What beer are you drinking now? #3738

Lemme know when you start offering tickets for your New South Wales Beer Tours & Pub Crawl. I'd get a seat or two on the @AzfromOz Drop Bear Party Barge! Cheers!

 

Watching Manchester City vs Manchester United, drinking



Cheers!

 

Hard to measure up to the previous classic, but not bad.



Cheers!

 

Pace yourself, bro! If I were to start with two imperial stouts I'd be out for the rest of the day. Where does one go from there?

 

Happy Saturday and I can’t let @VABA post 3 in a row. Cheers all.

 

To heaven I hope!

 

Beer heaven!

 

I had a full day yesterday, haven't done this in a while, but went to a concert in downtown Houston. Which means I was pub crawling all over before the concert

First up, one of my favorite places in town. La Carafe, the oldest building, oldest bar in Houston. A few Yellow Roses out on the sidewalk seating, cause it is mostly candle lit inside and I gots to read ha.


Inside has a ton of cool old paintings, the big one in the middle is Gladis. Its an original from a Scottish painter. There is a reprint of this in the London Museum of Arts, no idea why the original is in a dive in downtown Houston, but I always like that story.


A look at downtown from the my sidewalk seat...

 

Drinking Harland Brewing Japanese Lager from the massive shipment I got from @Nugganooch

 

Next stops are to La Fisheria, which is an excellent Mexican seafood restaurant.

Sopa De Pulpo and a Saint Arnold Art Car. This is basically a thicker corn tortilla with octopus and port cracklins and other stuff, its a great snack.



Then the huge seafood tamale. This is one of the better dishes in town.

 

Last stop is Captain Foxheart and the Bad News Bar (oh yeah love that name). This is kind of like a speakeasy spot, its unmarked, upstairs behind some law offices ha. Inside is like going back int time.



They have a great rooftop patio. Ignore the Old Fashioned.


With another picture of downtown, but on Main St...why not


Then walking over to the concert. I went to the Hobby Center, which is a big concert hall in the Theater District (The Beatles once played here, and I think it was the only theater there at the time). Anyway, last night was the Parker Quartet. A fantastic classic string quartet. I hate taking pictures when the concert has started, so just some outside shots





I'll probably be back later this afternoon with beers and music...

 

Cheers!

 

Are you kidding me!?! That’s the one I am currently on, which I am really enjoying so far! How do you like it? Cheers!

ps-That’s what I will be doing all day, until the NFL playoffs in the afternoon.

 

Its a good book, I have become a big fan of Orhan Pamuk over the last few months. I found several of his older books at the used bookstore I go to and enjoyed them. Then I found out he just released this new book Nights of Plague. There are obvious allegories to Covid, but I really like the unique history of this made up island the Ottoman Empire once ruled. Which is detailed and fascinating. I'm only about 200 pages in, but I can't put it down so far.

 

Glad to hear you are enjoying it, he is a great story teller. I am really looking forward to it after the football game (English football).

 

Good day BAs! A chilly 48° walk with dogs earlier…morning chores done…it’s sunny but temps here will stay in the upper 40s today. Bracing for the temporary chill with Prairie’s Chocolate Noir:



Bottled 10/20/22. Poured at 57°. A BBA impy stout with cacao and vanilla. Boozy heat from 14.3%. Another winner from Prairie! Other than a quick trip to the grocery store later, a good day to stay at home. Cheers and have a great day y’all!

 

Cheers!