Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tricks And Treats

I've seen a hell of a lot of strange and crazy things in my day. Some of which I care never to mention again to any living soul. This was almost the case here, but not quite. Because on October 31, in the confines of Parkerford Brewing 16th annual Halloween party, I saw not one, but two things that nearly destroyed everything I thought I knew about this fine enterprise, and almost destroyed me.

There it was on the first floor, shining brightly into the living room while the rain drops filled the night sky outside, was a TV set. I was so shocked by this, I ran down the steps into the "Cellar Of Cirrhosis" to get a beer and try to digest what I just saw, when I found a wall sized TV and, my hands are still shaking just thinking about it, A DOUBLE IPA ON TAP!

What kind of cruel Halloween prank is this I wondered? Have hop head aliens come down from planet Luplin and started taking over PBC? Where have all the funk and sour beers gone? I looked frantically around and quickly grabbed a Saison Brett and a Saint Somewhere and a RR Temptation to calm my nerves. As I shared my new found goodies with friends, somebody snuck a beer into my hands. I drank it down. It was the double IPA and it was good, real f-ing good of a matter of fact. But something weird happened, strange and mysterious things were going on since I drank that beer.


The cooler of death began to talk to me.



Then I saw a fraulein from the old closed Ludwigs bar and a doctor and a road crew worker.



I looked into a mirror to see if I was going crazy and saw that I was beginning to turn orange. I ran outside and sat down. I wasn't felling too well. Oh, the horrors of it all.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

It's Crying Time Again

It's over, it is finally over. Yes, it is time to take off the beer goggles and stop the trash talk between towns. (Your NY cougar mom wears high heel army boots) If I would have told you at the beginning of the 2009 what would happen to the pitching of the Phillies during this year, your head would explode. They had no business being in the sixth game of a World Series. But yet, there they were. There will be a lot of decisions to be made in the off season, but till then, it's crying time.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

What Would Opie Do?

On October 17 the local and not so local beer world is going to be in a tizzy. I will be making my way back from slower Delaware and I have to make up my mind quick like. Here is a run down.

Baltimore Beer Week- Real Ale Fest
East Coast Cask Event- Spinnerstown Hotel
Leigh Valley Brewfest
Newtown Brewfest
Stoudts Brewfest
One Guy Brewing Octoberfest
Memphis Taproom- Rare Franconia Beers
TJ'S- East Meets West Throwdown

Double yikes! I only have one question, What would Opie do?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

TNSC Report

Dateline September 23. The place, CAH. The event, Turn To Stone starring Lee "Flanagan's Boathouse, Spinnerstown Hotel, Legacy Brewery and now Mid Atlantic Sales Rep of Stone" Marren. Mr. Marren arrived at 6:01 pm, a new record for him. The beer that won my fancy that night was Sublimely Self Righteous, which at one time was their 11 Anniversary beer. It was right smart. Drunken frivolity ensued but hardly in a responsible way. A three liter bottle of Double Bastard 08 was opened later on in the night and was given out in sample glasses to the crowd. The crowd was happy. So were we.

Dateline September 24. The place, TDR. The event, Weyerbacher Anniversary tasting. Taps of 12, 13, 14 and bottles of Riserva were pouring. Chris from brewery was given a hard time from yours truly for not buying our table a bottle of Riserva. He laughed and gave me a nice glass instead to take home. I said there's no Riserva in it. Drunken frivolity ensued but in a responsible way.

Dateline September 26. The place, Northside. The event, Oktoberfest. It was raining so the event ended up being inside. It was crowded and hot. We all got a table to eat. Breckenridge Autumn fest was the sleeper of the night. Drunken frivolity ensued but in a responsible way.

Dateline October 1. the place, TND. The event, Troegs night. 13 taps of Troegs beer and Chris and his honor, Nicky the J. Highlights, Dead Reckoning and Java Head on the handpump. Nugget Nectar in a firkin. And last but not least, Scratch 23, a fest beer which was quite interesting. Maybe a new fall seasonal from the boys in Harrisburg? Only frivolity ensued but in a responsible way as I was driving. CAH was my last stop before home for a pint of HopGarden from Dock Street out of a firkin. Drunken frivolity ensued in a somewhat responsible way.

Dateline October 3. The place, The Farmhouse. The event, how to blow a 100 gift certificate on food and beer. A little Pumking for dessert and Sierra Nevada Imperial Smoked Porter from the handpump with dinner. But the beer that stole my heart was De Proef La Grande Blanche. Maybe one of the best beers I have had all year. To make sure I had another. Yep, I was right. Very little drunken frivolity ensued cause I woke up at 4:30 am and was fading fast.

This has been a TNSC report. Mr. Dan signing off.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Do You Like To Drink From The Morning Wood?

Get your mind out of the gutters you perverts! This wasn't a trick question! Cause this Saturday at the very early hour of 9 am, David and Sarah's landlord is having another one of his evil fall events. How evil you ask? Here is the tap lineup.
STONE RED WINE BARREL AGED OLD GUARDIAN, ALLAGASH INTERLUDE, OMMEGANG ROUGE ,JOLLY PUMPKIN LA ROJA, JOLLY PUMPKIN BAM NOIRE, SAINT SOMEWHERE LECTIO DU CHENE, FOUNDERS BACKWOODS BASTARD 07 ,TERRAPIN SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TERRAPIN BIG HOPPY MONSTER, NEW HOLLAND DRAGONS MILK 07, LEFT HAND OAKED IMPERIAL STOUT, RUSSIAN RIVER CONSECRATION, FOUNDERS HAND OF DOOM, Le Trou Du Diable La Claymore Cerise, Le Trou Du Diable Brandy Barrel La Buteuse, A firkin of Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12.
If you haven't figured it out yet, the theme this year is barrel aged beers. Last year it was the Lost Abbey and Port Brewing. There is nothing like the smell of livers sizzling in the morning.