not to mention the guys at
their tent were the only dudes besides Phil who knew what my <b>SURLY </b>hat
was. </div>
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I enjoyed nearly everything I tried, but my runaway
favorites for the day were the kick-in-the-pants chile beers... aside from the aforementioned brews, <b>IRONFIRE BREWING HABANERO PALE, </b><b>BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING ANAHEIM, CA CHILE PALE WHEAT ALE, </b>and <b>VALIANT BREWING HOT & KOLSCH </b>did a fine job of kicking my posterior. Such a wide
variety of unique brewing approaches, from IPAs to Kolsch to Stouts, and I
loved every single one of them.<br />
I spent four solid hours consuming
delicious tacos from <a href="http://www.havengastropub.com/" target="_blank"><b>HAVEN </b></a>and <a href="http://thekroft.com/" target="_blank"><b>THE KROFT</b></a>, gulping tons of water, asking for
half-pours and getting full pours, and pouring more than half of them out, and in the end I
managed to make my way through 44 new beers for my Big Year. For nearly all
of them, I sampled them in three sips and moved on, although a couple were way too
perfect to pour out, so I drank the full pour, not knowing when I’d get another
chance… most notably the <b>BOTTLE LOGIC LECHE BORRACHO</b> and the <b>NOBLE PISTOLA</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In every way, this does NOT suck.</td></tr>
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All of this was achieved without my stomach exploding.
Did the yeast trick work? Possibly. I should have consumed even
more yeast to really see if I could even keep the mild buzz at bay. But
being a cautious first-timer, it still seemed to help, although it could have
equally been attributed to my mass agua consumption, eating well, and sampling
small amounts albeit from a large number of taps.</div>
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Either way, it was a prosperous, brau-filled day, and I'm looking forward to attending the affiliated annual <a href="http://ocbrewhaha.com/" target="_blank">OC Brew Ha Ha </a>event for the first time this September. </div>
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In the meantime... Viva Sabroso!!</div>
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<u>Sippin' at home with The Mrs.</u>:</div>
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<b>667 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>KEEBARLIN' PALE ALE HWY 128 SESSION SERIES</b> - Delicious session pale ale</div>
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<b>668 - GRAND TETON BREWING SWEETGRASS AMERICAN PALE ALE</b> - Can I get a "yum"?</div>
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<u>Thurs nite partying at GRILL EM ALL and 38 DEGREES: </u></div>
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<b>669 - THE BRUERY HUMULUS INDIA PALE LAGER</b> - Legendary, at least in my book</div>
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<b>670 - ROBINSONS TROOPER</b> - On tap @ Grill Em All, I don't remember it being this good. Maybe I'm High On Fries?</div>
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<b>671 - ALPINE BEER COMPANY NELSON IPA</b> - The hard to find classic, now more readily available thanks to a partnership with Green Flash. First time I've had it on tap, @ 38 Degrees.</div>
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<b>672 - BAIRD BREWING DARK SKY IMPERIAL STOUT - </b>I see my handful of Japanese beer buddies posting about Baird, now I finally get to try it. Sweeter than most American stouts. Different. And different is good.</div>
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<b>673 - CRAFTSMAN BREWING 1903 LAGER</b> - Easy drinkin' local. Will Craftsman ever expand? I'm seriously doubting it.</div>
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<b>674 - THE BRUERY BOIS BOURBON BARREL AGED </b>- Incredible old ale / barleywine. Not sure 100% what style it's considered but it's crazy heavy, complex, thick... like a decadent dessert.</div>
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<b>675 - BIG SKY BREWING OLDE BLUEHAIR BARLEYWINE</b> - Rich, like any barleywine worth its weight, served in a freakin' goblet! </div>
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<b>676 - SAINT SOMEWHERE BREWING E'TE' SANS FIN SAISON</b> - Tasty Florida brew, thanks to Ryan for the taste.</div>
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<b>677 - SMUTTYNOSE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IMPERIAL STOUT</b> - Goddamn solid, like all Smuttynose. Lucky to have a few Smuttys on the east coast last month, but I didn't have this one.</div>
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<b>678 - BOULDER BEER COMPANY SHAKE CHOCOLATE PORTER ON NITRO</b> - Like Chocolate Quik, but on Nitro</div>
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<b>679 - NORTH
COAST BREWING COMPANY
GRAND CRU</b> - Bourbon barrel aged Belgian style golden strong ale, slightly tart, all delicious, better than I remember from last year.<br />
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<u>Friday nite at home, the calm before the storm: </u></div>
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<b>680 - FLYING
DOG BREWERY
WOODY CREEK
BELGIAN STYLE WHITE</b> - Basic Americanized Belgian-style white, but a winner.</div>
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<b>681 - ANDERSON
VALLEY BREWING<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EL STEINBER DARK LAGER</b> - Tasty black lager in a tallboy can, I heart Anderson Valley overall</div>
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<b>682 - LAGUNITAS CENSORED RICH COPPER ALE </b>- Great amber, Lagunitas rules, didn't realize until this time that the censored name is actually THE KRONIK</div>
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<u>Sabroso Saturday... 44 tastings in one afternoon session... que bueno! </u></div>
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<b>683 - RITUAL BREWING HOP-O-MATIC IPA</b> - The name says it all</div>
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<b>684 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING HYPERION'S STOUT WITH VANILLA BEAN</b> - Thick, rich, delicious</div>
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<b>685 - CISMONTANE BREWING SMOKIN' SANTIAGO SCOTCH ALE</b> - Smoked scotch ale. Had it last year and found it to be OK. Same reaction this year. I'm a huge fan of Cismontane, but this isn't my fave on their roster.</div>
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<b>686 - CISMONTANE BREWING THE CITIZEN CALIFORNIA COMMON</b> - Refreshing on a hot afternoon</div>
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<b>687 - HANGAR 24 SMALL STOUT</b> - An unexpected, but most-welcome entry from this brewery. Smooth American style with heavy roasted barley, not as dense as I like, but still flavorful</div>
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<b>688 - HANGAR 24 BELGIAN SUMMER ALE</b> - Crisp and mildly tart, possibly my favorite Hanger 24 output</div>
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<b>689 - TAPS NUESTRA SENORA</b> - medium bodied, deep amber colored Mexican style lager</div>
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<b>690 - GREAT DIVIDE BREWING 20TH
ANNIVERSARY BELGIAN-STYLE ALE</b> - Poured by the Haven booth at Sabroso, brewed with grape juice, like a
less-sweet shandy, light & fruity, paired well with Haven pork tacos.<br />
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<b>691 - TAP IT BREWING I PI A BELGIAN IPA - </b>They use the "pi" symbol on their tap, brewed with Belgian yeast but it's not discernible because this is one
crunchy-as-hell hop attack, excellent but nothing Belgian about it. </div>
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<b>692 - TUSTIN
BREWING RED HILL RED</b> - This Red Hill Red is red. Some mild hops. Would definitely order this again. </div>
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<b>693 - TUSTIN BREWING JACKSON'S IMPERIAL IPA - </b>Excellent hop crunch </div>
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<b>694 - BOTTLE LOGIC / TUSTIN
COLLABORATION AGED OAK CHIP IPA - </b>Walked up to the Tustin tent right when they were tapping this keg... Mildly woody, all good, lucky I got to try this rarity, one of the few Sabroso pours where I drank the whole thing <br />
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<b>695 - BELCHING BEAVER EASY BEAVER SESSION IPA - </b>Jumping in on the Session IPA craze of 2014, and coming in strong </div>
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<b>696 - BEACH
CITY BREWERY SWEET CRUDE
STOUT</b> - Tastes like a liquid cookie, brewery grand opening is next weekend in Huntington Beach, glad I got to check em out early </div>
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<b>697 - BEACH
CITY BREWERY PCH PALE ALE</b> - Solid pale, looking forward to checking out more from this new brewery </div>
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<b>698 - TAPS MOCHA STOUT</b> - Total mocha bomb, but a thick, oily stout... just how I like em </div>
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<b>699 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY CHANGO LAGER </b>- Crisp, clean, grapefruity goodness </div>
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<b>700 - LEFT COAST BREWING DEL
MAR ST. LAGER</b> - Dortmunder style export lager.... not sure what that means, but I like
pretending that I do. Clean, simple, OK but I'd go for Bootleggers first
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<b>701 - LEFT
COAST BREWING TRESTLES
IPA</b> - It's an IPA</div>
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<b>702 - CLOWN SHOES SPACE CAKE IMPERIAL IPA</b> - Everybody does an IPA, yet true to form, Clown Shoes rises above mediocrity... caramelly malts and strong hops </div>
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<b>703 - VALIANT BREWING HOT & KOLSCH</b> - Masterful, spicy kolsch infused with chiles, one of my favorites of the day </div>
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<b>704 - FIRESTONE WALKER
EASY JACK SESSION IPA</b> - Session IPA with mild crunch, wouldn't expect less from the Masters</div>
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<b>705 - SAINT ARCHER BREWING WHITE ALE - </b>Yeast, major citrus, perfect hot day beer </div>
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<b>706 - NOBLE ALE WORKS PISTOLA CHILE PILSNER</b> - Their Pistol Whip'd Pilsner infused with serrano chiles, my new favorite! Plus
the Noble guys were the only ones who knew what my Surly hat was... bonus points! </div>
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<b>707 - NOBLE ALE WORKS ROSALITA HIBISCUS PILSNER</b> - Pistol Whip'd Pilsner infused with hibiscus, pink in color, looks like a
rose wine. I'm sure the Brewbies would support this one! </div>
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CLEMENTE) ORDER IN THE PORT STOUT</b> - Commanding imperial stout... excellent as expected. I love all Pizza Port beers, but this is their best stout, hands down. </div>
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<b>709 - I & I BREWING HIBISCUS XPA</b> - Not bad, not particularly distinct, curious what else they have that might be more impressive </div>
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<b>710 - PIZZA PORT (SAN
CLEMENTE) EL CAMINO IPA</b> - Crunchy crunchy crunchy IPA, like healthy cereal... in a good way </div>
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<b>711 - IRONFIRE BREWING HABANERO PALE</b> - Another great chile beer at Sabroso, nice kick, slow burn on the finish, but still easily drinkable, so good! </div>
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<b>712 - BLACK MARKET BREWING 1945 SOUR WHEAT ALE</b> - Not too sour, puckery with a hint of sweetness... an aperitif beer? </div>
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<b>713 - TAP IT BREWING SNAFU DOUBLE IPA</b> - 11.1% ABV, thick like an imperial but totally drinkable, not overwhelming, just right </div>
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<b>714 - BLACK MARKET BREWING EMBARGO IMPERIAL BROWN</b> - Best brown I've ever tasted. Have I ever had an imperial brown? Is this
the world's best kept secret? So rich it could be a nutty stout. </div>
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<b>715 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING LECHE BORRACHO STOUT</b> - Best beer of the day @ Sabroso, Leche Mole with tequila oak chips,
freakin' unique, can't be compared to anything I've ever had.
Innovative! </div>
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<b>716 - BACKSTREET BREWERY SANTO MOLE CHILE STOUT</b> - Imperial coffee stout with habanero, major chocolate, an unexpected favorite, super sweet with a major kick. </div>
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<b>717 - BACKSTREET BREWERY TOMAHAWK DOUBLE IPA</b> - Eh.</div>
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<b>718 - J.T. SCHMID'S HEFEWEIZEN</b> - I thought this would be a cheezy brewer like BJ's, but this hefe is a treat, I'd order this anyday. </div>
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<b>719 - RITUAL BREWING MONK'S LUNCH BELGIAN GOLDEN</b> - Belgian single / blonde - low ABV, estery, mildly floral, a goodie. </div>
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<b>720 - OLD ORANGE BREWING
STREET FAIR SUMMER ALE</b> - No.</div>
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<b>721 - IRONFIRE BREWING THE DEVIL WITHIN DIPA</b> - Really damn potent, what a DIPA! </div>
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<b>722 - MISSION BREWERY
ZYTHOS IPA</b> - Rye IPA, I'm a sucker for anything rye </div>
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<b>723 - MISSION BREWERY
ARMADA COLLABORATION SAISON</b> - Farmhousey goodness</div>
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<b>724 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING RECURSION IPA</b> - I'm burnt out on IPAs but Bottle Logic gave me renewed hope. This one is superior. </div>
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<b>725 - BOTTLE LOGIC BREWING ANAHEIM, CA</b> - Pale wheat chile beer, an unexpected but welcome surprise, top of the line! </div>
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IPA - </b>Eh!</div>
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<b>727 - LAGUNITAS BREWING CAPPUCCINO STOUT</b> - Finally get to share one with The Wife after tasting 44 straight @ Sabroso </div>
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<b>728 - THE LOST ABBEY RED BARN ALE SAISON </b>- Saisony, taste that faint hint of tart farmhouse wildness</div>
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<b>729 - OMMEGANG HOP HOUSE BELGIAN PALE ALE</b> - S'OK, least favorite Ommegang output</div>
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<b>730 - ALASKAN BREWING FREERIDE APA</b> - S'OK, least favorite Alaskan output</div>
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<b>731 - DRAKE'S BREWING AMBER </b>- Really really good, roasty, malty, caramelly </div>
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<b>732 - UINTA BREWING ANNIVERSARY BARLEYWINE</b> - A good 'un</div>
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<b>733 - BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER WORKS THE RAVEN SPECIAL
LAGER</b> - I've said it before... always prepared to write this off as a novelty brewer, but I truly enjoy EVERY beer I've had from Baltimore-Washington Beer Works.</div>
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<b>734 - DRAKE'S BREWING HEFEWEIZEN</b> - Drake's is pretty much flawless. Accept it.</div>
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<b>735 - BIG SKY BREWING IPA</b> - Good, solid hop crunch</div>
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<b>736 - CLOWN SHOES CLEMENTINE WHITE ALE</b> - Belgiany goodness, heavy on the orange</div>
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<b>737 - BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER WORKS PENDULUM PILSNER</b> - Band practice beer, enjoyed during the first TO THE POINT rehearsal in nearly a year, trying not to hurt myself yelling like a madman. Nice beer... wheaty, barleyey </div>
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<b>738 - MAUI BREWING MANA
WHEAT - </b>What you'd expect from a wheat beer... went quite well with our oniony salsa tonite.</div>
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<b>739 - PORT BREWING OLD VISCOSITY ALE</b> - Old Reliable stout.</div>
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About six months ago, my pal Jack Kahn solicited a large
group of old friends to attend <b>Black Sabbath </b>at the Hollywood Bowl. Legendary
longhair John Scharpen, myself, and Mrs. Dodge were in. Everyone else
chickened out. And thus, it’s April 25<sup>th</sup> and Jack & John
made the trek from out of town, from the San Diego
and San Jose
areas respectively, to spend the weekend at my place in LA. John brought
his 13 year old stepdaughter Eva to join us. Turns out she’s a Sabbath
fan. And for someone who is at an age where she’s supposed to be snotty,
confrontational, and clueless, Eva seemed unphased hanging out with
middle-aged, punk/metal ex-scenesters who spent hours trading stories about the
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Jack brought an impressive selection of brews from the SD
area, heavy on the Belching Beaver which were all tasty, all of which were new
to my Big Year. He also brought one of his old friends Bob Schriner to
hang out. Bob is a comedian and restaurant/hotel blogger who knows all
the angles to getting freebies. I could learn a few tricks of the trade
from this fella. The problem is I want to support any brewery that is
truly great, so I have no issues giving them money. In fact, I prefer
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John doesn’t drink, so it was me, Jack, Bob, and the Mrs.
popping open bottle after bottle… starting with three from my stash, then
digging into Jack’s stack. Snacking and yakking, we jumped from IPA to
porter to stout (<b>Jester King Black Metal Stout</b>, appropriate for Sabbath Eve) and back to
IPAs for days. It was a late nite spent blabbing about the old days,
playing serious catch up with a group of fellas who haven’t all shared the same
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Saturday. Sabbath. We kicked off the morning
with brunch in Downtown LA at <b><a href="http://littlebearla.com/" target="_blank">Little Bear</a></b>, an accessible Belgian-themed spot
with all Belgian-style taps, and toothsome but not-necessarily-Belgian food
options, even more delicious if you’re not a vegetarian. Braised short
rib benedict? Yes, my friends, I’m home. I kicked off the morning
with an <b>Ommegang Glimmerglass</b> saison. Delicious, even if drinking
something floral out of a tulip glass isn’t necessarily the most manly of
moments a fella could experience. Knowing a long eve was ahead of us, we
opted to chill at my house for the afternoon, sharing a few more SD County
offerings. We polished off the <b>Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Stout</b>, and split the
<b>Belching Beaver Dammed Double IPA</b>. Refreshing, although it may have not
been the best of ideas since early drinking makes me sleepy, and I didn’t want
to be the one guy yawning during “Behind The Wall Of Sleep”.</div>
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In an instant the afternoon was over & it was time to
regroup, cram into my Wife’s tiny Honda Fit …picture the stereotypical ‘60s
college prank, smashing as many students as possible into a phone booth.
After wrestling with traffic, and snagging one of the last three spots in our
favorite stack parking lot (yes, “favorite stack parking” is an oxymoron), we
joined the steady stream of black-clad, pot-smoking, brain surgeons, while
deftly avoiding bootleg T-shirt vendors hawking their substandard tees for
$20. 20 bucks?! Those bootleggers have got major balls swangin’ to
shake us down for that much.</div>
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We told Jack to get the cheapest seats, as far back as
possible. He succeeded. <a href="http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Bowl</b></a> is massive and sprawling, and if
you’re not in the box seats up front it’s just a matter of whether your seat is
a mile from the stage or two miles from the stage. In other words, it
doesn’t matter where you sit. The band will always be a tiny, blurred
speck on the stage. Out of the eight million rows at this venue, our
seats were in the very last row, all the way at the top of The Bowl, cozy and
surrounded by hedges. And being in the last row, Murphy’s Law determined
the largest leviathan of man, out of all the attendees in this venue of six hundred
trillion people, was assigned the seat in the second-to-last row, directly in
front of my Wife & I. Thankfully, being in the very last row with no
one behind us to complain, we were able to stand for the whole show. I
conceded to one $10 <b>Heineken </b>at the beginning of the show, but after that
determined overpriced everyday beer was unnecessary. Although some other
form of heavy mind-alteration clearly would have been to my advantage during
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After a lengthy set by the unfortunately-named <b>Reignwolf
</b>(hours of comedic mileage on the name alone), nighttime descended on cue.
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Sabbath Freakin’ Sabbath. Ozzy. Tony Iommi.
Geezer Butler.
Some guy who isn’t Bill Ward.</div>
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The set was even better than expected, with several deep
cuts dusted off, albeit with a few strange choices… “Dirty Women”, but no “Hole
In The Sky” or “Sweet Leaf” or “Symptom Of The Universe”? Another friend
later put it into perspective by reminding me that the missing songs I wanted
to hear were probably all way out of Ozzy’s range. And I think that’s
absolutely true. Ozzy struggled a bit to stay on key, but it really
didn’t matter… it’s freakin’ Ozzy! There was untold bellyaching about
Bill Ward’s exclusion from this tour. It would have been awesome to see
him play, but I also heard from someone who saw Ward in recent years that he
was taking hits off an oxygen tank between songs. The fill-in drummer was
spot on, and crushed his set like a Cro-Magnon. Geezer’s bass riffing was
awe-inspiring, and made me ashamed of what a lazy bassist I’ve become. I
was slightly discouraged that no tracks were played from my favorite album, but
then Tony Iommi teased with the opening riff to “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”, only
to stop suddenly and launch into the predictable (and unnecessary for me)
“Paranoid”. Although I sound like I’m being critical, I’m just
nit-picking because that’s what self-absorbed bloggers are supposed to
do. In Reality, the Masters leveled The Bowl, and this was one of my
favorite shows of the year. </div>
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parking lot to clear out, but being entertained by the drunken, and even bloody
shenanigans of fellow B.S. fans. Late night. Serious stop ‘n’ go
traffic. Midnight burritos. <b>Black Market Aftermath Pale Ale</b>.
No expensive official merch to gloat about, but no expensive bootleg merch to
regret either.</div>
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Sunday morning, the party’s over. Well, for our guests
at least. They all had long drives ahead of them. For Camille &
I the party was continuing full swing. We hit the first-ever <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1483521521865890/" target="_blank"><b>Brewfest OfThe Foothills</b></a> hosted in the parking lot of <a href="http://congregationalehouse.com/" target="_blank"><b>Congregation Ale House</b></a> in Pasadena.
Admittedly, I’ve previously sworn off patronage of this location… great taps,
best burgers ever, but service that never failed to piss me off… however, I
made an exception for this fest, mostly because I wouldn’t be reliant on the
house staff for anything, not to mention it was a great deal. $25 for
unlimited pours, including food, plus a portion of proceeds went to the Ronald
McDonald House charity (although doesn’t McDonald’s have infinite billions more
than Congregation Ale House… just sayin’). What’s to complain
about? In this case, nothing! We had a great time! </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zFSRsgje-Feu-ZpmqlfHWVeZ6zzkc16veSf5njxrBca117Uypx_O-xb9Bdx6LRYtZyloXdyp92biFpzjokjThJuZpJqqNWMFE9r5XeBFBG7yBft2EJJtxoC2ww1PEBk3iNC8jI0a14g/s1600/IMG-20140425-00975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zFSRsgje-Feu-ZpmqlfHWVeZ6zzkc16veSf5njxrBca117Uypx_O-xb9Bdx6LRYtZyloXdyp92biFpzjokjThJuZpJqqNWMFE9r5XeBFBG7yBft2EJJtxoC2ww1PEBk3iNC8jI0a14g/s1600/IMG-20140425-00975.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a> We met our
BFFs Linda and Jordy Mitchell. Jordy is a willing accomplice when it comes
to mass consumption of beer, and happily keeps pace with me. The cream of
the crop of SoCal breweries were in attendance. And in many
cases folks from the actual breweries were there to discuss what they were
pouring. Nothing bugs me more at a beer event than trying to nerd out
about a beer with a Volunteer who has no idea what they have on tap.
Thankfully I got my nerd on, especially during an extended conversation with <b>Los Angeles Ale Works</b> brewmaster
Kris "Kip" Barnes, an energetic and savvy guy who is enthusiastic about all things beer. He also wrote "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beer-Lovers-Southern-California-Breweries/dp/0762792000" target="_blank"><b>Beer Lover's Southern California</b></a>", a solid guide book on breweries & beer bars worthy of patronage.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdY6QQG-j8QTUjaZ56CA93ZxyJ6LgJ761b58kcDrqFgMdWJwWNlC7ivTrXaY7d8Ndj4CF9UPVy0tR-rOshwtbmHnXLZ1mK7GvKNi3c4sVfyoaBKtnrvVhpZyQ4DxpE4HARF4cBeW7xcY/s1600/IMG-20140427-00981.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdY6QQG-j8QTUjaZ56CA93ZxyJ6LgJ761b58kcDrqFgMdWJwWNlC7ivTrXaY7d8Ndj4CF9UPVy0tR-rOshwtbmHnXLZ1mK7GvKNi3c4sVfyoaBKtnrvVhpZyQ4DxpE4HARF4cBeW7xcY/s1600/IMG-20140427-00981.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>Standout new breweries (meaning new to me) were <b>Pacific
Plate Brewing, Los Angeles Ale Works, </b>and<b> Claremont Craft Ales.</b> Local favorites who continued to prove how outstanding they
were included <b>Strand, Smog City, Noble, El Segundo, Bootleggers</b>, and <b>Beachwood.</b>
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A huge plus to this fest, as opposed to the last fest I
attended a few weeks ago in DC, there was water everywhere! I ate early,
drank a tanker truck of water, asked for half-pours, and managed to make my way
through 33 tasters in 3 hours. And I wasn’t drunk when I left. </div>
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Well done, Congregation! Now, ditch the fake Catholic
schoolgirls who know less than zero about beer and I’ll really be a fan….</div>
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It struck me a couple days later that the comedic timing of
my Big Year was way off. </div>
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Saturday 4/26 I saw <b>Black Sabbath.</b> </div>
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Tuesday 4/29 I hit <b>Beer #666</b>. </div>
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Think how much more impact Beer #666 would have had if I
enjoyed it at the same time as Sabbath. Instead I sipped it while
watching the chick flick version of reality TV with my Wife. Then again,
perhaps this was Satan’s ultimate ruse… sipping my <b>Undead Party Crasher Imperial Stout</b> to <b>Tori
Spelling </b>instead of <b>Ozzy</b>. Curse you, Dark Lord! </div>
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Which serves as a painful reminder I also missed Dark Lord
Day out at <b>3 Floyds Brewery</b>, but that’s another story to complain about another
day….</div>
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<u>Pre-Easter Saturday with the Wife’s family </u></div>
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<ul>
<li><b>596 - PORT BREWING SHARK ATTACK DOUBLE RED ALE</b> – Great beer,
one of the better reds out there, hoppy with some depth</li>
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<u>Easter Sunday 4/20 tasting at Vendome, still can’t believe they
were open:</u></div>
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<ul>
<li><b>597 - DAVE'S HOME BREW PALE ALE</b> – bottle share, brewed by a
Vendome regular, very tasty, malty & citrusy</li>
<li><b>598 - SURF BREWERY SHAKA MOSAIC SESSION IPA</b> –2014 is the
year of session IPAs, and this is a great one. Single hop. Delicious. Best
output from Surf Brewery to date.</li>
<li><b>599 - BARRELHOUSE BREWING PALE RYDER –</b> mellow goodness, slight mango, great Central Coast Cali brewer</li>
<li><b>600 - DESCHUTES BREWERY
FRESH SQUEEZED IPA – </b>Excellent, heavy hops</li>
<li><b>601 - WIENS BREWING TYPE 3 IPA –</b> Malt heavy, and caramel heavy, interesting for an IPA</li>
<li><b>602 - BARRELHOUSE BREWING IPA –</b> A deep, dank, herbal IPA</li>
<li><b>603 - SPEAKEASY VENDETTA IPA –</b> Bitter aftertaste, but not in a good way</li>
<li><b>604 - WIENS BREWING BIG COG DIPA –</b> Intense and skunky... And yes, today was 4/20!</li>
<li><b>605 - VALIANT BREWING COMPANY ALPHA DRIVE DIPA –</b> I'm a huge fan of Valiant, but this one didn't sit well with me. Maybe the bottling?</li>
<li><b>606 - ROUGH DRAFT BREWING HOP THERAPY DIPA -</b> S'OK. Not great, but OK.</li>
<li><b>607 - STONE BREWING ENJOY BY 05.16.14 IPA –</b> My favorite IPA series. Last round was Enjoy By 4.20.14. Today was 4.20.14, so it's appropriate we sampled the next in the series.</li>
<li><b>608 - BOULEVARD BREWING GRAINSTORM BLACK RYE IPA –</b> Heavy oaty, ryey happiness in a glass</li>
<li><b>609 - MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING XXX BLACK DOUBLE IPA –</b> Malty, thick coat wrapped around hops.</li>
<li><b>610 - KNEE DEEP SIMTRA TRIPLE IPA –</b> That just happened!</li>
<li><b>611 - GOLDEN ROAD BACK HOME GINGERBREAD STOUT –</b> Growler share, courtesy of a fellow Vendome regular. Excellent, bready, yeasty, and not an awful novelty beer like I was expecting. Gingerbread is extremely subtle and not a gimmick. Highly recommended.</li>
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<u>All enjoyed throughout the work week at home:</u>
<br />
<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAGcoSlX5Zu8h7ix68aSaJ_gXxfOHKvZQ9pg_ixRdxbzj1-0Rtw8-FH345G9SX8fS63On6gJFZCZ1zsy8_KZJHNIeTZBGDrp29CRk6zFdzdfatvUJHQH7qf7KSPbFaGC3rtZOAyDjXCg/s1600/IMG-20140421-00966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAGcoSlX5Zu8h7ix68aSaJ_gXxfOHKvZQ9pg_ixRdxbzj1-0Rtw8-FH345G9SX8fS63On6gJFZCZ1zsy8_KZJHNIeTZBGDrp29CRk6zFdzdfatvUJHQH7qf7KSPbFaGC3rtZOAyDjXCg/s1600/IMG-20140421-00966.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>
<li><b><b>612 - CISCO BREWERS SANKATY LIGHT LAGER</b> - </b>Capped off the evening at home after the big Vendome 4-20 Easter IPA tasting. Cisco is a great brewery. All of the simplest styles are given a spin to make them seem brand new. Can't compliment them enough.</li>
<li><b>613 - SUDWERK BREWING MARZEN AMBER LAGER</b> – Das ist goot,
yah?</li>
<li><b>614 - BLACK MARKET BREWING RYE IPA </b>- Rye not? I love it.</li>
<li><b>615 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY MONK'S UNCLE TRIPEL</b> – Split with
the Mrs. and her sis Sarah, great Belgian style sipper</li>
<li><b>616 - DOGFISH HEAD CRAFT BREWERY INDIAN BROWN ALE </b>– I’m
finding more & more browns I actually like. Add this to the list.</li>
<li><b>617 - VICTORY DIRTWOLF DOUBLE IPA</b> – Imperial goodness.
Shouldn’t Dirtwolf be a band name?</li>
<li><b>618 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY SPACE NEEDLE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
2012 VINTAGE IPA</b> – Never figured out if this just a super old bottle or a new
brew based on a 2012 recipe. I think it was the former. Not
great. IPAs are like Kathleen Turner, they don’t age well.</li>
<li><b>619 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY SPACE NEEDLE GOLDEN IPA</b> –
Delicious redemption for the failure of Beer #618.</li>
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<u>Old friends visiting from out of town, drinking on a rainy
Friday night, getting psyched for Sabbath tomorrow… Black Sabbath, that is:</u></div>
<br />
<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcN6mrl_4QS9GvNq9qdaEzyxCttIyOQwRKop8-9W_cOig-9J9c7WtsaVjUowSOo1677PdSkW6qdQSMWkbYFTqWVBqzRl9wjbC6XZAxBCleTMtCMK7zXm43_QhYI3RB2T6KqCelw0tFhgQ/s1600/DSCF0936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcN6mrl_4QS9GvNq9qdaEzyxCttIyOQwRKop8-9W_cOig-9J9c7WtsaVjUowSOo1677PdSkW6qdQSMWkbYFTqWVBqzRl9wjbC6XZAxBCleTMtCMK7zXm43_QhYI3RB2T6KqCelw0tFhgQ/s1600/DSCF0936.JPG" height="200" width="142" /></a>
<li><b>620 - ALASKAN BREWING JALAPENO IMPERIAL IPA</b> – The kick from
the pepper is a subtle burn that finishes clean thanks to the hops. Que
bueno!</li>
<li><b>621 - PIKE BREWING COMPANY POST ALLEY PORTER</b> – Pike has been
batting around .800 on the year. This puts ‘em up to .825</li>
<li><b>622 - JESTER KING BREWERY BLACK METAL FARMHOUSE IMPERIAL
STOUT</b> – Appropriate pre-Sabbath warm up. Oh Jester King, why must thou
brew in jest?</li>
<li><b>623 - OCEANSIDE ALE WORKS DUDE DOUBLE IPA </b>– Jack thought the
scruffy dude on the label looked like me, until he got to my house &
realized it didn’t look like me at all. Is the Dude a Lebowski nod?
I’m one of the few who doesn’t care for the movie, but this DIPA is worth investing
the time</li>
<li><b>624 - BELCHING BEAVER PEANUT BUTTER FLAVORED MILK STOUT</b> – I
claim not to enjoy novelty beers, then I have one like this that I love.
I’m a goddamned hypocrite. But at least I’m a goddamned hypocrite who got
to drink this.</li>
<li><b>625 - BELCHING BEAVER HOP HIGHWAY IPA</b> – Everyone does an
IPA, but somehow this still stands out, even after drinking for a whole evening.</li>
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<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3P8xBO9h2ErwKrHkprPS7JJY4k65ZxXwxg9h4XEs19K0aXt1Qic2P4DQ0_nGVmXvnu5YgZ0PzK9An_KBcQFTqaEKgQqUycqGV133NlQXKlBNEd9uxnQSCLcsRRkqu0WWNbagczAxrs2k/s1600/DSCF0943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3P8xBO9h2ErwKrHkprPS7JJY4k65ZxXwxg9h4XEs19K0aXt1Qic2P4DQ0_nGVmXvnu5YgZ0PzK9An_KBcQFTqaEKgQqUycqGV133NlQXKlBNEd9uxnQSCLcsRRkqu0WWNbagczAxrs2k/s1600/DSCF0943.JPG" height="149" width="200" /></a>
<li><b>626 – OMMEGANG GLIMMERGLASS SAISON</b> – Great way to start the
day.</li>
<li><b>627 - BELCHING BEAVER DAMMED DOUBLE IPA </b>- Insert pun about
this being dam good… get it? Dam? Heh heh…. Well, actually it is.</li>
<li><b>628 - BLACK MARKET BREWING AFTERMATH PALE ALE</b> – Refreshing
post-Sabbath, midnite burrito accompaniment. Black Market does not disappoint.</li>
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<u>Brewfest Of The Foothills tasters, followed by a saison
chaser at home:</u></div>
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<ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEw1u_JULuUNmn_0uEVFabSZw-T8v5A1C5Wireg6BZXueKa0XlY2caBpmlYuE6x2p_DNwNmk7RqTBHZoBztgp2xjIb_OFHzQOjNeq9usiz8TVm6bYo654C_K2dchtu58EuG3vwrkXF-AY/s1600/DSCF0951.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>
<li><b>629 - BEACHWOOD BREWING HOP NINJA DOUBLE IPA</b> - Beachwood is flawless. Their IPA roster is endless, and all are benchmarks of what IPAs should be.</li>
<li><b>630 - ALOSTA BREWING SPADRA IPA</b> - ...eh.</li>
<li><b>631 - THE DUDES' BREWING COMPANY KOLSCHTAL EDDY</b> - Beer Name Of The Month, and one of the better kolsches I've had in recent memory.</li>
<li><b>632 - STRAND BREWING BATCH
100 STOUT</b> - Awesome, malty with a bite. Haircut 100? Thumbs down. Batch 100? Thumbs up.</li>
<li><b>633 - STRAND BREWING 24TH STREET PALE ALE</b> - Had this for years on tap down in the South Bay area of LA. Old reliable.</li>
<li><b>634 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING COPA DE ORO BELGIAN GOLDEN</b> - Most pleasant surprise of the Brewfest was finding these guys outta Monrovia. They take some classic styles and own them! Fresh, flavorful, it's about time someone shook up the beer scene.</li>
<li><b>635 - PACIFIC PLATE BREWING DUNKELWEIZEN</b> - See above. Great dunkel. Rich. Impressive.</li>
<li><b>636 - SMOG
CITY BREWING MAKE OUT
SESSION PALE ALE</b> - Woo, that's got a hoppy bite, the beer that bites back!</li>
<li><b>637 - NOBLE ALE WORKS PART OF A BALANCED BREAKFAST OATMEAL
STOUT </b>- Love this one. Not to mention I love any excuse to claim that a "breakfast beer" is an acceptable option for starting the day.</li>
<li><b>638 - CLAREMONT CRAFT ALES JACARANDA
RYE IPA</b> - First time trying this brewery, they know what's up</li>
<li><b>639 - CLAREMONT
CRAFT ALES DOUBLE DUDE DIPA</b> - Double goes for what I said above</li>
<li><b>640 - CONGREGATION ALE HOUSE DARK OF THE COVENANT STRONG ALE</b>
- Not bad. Malty, mildly fruity.</li>
<li><b>641 - CONGREGATION ALE HOUSE IPA</b> - Everyone on the planet brews an IPA, so yours needs to stand out. Didn't make a love connection with this one.</li>
<li><b>642 - MONKISH BREWING FEMINIST BELGIAN STYLE TRIPEL</b> - Excellent golden brau</li>
<li><b>643 - MONKISH BREWING ROSA'S
HIPS BELGIAN STYLE DUBBEL</b> - Good one, but their Tripel wins, hands down</li>
<li><b>644 - GOLDEN
ROAD 329 LAGER</b> - I heart Golden Road, but I don't heart this. I know they're trying to appeal to everyday Bud drinkers with a light, easy-drinking lager, and I completely get it. But that doesn't mean I have to like it.</li>
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<li><b>645 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING BLUE HOUSE CITRA PALE ALE </b>- El Segundo has been blowing it up for a few years now. Consistent, and truly great.</li>
<li><b>646 - OHANA BREWING SURF SHACK SAISON</b> - The best Ohana brew I've ever had. They had a reputation for constantly changing styles, and jumping from brew to brew without focusing on one to perfect it. This one is damn good. And I need to check out the tasting room they just opened in downtown Alhambra.</li>
<li><b>647 - NOBLE ALE WORKS GOSEBUSTERS</b> - Nice pucker. Tart. Linda Mitchell says "sparkly". Jordy Mitchell says "effervescent".</li>
<li><b>648 - SMOG
CITY BREWING GROUNDWORK
COFFEE PORTER</b> -Exactly what it says it is. A carbonated coffee depth charge.</li>
<li><b>649 - LOS ANGELES ALE WORKS GAMS-BART ROGGENBIER</b> - Like a hefe, but brewed with rye. One of the most unique beers of the day. Really impressed by this brewer.</li>
<li><b>650 - OHANA BREWING ACORN AMBITION AMBER</b> - A coffee amber. I've had acorn soup before. It was horrific. I'm glad this beer didn't follow in its footsteps. Delish!</li>
<li><b>651 - THE BRUERY TRIPEL TONNELLERIE</b> - The Bruery has raised the bar ridiculously high. At least they make it easier for me to limbo.</li>
<li><b>652 - STONE BREWING SAISON</b> - Straight forward, I'd make this the house saison, no problem</li>
<li><b>653 - WOLF
CREEK BREWERY DOGTOWN
DUNKELWEIZEN</b> -.... eh.</li>
<li><b>654 - BEACHWOOD BREWING ALPHA GALACTIC WEST COAST
PALE ALE </b>- The alpha male of pale ales.</li>
<li><b>655 - EL SEGUNDO BREWING TWO 5 LEFT DOUBLE IPA </b>- Hard to pick a favorite from El Segundo, but this might be it.</li>
<li><b>656 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY KNUCKLE SANDWICH DOUBLE IPA</b> - Great imperial IPA</li>
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<li><b>657 - LOS ANGELES ALE WORKS DAMPFMASCHINE CALIFORNIA COMMON</b> - A seemingly simple style, but a boatload of complexity goin' on here. All hail LAAW!</li>
<li><b>658 - GOLDEN
ROAD 2020 IPA</b> - New in the Golden Road IPA wheelhouse. Great one, as expected. This wasn't "officially" being poured at their table, but I won a game of "rock, paper, scissors" to get a sample.</li>
<li><b>659 - ALOSTA BREWING SALLY BLONDE</b> -.... meh.</li>
<li><b>660 - BOOTLEGGER'S BREWERY GOLDEN CHAOS</b> - I consider Golden Chaos the classic for this brewery. Always good. Consistent. Dependable.</li>
<li><b>661 - WOLF CREEK BREWERY YELLOWSTONE
PALE ALE</b> -.... bleh.</li>
<li><b>662 - ALLAGASH BREWING SAISON</b> - In spite of the massive Allagash tasting I attended recently, I still found one I haven't previously tried. Delicious farmhousey goodness.</li>
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<u>Chillin’ at home Monday & Tuesday, hittin’ #666 three
days too late. Sorry Ozzy….</u></div>
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<li><b>663 - LAGUNITAS NEW DOGTOWN PALE ALE</b> - Lagunitas always comes through, Dawg!</li>
<li><b>664 - NIMBUS BREWING PALE ALE</b> - Love this AZ brewery. Their yeast makes this taste like an oatmeal cookie. </li>
<li><b>665 - BOULEVARD BREWING DOUBLE-WIDE DOUBLE IPA </b>- Not as strong as I remember. Old bottle? Single wide?</li>
<li><b>666 - CLOWN SHOES UNDEAD PARTY CRASHER IMPERIAL STOUT</b> –
Appropriately enough “holy water” is listed among the ingredients. Holy
mackerel, what a stout! One of my favorites in recent memory.</li>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-60945509806122808122014-04-21T19:20:00.001-07:002014-04-22T20:35:04.123-07:00Beer #535-595 / Day #96-107 - CD in DC<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neither bright eyed nor bushy tailed</td></tr>
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The African-American stripper ended up being a terrible stripper. First of all, she was fully-clothed. I'm not sure where I was, but this so-called strip-tease was just a 30-something woman with an afro singing along to a backing track of James Brown's "I Got The Feelin'". Then she started doing magic tricks. A large hoop ring was pierced through her bottom lip, and this in turn was looped through a large brass ring she was holding, but then magically they separated. All performed without missing a lyric to this funky anthem. Then the entire scene vanished while a constant beeping steadily grew in volume, until.... I woke up.<br />
3:45am on Friday.<br />
What the hell?<br />
Oh, right. I woke from a surreal dream to kick off yet another surreal real-life weekend with my bandmates in <b>Infest</b>. This time our destination was Washington DC. The show promoter who organized this Damaged City Fest we were playing, an old friend Chris Moore, sadly booked a 6:45am flight out of LAX for us, which meant we all got up at least 3 hours prior. We're all in our mid-to-late 40s and don't take kindly to this sort of thing, but we reluctantly schlepped our asses to the airport in time for our pre-dawn departure. I count on drinking on the plane to help pass the time, but no such luck on this round. 6 in the morning is way too early to start, no matter who you are. Although with an hour layover in Cleveland, and a <b>Great Lakes Brewing </b>micropub directly in front of our gate at the airport, the hour seemed irrelevant and it was clearly not too early to start with a tasty <b>Rye IPA</b> and a few sips of their decent <b>Porter</b>. All too soon, we were on a tiny commuter jet bouncing our way over to DC. With a few steep drops and hairpin turns, we arrived at Ronald Reagan Airport. Reagan, the old codger in the running for "Most Inept President Ever", but likewise, also owed a debt of gratitude as the primary linchpin of all classic early '80s hardcore punk - a great deal of which was spawned right here in the Nation's Capitol by the likes of the early Dischord bands. After running into Chicago hardcore legends Crudos at the airport, and catching up a bit, we were off to our motel in Silver Spring, MD.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red stains, this motel is safe, right?</td></tr>
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Days Inn, in the heart of a shabby Ethiopian neighborhood. It took them a while to find our reservations, then we spent an hour in the lobby while they figured out a major billing mishap. Of course, it wasn't worth the wait. The rooms were super shitty. I haven't stayed in a crappier motel since we were in Miami a year ago. Everything was dirty, stained. There were mysterious red stains in the middle of the carpet. The brightness of the red was the only reason I wasn't convinced someone had been murdered in our room. I texted my Wife to tell her how lousy this place was. She looked it up on Yelp, and informed me they had one star. And just the day before someone posted a comment about how there were mice at this motel. She suggested we move elsewhere. I said, "What, and possibly miss out on some great stories?"<br />
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Joe Denunzio and I talked our bearded pal Alex Sanchez into driving us around to find a good spot to drink, before heading out to see some bands. We settled on the <a href="http://redderby.com/" target="_blank">Red Derby</a>, a hipster establishment well-known for their 3rd floor rooftop tables and bar. Their beer list was long, but nothing was on draught. Cans only. Denunzio and I kicked it off with some tallboys of <b>Schlitz</b>, the ultimate Old Man Beer. Frankly, I ordered it because I didn't think they made it any more. For as much as we beer snobs love to slag everyday beer, Schlitz really isn't that freakin' bad. Seriously. Neither is National Bohemian aka <b>Natty Bo</b>. And once Denunzio caught wind of their dollar Natty Bo special, that was about to expire in 10 minutes, he bought eight of them! We also grabbed a <b>Yeungling</b>, which compared to Natty Bo is watery and flavorless. Natty Bo is a real man's cheap beer. Sanchez didn't love the <b>Maui Coconut Porter</b> that he ordered, but I dug it, so I helped him finish it off. I followed that up by choosing something random that can only be found on the East Coast, I went for the <b>Butternut's Pork Slap Pale Ale </b>from New York, which sorta tasted like a liquid Xmas tree.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mmmm... bacon.....</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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We ditched the hipster enclave and headed over to the venue, St. Stephens Church. This spot is legendary in DC hardcore history. Many of the earliest, now-classic shows were held here in the early '80s... Minor Threat, Void, G.I., S.O.A., Youth Brigade (DC), The Faith, and so on. And apparently, the father of the MacKaye brothers is an active senior member of this church (I saw his name on one of the offices). Aside from the hellish experience of trying to find street parking in this neighborhood, St. Stephens was packed to the rafters with throngs of sweaty, geeky, excited, record-collecting kids. No alcohol allowed, so I chugged water and checked out the scene. We were playing Saturday night, so tonight we had no obligations, and just got to check out bands and chit-chat with our fellow scenesters. The highlight for me was finally seeing <b>Government Issue</b>, part of the original first-wave DC hardcore bands. I never got to see them in '80s, so I was stoked to catch them playing a set of their earliest demo, 7", and comp material. While it was clear these gents have spent a considerable amount of time away from the HC underground, it was equally as clear they were having a good time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gov't Issue: Old, sloppy, and proud</td></tr>
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They were sloppy, imperfect, and many of the between-song banter fell flat with a crowd that was predominantly half-to-a-third their age, but I loved every minute of it. I figured it probably wasn't that much different than the show they would have put on 30 years ago. Loose and not really giving a shit. Kudos to John Stabb and Co.!<br />
Matt Domino finally awoke from his mouse-motel slumber and cabbed it to the church. The two of us embarked on a long walk to hit the after-show early, over at The Pinch, a small establishment with decent taps, and bands playing in the basement. Best beer on tap, and one of my favorites for the entire trip, was the <b>Evolution Rise Up Stout</b>, a coffee stout that I actually love... I've burnt out on coffee stouts overall, too many average ones, but this one is excellent. Thick like motor oil and not a coffee bomb. After a few brews and a decent sized, not-so-reluctant Fireball shot (I always say how much I hate it, but Domino always talks me into it), we checked out the bands downstairs. With a decent buzz, I lost my shit to Floridian high-speed experts <b>Shitstorm</b>. Totally relentless sonic punishment. These guys rule. I even got kicked in the face during their set, and it was totally worth it. We got the bum's rush at 3am, and drunkenly convinced an off-duty cab driver to take us back to the motel. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rare Brew Jawa sighting in DC!</td></tr>
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Saturday I awoke at 9am unsure of what to do. Whenever I'm in a new city, I tend to sleep less and explore more. Then again, not staying close to anything remotely cool was incentive to sleep for another round. Then again, my pal Dave Witte told me earlier in the week about a DC Beer Fest happening at the Washington Nationals baseball stadium. And they had an afternoon session from 1pm-4pm, exactly the time during this trip when I didn't have any obligations. I didn't buy advance tickets because I wasn't sure what the ride situation would be, or if I'd be too hungover, or too unmotivated to find my way down there solo. While contemplating, I drifted off to sleep again, waking around 11:30am. Screw it. I'm going.<br />
A quick shower, avoiding the enormous dead roach on the bathroom floor. A quick check with my roommate Denunzio who was clearly down for the count, and not joining me. A quick check-in with the clueless front desk to be sure I was walking the right direction to the Metro station. Let's do this!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figuring out public transportation like a big boy</td></tr>
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</xml><![endif]-->I walked half a mile to the train station, confirmed with a local where I needed to go (turns out it was not even close to the route I read about online a few days ago at home), fumbled with the ticket machine for a city I had no familiarity with. After 35 minutes and a switch from the Red Line to the Green Line, I had arrived. Easy access, the stadium was only a block from the Metro station. On the corner, a Jesus freak with a microphone yelled at the advancing crowd, "Sure, all you want to do is get drunk, but after you get drunk, then what?! Is that what life is all about?" I followed the throngs of frat boys and girls to my destination, disheartened by most of the conversations I overheard about partying and "getting fucked up". These were not my people. These were not beer fans. They were mostly spoiled 20-somethings with disposable income, who were ready to "branch out" in their beer tasting by trying Shock Top today. You don't know how right you were, Jesus Guy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and an adorable plastic novelty mug</td></tr>
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Being a mid-40s nerd with glasses, a grey beard, and a flannel, I stuck out like a sore thumb, but I didn't give a shit. I was lost in a sea of Polo shirts, khaki short shorts, dudes wearing pale pastel salmon or pink clothes and flip flops. Do these people really exist? I've somehow been
transported to Cape Cod 1985! Despite minor panic trying to find a table selling tickets (EVERYONE else who arrived already had tickets, I experienced a moment of horror thinking I wouldn't be able to get in), I made my way into the stadium, with tiny, plastic, novelty beer mug in hand.<br />
Nationals Stadium was a great spot for the <a href="http://dcbeerfestival.com/" target="_blank"><b>DC Beer Festival</b></a> because there was plenty of room to move around, and no chance of it selling out. However, for a Beer Fest they were laughably unprepared for beer drinking on that scale by the thousands who arrived. No water stations whatsoever. Any beer fest worth its salt needs to
have free and plentiful water dispensers, common sense... keep these thousands of
drinkers hydrated! You're just asking for trouble, and a lot of puke, when 4 o'clock rolls around. Another complaint, practically no food options. Of course, I'm probably spoiled living in LA, the World's capitol of plentiful food trucks. Only four stadium food windows were open and they offered the usual array of ballpark snacks, which are akin to a 10 year old boy's diet: Chicken fingers, hot dogs, pretzels, soda, water. I stocked up on a couple waters, which were mandatory considering how hot this afternoon was, and how little shade there was. Another reason to hate this event was the practically ever-present DJ music blaring in every goddamn direction. At 1:30 in the afternoon, while I'm sampling beer and trying to ask the brewer a question, it's not necessary to have Biggie Smalls overpowering our conversation at volume 11. Annoying as hell, to say the least. The Cape Cod brats seemed to love it, so clearly it wasn't geared for me anyway.<br />
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I had scoured the list of breweries well in advance, and I was genuinely
excited to check out some East Coast brewers with limited distribution,
some of which I'd never heard of before. Aside from the great variety of breweries, a big plus for this fest was unlimited pours. Most of the folks pouring didn't listen when I told them I only wanted a half-pour. I was in it to sample and enjoy as many different beers as possible, not get as drunk as possible, after all I had to perform with the band tonight! <br />
I was lucky enough to try some new brews from old favorites, and discovered numerous new breweries I'd never tried before that clearly knew what they were doing. The Pros outweighed the Cons: <b>Smuttynose, Perennial, Burley Oak, The Brewer's Art, Champion, Capitol City, Lost Rhino, Williamsburg Alewerks, Devil's Backbone</b>....<br />
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Not really buzzed, under control, and slightly burnt out on IPAs, I Metroed by way back to our shitbag motel in Silver Spring. The Saturday night show actually started and ended earlier than the Friday show, but we didn't realize that until it was already 7pm. We were still in Silver Spring, and only 3 more bands until we played. Dammit, we needed to get to the church, ASAP! Luckily, we made it with time to spare. The Infest set went off with only minor hiccups. I couldn't hear a damn thing on stage, aside from Matt's guitar, but everyone did their usual nutty stage dives, and amidst the chaos, we had a great time.<br />
Best friend and beer guru Dave Witte made the drive up, with an old UK pal Jamie Thomson in tow. As usual, Dave came prepared, with several bottles of high-quality brew. Jamie pointed out how in our teenage punk rock years, it would have been typical to hang out at the car and drink. Here we were 30 years later doing the same thing, except nerding out about barrel-aged stouts and the subtleties of a persimmon saison. Ha!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomson & Domino: Drinkin by the car, mid-40s style </td></tr>
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Dave had to drive back to Richmond, VA, so Domino and I made our way to the after-show, like the night before, again at The Pinch. This evening we missed all of the bands downstairs, and instead spent our time chatting with show-goers, one of which spilled my Evolution Stout in Matt's lap, resulting in a complimentary round of <b>Great Lakes Eliot Ness</b>. Good one. Thanks for taking one for the team, Matt! Again, we drank and caroused until they shut the doors at 3am. Jose from Los Crudos let us tag along to a party around the block, where we topped off the morning with some H2O, er, I mean Coors Light. 5am bedtime. What could possibly go wrong Sunday?<br />
Everything went wrong Sunday. We were scheduled to play a quick afternoon show before our flight home. The show started at 12:30pm, which was about the time everyone in our entourage started waking up. Only two opening bands. Factor in how long it takes to get any group moving, but especially this cast of characters who alternately<br />
A. Need a smoke.<br />
B. Need something to drink.<br />
C. Need something to eat.<br />
D. Need to take a shit.<br />
E. Need to stop and talk to someone random<br />
and it's a cookbook chock full of recipes for tardiness and idiocy. Coupled with drummer/driver Bob Kasitz's inability to follow even the most rudimentary of directions (not to mention he parked 12 blocks from the venue) and it was a frickin' miracle we showed up in time to play. It was a small show in an art institute in front of maybe 150 people, a more interactive & intimate setting compared to the 600+ folks who saw us the night before. Lots of high speed, lots of smiles and good vibes, a perfect corker to the weekend. I feel like an asshole missing the two opening bands though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently some people have to be told</td></tr>
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By then, it was already time to head to the airport for our painfully long journey home; instead of a 5 hour direct flight, we had a 3hr 20min flight to Dallas, a 2hr layover, and another 3hr 20min flight to LAX. A man who will happily admit he's a horrible driver, Bobby took us on the worst possible route directly through the center of the city, full of tourists and cherry blossom viewers, a 1.5 mile stretch that took a good hour to navigate. I fumed silently in the back seat, oblivious to all of the jokes Domino was cracking. Once we finally hit the freeway and were cruising, he missed the enormous sign with the arrow pointing to the Ronald Reagan Airport, and instead took the highway BACK into town, with no exits for the first 5 miles. Bob punched the steering wheel, and lurched all over the highway in frustration, nearly causing Denunzio to hurl in the front seat. After finally, and feebly, returning to the Airport, Bob then announced he needed to find a gas station to fill his rental car. The verbal bludgeoning that followed him over the course of the afternoon is unparalleled in the history of the English language.<br />
By some Act Of God or freak of nature, despite our endless buffoonery, we somehow caught our flight with 10 minutes to spare prior to boarding. The stress of the past few hours was weighing on me, and I realized it was after 6pm and I hadn't eaten a single thing all day. The airport deli was mercifully quick, and I sank into my aisle seat, relieved as hell that I was going to sleep in my own bed tonight, even though my front door was still a good 9 hours away. Another intense, ridiculous, brew-filled, unreal weekend, capped off by a solid night's sleep in my comfy bed, out like a light. Sans magical stripper dreams.<br />
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The tally continues....<br />
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<u>Sunday 4/6 - Another substantial beer tasting at Vendome, Studio City, thanks to Harley the Cicerone:</u><br />
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<li><b>BROOKLYN BREWERY WILD STREAK WILD ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS - Beer #535</b>, Brought in as a bottle-share by a fellow taster, golden and tasty with mild wild funk</li>
<li><b>THE BRUERY SOUR IN THE RYE - Beer #536,</b> mild pucker, well-balanced, rye barrelly goodness</li>
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<li><b>ADELBERT'S BREWERY FLYIN MONKS QUADRUPEL - Beer #537</b>, Creamy and yeasty with a woody barrel bite</li>
<li><b>SHMALTZ BREWING HE'BREW R.I.P.A. ON RYE - Beer #538</b>, Rye & barrel tastiness with a slight bite</li>
<li><b>HARDYWOOD PARK SIDAMO COFFEE STOUT RESERVE SERIES - Beer #539</b>, Richmond, VA beer I brought in for the bottle share, thanks to Mr. Witte. Caramelly & smooth.</li>
<li><b>CISMONTANE BREWING T.J. SLOUGH - Beer #540</b>, brown sugar, caramel, sweeter than I was expecting, but still a nice big beer</li>
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<li><b>CORONADO BREWING BARREL AGED OLD SCALLYWAG - Beer #541</b>, Barleywine in oak bourbon barrels? I'm listenin'...</li>
<li><b>DESCHUTES MIRROR MIRROR BARLEYWINE 2014 - Beer #542</b>, Label says you're supposed to hold onto this until 2015. Is Deschutes too lazy to hold onto it & bottle at the proper time? No matter, it tastes great now!</li>
<li><b>LADYFACE ALEHOUSE DERAILEUR BARREL AGED SAISON - Beer #543</b>, bottle share growler courtesy of Mr. Harley himself. Citrusy, evenly balanced farmhouse deliciousness.</li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER SUCABA BARLEYWINE 2013 - Beer #544</b>, Whoa! Candy in a glass, heavy vanilla, hope you're ready for dessert.</li>
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<u>Monday 4/7 - Home</u><br />
<ul>
<li><b>RUHSTALLER OLD SOUL THE KENYAN RED ALE WITH COFFEE - Beer #545</b>, Crazy good, I love the idea of a non-stout coffee beer, complex, well done</li>
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<u>Tuesday 4/8 - Home</u><br />
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<li><b>EVIL TWIN LOW LIFE PILSNER - Beer #546, </b>A joke on Miller High Life perhaps? Love this brewery, but didn't love this pilsner. Ordinary.</li>
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<u>Wed 4/9 & Thurs 4/10 - Home, not feeling great, no beer, total bust</u><br />
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<u>Friday 4/11 - DC via Cleveland</u><br />
<ul>
<li><b>GREAT LAKES BREWING RYE OF
THE TIGER – Beer #547</b>, Perfect pit stop for our layover at the Cleveland Airport,
Great Lakes Brewing has their own brewpub spot on site. Decent food,
above average beer. This Rye IPA was a full-bodied treat.</li>
<li><b>GREAT LAKES BREWING EDMUND
FITZGERALD PORTER – Beer #548</b>, Took a few sips off Joe Denunzio’s pint. Nice
one. Not unique, but good everyday porter.</li>
<li><b>SCHLITZ – Beer #549</b>, Tallboy can at the Red Derby, DC. I had no idea it
was still around, and it’s surprisingly not bad for a cheap, old man beer</li>
<li><b>MAUI BREWING COCONUT PORTER
– Beer #550</b>, Took a few sips from Alex Sanchez, way tastier than I remember. Slight
coconut on the back end, but I get mostly chocolate out of this. Very
good.</li>
<li><b>BUTTERNUT’S BEER AND ALE PORK SLAP PALE ALE – Beer #551</b>, Another Red
Derby can from a NY brewery I don’t see back home. Tastes like piney
juniper berries, not unpleasant, but I wouldn’t be able to drink more than one
in a single sitting.</li>
<li><b>EVOLUTION CRAFT BREWING RISE UP STOUT – Beer #552</b>, On tap at The
Pinch. This one is impressive. Enough of a balance so it’s not an
annoying and cloying coffee-bomb. We went back for more the following
night. I’ve been burning out on coffee stouts overall, but I love this
one. </li>
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<u>Saturday 4/12 - harDCore - Beer Fest and more!</u></div>
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<li><b>PORT
CITY TARTAN ALE - Beer #553</b>, Good one</li>
<li><b>LOST RHINO BREWING FACE PLANT IPA – Beer #554</b>, Poured from a can, after
one look at the packaging I wasn’t expecting much, but this was very good,
straight forward, I’d have no problem drinking this as an everyday beer.</li>
<li><b>LOST RHINO BREWING RHINO CHASERS PILSNER – Beer #555</b>, See above. Really
liked this one. Way more character than your average pilsner.</li>
<li><b>SCHLAFLY AMERICAN IPA – Beer #556</b>, Great IPA bite. Been wanting
to try this brewery for a while.</li>
<li><b>SMUTTYNOSE NOONAN BLACK IPA – Beer #557</b>, Wow! Yum! Great New Hampshire brewery.
The lady representing Smuttynose was super friendly, knowledgeable about what she
was pouring, and not oblivious to the fact that she was being subjected to an
enormous frat party.</li>
<li><b>OLD DOMINION MORNING GLORY ESPRESSO STOUT – Beer #558</b>, Insanely rich
with a nice bite of the bean.</li>
<li><b>BROOKLYN BREWING SUMMER ALE
– Beer #559</b>, decent, easy drinking, non-descript</li>
<li><b>SAM ADAMS REBEL IPA – Beer #560</b>, I felt less like a Rebel and more like
a Traitor giving this one a try. Considering how many lackluster SA IPAs
I’ve tried, this is one is pretty good, and I think it’s in the corral of some
other decent everyday IPAs you wouldn’t be ashamed to drink (Note: I said
“You”). That said, with so many other great options these days, many of which
are available at the same price, there’s no reason whatsoever to choose this
one.</li>
<li><b>LEINENKUGEL’S SUMMER SHANDY – Beer #561</b>, Like a frozen lemonade cup
after it has melted. Refreshing on a hot day like this, but one bottle
would be enough.</li>
<li><b>ATLAS BREW WORKS ROWDY – Beer #562</b>, Nice graphic aesthetics with this
brewery. Decent rye beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tasty,
but I’d like to try what else they have to offer.</li>
<li><b>PERENNIAL SAISON
DE LIS – Beer #563</b>, Fruity, farmhouse ale,
good one, worth the longer wait in line.</li>
<li><b>BURLEY OAK BREWING ‘MERICA BROWN IPA - Beer #564</b>, great beer! To go with the obvious... 'Merica, Fuck yeah!</li>
<li><b>THE BREWER’S ART OZZY BELGIAN GOLDEN ALE - Beer #565</b>, spice, farmhouse,
delicious</li>
<li><b>MOTHER EARTH BREWING SISTERS OF THE MOON IPA - Beer #566</b>, From North Carolina, NOT the one from Vista, CA.
Not bad, not a standout either.</li>
<li><b>AVIATOR BREWING DEVIL’S TRAMPING GROUND TRIPEL - Beer #567</b>, citrus
bite, estery, nice</li>
<li><b>LEGEND BREWING BROWN ALE - Beer #568</b>, Richmond, Va,
they've got a long way to go, esp with the competition in The Richmond area
alone</li>
<li><b>BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY EVIL 8 BELGIAN STYLE DUBBEL - Beer #569</b>, not bad,
bready, yeasty, dark, mild molasses</li>
<li><b>BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY VANILLA PORTER ON NITRO - Beer #570</b>, dessert,
creamy</li>
<li><b>CHAMPION BREWING PACECAR PORTER – Beer #571</b>, chocolatey & good, yum, Charlottesville, VA represent!</li>
<li><b>THE DUCK-RABBIT RABID DUCK RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT - Beer #572</b>, NC brew,
very nice</li>
<li><b>WILLIAMSBURG
ALEWERKS SPRINGHOUSE ALE – Beer #573</b>, delicious golden-amber saison, damn good</li>
<li><b>EVOLUTION CRAFT BREWING EXILE ESB - Beer #574</b>, OK, didn't love it like I loved their stout though</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Capitol</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> city</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> brewing amber waves ale</span> - Beer #575</b>, hoppy amber
ale, very nice</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Sly fox brewing phoenix pale ale</span> – Beer #576</b>,
canned in PA, good pale, solid</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">SweetWater 420 extra
pale ale</span> - Beer #577</b>, pungent, hoppy goodness</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Atwater</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> brewery vanilla java porter</span> – Beer #578</b>, Detroit brewery, nice
vanilla porter, but “nice” like all the rest</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Fordham Route 1
session ipa</span> – Beer #579</b>, Delaware
brewery, creamy hops, not light like other session IPAs</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Devils backbone pear
lager</span> - Beer #580,</b> tasty, easy drinking, not overly fruity, good one, and I happily
chose it instead of the billionth IPA</li>
<li><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Smuttynose Durty mud
season brown ale</span> - Beer #581</b>, Wow, that's a damn good hoppy brown. The love child
of your favorite brown and fave IPA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Last of my DC Beer Fest brews.</li>
<li><b>JACKIE O’S RUM BARREL OIL OF APHRODITE – Beer #582</b>, The venue we played
at was All Ages – No Alcohol, so we had a few at Dave Witte’s car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anytime I enjoy a bottle from Jackie O’s, I
feel like I’ve hit the jackpot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was
no exception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A flawless, outstanding Ohio brewery.</li>
<li><b>WILLIAMSBURG
ALEWERKS BITTER VALENTINE DOUBLE IPA – Beer #583</b>, Freakin’ yummy DIPA, thanks Mr. Witte</li>
<li><b>TIRED HANDS THE EMPTINESS IS ETERNAL WINE BARREL FERMENTED
PERSIMMON SAISON – Beer #584</b>, Mild hops and tartness, supremely delicious.</li>
<li><b>GREAT LAKES ELIOT NESS – Beer #585</b>, Hanging out for the second evening
at the “after show” at The Pinch, some fella who sat down to talk to me about
the bands knocked over my Evolution Rise Up Stout, spilling it in Matt Domino’s
lap. He bought us both the Eliot Ness on tap. Wow, really good
beer. Thanks for taking one for the team, Domino!</li>
<li><b>COORS LIGHT – Beer #586</b>, Generously offered at some guy’s house party
that we crashed around the corner from The Pinch. Thirst quenching at
4am. Still, not necessary good.</li>
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<u>Sunday 4/13 – Saturday was a late night, so just a couple
taps during our layover at the Grease Monkey, Dallas Airport,
Terminal D. </u></div>
<ul>
<li><b>SAINT ARNOLD ELISSA IPA – Beer #587</b>, Tasty & refreshing, even
moreso after a 3.5 hour flight.</li>
<li><b>FRANCONIA WHEAT – Beer #588</b>, Damn
good, impressive for a wheat beer, especially for an airport bar selection.
Full bodied, unfiltered, really like it.</li>
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<li><b>AMERICAN
RIVER BREWING COLOMA
BROWN ALE – Beer #589</b>, Bottle I picked up recently in NorCal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Actually liked it better when I finished the bottle a day later.</li>
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<li><b>SANTA CRUZ
ALE WORKS IPA – Beer #590</b>, See above.</li>
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<ul>
<li><b>LAKEFRONT BREWERY ANNIVERSARY SERIES BELGIAN STYLE APRICOT ALE - Beer #591</b>, Thankfully not a sweet fruit beer, the apricot is subtle, the yeasty Belgian style lends to it. Not bad.</li>
<li><b>SIERRA NEVADA DEVESTATETION BLACK IPA - Beer #592,</b> taking lemons and making lemonade, or in this case, taking a bad harvest and brewing a killer beer anyway.</li>
</ul>
<u>Thursday 4/17 - Home</u><br />
<ul>
<li><b>JOSEPH JAMES RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS - Beer #593</b>, inky and delicious, well done, Comrades!</li>
</ul>
<u> Friday 4/18 - Home</u><br />
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<li><b>FLYING DOG UNDERDOG ATLANTIC LAGER - Beer #594</b>, Basic lager but better than a Bud, good everyday beer</li>
<li><b>ESTRELLA DAMM INEDIT WITBIER - Beer #595</b>, designed by and for some fancy Euro chef, it's mild, yeasty, kinda citrusy, but not a show stopper. They spent more time on the packaging than the beer. Don't believe the hype. </li>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-90598505849095758682014-04-06T17:56:00.000-07:002014-04-21T21:32:34.512-07:00Beer #463-534 / Day #81-94: Not Feeling Quite So San Frantastic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIEhrcMzLAZt6IHyRbQt_sCpZzPMUkhtjQuLGBWDXE0h4YUhMo41Uf4yJG-zhSCbwbsJxeLoAapvIxp16u_MtyL6wLjINw1KE1TaT2xaE2A5dkO45SrZVxduY_Iyl8pHtcSulqemy65I/s1600/IMG_7825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIEhrcMzLAZt6IHyRbQt_sCpZzPMUkhtjQuLGBWDXE0h4YUhMo41Uf4yJG-zhSCbwbsJxeLoAapvIxp16u_MtyL6wLjINw1KE1TaT2xaE2A5dkO45SrZVxduY_Iyl8pHtcSulqemy65I/s1600/IMG_7825.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a>Spring Break 2014!<br />
Beer bongs!<br />
Wet T-shirt contests!<br />
Foam parties!<br />
<br />
Well, not in our household...<br />
Our son is only 10, so Spring Break actually means our annual family trip. No beer pong and body shots for us. It's a time for family-friendly activities & venues.<br />
This year we chose to spend the week in San Francisco and Monterey. The Wife and I usually hit SF once or twice a year, and spend the majority of the time hitting cool bars and hipster restaurants. This was our first time with The Boy, so we had to rewire our thinking in how we approach the Bay Area. Although we wouldn't spend afternoons loitering at favorite haunts like The Alembic or Toronado, we would be taking in the activities we would never otherwise explore on our own... Cable Cars, Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, The Exploratorium, Golden Gate Park. And while we couldn't exactly barhop on this trip, thankfully our kid is pretty adaptable restaurant-wise... he doesn't have a tantrum if we go somewhere other than McDonald's. Give the kid a root beer and some fried calamari, and he doesn't care where we are. Additionally, my Mom and Stepdad met us for a few days as well. My Stepdad is always a good drinkin' buddy. The two of us were overjoyed to find out the California Academy Of Sciences carried beer in their commissary.<br />
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We had the best time indulging in touristy activity, with a few rest
stops at beer-centric destinations. Something for everyone... but mostly
me. We planned on a fun week exploring, eating, and drinking our way through The City. While we wouldn't be loitering at brewpubs or bottle shops (no Mikkeller, no City Beer Store), I'd still find a way to seek out new brews while keeping within the guidelines of all-ages environments.<br />
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What I didn't count on was getting sick.<br />
<br />
Day Four of our trip and I could barely stand.<br />
Dizzy. Body aches. Chills. Fever.<br />
What started out as a surprisingly beer-friendly vacation collapsed into days lying in bed, sleeping and drinking nothing but Vitamin Water.<br />
I tapped out for several days without a beer. After cruising through the year at a record pace, I was hopelessly derailed. Whenever I'm sick, the last thing I want to do is drink. And I spent the rest of the week fluctuating between feeling so-so and crummy. My beering was minimized.<br />
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But there's nothing like an unexpected change in routine to alter your perspective. This entire year I've been in a mad one-man dash to take advantage of every beer opportunity possible, driven by my love of the brau, just as much as a competitive desire to somehow match or surpass my friends who are also doing a Big Year. After being handicapped by illness, and a lot of time for quiet reflection lying in bed, I realized on numerous occasions I've broken my own rules, and strived for sheer numbers, rather than <i>enjoying</i> the spoils. I've spent too much time drinking one beer and thinking about what I can have next, instead of keeping myself in the moment, relishing what I'm having NOW.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9fGz00lsIkKyrMQID8u69T7_g5RPbBcM8ec108ZWG3YrI6nkXp_cr5k3wvY9BZJpRMtOo5uzxaYas6p1MiQDClu2IxAFKgUQt-Z3qKalSNrDK4sCbKa3ljM7yMj2BYnl0PabjTVpMyI/s1600/P1080876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9fGz00lsIkKyrMQID8u69T7_g5RPbBcM8ec108ZWG3YrI6nkXp_cr5k3wvY9BZJpRMtOo5uzxaYas6p1MiQDClu2IxAFKgUQt-Z3qKalSNrDK4sCbKa3ljM7yMj2BYnl0PabjTVpMyI/s1600/P1080876.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a>I give my kid grief about it all the time. While we're in the middle of some awesome activity, he always wants to know "What's next?" I tell him it doesn't matter; what we're doing now is what's important. But when it comes to beer, I'm that same hyperactive kid.... this tastes great, but what am I having after this, and how many more can I cram down my gullet? I'm a hypocrite, a slave to my own impatience and gluttony.<br />
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In addition to my sickness of the past couple weeks, my Wife just went on Short Term Disability from work, so our income is taking a decent hit. And what's the most expensive thing we spend money on? Alcohol! My days of wanton spending are over. No longer can I go crazy stocking up on limited goodies, and filling the fridge with bombers. I need to drink smart. The beering will continue, but I'm using a more economically savvy approach. <br />
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My new mindset for The Big Year is to slow down, and truly <i>enjoy </i>as many beers as humanly possible. And if that means one per day, then so be it. While I'm still focusing on as many different beers as possible, I'm not going to drive myself crazy obsessing over the quantity I can consume per day. <br />
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<i><u>HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR NORCAL TRIP:</u></i><br />
*Discovering that the California Academy Of Sciences sells beer in their cafeteria. And they carry <i>good</i> stuff, too! Nectar Ales, North Coast, Drake's!<br />
*Hitting Firestone Barrelworks on the drive home. This place is like Mecca. Mandatory for any serious beer drinker.<br />
*Comstock, SF - Newer, hipster restaurant/bar bordering North Beach & Chinatown. Excellent food. Great cocktails, and decent beer list. Good vibe, good service, and live music is a huge plus. We caught an excellent jazz combo the night we had dinner there.<br />
*Jack's Cannery Bar, SF - Smack dab in the middle of touristy Fisherman's Wharf, this place is wonderfully rough around the edges and offers 68 taps, predominantly local. Cash only.<br />
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<i><u>LOWLIGHTS OF OUR NORCAL TRIP:</u></i><br />
*Getting sick and not having any beer for a few days<br />
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*Ordering Alioto's House Ale at Alioto's Waterside Cafe at Fisherman's Wharf and finding out later it's actually Speakeasy Prohibition Ale. Well, it wasn't too disappointing because it's a very tasty beer, but I already claimed the Speakeasy Prohibition Ale as Beer #309, so I can't, in good conscience, tally it in my Big Year list.<br />
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<ul>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING ANCHOR STEAM BEER – Beer #463</b>, When in Frisco...</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING ANCHOR IPA – Beer #464</b>, Never knew they had an IPA, not bad, maybe more English style than West Coast style</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING ANCHOR SAISON SPRING ALE – Beer #465, </b>Never knew they had a saison, very tasty, definitely has a West Coast spin, brewed with lemongrass, lemon peel, and ginger</li>
<li><b>21ST AMENDMENT BREWERY BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA – Beer #466,</b> it's an IPA, very good but not necessarily distinct</li>
<li><b>SPEAKEASY<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>BIG DADDY
IPA – Beer #467, </b>average IPA</li>
<li><b>NIMBUS BREWING<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>OLD
MONKEYSHINE – Beer #468</b>, English style ale outta Tucson, some sorta sharp barley bite, are there hops in there? Damn good!!</li>
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<span id="goog_492640245"></span><span id="goog_492640246"></span> <u>Sunday 3/23 - SF adventures continue</u>:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING OLD FOGHORN BARLEYWINE – Beer #469</b>, Never knew they had a barleywine, probably favorite Anchor output</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING BREKLE'S BROWN – Beer #470</b>, Excellent on tap</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING LIBERTY
ALE – Beer #471</b>, Eh....</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING ANCHOR PORTER – Beer #472</b>, Good one</li>
<li><b>SUDWERK BREWING DRY HOP PALE ALE – Beer #473</b>, Forgot all about this Davis brewery until recently; diggin' it...</li>
<li><b>OMMEGANG RARE VOS – Beer #474</b>, available everywhere, great brewery, great beer</li>
<li><b>101 NORTH BREWING HEROINE IPA – Beer #475</b>, out of Petaluma, never heard of it before, REALLY diggin' this IPA</li>
<li><b>HERETIC BREWING EVIL COUSIN IPA – Beer #476, </b>tasty brew from the East Coast</li>
<li><b>LOST COAST BREWERY GREAT WHITE – Beer #477</b>, Lost Coast has been around since I can remember, and so has this beer which is tragically forgettable</li>
<li><b>MOYLAN'S BREWERY KILT LIFTER SCOTTISH STYLE ALE – Beer #478</b>, nutty, mildly fruity, love this brewery</li>
<li><b>MARIN BREWING MT. TAM PALE ALE – Beer #479</b>, it's not an IPA? Pretty damn crunchy for a simple pale ale. Good one.</li>
<li><b>PACIFIC BREWING LABORATORY SQUID INK BLACK IPA – Beer #480</b>, this one has been on tap for years at Delarosa, one of our favorite haunts in the historically-douchey Marina district; Chocolate malty goodness</li>
<li><b>FACTION BREWING PALE ALE – Beer #481,</b> also on tap at Delarosa, tasting notes say "bitter almond, grapefruit, bread"... that's accurate. It's a good 'un.</li>
<li><b>MOAB BREWERY JOHNNY'S AMERICAN IPA – Beer #482</b>, Utah brewery, comes in a tall boy can.... OK, but not unique.</li>
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<u>Monday 3/24 - Family day at the museum, followed by late lunch on Haight:</u><br />
<ul>
<li><b>NECTAR ALES HUMBOLDT BROWN HEMP ALE – Beer #483</b>, in the commissary of the California Academy Of Sciences. Great beer, made even better by the fact I could drink it at the museum.</li>
<li><b>NORTH COAST BREWING COMPANY ACME CALIFORNIA PALE ALE – Beer #484, </b>see above. Everyday pale ale, but damn tasty.</li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY PEARLY BAKER'S BEST BITTER – Beer #485</b>, shared two flights of six beers each with the Wife, this place has always been crowded when we've tried to get in the past few years. Finally on a Monday mid-afternoon we were able to get a table and try all of the beers. Great food, friendly service, but sadly I did not love 90% of their beers. Overall their brews had very mild flavors (maybe I'm just too much of a savage to "get it") and seemed a bit on the watery side.</li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY BONNIE LEE'S BEST BITTER – Beer #486</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY BLUE BELL
BITTER – Beer #487</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY DARK STAR MILD – Beer #488</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY PROVING GROUND IPA – Beer #489</b>, signature West Coast hop bite, my favorite of all 12.</li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY KALIFORNIA KOLSCH – Beer #490</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY WEATHER REPORT WHEAT – Beer #491</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY BIG CYPRESS
BROWN – Beer #492</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY NEW SPEEDWAY
BITTER – Beer #493</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY COLE PORTER – Beer #494</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY WEEKAPAUG GRUIT – Beer #495</b></li>
<li><b>MAGNOLIA BREWERY SPUD BOY'S IPA – Beer #496</b></li>
<li><b>DESCHUTES BREWERY BLACK
BUTTE PORTER – Beer #497</b>, on tap at the Balboa Cafe, tasty nitecap; this place whips up some top of the line cocktails; it's more of their specialty than beer, although they carry Pliny on their bottle list. Clearly they've got some clout.</li>
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<u>Tues 3/25 - Wed 3/26:</u><br />
Sick as a dog... TOTAL BUST!<br />
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<u>Thurs 3/27 - Slowly recovering on the way to Monterey</u><br />
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<li><b>KONA BREWING LONGBOARD LAGER – Beer #498</b>, average lager, forgettable and not necessary</li>
<li><b>ENGLISH ALES BREWERY MONTEREY
BAY WHEAT – Beer #499</b>, tried a flight of four English Ales at Cooper's on Cannery Row. Not a single good one. Echh.</li>
<li><b>ENGLISH ALES BREWERY MONK'S BROWN ALE – Beer #500</b>, least bad of the four, too bad it was my #500 Beer for the year.</li>
<li><b>ENGLISH ALES BREWERY BLACK PRINCE PORTER<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>– Beer #501</b></li>
<li><b>ENGLISH ALES BREWERY DRAGON SLAYER IPA – Beer #502</b></li>
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<b></b><b></b><u>Fri 3/28 - Feeling better, truly enjoying beer again, but still taking it slow... baby steps:</u><br />
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<li><b>STONE BREWING ENJOY BY 04.20.14 IPA – Beer #503</b>, on tap at Cannery Row Brewing Co., a super touristy venue, but the food is very good, great service, impressive tap & bottle list, no complaints, way better than expected. And yes, this IPA is equally as killer as the rest of the Enjoy By series.</li>
<li><b>WYCHWOOD BREWERY HOBGOBLIN – Beer #504</b>, delicious</li>
<li><b>DRAKE'S BREWING DENOGGINIZER – Beer #505</b>, yum</li>
<li><b>GREEN FLASH BREWING PALATE WRECKER<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>– Beer #506</b>, I maintain my original opinion of this beer that it is not a Palate Wrecker at all... the Green Flash Green Bullet DIPA is way more of a palate wrecker than the Palate Wrecker. That said, it's still a great brew. No complaints.</li>
<li><b>LAGUNITAS <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>UNDERCOVER
INVESTIGATION SHUT-DOWN ALE – Beer #507</b>, sippin' a bottle back at our hotel, love it</li>
<li><b>ANCHOR BREWING ANCHOR BOCK BEER – Beer #508</b>, OK but I really should have had this one before the Lagunitas... after the richness of Beer #507, this one seems flavorless.</li>
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<u>Sat 3/29 - Headed home from vacation, with a stop at the beer world's equivalent of the Holy Land... Firestone Barrelworks... all eight of the beers below are World Class:</u><br />
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<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER LIL OPAL 2013 SAISON – Beer #509</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER HELLDORADO BLONDE BARLEY WINE – Beer #510</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER
PARABOLA 2014 RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT – Beer #511</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER
SAUCER FULL OF SECRETS BELGIAN STRONG ALE – Beer #512</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER / MIKKELLER COLLABORATION<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>LIL MIKKEL SAISON – Beer #513</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER AGRESTIC BELGIAN-AMERICAN WILD RED ALE –
Beer #514</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER
FERAL ONE – Beer #515</b></li>
<li><b>FIRESTONE WALKER DDBA NO. 1 2012<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> – Beer #516</b></li>
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<li><b>COLNER HOFBRAU FRUH<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FRUH
KOLSCH – Beer #517</b>, interesting, mild, refreshing, would be good on a hot day, tastes like a popsicle stick on the back end</li>
<li><b>TELEGRAPH BREWING CERVEZA DE FIESTA PILSNER – Beer #518</b>, bottle conditioned, Batch # 108, almost like a tart white wine, but the driest one you've ever had</li>
<li><b>FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR PIMOCK HEFEWEIZEN – Beer #519, </b>creamy caramel and saltines</li>
<li><b>ALPINE BEER COMPANY ALPINE ALE – Beer #520</b>, solid</li>
<li><b>ENGELSZELL BENNO TRAPPISTENBIER – Beer #521</b>, Austrian Trappist ale, honey, nutmeg, a powerhouse</li>
<li><b>FREIGEIST BIERKULTUR HOPPEDITZ DOPPEL STICKE ALTBIER – Beer
#522</b>, phenomenal, super rich malty goodness</li>
<li><b>HAIR OF THE DOG BLUE DOT DOUBLE IPA – Beer #523</b>, always loved this brewery, but also have always been slightly underwhelmed by this DIPA</li>
<li><b>ALASKAN BREWING HOPOTHERMIA DOUBLE IPA – Beer #524</b>, good, not as creamy & over the top as most DIPAs</li>
<li><b>SAMUEL ADAMS DOUBLE BOCK – Beer #525</b>, Wow, a Sam Adams I really like... finally! Rich without being heavy.</li>
<li><b>MANZANITA ALES GILLESPIE BROWN<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> – Beer #526</b>, Toasty, balanced, well done</li>
<li><b>CLOWN SHOES LUCHADOR EN FUEGO MEXICAN STYLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
– Beer #527</b>, What a treat! Vanilla, cinnamon mixed with subtle ancho & chipotle chiles... 50 Shades Of Awesome!</li>
<li><b>SHMALTZ BREWING HE'BREW FUNKY JEWBELATION (2014) – Beer #528</b>, Barrel aged blend; delicious but surprisingly tart</li>
<li><b>BEACHWOOD BREWING MOCHA MACHINE DOUBLE PORTER – Beer #529</b>, growler share courtesy of Harley the Cicerone, the name says it all, straight forward and delicious</li>
<li><b>MARIO & DAVID HOMEBREW (SYLMAR, CA)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PRE-DYER ST TRIPLE IPA – Beer #530</b>, Met these guys and their friend Brenda at the Vendome tasting; they brought in their homebrew as a bottle share in order to get some outside feedback. To me, it didn't taste like an IPA so much as a Strong Ale... sweet and extremely caramelly. A very tasty brew, just in the wrong category. But these guys clearly can crank out top quality brau.</li>
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<u>Tues 4/1 - Recovering from a resurgence in my vacation sickness, easing back into beer:</u><br />
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<li><b>DRAKE'S BREWING IPA – Beer #531, </b>What needs to be said? Drake's is consistent and flawless.</li>
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<u>Wed 4/2 - Cracking open this limited bottle courtesy of Harley at Vendome:</u></div>
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IPA – Beer #532</b>, Meant to be enjoyed as early as possible, akin to Stone's Enjoy By series; Killer!</li>
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<u>Fri 4/4 - Friday nite at home with the family, cracking a few bottles squirreled away from NorCal: </u></div>
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<li><b>SANTA CRUZ
ALE WORKS DARK NIGHT OATMEAL STOUT – Beer #533</b>, Surprisingly very solid oatmeal stout, not heavy, not watery, evenly balanced and super good; I could totally see this being an everyday staple.</li>
<li><b>CALICRAFT BREWING THE CITY IPA – Beer #534</b>, This brewery is new to me, all of their ales names are SF Bay Area focused; Even better than expected, I'd definitely like to try more from Calicraft</li>
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<br />Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-55758644662906808272014-03-22T00:36:00.000-07:002014-03-30T21:37:31.241-07:00Beer #444-462 / Day #77-80: Zen And The Art Of Beering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Treat a disaster as you would a triumph."<br />
That's a quote The Wife sent to me today.<br />
Very zen.<br />
I thought about it for a few seconds, and realized... hey, I already do that!<br />
Whether it's a disaster or a triumph, my reaction is the same... I drink good beer!<br />
I'm a good Buddhist after all!<br />
Except I drink alcohol and they don't.<br />
Whatever.<br />
I never looked good in orange anyway....<br />
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Many praises to Jon Emery for the video link above.<br />
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<u>Tuesday 3/18 - INFEST practice night</u><br />
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<li><b>GRAND TETON BREWING PURSUIT OF HOPPINESS IMPERIAL RED - Beer #444</b>, good one, next to barrel-aged, I'm a sucker for anything imperial</li>
<li><b>GOOSE ISLAND 312 URBAN PALE ALE - Beer #445</b>, not to be confused with the 312 Urban Wheat Ale. Which one was Obama's favorite beer? I've had corn whisky, and it blows. This tastes like corn beer. I need to hang out with Obama and turn him on to some good shit. Well, I am going to DC in 4 weeks.</li>
<li><b>GROLSCH PREMIUM PILSENER - Beer #446</b>, run of the mill, but not bad for a beer you can find everywhere; it gets the job done, and it's not as watery and bland as most American mass consumption beers.</li>
<li><b>SUDWERK BREWING DOPPELBOCK ULTIMATOR - Beer #447</b>, I remember going to this Davis, CA based brewery waaaay back in the mid-90s, when I really wasn't a beer person. Chris W. was just talking about this place, and out of the blue, I found this 12 ozer. Yum! Looks like a trip to NorCal is in order after all.</li>
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<u>Wednesday 3/19:</u><br />
<ul>
<li><b>PIKE BREWING TANDEM DOUBLE ALE - Beer #448</b>, I absolutely fell into a serious man-crush with the Pike IPA and Extra Stout; this one... eh.... not so much. As Mr. Loaf says, two outta three ain't bad.</li>
<li><b>ANGEL CITY SPECIAL WINTER VANILLA PORTER 2013 - Beer #449</b>, Love this brewery and 98% of what they do; this fell into the 2%. Blech. Bottle didn't hold up well. I've had this on tap and enjoyed it. This 2013 bottle was past its prime and tasted like novelty soda.</li>
<li><b>THE LOST ABBEY INFERNO ALE - Beer #450</b>, they cork it, so you know they're serious.</li>
<li><b>LEFT COAST HOP JUICE DOUBLE IPA - Beer #451</b>, good, but I've had it even better on draught.</li>
<li><b>UNCOMMON BREWERS BALTIC PORTER - Beer #452</b>, Heavy on the anise, which works perfectly with this style; I need to find out more about this Santa Cruz based outfit. Both Uncommon brews I've had so far have been top notch. Not to mention both were in cans</li>
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<u>Thursday 3/20:</u><br />
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<li><b>BOULEVARD BREWING THE SIXTH GLASS QUADRUPEL ALE - Beer #453,</b> Yum.</li>
<li><b>BOULEVARD BREWING TANK 7 FARMHOUSE ALE - Beer #454</b>, Way yummier.</li>
<li><b>MAUI BREWING BIG SWELL IPA - Beer #455</b>, decent IPA, nondescript, but if I was on a beach in Hawaii I wouldn't turn this down.</li>
<li><b>SIX RIVERS BREWERY MOONSTONE PORTER - Beer #456</b>, worst porter I've had since Pismo Beach Brewing. Doesn't taste like a porter. Tastes like a bad batch that could be pawned off to hipsters as a sour. I don't like to hate on breweries, but I strongly dislike this beer.</li>
<li><b>BOULEVARD BREWING BOURBON BARREL QUAD - Beer #457</b>, Bourbon? I'm listening. Barrel? I'm listening more attentively. Brewed with cherries? Doesn't sound like the best idea, but turns out it's the best idea. I love it. The Wife says she would drink this everyday. Thanks to Eric King for the hook up.</li>
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<u>Friday 3/21:</u><br />
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<li><b>EVIL TWIN HOP FLOOD AMBER ALE - Beer #458</b>, sounds like the billionth IPA, but it's actually a hop bomb amber. Killer.</li>
<li><b>FLYING DOG OLD SCRATCH AMBER LAGER - Beer #459</b>,Good one.</li>
<li><b>GOOSE ISLAND THE ILLINOIS IMPERIAL IPA - Beer #460</b>, my favorite Goose Island output by far, and the high price reflects the quality. </li>
<li><b>FLYING DOG DOGGIE STYLE PALE ALE - Beer #461</b>, Another good Flying Dog, Steadman or no.</li>
<li><b>THE LOST ABBEY SAINT'S DEVOTION - Beer #462</b>, mildly sour & floral Belgian style blonde-wit-golden; friggin' perfect</li>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-56886884764746721792014-03-18T08:28:00.001-07:002014-03-18T22:46:50.867-07:00Beer #397-443 / Day 70-76: Quality Vs. Quantity<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">St. Patty's Day marks the arrival of the only fake holiday that makes both Hallmark and bar owners happy. More importantly it's a beer drinking holiday, that ironically as a beer drinker, I avoid like a potato famine. It is <i>not </i>a day based on quality, or the genuine love of the beer tasting experience. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's an exercise in excess. </span></span> But considering I'm well into my own quest based on hitting numbers, do I really have any right to criticize </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">the patron saint of fratboys, groped women, and DUI checkpoints? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It boils down to the equation of Quality Vs. Quantity. I'm constantly straddling this fence, as even now I rest my laurels on having tasted 443 beers in 76 days. And while I can confidently brag that this number is quite a feat for any human, there are two Big Year participants who have informed me they're well into the 500s... Randy Carncross, and Chris W. Does my lower number mean that I'm enjoying what I'm tasting more than them? Are they more savvy in their consumption? Or is it just a reflection of not dedicating every waking second in pursuit of this ridiculous quest?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The Monday Morning Quarterback in me assesses the following comparisons:</span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Randy Carncross </span></span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Pro </b>– Runs <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheHangoverCraftBeerBar" target="_blank">The Hangover Craft Beer Bar</a>. This man works in the beer industry, spends his day surrounded by beer, a constant rotation of taps and bottles, has distributors
providing samples, and customers bringing in bottles to share... all day long. How could you <i>not </i>rack up crazy numbers in this environment? </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As far as I'm concerned, someone in his position can't be beat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Con </b>– His beer bar is in Japan. I’m not sure this is a disadvantage, but Randy claims it is every time I'm in touch with him. He says Japan is
extremely limited in the beer he can access.
In the same breath, he’s ahead of me by a good 100+ in his Big Year
count. And I constantly see him post
pics of U.S. beer that I can’t even get in California unless someone smuggles
it to me, or I bring it back myself during my travels... Surly, Three Floyds, Elysian, Sound Brewery, et al. This Con is more of a con as far as I'm concerned.</span></span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris W</span></span></b></u>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Pro </b>–
Lifelong, hardcore drinker. While we were both still in our 20s, I remember
this man drinking an entire case of beer in one sitting. His
tastes have changed, and he no longer
indulges in cases of cheap swill, but his
ability to put away mass quantities has not diminished. Additionally,
this man earns an astounding
income and spares no expense in buying alcohol. I'm sure he has no shame walking in to a place with 50 taps and ordering samplers of all 50.
Plus he’s determined to beat me. While the competition is friendly, I know he has his mind set on being
the winner at all costs, and proving my Big Year isn’t going to be Big enough.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Con </b>– Big time wine fan, who may eventually step off the beer wagon when he realizes how much he misses really great vino.</span></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Myself</span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Pro </b>– The Big Year was my idea, so I’m driven to
obliterate my tally from last year, and hopefully set a record tally for this
year. Additionally, I travel every couple months to
different parts of the U.S.,
and have accessibility, albeit brief, to many regionally distributed beers I
wouldn’t otherwise have a chance to taste. This will be an advantage later in the year, as it becomes increasingly more difficult to find non-duplicate, unique beers locally.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>*Con </b>– Finances & Time.
My money is really tight.
Fortunately, I have a lot of generous beer friends, and I’ve scouted out
some affordable options for multiple tasters in one sitting. And I have
a full time job. I don’t set my own hours, and can’t exactly take off to go tasting any day on a whim. On weekends, I incorporate beer into our family activities when possible, but I try to remain conscious of not derailing our other plans in favor of brew-related outings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My Wife gave me a hard time recently</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> about finishing full pints or bottles, and not always going for tasters. She</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> points to this as a reason why I'm not in the 500s, and I'm sure she's correct. But the whole point of this is spelled out in my <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2013/12/rules-for-big-year-in-beer-2014.html" target="_blank">rules</a>, under "Mandate #3": </span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ENJOY what you are tasting. This friendly,
rewardless competition means even less if you're not fully enjoying each taste.
Focus on the journey, not the destination.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb3Vyo9QyOs" target="_blank">Quality Vs. Quantity</a>? I like to think <i>both </i>apply equally during the Big Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cheers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Tuesday 3/11 - INFEST practice and then relaxin' at home: </u></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ANDERSON VALLEY BREWING BARNEY FLATS OATMEAL STOUT - Beer #397</b>, Nice, easy drinking, uncomplicated, and $3.99 for a bomber? Cheap!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>GREAT
DIVIDE BREWING COLETTE
FARMHOUSE ALE - Beer #398</b>, always loved this one, straight forward saison style.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>FLYING DOG
BREWERY DOUBLE DOG DOUBLE IPA - Beer #399</b>, more powerful than expected, flavor-wise and buzz-wise, good thing I was already home.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Wednesday 3/12 - Home</u></span></span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>AVERY / RUSSIAN RIVER COLLABORATION NOT LITIGATION (BATCH
#7) - Beer #400</b>, been wanting to try this collab for a few years, good but not astounding</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>EVIL TWIN
BREWING YIN IMPERIAL TAIJI
STOUT - Beer #401</b>, a thing of beauty, that's what I'm talking about when I say I love stouts.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>FLYING DOG BREWERY PEARL NECKLACE OYSTER STOUT - Beer #402</b>, OK, not stellar, not bad.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Thursday 3/13 - Home</u></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WEIHENSTEPHANER VITUS
WEIZENBOCK - Beer #403</b>, Whoa! Ist der bad ass! So fuggin' tasty, so much better than expected.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BROUWERIJ
VAN STEENBERGE GULDEN DRAAK ALE - Beer #404</b>, had this before & really liked it; this bottle tasted musty and green, like a "corked" (spoiled) bottle of wine.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>PIKE BREWING COMPANY EXTRA STOUT - Beer #405</b>, This is what loving a stout is all about. I have a crush on this brewery now.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Friday 3/14 - Evening at home with the family; pizza and beer:</u></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>CLOWN
SHOES GALACTICA IMPERIAL IPA - Beer #406</b>, Yum!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WEIHENSTEPHANER HEFEWEISSBIER DUNKEL - Beer #407</b>, Delish!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>JOSEPH
JAMES BREWING J.J. PRO AM
2013 FOREIGN EXPORT STOUT - Beer #408</b>, Darn good, love this brewery outside of Vegas, didn't even know about it til this year.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Saturday 3/15 - Four at home with The Wife and The Beckers, then wrapping up the evening sampling at the awesome <a href="http://www.newhallrefinery.com/" target="_blank">Newhall Refinery:</a></u></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>RUHSTALLER CALIFORNIA TRIPEL - Beer #409</b>, nice, at least there's one good thing in Sacramento.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BROUWERIJ
VAN STEENBERGE BORNEM TRIPLE - Beer #410</b>, OK</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>MORLAND OLD SPECKLED
HEN - Beer #411</b>, eh...</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES TAKE
THE BLACK STOUT - Beer #412</b>, Very, very impressive, complex but not super heavy</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>STONE
BREWING GO TO IPA - Beer #413</b>, I love the idea of session IPAs because I don't always want to get blasted, especially if I'm starting early</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>CISMONTANE
BREWING THE MESA - Beer #414</b>, Beer and Wine collab, much better on tap than I remember it from the lackluster bottle I bought last year; This keg was likely fresher, and they got the blend dialed in better this year.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SMOG CITY
BREWING AMARILLA GORILLA IPA - Beer #415</b>, a SoCal favorite; I have yet to visit their brewery, but it's on the list... soon!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>THE
BRUERY SAISON DE LENTE - Beer #416</b>, Bruery can't brew anything bad</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SAINT
ARCHER BREWING PALE ALE - Beer #417</b>, s'OK.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>AVERY
BREWING COMPANY MAHARAJA IMPERIAL
IPA - Beer #418</b>, Much better on tap at Newhall Refinery than I remember from the Boneyard in Studio City last year.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALESMITH
BREWING OLD ALE - Beer #419</b>, smooth, ye olde toothsome ale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>PORT
BREWING SANTA'S LITTLE
HELPER - Beer #420</b>, OK, I love Port Brewing, but this one is my least favorite.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>FIRESTONE WALKER BREWING
COMPANY PRIVATE LABEL
BROWN - Beer #421</b>, See above, I'm a huge fan of Firestone, they're nearly infallible, this is good but not great. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>GREENE
KING WEXFORD IRISH CREAM ALE - Beer #422</b>, Meh!</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u>Sunday 3/16 - Tasting at Vendome, then chillin' at home:</u></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
WHITE </b><b>- Beer #423</b>, reliable</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
TRIPEL RESERVE - BATCH
204 - Beer #424</b>, very good</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
FLUXUS 2012 - BREWED WITH
GREEN & PINK PEPPERCORNS </b><b>- Beer #425</b>, Wow! </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
CONFLUENCE 2013 </b><b>- Beer #426</b>, clean like a Saltine... no kidding! Taste it and I dare you not to compare it to a cracker.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
INTERLUDE 2013 </b><b>- Beer #427,</b> limited yearly release, aged in red wine barrels, mildly acidic and tannic</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
TIARNA ALE AGED IN OAK
BARRELS </b><b>- Beer #428</b>, I approve.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
FOUR ALE </b><b>- Beer #429</b>, shit, that's a winner, soooo good, not heavy at all, but so much happening in that glass you won't know where to start or where to finish, so keep going.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
DUBBEL RESERVE BATCH
107 </b><b>- Beer #430</b>, Mmm hmmm.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH FLUXUS 2013 - BREWED WITH
BLOOD ORANGE</b><b>- Beer #431</b>, smooth, with a bready, yeasty aftertaste like cookie dough</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ALLAGASH
ODYSSEY 2014 - AGED IN OAK
BARRELS</b><b>- Beer # 432</b>, aged in oak barrels, similar to Four Ale... in other words, I'd drink this any day, any time, as much as possible</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SCHOFFERHOFER GRAPEFRUIT HEFEWEIZEN </b><b>- Beer #433</b>, sounds like the world's most horrific idea, but I brought home some lengua tacos with very spicy hot sauce.... I thought about the fruity and sweet Jarritos sodas at all of the taco joints around LA, and sure enough this was the perfect pairing. I may have hated it on its own, but with these tacos, it's the best invention.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>ABITA
BREWING PURPLE HAZE</b><b> - Beer #434</b>, I had this last year and hated it. I had it this year and hated it.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BARD'S
ORIGINAL SORGHUM MALT BEER </b><b>- Beer #435,</b> gluten free, also free of everything I love about beer.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>AVERY
BREWING COMPANY INDIA PALE ALE </b><b>- Beer #436</b>, good one, I heart Avery</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>COLD
SPRING BREWING JOHN HENRY 3
LICK SPIKER ALE AGED IN BOURBON OAK CHIPS - Beer #437</b>, Minnesota brewery, sounds great, but surprisingly ordinary. </span></span></li>
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<u><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday 3/17 - St. Patrick's Day, at Home, avoiding large crowds, frat brats, and projectile vomiting:</span></span></u><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>UINTA BREWING DETOUR DOUBLE IPA - Beer #438,</b> oh Baby, so much better than I remember from the 22 ouncer; this was a 12 ouncer, very fresh, crazy hoppiness, love it. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>JOSEPH JAMES BREWING AMERICAN LAGER - Beer #439</b>, good one</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>NECTAR ALES NECTAR IPA - Beer #440</b>, excellent, deep, rich IPA</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>RESIGNATION BREWERY / RED HOOK COLLABORATION KCCO BLACK LAGER - Beer #441</b>, alright, not bad, but not memorable</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON BEER WORKS THE CASK DOPPELBOCK - Beer #442</b>, I keep trying to write this off as a novelty brewery with the whole Poe theme, but this is the second beer I've tried from them in the past year, and the second one that has really impressed me, rich and complex.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>EVIL TWIN BREWING FALCO IPA - Beer #443</b>, What a way to cap off the evening, one of the best IPAs in recent memory, there's a reason I'm in love with Evil Twin. </span></span></li>
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Chris Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377666737601214109noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076131879186997128.post-14396229500089723662014-03-11T00:10:00.002-07:002014-03-11T13:39:43.600-07:00Beer #359-396 / Day 62-69: The Extreme Foodism Of An Outspokenly Anti-Foodie, Yet Secretly Foodie Non-Foodie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCfMfgH9QFXNjeTvc0syZM_anAhvZZilIRLVGIDa5toYgAmzO6cuwZZOhblPv0U3YoVj8VkBx9M0r_Z_yngMowNdMiXs-VVXGAaK9kXc-0IiwNIPLZhkMwD5mNNytFQSXDYBqSfgr1J0/s1600/IMG-20140224-00789.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCfMfgH9QFXNjeTvc0syZM_anAhvZZilIRLVGIDa5toYgAmzO6cuwZZOhblPv0U3YoVj8VkBx9M0r_Z_yngMowNdMiXs-VVXGAaK9kXc-0IiwNIPLZhkMwD5mNNytFQSXDYBqSfgr1J0/s1600/IMG-20140224-00789.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>My sis-in-law, Lori Jonasson, sent me a link last month about <a href="http://www.beerandbrewing.com/beer-pairings-girl-scout-cookies/" target="_blank">pairing beer with Girl Scout cookies</a>. I try to avoid posing as a food expert, like the billions of wannabe Foodies out there (I spend enough time as a wannabe beer nerd), because I know my palate is far from perfect. But the allure of something so silly was undeniable. And by chance, I had ordered some Girl Scout cookies recently. Plus I had a few of the noted beers in my stockpile.<br />
For as much of a novelty as the article is, there is one pairing I found particularly appealing, and well played: <b>Tagalongs</b>, a chocolate covered peanut butter mound, with <b>Wells & Young Banana Bread Beer</b>. Sheer genius. Fat Elvis would undoubtedly approve. <br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9zYwdsXovXSiQTfBOIcpmCNeMvN0xqX37dGY0cWro8Rbc_TApwnoLGUwYZGFuzkZ0gwQ5W6EUwLvb7o0GBYOMq97tQYBf0qeR3yzR0qdRaxwO3a0seZXjwXDraBZades_cNRt35DJgU/s1600/IMG-20140227-00802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9zYwdsXovXSiQTfBOIcpmCNeMvN0xqX37dGY0cWro8Rbc_TApwnoLGUwYZGFuzkZ0gwQ5W6EUwLvb7o0GBYOMq97tQYBf0qeR3yzR0qdRaxwO3a0seZXjwXDraBZades_cNRt35DJgU/s1600/IMG-20140227-00802.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>The article also recommended Trefoils, a very plain shortbready cookie, with a couple different stouts. I had a few <b>Trefoils </b>with the <b>Fifty Fifty B.A.R.T.</b> and it was damn pleasing. Then again a shortbread cookie is like a plain canvas. Something slightly sweet with minimal character can pair with freakin' <i>anything</i>! I had Trefoils with several other non-heavy beers, and it was equally as great. I even tried one with the <b>Evil Twin Hipster Ale</b>, which just a well-rounded pale ale, and it paired well...<br />
... All of which leads me to believe most food and alcohol pairings are a crock of shit. Think about it. Would you ever pair chocolate and ketchup? Hell no! That sounds disgusting. But would you ever order a burger and a chocolate shake? Aha! Given the context, you can make most things work. I'd have
no problem making a BBQ sauce with a ketchup base, and adding a bit of
chocolate to it. Makes sense, along with other seemingly adverse ingredients like cinnamon, molasses, or sugar.<br />
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Take my <a href="http://thebigyearinbeer.blogspot.com/2014/01/beers-17-30-day-4-valiant-and-noble.html" target="_blank">earlier post</a> about my revelation of spicy food and IPAs. How many spicy food joints (think Asian or Indian) offer IPAs on their menus? Not a whole hell of a lot. They all offer super bland Asian lagers, that are fun to drink only because you get to read a weird label and get to brag about drinking this oddball beer. I ordered a super hoppy <b>Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' IPA</b> with my super spicy bowl of ramen, and it was a match made in heaven. The hop bomb cut through the heat of the dish, but the heat of the dish didn't nullify the hops. The oddball combo happened to be the best one yet.<br />
I continued my quest for a multitude of unique brews this past week, and even improvised cooking with beer in a semi-inebriated state, and everything came out delicious. My Wife will confirm. No cookbooks: just intuition, and a desire to attempt something new.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdddDk0SPY2QVIn_eD-cLBSKSpjVvBYsgfzuB9Yg0yiBce1HAGYkR2VOCr7vPddqq-uR2V8GHh6tSs3KBlz3TSVouMoXKQM5olcGA16ZcAfDrSeXiDDSedYYyC3hGEIP1wwNIeUJ2Yzc/s1600/DSCF0821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdddDk0SPY2QVIn_eD-cLBSKSpjVvBYsgfzuB9Yg0yiBce1HAGYkR2VOCr7vPddqq-uR2V8GHh6tSs3KBlz3TSVouMoXKQM5olcGA16ZcAfDrSeXiDDSedYYyC3hGEIP1wwNIeUJ2Yzc/s1600/DSCF0821.JPG" height="149" width="200" /></a>Piggybacking on the idea of pairing IPA with spicy food, I made a ghost pepper salsa with dehydrated peppers courtesy of my pal Marvelous Marvin Harris. Some grape tomatoes, minced garlic, cilantro, cumin, coriander, salt, and ghost peppers, with a couple pulses in a food processor. Done. At the same time I opened a <b>Pike Brewing IPA</b>, a beer I didn't get to enjoy in Seattle last weekend, but strangely enough, stumbled across at Total Wine & More in Northridge this past week. The ghost peppers weren't burn-your-face-off hot, I'm guessing because they were dehydrated, and hence, not super oily, as it's the chili oil that sticks with you. Good flavor, and good match-up of brew & eats.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWETDaRZZxNEpeElqIq9zXqpyKYVu0N20VArD0NFNl56h1MQVQKWcJeOr3fmduZv9sxoJtnth20RWXNUZ7bTCzbs46tMDuBAR6VgCbu5VftBXKHcRYTWe30VihEgGlZrMcfBadgVoeMgY/s1600/IMG-20140308-00845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWETDaRZZxNEpeElqIq9zXqpyKYVu0N20VArD0NFNl56h1MQVQKWcJeOr3fmduZv9sxoJtnth20RWXNUZ7bTCzbs46tMDuBAR6VgCbu5VftBXKHcRYTWe30VihEgGlZrMcfBadgVoeMgY/s1600/IMG-20140308-00845.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a>I've already claimed the <b>Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout</b> in my Big Year, and had an extra bottle, so I used a good amount of it to marinate a rack of ribs, with a dash of soy sauce and a hint of hot sauce for complexity. 50 min on the grill with some mesquite smoke, wrapped in foil for 20 min, and slathered with homemade BBQ sauce. Even tastier than expected. The stout gave it an unexpected deep cocoa aftertaste which was different, but totally worked with the infused smoke and mild heat of the barbecue sauce.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0LB0FQVkip5aXy4fQ0yfbdPGfRUQwnY35LrFzozyAVFneHn2t0cYJbChoIxi-DQmX0yqdAnU7OqigGffxcT0t1_DHGrGUW2hNg3LbotdSV4Xtko9gXS6X0T8CjICqnKdJngi-CvQoAk/s1600/DSCF0827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0LB0FQVkip5aXy4fQ0yfbdPGfRUQwnY35LrFzozyAVFneHn2t0cYJbChoIxi-DQmX0yqdAnU7OqigGffxcT0t1_DHGrGUW2hNg3LbotdSV4Xtko9gXS6X0T8CjICqnKdJngi-CvQoAk/s1600/DSCF0827.JPG" height="149" width="200" /></a>The next evening, I dug out a few <b>Hangar 24 bottles,</b> leftover from my BDay Beer Party, and made <b>Alt-Bier Ale Chicken Wings. </b>I usually use a stout for slow cooking chicken wings, but I went for a well-rounded ale, and they came out just as awesome. Coat the wings with some salt, pepper, garlic power, and paprika, brown them in a pan with olive oil, then add to a baking dish with the beer, fresh minced garlic, and sriracha. Pop in in the oven at medium-low heat for 2 hours or more. Done! And crazy delicious.<br />
You don't have to watch a million Food Network "challenge" shows, or follow any recipe to a T. Just have a general understanding of what you enjoy, and throw it together. It won't <i>always </i>work, but if you have half a brain, it will come out tasty more than half the time. <br />
As far as I'm concerned, Foodie Snobs can eat it. So to speak.<br />
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<u>Monday 3/3 - Back home from Seattle:</u><br />
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<li><b>ABITA BREWING MARDI GRAS BOCK - Beer #359,</b> not amazing</li>
<li><b>EPIC BREWING BRAINLESS BELGIAN STYLE GOLDEN ALE - Beer #360</b>, one of the very few unopened bottles from my BDay, courtesy of Matt Domino. Good one!</li>
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<u>Tuesday 3/4 - One of the only Tuesday nights that Infest didn't practice, otherwise my count would have been twice as much:</u><br />
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<li><b>BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE BORNEM DUBBEL - Beer #361</b>, good</li>
<li><b>BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE PRIVATEER BELGIAN ALE - Beer #362</b>, super good</li>
<li><b>FULLER, SMITH & TURNER 1845 ENGLISH STRONG ALE - Beer #363</b>, pretty good</li>
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<u>Wednesday 3/5 - Home again with the lovely Mrs.:</u><br />
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<li><b>BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE PIRAAT - Beer #364,</b> a classic<b><br /></b></li>
<li><b>EINSTOK OLGERD ICELANDIC WHITE ALE - Beer #365</b>, better than I remember</li>
<li><b>BROUWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE MONK'S CAFE FLEMISH SOUR ALE - Beer #366, </b>not crazy sour, actually more sweet and sour, fun to sip, and would double as a great salad dressing</li>
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<u>Thursday 3/6 - Home yet again... am I setting an new record?:</u><br />
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<li><b>ANDERSON VALLEY BOONT AMBER ALE - Beer #367, </b>Holy Christ, I've been wrapped up in beer snobbery for so long I've neglected some truly great everyday beers like this one. Seen this at every major grocery store since I can remember, but goddamn, what a great beer! An amber with powerful hops.</li>
<li><b>EVIL TWIN BREWING HIPSTER ALE - Beer #368</b>, excellent pale ale, I'm nuts about Evil Twin, one of the only times I'll ever say I'm proud to be a hipster.</li>
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<li><b>CISCO BREWERS THE GREY LADY - Beer #369</b>, a top of the line witbier, so much more going on than your average wheat beer, spicy and complex, I've quickly become a fan of this brewery.</li>
<li><b>SPEAKEASY SCARLETT RED RYE - Beer #370</b>, I haven't been much a Speakeasy supporter until now. This is a truly great beer. Lots going on. Not the cheap, knock-off label I wrote it off as, up until this moment.</li>
<li><b>AVERY BREWING NEW WORLD PORTER - Beer #371</b>, a limited porter from this standout label, although not my favorite effort from them.</li>
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<u>Saturday 3/8 - All bets are off... tasting 16 new beers at Vendome (plus a few repeats), then drinkin' back home:</u><br />
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<li><b>INNSTADT BRAUEREI EXTRA SCHWARZE - Beer #372</b>, schwarzbier with major anise, good and surprisingly light</li>
<li><b>STILLWATER SENSORY SERIES V2 SMALL BLACK - Beer #373</b>, a schwarzbier / saison mash-up, I'd expect nothing less adventurous from Stillwater</li>
<li><b>NORTH COAST OLD NO. 38 STOUT - Beer #374</b>, damn good, when it comes to North Coast, I always avoid this in favor of Old Rasputin. This is a solid beer. An easy drinking stout with depth. Sure as hell doesn't taste like 5.6%.</li>
<li><b>ALMANAC BIERE DE CHOCOLAT - Beer #375</b>, I love all things Almanac, but this was a bit heavy handed on the cocoa, even for a true groupie.</li>
<li><b>BROUWERIJ HET ANKER LUCIFER - Beer #376</b>, yeasty, unique, caramelly, nice but glad I had a taster instead of a full glass.</li>
<li><b>BIERE DU BOUCANIER GOLDEN ALE - Beer #377</b>, a buttery bale of hay in a glass</li>
<li><b>EPIC BREWING ELDER BRETT SAISON BRET GOLDEN ALE - Beer #378</b>, you can taste that wild yeast, a real heavyweight.</li>
<li><b>UINTA CROOKED LINE TINDER RAUCHBIER - Beer #379</b>, liquid campfire, where's the marshmallows?</li>
<li><b>ALESMITH HORNY DEVIL - Beer #380</b>, sugary, yeasty, friggin' delish!</li>
<li><b>GREEN FLASH LE FREAK - Beer #381</b>, Belgian Trippel / Imperial IPA hybrid. Love it.</li>
<li><b>VICTORY V12 - Beer #382</b>, Whoa! Heavy like a barleywine, intense, slightly sweet, kinda hoppy. </li>
<li><b>TELEGRAPH RHINOCEROS - Beer #383</b>, A barleywine style ale with rye malt, delicious and not cloying at all.</li>
<li><b>UNIBROUE TERRIBLE - Beer #384</b>, a classic</li>
<li><b>SPEAKEASY SYNDICATE SERIES 01 VINTAGE ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS - Beer #385</b>, good gravy... just as toothsome as it sounds.</li>
<li><b>BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN HEL & VEDOEMENIS ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS - Beer #386</b>, A five-star beer if there ever was one. Not heavy, but incredibly complex, mildly sweet, barrelly goodness, mild cocoa and malt depth. The label says "Enjoy within 25 years". Not a problem.</li>
<li><b>RJ ROCKERS BREWING BELL RINGER - Beer #387</b>, maybe the Vendome tasting spoiled me, but this beer was so unimpressive, most of it went down the sink. Sorry, I never do that, but it seemed fitting.</li>
<li><b>UNCOMMON BREWERS SIAMESE TWIN ALE - Beer #388,</b> exemplary brew from a mysterious Santa Cruz outfit. I need to team up with South Bay local Chris W. and track these guys down.</li>
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<span id="goog_1719337518"></span><span id="goog_1719337519"></span> <u>Sunday 3/9 - Perfect Sunday afternoon to sit outside, read, snack, grill, and drink:</u><br />
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<li><b>FLYING FISH BREWING EXIT 4 AMERICAN TRIPPEL - Beer #389</b>, exceptionally good tripel style from this NJ brewer. Haven't had a bad Flying Fish brew yet.</li>
<li><b>PIKE BREWING IPA - Beer #390</b>, strangely I was in Seattle the week before and never got to try a Pike Brewing beer, but back home this week, I found a few Pike bottles for the first time in SoCal. Good timing. Great beer. Paired well with my ghost pepper salsa.</li>
<li><b>BAYHAWK ALES ZAPPA BREWS NELSON IPA - Beer #391,</b> I had this on tap last Dec and it was incredible; this time out of the bottle, not as staggering. A good one, but much MUCH better if there's a fresh keg around.</li>
<li><b>CLOWN SHOES HOPPY FEET BLACK IPA - Beer #392</b>, Consistently great brewer. This is no exception. The Hoppy Feet 1.5 is even better, from what I recall.</li>
<li><b>MENDOCINO BREWING IMPERIAL STOUT - Beer #393</b>, Overall very good, would make a terrific everyday stout</li>
<li><b>FLYING DOG GONZO IMPERIAL PORTER - Beer #394</b>, the whole Ralph Steadman thing jumped the shark in the '80s as far as I'm concerned, but this beer and this brewer are consistently reliable</li>
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<u>Monday 3/10 - Blogging tonight, at this very moment:</u><br />
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<li><b>CORONADO / CIGAR CITY COLLABORATION JURATA BALTIC PORTER - Beer #395,</b> the first glass is great, the second glass is perfection.</li>
<li><b>CISCO BREWERS WHALE'S TALE PALE ALE - Beer #396</b>, Really unique pale, as the label says "fruity hops", hard to describe, but crazy good like all other Ciscos I've tried.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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