What beer are you drinking now? #1209

More deck work today (and 30 degrees here in sunny Fla). Bottled 8/26/14 and so rich and velvety:



Have a great Thursday!

 

Decided to end my 'night' (see: working 8pm-6am for the next few months) with this BIG beer. Found one of these on the shelves a week or so ago, and I've never had it before. At 14.5% ABV, it definitely packs a punch, yet masks the ABV very well. There seems to be quite a bit of deviation with the ratings here, but I'm definitely enjoying it as I type this.

Schmohz 10th Anniversary Barleywine:

 

Agreed. They did a great job of it. I had my first brew by them in Boston, Jack D'Or, on vacation. I reviewed it on BA, then went to their website and dropped them a line. They got back to me within minutes and asked me to meet them in Cambridge and have a drink. Sadly, I had plans and couldn't join them, but how cool is that? I know they fought the good fight - sounds like it wore them out. Sorry to see them go, they were/are super cool people and they make great beer.

 

Day off... and a killer breakfast beer. Cheers, geeks!

 

This was quite the treat, amazing.

 

Morning, BA's, and happy Thursday

30 years ago today, my Dad passed away at age 57 from colon cancer

I get my love of the water and all things related to boats from him.....have often wondered what it would have been like to share a nice craft beer with him (he was mostly a Bud drinker); he never got to meet my daughter, as she was born 6 years after he died.

One of the things he passed on to me, was this lovely 1913 BN Morris wood / canvas canoe (made in Veazie Maine)....I will treasure it always!

Found this beer in my cellar - which seems like a fitting "tribute beer" to my old man.....will likely have a Bud later this evening in his honor as well.....









Article I wrote back in 1994 about my Dad and our family canoe (in Canoe / Kayak magazine)



My Dad was a HUGE Sinatra fan......

 

Phenomenal post...on so many levels.

Cheers to your father...and to you!

 

The gf asked why I was crying. I told her this was my last one. Then she started crying too

 

To your dad! =)

 

Thanks, really appreciate it!

Will be a melancholy day for sure......

 

Cheers to your dad! And...
A second toast to all missing our fathers.

 

A great tribute and what a way to honor your father!

 

Thanks, guys! I think an 11% stout would have knocked my Dad on his ass!

 

Good morning BAs! Still spitting snow here in NW PA - we've been buried under nearly two inches in the last 24 hours - it's so bad that only four of my students made it to class last night, including one that lives 30 miles back in the woods. Guess who'll get any extra points handed out at the end of the semester! No extra points for this however:



If it indeed follows the Reinheitsgebot, should it taste all corny like an AAL? One and done.

 

Mine too! Cheers to you.

 

Four hours of kids cartoons by 8 am.
I needed this.