time.
so yeah, about that post at least once a week thing... lol
i knew i couldn't keep up the schedule. maybe i need fully charged batteries? (joke, joke). it's amazing how often i just completely forget i even have this page. i almost wish it was more of a i refuse to post thing...
can i make time? i'm told no.
2010/09/30
2010/06/29
memories.
well, that didn't last long (posting at least weekly...)
might as well recap the past couple of weeks: went to the local pub for the usa v england match - we drew - and got sick. the sickness started easing up a few days later for phish @ portsmouth. good show but no jams. :( group trip to mekong where we continually get served way too much food and some of the best beer in the world for ridiculously cheap prices, if we are charged at all. it was emilys birthday and ka brought out a bottle of a japanese ale, hitochino nest white owl... very good! i myself had a bottle of nostrodomus then split a bottle of chimay grande reserve with chad. a few days later jen and i attended a tasting at mekong of flying dogs gonzo imperial porter and the same brew aged for 3 months in a stranahan colorado whiskey oak barrel. while i appreciate porters, some of these bourbon barrel aged ones just arent my thing; tooooo boozy! jen loved them though! i had to grab some of the unibroue trois pistoles on tap just because. yummmmmm. a few days later i hit the local craft beer store, once upon a vine, to stock up on some brews for the upcoming phish @ merriweather weekend only to stumble into another tasting! i can't remember all 5 of the brews being tasted but the weyerbacher fourteen definitely stood out! grabbed a 4-pack and some other randoms - of course my 750 of gulden draak. top off the week with phish @ merriweather - great shows - and i'm up to date.
chad and i leave for more phish on thursday then jen and i head up to rhode island for a wedding this weekend. hopefully can score some russian river on the drive to the wedding and back...have to go by philly!
2010/06/09
belgian.
i've come to the realization over the past year or so that i am a beer snob/aficionado and have recently started collecting various bottles for my reserve. while not at the cost of a good wine/scotch, certain bottles can be relatively expensive due to the low amount produced or the lack of availability.
luckily i am able to have and enjoy a couple of brews that are top 20 material in the trappistes rochefort 10 (quadruple) and the st bernardus abt 12 (quadruple) along with my personal favorite - though not in anyones top 50 for whatever reason - van steenbreges gulden draak (dark triple).
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