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looks like I'm popping open a bottle of expo tonite.

I was listening to a podcast where vinnie talked about Jean and what a great job he does. the stone sour fest in June looks good as well but a $40 entry fee doesn't sound worth it to me.

gotta get my buddy stuff this weekend...

debating on going to the meet the brewers night at stone with Jean van Roy of cantillion. still getting into sours but it should be good, right?

i felt like shit today after having my daughter get her immunization shots. she was having a good day until that needle stuck her in the leg.

Ok.. so it seems everybody has no qualms with the size of the BIF. How does this sound as a finalization of rules:

1. Minimum ~100oz of beer.

2. At least 1 bottle must be barrel/wood/oak aged.

3. 50% of the other bottles must be local to where you live.

4. The other 50% of bottles should be something you think your target will enjoy (be creative )

If these few rules are good with everybody, I'll collect contact info from everybody and hand out targets.

was this the final say?

yea kind of sick and trying to get over a cold. drinking the much hyped younger right now, and it can either be the age or still being sick but it literally taste like a pale ale, no hop bite and the alcohol taste is unnoticeable. expo is next on tap.

I love IIIPA nights. well that is when I can enjoy the beer.

good luck. I was going to buy to flip but got distracted.

either my taste buds are out of wack or i need to find something different. i drank a sculpin and it tasted like a pale ale, decided to switch it to a pliny since it has been a while and it had the same pale taste just more malt.

theres a triple IPA night tonite so i hope my taste buds are ready or its because i'm slowly converting over to sours/wild ales.

oops

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only have 2 expos left, wife was kind enough to pick me up two bottles of sculpin on the way home.

if you get the chance, get the obriens IPA and bad boy DIPA.

speedway for sure.

port hop15

green flash iipa gets a lot of hype down here but when they first released their beers they tasted like onions.

last time i tried to listen to lil b, shit sound like eli porter. that actually seems listenable.

haven't had a sculpin in a while.

also some of those are up there on price. I found a few still available near me. should be a good trade if we make everyone buy something local.

RR is the easy choice but I'd rather give something that people normally don't get or have access too.

I'd be up for that as well but less oz since those tend to be pricey. barrel aged might be a bit difficult for me to locate since the normal season for

it has already passed.

go atkins. (10)

bacon + bacon + bacon

wFB_vHVFM_8

after 6 years of being a vegetarian, i had a steak for the first time yesterday (pause). fuck being vegetarian, that shit was delicious.

I think another expo is on tonites menu.

there was another one in san diego which i heard was good too but never bothered. i think it was beverages for less. i know they ship or did ship at one point.

have not been there yet. it's a bit of a drive from me but it's near stone. their prices are ok but it really depends on what your buying.

I'm not much of a wid ale consumer as I enjoy IPAs but im trying to venture outside of my usual pint.

Last week was my birthday and I didn't feel very well waking

up on that morning... I went downstairs for breakfast hoping

my wife would be pleasant and say, 'Happy Birthday!',

and possibly have a small present for me.

As it turned out, she barely said good morning, let alone

'Happy Birthday.'

I thought.... Well, that's marriage for you, but the kids....

They will remember.

My kids came bounding down stairs to breakfast and didn't

say a word.. So when I left for the office, I felt pretty low

and somewhat despondent.

As I walked into my office, my secretary Jane said,

'Good Morning Boss, and by the way, Happy Birthday ! '

It felt a little better that at least someone had remembered.

I worked until one o'clock, when Jane knocked on my door

and said, 'You know, It's such a beautiful day outside,

and it is your Birthday, what do you say we go out to lunch,

just you and me..' I said, 'Thanks, Jane, that's the greatest thing

I've heard all day. Let's go !'

We went to lunch. But we didn't go where we normally would go.

She chose instead at a quiet bistro with a private table. We

had two martinis each and I enjoyed the meal tremendously.

On the way back to the office, Jane said, 'You know, It's such a

beautiful day... We don't need to go straight back to the office,

Do We ?'

I responded, 'I guess not. What do you have in mind ?'

She said, 'Let's drop by my apartment, it's just around the corner..'

After arriving at her apartment, Jane turned to me and said,

'Boss, if you don't mind, I'm going to step into the bedroom

for just a moment. I'll be right back.' 'Ok.' I nervously replied.

She went into the bedroom and, after a couple of minutes,

she came out carrying a huge birthday cake ... Followed by

my wife, my kids, and dozens of my friends and co-workers,

all singing 'Happy Birthday'.

And I just sat there....

On the couch....

Naked.

shufon: I'd say it was good but I didnt really plan the order of which was consumed, it was pretty tart but I drank the expo before lost abbey so my taste buds could have been hopped out.