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August 20, 2008
22:41
Another Year, Another Beer
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Even though today is almost already over, I feel...

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22:41
#349 Hofbrau - Hefe Weizen
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This beer has a yeasty aroma with a bit of green glass skunk. The color is a pale yellow and very cloudy. The head pours thick and has poor retention, quickly leaving the only a slight bit of foam.

There is a definite wheat taste to this beer, almost like raw grain. A bit of fruity orange and spice flavor is also present, blending well with the wheat. There is a ever so slight bit of skunk taste to the beer, far less than noticed in the aroma The mouthfeel is light and well carbonated. The finish is fruity and light.

This is a nice light beer, refreshing with some subtle flavors all blending well.

22:15
LTD: Say It With Beer
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Full Sail is one of those breweries that I’ve always been a bit indifferent towards. They’re signature brew is the amber, but nothing really jumps out at me as a must have beer. With that said, while walking the aisle of Trader Joe’s I’ve noticed their LTD for some time. This last [...]

21:38
Drinking Smart
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I first wrote about Stampede Light almost two-and-a-half years ago in February 2006. It’s a contract beer out of Dallas, Texas, and is billed as the first “vitamin” beer. Joe Owades, the inventor of low-calorie light beer, helped founder Lawrence Schwartz develop the recipe. I tend to think beer is essentially healthy enough and am not a big fan of “enhanced” beers generally.

Stampede Brewing has just launched an ad campaign with the tagline “Drink Smart” featuring actress/singer Jessica Simpson.

From the press release:

Multi-platinum singer. Movie star. Philanthropist. Entrepreneur. Beer drinker?

Everyone knows about Jessica Simpson’s daisy dukes body and healthy lifestyle. The all-American beauty and world-renowned entertainer has a passion for working out and making healthy food choices. But she also makes those smart choices with the beer she drinks. “Yes, I work out and take care of myself, but I also like a cold beer once in a while,” Simpson said. A new light beer with functional additives is Simpson’s new favorite beer — Stampede Light Plus®

Now it’s probably not fair. I obviously don’t know Jessica Simpson personally. I haven’t really followed her career, though from what I’ve seen of her public persona she doesn’t seem particularly quick-witted. But perhaps privately she’s quite sharp. Oh, and according to the New York Daily News, she also owns 15% of Stampede Brewing. Here’s the first “Drink Smart” ad for Stampede Light.

Again, I’m trying really hard not to sound like a jerk, but there seems to be a disconnect between the image and the text. This is just not the face of smart drinking. It looks more to me like she’s confused or about to sneeze. What do you think her expression conveys?

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21:32
Coney Island Lager
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I guess I did this a little backwards, but I’m just now getting to the flagship brew of the Coney Island Lager folks over at Shmaltz. This one isn’t some crazy lager witbier, and it isn’t uber-hopped (although it does use 6 different types of hops). Instead, it’s just a straight up lager, from folks who seem to be vying for the title of lager king of the hill - it’d better be good!

This lager pours a medium golden-amber with a thin white head that floats as an island in the center of the glass with no contact on the sides of the glass. In the nose, this beer has a predominance of rich malt. There are notes of dark sweetbread and slight bits of caramel, and it’s overall a rich and warming aroma. In the mouth, this is again rich and full. This beer has a fairly complex, but very well balanced, combination of sweetness and bitterness. On the tip of the tongue, we are immediately met with a floral hop flavor. This hoppiness is soon met with the flavors of dark sweetbread and hints of licorice. On down the tongue, the hops again rear their head, but this time it’s more about a bitter blast than the floral freshness. Regardless, it’s a nice bit of pep around the back of the mouth. Down the throat, we’re left with some bitterness in the nose and a more sweet presence in the residue around the mouth and tongue. This is, without a doubt, a great lager. It’s a lot bigger than most lagers you’ll find on the shelf, but it’s certainly accessible. Personally, I’d choose the Coney Island Sword Swallower steel hop lager over this any day, but that’s not to say this is bad. Actually, this is really really good, and the Sword Swallower is just phenomenal. I’ll have both, please…

21:27
News: Boston Belgian Beer Brouhaha
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Just received yet another friendly reminder from the Alström Bros that Boston’s Belgian Beer Fest is right around the corner. Here is the cursory schedule: Friday, Sept. 26 > Night of the Funk - 50+ handpicked funk-a-licious beers, plus guest speakers and delicious food. $50 per person; all inclusive. Limited to ~600 tickets. Saturday, Sept. 27 > Sessions One & Two - [...]

21:10
Battle of the Brews at Saratoga Race Course
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It's hard to find any real details, but the Adirondack/Saratoga chapter of the American Red Cross is presenting the 11th annual "Battle of the Brews" at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, August 22, from noon to 4:30 p.m. It will be held in the “Big Red Spring” area. This is the biggest weekend of the Saratoga racing season with the 139th running of the Travers Stakes, aka "The Mid-Summer Derby" on Saturday.
Tickets for the event are $25 per person. That price includes a commemorative 2008 pint glass. Last year, tickets went for $15 in advance and $20 at the door, and the glass would have cost you $5 or $7 depending on your ability to plan ahead.
Sixteen breweries will offer approximately three beers each for sampling and voting:
Adirondack Pub & Brewery
Anchor Brewing Co.
Black Dog
Boulder Beer
Brewery Ommegang
Brown’s Brewery
Cooper’s Cave Ale Company
Green Mountain
Harpoon Brewery
Long Trail Brewing Co.
Magic Hat Brewing
Olde Saratoga Brewing Co.
Paper City Brewery
Saranac Brewing Co.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Switchback Brewery.
Awards for People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice will be presented. Looks pretty solid, actually. Seeing as I will be at the track already, perhaps a little "field research" is in order.
You can get more information by calling the local American Red Cross Adirondack Saratoga Chapter at (518) 792-6545, or e-mail reehlc@usa.redcross.org. Proceeds benefit the Red Cross.

21:04
Bull Street Gourmet Tastings on Thursday
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From the City Paper: Bull Street Beer Tasting If you haven’t dropped by and seen the sign on their door, you may not know that Bull Street Gourmet is having a $5 beer and wine tasting on Thursday, August 21 (yes, five dollars!). Bull Street hosts the tastings every other Thursday to provide a place for people to [...]

21:04
How we judge beer in Norway
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The state of the Norwegian beer scene never ceases to amaze me, and given that I'm a native Norwegian, I thought international readers might enjoy a look at what goes on here. If nothing else, it might have some entertainment value. The occasion for this blog entry is a beer test, initially published by a Norwegian magazine about cottages (as in summer houses, mountain retreats, etc). This magazine is owned by the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also publishes the main Norwegian daily, and so the test has now made its way onto the site of said daily. So the unwary reader could be forgiven for assuming that it was published by the most prestigious newspaper in Norway.

21:02
Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner at Carolina’s
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Carolina’s Restaurant in downtown Charleston is having another beer dinner. Glad to see them doing that again. Wednesday, August 27. [www.carolinasrestaurant.com]

20:46
Pluot Flanders Pale Ale
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Last week I decided to bottle my one year old Flanders Pale Ale (which had been blended 4:1 with my two year old Lambic a month earlier). Like most of my sour beers I decided to bottle half plain and add fruit to the other half. I mulled over several possible options (cherries, blackberries, apples), but in the end decided to go with Pluots (an apricot-plum hybrid). I know a couple homebrewers who have beers fermenting with them, but the only professional brewery playing with them to my knowledge is Russian River in Compunction.

This particular hybrid has pretty pale flesh compared to some others, which suggests to me that it probably has more apricot in it (which will lead to a more acidic finished beer according to Vinnie at Russian River). To get the fruits into the carboy I had to cut them up, so I opted not to freeze them first. I took two pounds of the racquetball sized fruit, and gave them a quick dip in Star-San to make sure there was no bacteria on the skins (the freezing normally makes me comfortable enough to skip this step with smaller fruit). I then quartered them (after giving both the knife and cutting board a dip in sanitizer) and levered out the small pit.
I then put the fruit into a carboy and racked the remaining ~2.3 gallons of beer onto it. I would have preferred a smaller carboy, but I didn't have one on hand and the renewed fermentation should drive out most of the oxygen.

After a few days all of the fruit had floated to the surface and was looking bloated. The beer will sit on the fruit until next summer (on a suggestion from Vinnie, what a generous guy with his knowledge). I'll have a tasting of the fruitless portion in the next few months, really looking forward to it.

20:14
Oh How the Mighty Have Fallen: Jessica Simpson Pushing Shitty Beer
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The Internet has been abuzz today of news that failed singer actress reality tv star entrepreneur pop star Jessica Simpson has teamed up with Dallas’ Stampede Brewing Company to become the new face of Stampede Light Plus.

Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Simpson is reportedly taking on a 15 percent stake in the company in return for her endorsement. No point in saying much more, I’ll just show you the (utterly ridiculous) ad, which speaks for itself:

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19:35
Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel
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Today is a very happy day as it will be my first opportunity to try the new beer from Flying Dog’s Canis Major Series: Kerberos Tripel. I was ever so happy to see this beer on the shelves of The Four Firkins while I was there for the “Wheat Wars” tasting (Good times by the way and props to Michael of A Perfect Pint for choosing some tasty beers and Alvey for hosting this event) and simply could not pass up buy the first pack I saw. This big beer is brewed in the traditional Belgian Tripel style using yeast to bottle condition this beer and allow it to continue fermenting after being sealed. This beer pours with a surprisingly small amount of head for a Belgian style ale producing about 1/2 an inch but it does stay for a decent period of time. The golden color of this beer is beautifully rich and transparent but it is still somewhat difficult to see your fingers if you hold them behind the glass. The smell of this beer is wonderful sweet malt hits the nose immediately with just a hint of bitterness in the end and light alcohol. This is certainly a good American interpretation of a Belgian Tripel style ale. Flavors are incredibly smooth, sweet flavors with slight fruit hints come first followed by a lovely hoppy balance that flows through the palate. For a Belgian beer this one has a very light mouthfeel and is quite drinkable with a bit of carbonation to remind you your drinking alcohol. With a 8.5% ABV you should probably be careful with this ale if you are not used to drinking strong beers but the flavor won’t remind you because it is so well balanced and smooth. I am excited to finish my 4 pack of this beer, anyone who appreciates a good strong ale in particular a Belgian that is more hoppy than usual will certainly like this beer. Give it a shot and ride your bike.
19:35
Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel
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Today is a very happy day as it will be my first opportunity to try the new beer from Flying Dog’s Canis Major Series: Kerberos Tripel. I was ever so happy to see this beer on the shelves of The Four Firkins while I was there for the “Wheat Wars” tasting (Good times by the way and props to Michael of A Perfect Pint for choosing some tasty beers and Alvey for hosting this event) and simply could not pass up buy the first pack I saw. This big beer is brewed in the traditional Belgian Tripel style using yeast to bottle condition this beer and allow it to continue fermenting after being sealed. This beer pours with a surprisingly small amount of head for a Belgian style ale producing about 1/2 an inch but it does stay for a decent period of time. The golden color of this beer is beautifully rich and transparent but it is still somewhat difficult to see your fingers if you hold them behind the glass. The smell of this beer is wonderful sweet malt hits the nose immediately with just a hint of bitterness in the end and light alcohol. This is certainly a good American interpretation of a Belgian Tripel style ale. Flavors are incredibly smooth, sweet flavors with slight fruit hints come first followed by a lovely hoppy balance that flows through the pallet. For a Belgian beer this one has a very light mouthfeel and is quite drinkable with a bit of carbonation to remind you your drinking alcohol. With a 8.5% ABV you should probably be careful with this ale if you are not used to drinking strong beers but the flavor won’t remind you because it is so well balanced and smooth. I am excited to finish my 4 pack of this beer, anyone who appreciates a good strong ale in particular a Belgian that is more hoppy than usual will certainly like this beer. Give it a shot and ride your bike.

19:35
Deschutes offers Gluten Free Golden
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Deschutes Brewery is the latest to offer consumers a gluten free beer, its Gluten Free Golden Ale. A company press release explains that by using sorghum, brown rice and roasted chestnuts instead of malted barley or wheat the Deschutes brewers are able to create a flavor that is similar to the crystal malt used in many of their beers.

From the release:

Deschutes Brewery’s Gluten Free Golden Ale is a new and improved version of its Rootin’ Tootin’ Low Gluten beer, which won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Brewers Association 2008 World Beer Cup Awards in the Gluten Free Beer category, beating 12 entrants from some of the world’s best breweries. Although the brewery has produced a small batch of low gluten beer before, the Deschutes brewers were so fastidious in brewing this new gluten free beer that they not only double cleaned the brewing equipment, but also grew the yeast culture used to ferment the beer from a single cell using only sorghum as its nutritional source. The absence of wheat, barley and malt makes the brew a perfect option for individuals with celiac disease.

“We saw that there was a large group of people who weren’t able to enjoy traditional beers and we’re very excited that the release of Gluten Free Golden Ale will make great beer available to everyone,” says Deschutes Brewery president and founder Gary Fish. “The most important part about developing this beer was to make something that tasted really good – the fact that it is gluten free makes it all the more unique.”

Gluten Free Golden Ale will only be available on draft at the Deschutes Brewery and Public Houses in Bend and Portland.

19:29
Tools + Beer = Awesome Happy Fun Time
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We're nearing the end of the 2008 beer fest season. Our best beer fest season, for sure! Okay, this was our first season, but still... whoo hoo! If you've attended any of the fests we have, you've had the chance to see our super-swank jockey box made of a converted Craftsman toolbox. Pouring beer has never been so fun. Folks seem to like it almost as much as we do. One AleFest Chicago attendee

19:01
Autumn Brew Review: Last Chance
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Yes. If you’re riding the fence with regards to Autumn Brew Review, NOW is indeed the time to get tickets. Jeff sent me an e-mail today to inform me that they’re down to 11 tickets. That was at least an hour ago. Sold out. If you missed it, better luck next year…

Speaking of ABR, you’ll see a few new faces this year… Lift Bridge Brewery is planning on coming as are Vine Park and Furthermore, among others. As always, this event should be a good, good time. Don’t miss out!
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18:42
Laughing Dog Brewing
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Laughing Dog Brewing
55 Emerald Industrial Park Road
Ponderay, Idaho 83852
(208) 263-9222

http://www.laughingdogbrewing.com

Way up in Northern Idaho there is a little oasis called Laughing Dog Brewing in the little town of Ponderay. Right next off Lake Pend Oreille this is a great place to visit. The tap room is clean and filled with growlers from everywhere. Great beer art work and posters. Get ready the big cut out dog bone that carries the 10 samples is huge and the samples are tasty. They got it all starting with a light Pale ale kicking it all the way up to a Hot Chihuahua and then great ready don’t be scared Dogzilla Black IPA is there also. If you like fruit beers the Huckleberry cream is one of the best I have ever had. The snacks served while you drink your samples are near perfect spicy little snack that leaves you wanting more beer. And when you had enough the Sweet stout will leave you ready for moving so you can be closer to the brewery. I was able to score a great tour of the brewery and see the inner workings of the place. They are busy all the time and wow the place was clean. Maybe hot but hell it is beer it starts out hot then becomes cold. They love what they do and they love to drink the product. There are several parties throughout the year so if your lucky to catch one be sure to schedule a visit during that time. I bet it is a rip roaring great time. Great brewery I will be back for sure to see what they have done since I was last there. Cheer to you Laughing Dog you are doing it right even serving your snacks in dog bowls.

18:02
Beer Photo of the Day
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A cellphone cam shot I took of this year's Cambridge Beer Festival for today's photo:

17:18
The Return of Tastes Great, Less Filling
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The beginning of this year’s football season will see the return of those iconic Miller Lite television commercials where sports figures, comedians and other celebrities debated whether Miller Lite tasted great or was less filling. The “Great Taste, Less Filling” tag line debuted over thirty years ago and was responsible for reviving Miller Brewing and pushing them into the second place spot, behind Anheuser-Busch.

The newly created MillerCoors LLC is reintroducing the successful spots as part of a strategy to grow both Miller Light and Coors Light, both of which are behind Bud Light in the low-calorie beer sales race.

17:09
Maine: Shopping At Allagash Brewing Co., Portland
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We stopped in at Allagash to pick up some supplies yesterday, three hours early for the tour but that was fine. I was really looking just to shop on the one rainy morning during our week in southern Maine. I plan to be on the beach most days at 3 pm. Not that I usually mention landscaping but Allagash sits in what must be one of the nicest industrial parks going, nestled amongst mature pines. Not that that makes the beer different but driving into the place with the malty sweet brewery smell mixing with woodland as the grain truck unloaded was good.
The staff person who helped us was nice as all get out, even remembering my pal who had schlepped a mixed six of their big bottles when he visited up north months ago. And the prices were excellent. Stan would be slapping me on the back of the head, calling me a doofus for thinking it wouldn't be so. A 2-4 of their white ale, my favorite white going, was just 48 bucks. The Four and Black were under eleven bucks for a 750 ml cork top. Who knew? Maybe I have been buying their beer just too far from hom when I find it in upstate NY. Maybe I'm just a doofus. It's quite an operation with eleven brewing staff as well as four in the office. Not huge, not small. Dedicated to Belgian brewing only in a land with no cultural or gistoric connections to Maine...other than seafood, which the white goes unbelievably well with. Last night, I doused scallops with the white after they had spent just about a minute in a hot buttery pan. I had their stout, Black, as well. Tasty but not overly Belgique in terms of spiced yeast. And why no Allagash saison? Hmm??
I took some photos but I still can't find a well placed USB port that accepts my poorly designed photo memory card to USB converter. Why must these things happen? [Ed.: photos added later.]

17:04
How we judge beer in Norway
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The state of the Norwegian beer scene never ceases to amaze me, and given that I'm a native Norwegian, I thought international readers might enjoy a look at what goes on here. If nothing else, it might have some entertainment value. The occasion for this blog entry is a beer test, initially published by a Norwegian magazine about cottages (as in summer houses, mountain retreats, etc). This magazine is owned by the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also publishes the main Norwegian daily, and so the test has now made its way onto the site of said daily. So the unwary reader could be forgiven for assuming that it was published by the most prestigious newspaper in Norway.

16:46
Attend an American Homebrewers Assn. rally at Anchor Brewing this Saturday
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Do you live or are you going to be in the San Francisco Bay area this Saturday, August 23? Consider attending the American Homebrewers Association membership rally at the legendary Anchor Brewing Company. RSVP at beertown.
Entrance to the event includes these opportunities:
• $33 One-Year Membership to the AHA (reg. $38)
• Eight beers on tap
• Meet Gary Glass, Director of the AHA
• VIP Brewery Tour
• Meet the brewers
• Special beer samples and appetizers

For more info see the Contra Cost Times Story, "What's on Tap.
16:46
Attend an American Homebrewers Assn. rally at Anchor Brewing this Saturday
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Do you live or are you going to be in the San Francisco Bay area this Saturday, August 23? Consider attending the American Homebrewers Association membership rally at the legendary Anchor Brewing Company. RSVP at beertown.
Entrance to the event includes these opportunities:
• $33 One-Year Membership to the AHA (reg. $38)
• Eight beers on tap
• Meet Gary Glass, Director of the AHA
• VIP Brewery Tour
• Meet the brewers
• Special beer samples and appetizers

For more info see the Contra Cost Times Story, "What's on Tap.

16:04
How we judge beer in Norway
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The state of the Norwegian beer scene never ceases to amaze me, and given that I'm a native Norwegian, I thought international readers might enjoy a look at what goes on here. If nothing else, it might have some entertainment value. The occasion for this blog entry is a beer test, initially published by a Norwegian magazine about cottages (as in summer houses, mountain retreats, etc). This magazine is owned by the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also publishes the main Norwegian daily, and so the test has now made its way onto the site of said daily. So the unwary reader could be forgiven for assuming that it was published by the most prestigious newspaper in Norway.

15:49
Book review — Tales of Old Inns
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The cover of the 1951 edition of Tales of Old Inns by Richard Keverne

Richard Keverne’s guide to England’s historic inns was first published in 1939. Hammond Innes revised the book in 1947. In his introduction, Innes makes the rather poignant observation that a new edition was needed not only to help returning servicemen reacquaint themselves with the country they’d fought to defend, but also to edit out mention of pubs which were destroyed by bombing during the war.

There’s further poignancy in reading about pubs which have great histories; which, in 1951, were still charming; but which are now plasticky chain pubs selling microwaved food (The Ferry Boat Inn, Tottenham, for example).

For all this book has about it the whiff of conservatism (there are lots of wistful comments about the simplicity of life in the ‘old days’) the author is surprisingly sympathetic to the motives of generations of innkeepers who destroyed the historic interiors of their pubs for commercial reasons.

Of particular interest to beer geeks are the rare passages which actually touch on beer. The Bell at Orford Hill in Norfolk, for example, was apparently a pioneering outlet for porter in the 1750s:

Sam Barker [the landlord]… also appreciated the use of advertisement. He advertised the then comparitively new malt liquor, porter. “A truly British liquor,” he called it, of which he had “a large quantity always bottled and fit to drink.” He offered it at five shillings a dozen (thirteen bottles to the dozen) or three shillings if you returned the bottles.

Keverne also tells us that the Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, was typical in having its own brewery in the 18th century:

You should not leave the Sun without wandering through its big gardens, and seeing how the old malt and brew houses, alas! no longer in use, reminders of the days when the inn brewed its own beer. Then you will realise how vast were the resources of the big coaching house.

On the whole, it’s just a long list of pubs connected by vague anecdotes, usually unsourced, about Regency dandies and pub landlords. It’s not much use as a travel guide unless you are particularly interested in pub architecture. Nonetheless, it does give a great sense of just how much of a part of Britain’s infrastructure pubs (but specifically inns) really were, and reading about one village pub after another is almost as relaxing as spending an afternoon in one.

Bailey

You can get copies of this book from around 80p at abebooks.co.uk. We bought our copy in an Oxfam book shop.

15:42
Boston misadventures & Shock Top Belgian White
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So Brendan, the friend I've known the longest (we sat next to each other on the bus in elementary school) happened to be in Boston for the week instead of in Upstate NY per usual. I of course leaped at the opportunity to spend my day off in Boston with him, doing all sorts of fun Boston-ish things with him. While brainstorming for activities we thought about taking a tour of the Samuel Adams brewery - it's accessible by the T (mass transit) and we both thought it would be a wicked fun time. And as a bonus we'd get to drink beer, which is never a bad thing!

Our day started off a little drizzly and we immediately made a mistake of trying to take an outbound instead of an inbound train to get into the city, and laughed about it as we got off, crossed the track and waited for another train. We boarded that one and so did a T maintenence guy, pushing buttons and testing the car which was making all kinds of upsettingly loud noises. After we got off in the center of Boston, the train was pulled out of service for having mechanical issues. So, we broke a train and we laughed about it.

We stopped at a Mexican food place near the theater district and got a little food into ourselves before heading off in the brewery direction - we figured that would be a sensible thing to do considering it was about noon. Then we boarded the orange line and went out almost as far as you can go, got off at the Stony Brook stop and walked about three blocks. The Sam Adams signs were out and it had stopped raining - joy!

Until... we saw this --->

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