tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27774980848615906142024-03-12T16:57:45.271-07:00Bottle ChasersIn pursuit of great beerBottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-25244092170343525582011-09-29T12:37:00.000-07:002011-09-29T12:37:16.294-07:00Great Expectations - Great American Beer Fest Newbie<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I’m finally taking a journey that I’ve wanted to take for over a decade: the <a href="http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/">Great American Beer Festival (GABF)</a> in Denver. Other than a variety of beers -- which has drastically improved since I first heard about the festival -- I’m not sure what to expect. Thankfully, I’m attending with a few friends who went last year. So what did I pack?</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Tasting Glass Lanier - check</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This <a href="http://www.brewcaddy.com/">Brew Caddy</a> will hold my tasting glass around my neck so that I don’t drop it and I can be hands-free for taking notes. For the first two days, my tasting glass will be plastic, so if I drop it, I can simply wash the cup and keep using it. The last day, I will have a glass. This means that this lanier will be critical. If I break my glass, I don’t get a new one.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Pretzel jewelry - check</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since there are food venders inside of the festival, guests are not allowed to bring in outside food or drinks. However, I’ve been told that people string pretzels around their neck and its ok because the festival organizers deem that as jewelry. Ok, I’ll just go with it. I’ve seen a few examples of people wearing pretzel necklaces, but I haven’t seen anything that’s terribly creative. I’m hoping to find something that’s more inspiring and aesthetically pleasing. I considered making candy bracelets, but there are few wrapped candies that I think would go with the beers. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Costume - no check</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I’ve seen photos of a lot of people wearing costumes. One of my favorites was <a href="http://beer47.com/2011/09/15-tips-for-attending-the-great-american-beer-festival/">a foamy mug of beer</a>. I decided to go conservative this year and just wear comfortable street clothes. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>GABF mobile app - check</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They finally released this app on the morning of Day 1. There are some decent features - a map, brewery listings, and beer listings - that will help me navigate this event. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That was easy! Let the fun begin!</span></span></div>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-42870987695723511232011-08-19T12:01:00.000-07:002011-08-19T12:01:14.648-07:00Beer Photo Friday: New Beers and Classics - August 12People were out having fun last week during Beer Photo Friday. They were drinking some interesting new beers and some classics. Check it out!<br />
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Thanks to these Twitter friends for their photos!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Stechschulte">@AllOverBeer</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="mathew mcgee">@mathewmphoto</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25219195" href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuanBeerOrTwo" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Juan P.">@JuanBeerOrTwo</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Heather Morra">@heathermorra</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jared Shoupe">@fatontheinside</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rick Crego">@R_Crego</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="15358066" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beertography" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="John Kleinchester">@beertography</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="256171119" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Thomouser" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Tom Newell">@Thomouser</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="19728799" href="http://twitter.com/#!/John_J_Sheehan" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Sheehan">@John_J_Sheehan</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="188973973" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ColoradoBrewer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Matt Lawlor">@ColoradoBrewer</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE">@shoeless_LindaB</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra">@GregSaavedra</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="David Aresty">@daresty3</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Heylin">@norcalbeerguy</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="268013538" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AmberWavesRally" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AmberWavesRally">@AmberWavesRally</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="72756924" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BeltaneBrewing" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Alan Atha">@BeltaneBrewing</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Steve Glor">@TailgatingTimes</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="11174022" href="http://twitter.com/#!/musingBruce" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="musingBruce">@musingBruce</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="261397211" href="http://twitter.com/#!/VtnRe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Sam Vimes">@VtnRe</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry">@shrews824</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="251179216" href="http://twitter.com/#!/acthompson6" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Thompson">@acthompson6</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25202657" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Chappalappa" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cole Fisher">@Chappalappa</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="343682361" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Beer_Recess" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer Recess">Beer_Recess</a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-28625982481811034242011-08-12T00:30:00.000-07:002011-08-12T00:30:13.055-07:00Stocking Up: Beer Photo Friday, August 5, 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week's featured multiples of beers. </span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson">@ADAM___J</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">posted a beer sampler and few cases of beer in what appears to be a vintage <a href="http://www.falstaffbrewing.com/">Falstaff</a> box.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">stocked a cooler for a weekend party. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Shrewsberry">@shrews824</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> looks like he took a trip to the beer superstore</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14413863" href="http://twitter.com/#!/superflav" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Fraser">@superflav</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">showed off his three bottles of <a href="http://blog.bottlechasers.com/2011/07/next-craft-beer-trend-session-or-sour.html">Almanac Summer 2010</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Michael Works">@TALLJETSFAN</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">tweeted a <a href="http://www.magichat.net/">Magic Hat</a> triple play</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18853507" href="http://twitter.com/#!/dborginis" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="dborginis">@dborginis</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">proved to be an</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> awesome friend by sharing a pint of <a href="http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/parabola">Firestone Walker Parabola</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Michael Works">@TALLJETSFAN</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Stechschulte">@AllOverBeer</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jared Shoupe">@fatontheinside</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Heather Morra">@heathermorra</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14413863" href="http://twitter.com/#!/superflav" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Fraser">@superflav</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL">@AlbertFinn</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20387554" href="http://twitter.com/#!/RebelJoe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Joey Vaughan">@RebelJoe</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE">@shoeless_LindaB</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14135189" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aberlind" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="aberlind">@aberlind</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="mathew mcgee">@mathewmphoto</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Shrewsberry">@shrews824</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="67197846" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GalileosBane" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Galileo's Bane">@GalileosBane</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="11174022" href="http://twitter.com/#!/musingBruce" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="musingBruce">@musingBruce</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Steve Glor">@TailgatingTimes</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson">@ADAM___J</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="251436752" href="http://twitter.com/#!/sagerobison" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mike S-R">@sagerobison</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="221245285" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Genghis_Connor" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Patrick Connor">@Genghis_Connor</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18853507" href="http://twitter.com/#!/dborginis" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="dborginis">@dborginis</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="175209193" href="http://twitter.com/#!/parfus_brews" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Marson">@parfus_brews</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="John Heylin">@norcalbeerguy</a></span></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-90239006474255949602011-08-05T07:38:00.000-07:002011-08-05T07:38:04.541-07:00Beer Photo Friday: As of July 29, 2011, Consider Yourself Warned!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out last week's Beer Photo Friday pics:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Heylin">@norcalbeerguy</a> has informed me that his photo's will keep getting sillier. You have now been warned.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to these Twitter friends for their photos!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47">@beer47</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra">@GregSaavedra</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="221245285" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Genghis_Connor" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Patrick Connor">@Genghis_Connor</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="45421833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/iheartbarges" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dan K">@iheartbarges</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="142793002" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jessicajrice" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beerandbaking">@jessicajrice</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="26927828" href="http://twitter.com/#!/EhStrawberry" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Mary Salazar">@EhStrawberry</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL">@AlbertFinn</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte">@AllOverBeer</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego">@R_Crego</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE">@shoeless_LindaB</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25643145" href="http://twitter.com/#!/vwrules57" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Russell Jackson">@vwrules57</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="15358066" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beertography" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Kleinchester">@beertography</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20387554" href="http://twitter.com/#!/RebelJoe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Joey Vaughan">@RebelJoe</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="343682361" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Beer_Recess" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer Recess">@Beer_Recess</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="81705754" href="http://twitter.com/#!/scotthawkins82" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Hawkins">@scotthawkins82</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="172907007" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Wulyamsen" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Adam Williamson">@Wulyamsen</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Michael Works">@TALLJETSFAN</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="11174022" href="http://twitter.com/#!/musingBruce" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="musingBruce">@musingBruce</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20292326" href="http://twitter.com/#!/rww00042" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Randy Wallace">@rww00042</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="67197846" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GalileosBane" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Galileo's Bane">@GalileosBane</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="97487666" href="http://twitter.com/#!/SteffeeC" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Casey Steffee">@SteffeeC</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry">@shrews824</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="23069594" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BubberJ" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Frank Weichmann">@BubberJ</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="26512835" href="http://twitter.com/#!/VinceTripp" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Vince Tripp">@VinceTripp</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="15195238" href="http://twitter.com/#!/adambcrowe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Adam Crowe">@adambcrowe</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="David Aresty">@daresty3</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="53383120" href="http://twitter.com/#!/soxstephen" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Stephen Rains">@soxstephen</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="22186223" href="http://twitter.com/#!/SammyJack" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Terry Holschuh">@SammyJack</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson">@ADAM___J</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Heylin">@norcalbeerguy</a></span></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-73169714560602480692011-07-28T20:19:00.000-07:002011-07-28T20:24:04.081-07:00Beer Photo Friday - July 22 - Beer, Baseball, and SummerThis week, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="259475773" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Brewstress" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Kelsey Williams">@Brewstress</a> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="David Aresty">@daresty3</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">featured the love of this iconic summer pair. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego">@R_Crego</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="147374841" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lovbrew" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mike Steinberg">@lovbrew</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="142793002" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jessicajrice" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beerandbaking">@jessicajrice</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE">@shoeless_LindaB</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="72756924" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BeltaneBrewing" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Alan Atha">@BeltaneBrewing</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra">@GregSaavedra</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> captured great shot of being outdoors on a Friday evening. </span></span><br />
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So now that this Double IPA trend has peaked, what's next craft beer trend? I'm thinking there's a backlash in the form of session beers. This is a backlash I can handle since it means that I don't need to get drunk in order to be trendy. I like the availability of Full Sail's Session Beers. And it says it right on the label so that when I spot it in a bar, I'm reminded that it's time to take the ABV down a bit every once in a while. <br />
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Last week, I enjoyed this <a href="http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/session.cfm">Full Sail Session Black Lager</a>. Coincidentally, my friend had texted me looking for "a Guinness flavored lager ...light, bubbly and refreshing but nice and malty". This one fitted the bill for him. Other favorite session beers of mine include <a href="http://21st-amendment.com/beer/hell-or-high-watermelon">21st Amendment Bitter American</a>, <a href="http://21st-amendment.com/beer/hell-or-high-watermelon">21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon</a>, and <a href="http://www.lostcoast.com/beers.html">Lost Coast Downtown Brown</a>. These are all full-flavored and lower alcohol so you can have more than one.<br />
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<b>Meeting Sour Beers Half Way</b><br />
The other growing trend is sour beers. It's starting to take up significantly more space on restaurant beer lists and store shelves. This still surprises me because sour is not a prominent flavor in American cuisine so it does not seem to be something that would take off in the American market. This is not a trend that I am whole-heartedly embracing and seems a bit difficult for the average American beer drinker to swallow. A few weeks ago, I went to a friend's house for lunch. My gracious hosts, knowing that I like beer, had a <a href="http://www.monkscafe.com/">Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale</a> chilled for me. As I sipped on the beer, they even asked me, "Do you enjoy the sourness?...it's not really my kind of drink." It was a hot summer day so I found the cold sourness refreshing, although I was pouring myself small servings from the bottle. Sour ale is not something that I reach for regularly, but sometimes it is a nice change of pace for the pallate.<br />
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For me, the middle ground is found with the fruity Belgian lambic ales. I've always enjoyed the <a href="http://www.lindemans.be/">Lindemans beers</a>, however they use a fruit syrup for flavoring so I've been looking for more natural flavors lately. <br />
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Recently, I picked up <a href="http://www.sixriversbrewery.com/beer_raspberry.php">Six Rivers Brewery Rasberry Lambic Ale</a>. It's made with 500 pounds of raspberries. As I was buying this, Evan at <a href="http://thejugshop.com/store/">The Jugshop</a> said that this is his current favorite beer. When the shop first received this beer four months ago, it was really sweet. They put the beer in the back for a few months. When a few bottles exploded, they decided to try it again. It's dry, tart, yet sweet and fruity. It's not quite a sour beer, but I can see why The Jugshop was selling it on the shelf next the sour beers. If you don't like fruity beers, this one is not for you. I love fresh, fruity beers so this one is a keeper in its current bottle-aged state. It's best served chilled. As the beer comes up to ambiant temperature, the sourness becomes more prominent, which flattened the fruit flavors.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.almanacbeer.com/">Almanac Summer 2010</a> is another good ale with 250 pounds of berries to create a distinctly fresh sweet blackberry flavor. However, I'm still confused about the consistency of the product. <a href="http://blog.bottlechasers.com/2011/02/sf-beer-week-opening-gala-organizers.html">When I initially tried this beer at the SF Beer Week Opening Gala</a>, the beer was sweet and fruity and not tart or sour. When I tried this beer out of a bottle at the launch party at <a href="http://www.shotwellsbar.com/">Shotwell's</a>, the beer was clearly sour. Since this beer was barrel-aged, the varying amounts of brettanomyces in each barrel changed the sourness throughout this batch. You can <a href="http://www.almanacbeer.com/blog/">read in Almanac's blog about how they Almanac found an astounding variance in the batch so they carefully measured the product of each barrel for a final blend</a>. This variance from bottle to bottle naturally tests your sense of adventure when tasting this beer so I'd be weary of ordering this beer to pair with a meal since what you are served could be sweet or sour. Still, this is a very enjoyable beer while hanging out with friends.Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-13038371375347986712011-07-21T22:22:00.000-07:002011-07-21T22:26:38.380-07:00July 15 Beer Photo Friday Featuring Star Wars, Flaming Beer, and Eco-Chic<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had some beautiful photo's submitted last week. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beer47</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> posted a pic of </span><a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/la-rulles-estivale/48719/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Rulles Estivale</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that was on fire</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14135189" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aberlind" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="aberlind"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@aberlind</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">posed a </span><a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wampa"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wampa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with a </span><a href="http://www.bridgeportbrew.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bridgeport Kingpin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Curiously, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="85850124" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bentwoookie" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="RW"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@bentwoookie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has yet to post a Star Wars or Simpson action figure, but he did post a pic of the </span><a href="http://jesterkingbrewery.com/jester-king-mikkeller-announce-first-collaborationdrink-in-the-sunbelt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jester King/Mikkeller collaboration Drink'in the Sunbelt.</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> shared a pic of </span><a href="http://www.pyramidbrew.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pyramid</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> brew that was fresh from the growler. 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="142793002" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jessicajrice" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beerandbaking"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jessicajrice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="David Aresty"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@daresty3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="259475773" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Brewstress" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Kelsey Williams"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Brewstress</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@GregSaavedra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="John Heylin"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@norcalbeerguy</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="12752692" href="http://twitter.com/#!/brianhewitt" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Hewitt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@brianhewitt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14987417" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jmarler" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="15358066" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beertography" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Kleinchester"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beertography</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14135189" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aberlind" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="aberlind"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@aberlind</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="85850124" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bentwoookie" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="RW"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@bentwoookie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Michael Works"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TALLJETSFAN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="175209193" href="http://twitter.com/#!/parfus_brews" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Marson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@parfus_brews</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="268037507" href="http://twitter.com/#!/pintopinion" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="pintopinion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@pintopinion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20387554" href="http://twitter.com/#!/RebelJoe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Joey Vaughan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@RebelJoe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Polyclef</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mathewmphoto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Shrewsberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shrews824</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ADAM___J</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beer47</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="328199638" href="http://twitter.com/#!/theweeklysipper" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Weekly Sipper"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@theweeklysipper</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="23734868" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BetterBeerBlog" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Peter Estaniel"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">@BetterBeerBlog</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="33990478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ederemer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Elliot DeRemer"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">@</span>ederemer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AllOverBeer</span></a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-15637685232699778412011-07-14T15:50:00.000-07:002011-07-14T16:24:36.942-07:00Beer Photo Friday - Visual Jokes with Beer - July 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Friday's Beer Photo Friday had some fantastic beer jokes - whether they were intentional or not:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><ul><li><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="72756924" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BeltaneBrewing" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Alan Atha"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@BeltaneBrewing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">posted an empty tulip glass, calling it "The Emperor's New Clothes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">". </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I'm looking forward to trying the beer from this new brewery. I promise to give legitimate feedback and not just blow sunshine up his.... tulip glass.</span></span></span></li>
<li><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Michael Works"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TALLJETSFAN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">appropriately paired</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a maduro-wrapped cigar with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.lagunitas.com/beers/maximus.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lagunitas IPA <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">(ahem) </span>Maximus</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></li>
<li><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14413863" href="http://twitter.com/#!/superflav" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Chris Fraser"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@superflav</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">held his spot at the </span><a href="http://www.russianriverbrewing.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian River Brewing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bar with a coaster declaring his location. Who needs Foursquare?!</span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week showed a lot of enthusiasm and good times (and one bad...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="92375703" href="http://twitter.com/#!/MugOfStArnold" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="C B"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@MugOfStArnold</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> had to dump a beer down the sink). We had 42 photos posted. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to these Twitter friends for their photos!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="David Aresty"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@daresty3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="142793002" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jessicajrice" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Beerandbaking"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jessicajrice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beer47</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17481116" href="http://twitter.com/#!/nisk916" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="nisk916"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@nisk916</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="55707101" href="http://twitter.com/#!/girlfromarizona" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="angela muniz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@girlfromarizona</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Heather Morra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@heathermorra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="115565441" href="http://twitter.com/#!/meehansdowntown" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Meehan's Atl Downtwn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@meehansdowntown</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25219195" href="http://twitter.com/#!/JuanBeerOrTwo" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Juan P."><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@JuanBeerOrTwo</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="26927828" href="http://twitter.com/#!/EhStrawberry" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mary Salazar"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@EhStrawberry</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="24199835" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScottARedd" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Redd"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ScottARedd</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25643145" href="http://twitter.com/#!/vwrules57" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Russell Jackson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@vwrules57</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="92375703" href="http://twitter.com/#!/MugOfStArnold" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="C B"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@MugOfStArnold</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14135189" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aberlind" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="aberlind"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@aberlind</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mathewmphoto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="247951201" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TALLJETSFAN" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Michael Works"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TALLJETSFAN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="175209193" href="http://twitter.com/#!/parfus_brews" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Marson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@parfus_brews</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="12752692" href="http://twitter.com/#!/brianhewitt" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Hewitt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@brianhewitt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="85850124" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bentwoookie" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ADAM___J</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="19195568" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ianrea" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="ian rea"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ianrea</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="222558233" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bolandero37" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jim Boland"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@bolandero37</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="32175365" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BigWreck44" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Kerry Keene"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@BigWreck44</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164676396" href="http://twitter.com/#!/FermentedArt" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Fermented Artistry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@FermentedArt</span></a></div>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-34109221552898927342011-07-08T14:55:00.000-07:002011-07-08T14:55:28.773-07:00Discovering Beers Through Photos - Beer Photo Friday - July 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some great moments captured last week for Beer Photo Friday. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="John Heylin"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@norcalbeerguy</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was enjoying a few pints with friends.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14413863" href="http://twitter.com/#!/superflav" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Chris Fraser"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@superflav</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was drinking a growler Russian River by the (Russian?) river.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164676396" href="http://twitter.com/#!/FermentedArt" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Fermented Artistry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@FermentedArt</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">paired beer with a cigar. </span></span><br />
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</div>My friend, JR, invited me on his reservation for the <a href="http://www.anchorbrewing.com/index.htm">Anchor Brewing Company</a>. Since it's one of the few breweries in the city of San Francisco, I've always wanted to go, but never got around to it. I think the most prohibitive issue was knowing that there's a long waiting list to get on the tour. <a href="http://www.anchorbrewing.com/about_us/tourinfo.htm">Today, I was told that the tours are booked through August and the Friday tours are booked through October. </a><br />
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</div><div>This was my second time to Anchor. I've been on a lot of brewery tours around the world. This tour was pretty standard; they walk you through the brewing process from brew to bottle and then let you taste beers at the end. However, this is one of the more beautiful breweries that I've visited because of the 1930's art-deco architecture, the copper brew kettles from Germany, and the fantastic view of the city skyline (even from the bathroom). Anchor is unique in that they have a long history in San Francisco, since 1896, which means that they survived the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Prohibition. Joe, our tour guide, emphasized how Fritz Maytag saved Anchor from bankruptcy in 1965 and turned the brewery around which igniting the craft beer movement. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDJdoB74XuLG3Zy36rRgt0nA0CeoHxJQZKWS3robuKzBhfYG_0QUgeRAPoZR9idEmavveK1qFzYqcnEPmlVxpMZyWYbjIy1nYEIW7NtdttnMZzjW1-ZvzoQq0yfPs_aXNuoMxSMCjPNoI/s1600/IMG_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDJdoB74XuLG3Zy36rRgt0nA0CeoHxJQZKWS3robuKzBhfYG_0QUgeRAPoZR9idEmavveK1qFzYqcnEPmlVxpMZyWYbjIy1nYEIW7NtdttnMZzjW1-ZvzoQq0yfPs_aXNuoMxSMCjPNoI/s320/IMG_0016.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97o8u2z-uw3Qk9bcJ1kGhSInVJsVoeMvWlG5U10MOdnOsUSYnuisIS8QjqARA5T4TxjGE8kZdapmumaqyl2XysvdgFOWEH2EeRQbl3dkhVpx_FnslPfCc9IMMijqcHI3nU3oy-r_PWYYD/s1600/IMG_0024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97o8u2z-uw3Qk9bcJ1kGhSInVJsVoeMvWlG5U10MOdnOsUSYnuisIS8QjqARA5T4TxjGE8kZdapmumaqyl2XysvdgFOWEH2EeRQbl3dkhVpx_FnslPfCc9IMMijqcHI3nU3oy-r_PWYYD/s320/IMG_0024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/04/anchor-brewery-acquired-by-griffin.html">Since buying Anchor last year, the Griffin Group has been expanding while trying to keep the Anchor legacy of San Francisco-based craft bee</a>r. In mid-July, Anchor is going to increase the capacity of their bottling line. In order to install the new line, which cannot be assembled piecemeal, they will need to knock down the wall to their bottling room and have a crane drop in the new bottle line. I'm looking forward to seeing what will develop from Anchor as they preserve their traditions while expanding their production and possibly their brand.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4J29dAoWDK2RTU0kGBXXH9Da5veQ6Ycf8Ufa3Q0Jt_DARJhW-v2Ju8xcNmxrkpPfS-Bo7sO4ZnDj9pfOF9EhklYu3kSb9PLUZhIJFT3wvYk1lIinCWT2lpg7cpjfa3zq5YNMWKvWIQ_p/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4J29dAoWDK2RTU0kGBXXH9Da5veQ6Ycf8Ufa3Q0Jt_DARJhW-v2Ju8xcNmxrkpPfS-Bo7sO4ZnDj9pfOF9EhklYu3kSb9PLUZhIJFT3wvYk1lIinCWT2lpg7cpjfa3zq5YNMWKvWIQ_p/s320/IMG_0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div></div>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-909717403271174482011-06-30T17:41:00.000-07:002011-06-30T17:41:54.190-07:00Filling the Vessels for Beer Photo Friday - June 24Great photo's from last week's Beer Photo Friday! Check it out:<br />
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The drinking vessels really stood out for me: the frothy glasses, the stemmed glasses, the iconic beer mug, the Drake's logo glass, and the two Lagunitas mason jars. I keeps seeing those mason jars every week to the point that I'm starting to really want one!<br />
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Thanks to my Twitter friends for their photos!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego">@R_Crego</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="David Aresty">@daresty3</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="113473840" href="http://twitter.com/#!/norcalbeerguy" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Heylin">@norcalbeerguy</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="147374841" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lovbrew" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; 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font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">Last Friday, beer lovers were hanging by the pool (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter">@Polyclef</a>)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;">, sitting on the green grass </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="65568478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/OaktownFunk" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="OaktownFunk">@OaktownFunk</a> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14135189" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aberlind" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Dan K">@iheartbarges</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry">@shrews824</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14413863" href="http://twitter.com/#!/superflav" style="color: #90191b; 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cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mike S-R">@sagerobison</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="85850124" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bentwoookie" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="RW">@bentwoookie</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="104257049" href="http://twitter.com/#!/hoyle13" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Chad Hoyle">@hoyle13</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="30008833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lm9791" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Larry Miller">@lm9791</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="260976098" href="http://twitter.com/#!/daresty3" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="David Aresty">@daresty3</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42495981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bagofsongs" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Tom Szwech">@bagofsongs</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson">@ADAM___J</a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47">@beer47</a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-43791549640890130562011-06-21T21:10:00.000-07:002011-06-21T21:10:15.744-07:00South Durham Confection Company's Beer Cookies - for the Grown-Up Palate<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was intrigued <a href="http://heraldsun.com/view/full_story/13171732/article-Beer---cookies---the-perfect-pairing-?instance=main_article">the first time I heard about beer cookies</a>; cookies designed to be paired with beer. Would they be purely savory? Slightly bitter? More like crackers? In the press release, I learned that I could pick up some <a href="http://durhamcookies.com/">South Durham Confection Company</a>'s cookies at <a href="http://fullsteam.ag/">Fullsteam</a> in Durham, N.C. During my last trip to N.C., I picked up 9 oz. bags of each of their flavors - Curry Spice, Toasted Sesame, and Blue Cheese Rosemary. As you can see on the packaging, there are a few beer pairing suggestions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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These cookies are like biscuits, or as I like to call them, Grown Up Cookies. They are not overly sweet and there are complex flavors that mingle savory, sweet, spicy, and bitter.</div><div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Curry Spice</span><br />
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The Curry Spice cookie had a strong cumin/clove aroma which made me expect a savory biscuit. Instead, this cookie was sweet and spicy, like eating homemade pumpkin/zuchini bread. The cinnamon and black peppercorn add a spicy zing, which nicely lingers on the palate even after I washed it down with <a href="http://www.brasserie-dupont.com/dupont/Default.aspx?Page=moinetteblonde">Dupont Moinette Blonde</a>. This was a true pairing; the garam masala spices enhanced the clove flavors in the Belgian blonde.<br />
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When I paired this cookie with the <a href="http://www.ballastpoint.com/beers-of-ballast-point-ipa-sculpin/">Ballast Point Sculpin IPA</a>, the spiciness washed down well. This pairing created a sensation similar to drinking IPA with savory spicy food without the grease and salt.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Blue Cheese and Rosemary</span><br />
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With the Blue Cheese and Rosemary cookie, the cheese is mild and not sour. With the Sculpin IPA, the extreme flavors of cheese and hoppiness are mellowed. I paired this with the <a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/2011-symposium-new-albion-porter/141896/">2011 Symposium New Albion Porter</a> that I had leftover from this year's Craft Brewer's Conference. With the porter, the flavors in the cookie didn't change much. It was a nice pairing; like having a morning cup of coffee with a sweet and savory scone.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Toasted Sesame</span><br />
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This is the mildest and least extreme of all the cookies. This does not mean that it is boring. The cookie is sweet and nutty. I could eat it every day and serve it to unadventurous guests. The sweetness from the sesame cookie matched with the sweetness of the New Albion Porter. The nutty toastiness matched with the <a href="http://bigbossbrewing.com/beer.aspx">Big Boss Bad Penny</a> dark brown ale that I carried home from N.C.<br />
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</div>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-25825386167040848482011-06-17T11:50:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:50:44.297-07:00Summer is Coming! - Beer Photo Friday - June 10, 2011You can tell by the beer styles and location where people are drinking that summer is coming. This season is synonymous with refreshing ales, concerts, and outdoor dining. Check it out!<br />
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Thanks to these Twitter friends for their photos!<br />
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David at <a href="http://beer47.com/">Beer47</a> arranged for a tour of Fullsteam so I'm looking forward to his photo's and tasting notes. Unfortunately, I don't have any photo's of my own. I was having too much fun soaking up the atmosphere.<br />
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Sean Lilly Wilson and his team have built up a business that takes advantage of the local styles and flavors, including their flagship Southern Lager and <a href="http://www.fullsteam.ag/beer/forager/">First Frost winter perssimmon ale</a> that they foraged from local abandoned orchards. Fullsteam also has a beer called Working Man's Lunch, named after a Southern tradition, consisting of an RC Cola and a Moon Pie. Wilson likes to play with the palate. He had us try his <a href="http://www.fullsteam.ag/beer/workers-comp/">Working Man's Lunch</a> beer with a Moon Pie, which he sells at the bar so that customers can enjoy this combination. It's so funny how this unexpected combination - which I might expect to see in a stoner movie - works. Moon Pie's are mildly sweet and the beer washes it down well. Even if you try the beer first and then the Moon Pie, you get a different, but pleasant, reaction on the palate.<br />
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Fullsteam's <a href="http://www.fullsteam.ag/beer/forager/">Forager program</a> illustrates that their beer is art. This is beer brewed with ingredients harvested from the local community. They aggregate harvests from a variety of sources, balance the flavors, and produce a solidly enjoyable product. For past programs, people brought in their persimmons or pears and, in return, received market price for their harvest, an exclusive Forager hat, and a sample of the final product. If the forager chooses not to take the money, Fullsteam donates the proceeds to a local community garden program called <a href="http://seedsnc.org/">SEEDS</a>. <br />
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The Fullsteam tavern is a spacious, comfortable space that regularly has food trucks and live bands dropping by. As we walked up to the building, a man, with what appeared to be his son, was at the picnic tables having a sausage lunch from the <a href="http://www.farmhandfoods.com/">Farmhand Food Sausage Wagon</a>. I liked the family-friendly feel of this place. They even have a <a href="http://www.bullcityrunning.com/events/fullsteam-ahead-run-club/">weekly running club</a> that meets Wednesdays for a pre-beer run. On a Friday afternoon, it was quiet, but I struck up a conversation with some really friendly people sitting at the bar. <br />
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The first friend I made was one of the owners of <a href="http://www.piefantasy.com/">Scratch Bakery</a>, which specializes in local, seasonal food. This means they don't have American standards like apple pie until it's apple season because they insist that their ingredients be fresh. I checked out the bakery for brunch a few days later. It's on a pedestrian street and has very delicious, fresh food! I tried the fried bologna sandwich, the strawberry rhubarb pie, the donut muffin, and the biscuit sandwich. I highly recommend this bakery the next your in town.<br />
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The next person I chatted with has been a Durham local for a few decades. He told me that there was a time when he wouldn't have wandered into that neighborhood so freely. Even though you could see the original baseball field where the Durham Bulls played until 1994 (and where the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094812/">Bull Durham </a>was filmed), you could tell that the neighborhood was being gentrified. The area was surrounded by low-income housing that had been boarded up. Still, the Raleigh-Durham area is transforming, whether it's from the technology and research coming out of the surrounding universities (Duke, UNC, NC State) or the people who grew up in the area and understand the value of having a business in this community.<br />
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It's funny that while I was in my globally-focused business school program, one of my core classes made us run around cities like Dubai, New Delhi, and Shanghai to interview locals about business opportunities in that region; yet we were not required to do the same assignment when we got to Durham, NC. I could have written pages about business in Durham and a decent video with meaningful interviews to go with it, too.<br />
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Additional Suggested Reading:<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/news_events/feature_stories/craft_beer/">You can click here to read about Fullsteam's lobbying efforts that led to state policy changes for North Carolina</a>.</div><div><br />
</div>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-72236353841785881072011-06-05T16:45:00.000-07:002011-06-05T16:47:02.974-07:00Beer Events This Week Captured in Beer Photo Friday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this week's Beer Photo Friday, I was excited to see people taking advantage of the beer events that are becoming so common these days.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42495981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bagofsongs" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Tom Szwech"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@bagofsongs</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was drinking a Yards Poor Richard's Tavern Spruce for</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.phillybeerweek.org/index.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Philly Beer Week</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Philly Beer Week has only been around since 2008, but it's the event that kicked off all of these Beer Weeks in America:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://sfbeerweek.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Francisco</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.seattlebeerweek.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seattle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://sdbw.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">San Diego</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1639040548"></span>Chicago<span id="goog_1639040549"></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.nycbeerweek.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New York</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://sacramentobeerweek.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sacramento</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.labeerweek.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Los Angeles</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.phillybeerweek.org/events.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here for a full schedule of this week's events</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't be surprised if I spontaneously jump on a cross-country plane to join in on the festivities. I've been known to do that. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was jealous that</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was tweeting from the grand opening of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://greenflashbrew.com/events-calendar.php?content=116"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green Flash's new tasting room in Mira Mesa, CA</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.greenflashbrew.com/tasting-room.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">new tasting room</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> boasts 4000 square feet, 30 taps, and a Beer Garden in the warm San Diego climate. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="45421833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/iheartbarges" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dan K"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@iheartbarges</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="242525017" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jakeblat" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Steve B"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jakeblat</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="77200204" href="http://twitter.com/#!/DaveBrews" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Dave Brews"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@DaveBrews</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="65568478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/OaktownFunk" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="OaktownFunk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@OaktownFunk</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Polyclef</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Heather Morra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@heathermorra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18417971" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mjreagles" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mike Reagles"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mjreagles</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clay Chandler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mbjclay</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@R_Crego</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42495981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/bagofsongs" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="at-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="TALLJETSFAN" href="http://twitter.com/TALLJETSFAN" rel="nofollow" style="color: #90191b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TALLJETSFAN</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/daresty3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@daresty3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42966052" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mendiola32" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="William Mendiola"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mendiola32</span></a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-694967221109183132011-05-31T14:53:00.000-07:002011-05-31T22:06:08.854-07:00Kicking off Memorial Day Weekend with Beer Photo Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For most of us in the U.S., this past weekend was a 3-day weekend to commemorate Memorial Day. This is a day to honor our the people who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces but has become highly associated with BBQ and picnics. I'll admit that yesterday I ate my weight in burgers from </span><a href="http://www.4505meats.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4505 Meats</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and homemade Thai sausage; I regret nothing. </span></div><br />
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I was inspired by a lot of pics that came in for last week's Beer Photo Friday. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 19px;"><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="mendiola32" href="http://twitter.com/mendiola32" rel="nofollow" style="color: #90191b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="at" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 0.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span><span class="at-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mendiola32</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tweeted a medley of canned beers from</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.mauibrewingco.com/mbc/MBCCannedBeer.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bikini Blonde Lager from Maui Brewing Company</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to </span><a href="http://www.oskarblues.com/the-brews/mamas-little-yella-pils"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mama's Lil Yella PIls from Oskar Blues</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 19px;"><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="AlbertFinn" href="http://twitter.com/AlbertFinn" rel="nofollow" style="color: #90191b; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="at" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 0.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span><span class="at-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AlbertFinn</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had me do a double-take with his pics of homebrew - one in color and the same with a sepia effect. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clay Chandler">@mbjclay</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who was drinking an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://abita.com/brews/jockamo.php">Abita Jackamo IPA</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from a beach in Alabama, inspired me </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jackcurtin.com/ldo/?p=697">to learn a few things about beer laws in Mississippi</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. At 6.5% ABV, this beer is illegal to even possess in Mississippi, where beer cannot be greater than 5% ABV. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to these friends on Twitter for their photos:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="253566323" href="http://twitter.com/#!/swbnhoptips" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="SWBN Hop Tips"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@swbnhoptips</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="55155548" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lordhedgie" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jimmy Brokaw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@lordhedgie</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="277840909" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jenecso" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jennifer Pitts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jenecso</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mathewmphoto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Heather Morra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@heathermorra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="AL"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="142793002" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jessicajrice" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beerandbaking"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jessicajrice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="45421833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/iheartbarges" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Dan K"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@iheartbarges</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clay Chandler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mbjclay</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@R_Crego</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20414228" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ReedOdeneal" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Reed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ReedOdeneal</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="65568478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/OaktownFunk" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="OaktownFunk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@OaktownFunk</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shoeless_LindaB</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="48188688" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GLLibations" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="GreatLakes Libations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@GLLibations</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18417971" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mjreagles" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Mike Reagles"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mjreagles</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="175209193" href="http://twitter.com/#!/parfus_brews" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Marson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@parfus_brews</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shrews824</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42966052" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mendiola32" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="William Mendiola"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mendiola32</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="268037507" href="http://twitter.com/#!/pintopinion" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="pintopinion"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@pintopinion</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@ADAM___J</span></a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-77434881382923934922011-05-26T07:28:00.000-07:002011-05-26T12:56:08.267-07:00Another Beer's Day Off: Wine Party at Cuvaison in Carneros<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday, May 7, I attended <a href="http://www.cuvaison.com/">Cuvaison</a>'s Siete de Mayo Party for their club members at their hacienda in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carneros">Carneros region</a>. During the day, I drank some old favorites and enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather in Napa. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjwkflJa_W8AaWl5-KYWBCZZQwz20bwBO2jGvUQ1a5tOcB1epDGsNZXGze-qXTv4tE1HJ7JwmPP4r_vjpHqdTSFiFOtSMCWYt-xt6-FQ-Vbn3Xx5bByHOcqgQNGNjDkym4iA94D4W6pxg/s1600/IMG_0458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjwkflJa_W8AaWl5-KYWBCZZQwz20bwBO2jGvUQ1a5tOcB1epDGsNZXGze-qXTv4tE1HJ7JwmPP4r_vjpHqdTSFiFOtSMCWYt-xt6-FQ-Vbn3Xx5bByHOcqgQNGNjDkym4iA94D4W6pxg/s320/IMG_0458.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was introduced to Cuvaison about 5 years ago and soon became a club member because they offer consistently good wine in all their varietals. While it's easy to find Cuvaison at Costco and other major liquor stores, the club events are fun and I love how the staff always remembers me. I've always enjoyed this annual event because (1) it's held on their private Mediterranean-style house along the vineyards and (2) the food - catered by <a href="http://www.villacoronamex.com/">Villa Corona Cocina Mexicana</a> in St. Helena - is tasty. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a tendency to take pictures of my drinks so I can keep a log of what I was tasting. Here's the line up for this party:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cuvaison always plans fun activities at these parties. This year, it was a pinata. NOTE TO SELF: next time I have a pinata party with adults, do NOT use the pinata stick at the party supply store. The wooden dowel is too strong in the hands of an adult. Unfortunately, the poor horse pinata was decapitated after only two whacks. </span><br />
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</span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-90445993509865164782011-05-23T16:23:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:52:01.420-07:00Beer Photo Friday: 34 Ways People Prepared for Saturday's Rapture<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week's Beer Photo Friday was the day before the predicted Judgement Day on May 21. Check out the pictures below to see how people spent the penultimate day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span><a class="_userInfoPopup networkName" href="http://twitter.com/phillybeerguy" style="display: inline !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="phillybeerguy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">phillybeerguy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ensured that Pliny the Elder made at least one last appearance on Beer Photo Friday.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="68749182" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Beerlens" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer Lens"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Beerlens</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">posted a Dogfish Head Randall with bacon! (Check out the full size pic here: </span></span><a href="http://beerlens.com/2011/05/20/bacon-randall/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://beerlens.com/2011/05/20/bacon-randall/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> @</span></span><a class="_userInfoPopup networkName" href="http://twitter.com/BeerBrewin" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="beerbrewin"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">BeerBrewin</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> submitted a blog of pics (</span><a href="http://www.craftbeertime.com/category/beer-pictures/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.craftbeertime.com/category/beer-pictures/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) . </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beer47</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">toasted to the SF Giants. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so glad that we received so many photos last week. It looks like the Picasa collage function can barely display this many pics. I'm taking suggestions for other ways to compile these photos easily.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to these twitter peeps for their photos!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14217739" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lifebeginsat30" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jennifer Maiser"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@lifebeginsat30</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="61110383" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aosully42" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="106106829" href="http://twitter.com/#!/goonerkeith" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gooner Keith "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@goonerkeith</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14987417" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jmarler" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jon Marler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@jmarler</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="65568478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/OaktownFunk" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="OaktownFunk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@OaktownFunk</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="47514515" href="http://twitter.com/#!/palsydude" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jake "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@palsydude</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18576239" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beer47" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beer47</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@R_Crego</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="14192472" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Polyclef" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andy Platter"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Polyclef</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="30008833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lm9791" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; 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line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="45904837" href="http://twitter.com/#!/PatrickDavis78" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" title="Patrick Davis"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@PatrickDavis78</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="17175717" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shoeless_LindaB" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="LindaB / HEMEEE"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shoeless_LindaB</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="50854152" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TonyBagz" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="anthony bagdasarian"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@TonyBagz</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shrews824</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clay Chandler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mbjclay</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="42966052" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mendiola32" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="William Mendiola"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mendiola32</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="15358066" href="http://twitter.com/#!/beertography" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="John Kleinchester"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@beertography</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="68749182" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Beerlens" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Beer Lens"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@Beerlens</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> @</span></span></span><a class="_userInfoPopup networkName" href="http://twitter.com/phillybeerguy" style="display: inline !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="phillybeerguy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">phillybeerguy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">, @</span></span><a class="_userInfoPopup networkName" href="http://twitter.com/DerekFetsch" style="display: inline !important; 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</span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-4285114917070084382011-05-16T17:47:00.000-07:002011-05-23T17:52:47.396-07:004 Reasons to Love Beer Photo Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3Gkv3exWv1XBKwoeymAKVG64chwYwE5DNIWVMUFS0qCeNF1x3ZR3UGMULa0fTuapde6xSY0ceJpAA3Nv6FSFhx6J97Qnayr4Hqd_lwTJ9vrF0S9uzhwpTzylPuFNovtaG2REkTh5K6rj/s1600/51311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq3Gkv3exWv1XBKwoeymAKVG64chwYwE5DNIWVMUFS0qCeNF1x3ZR3UGMULa0fTuapde6xSY0ceJpAA3Nv6FSFhx6J97Qnayr4Hqd_lwTJ9vrF0S9uzhwpTzylPuFNovtaG2REkTh5K6rj/s320/51311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Beer Discovery</span></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was in </span><a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/7307/?view=beerfly"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Peace Street Market</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> in Raleigh, NC last week and recognized the labels of J.W. Lee and Bell's Oberon from previous weeks. Thanks for the photographic recommendations! It was great to try new beers that aren't distributed in my region.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Artistic Outlet</span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">always posts beautiful photos of beer. This week was a shot of a </span><a href="http://drinkdrakes.com/site/?page_id=9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Drake's Denogginizer </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">projecting its shadow and color on a white background.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="186053709" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScurvyDog86" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clint Easton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@ScurvyDog86</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">created a black and white retro-like pic.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Connecting with Other Beer Lovers</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We had two beers making a double-feature: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.stonebrew.com/arrogantbastard/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Arrogant Bastard from Stone Brewing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://www.creemoresprings.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Creemore Springs Lager</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. It's fun to see people drawn to the same beer at the same time. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Pets! </span></b><br />
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Last Friday's Beer Photo Friday featured pets! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25643145" href="http://twitter.com/#!/vwrules57" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Russell Jackson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@vwrules57</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">tweeted a dacshund and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="240912154" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fondrenR6" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Chip Jones"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@fondrenR6</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">posted a cockatoo. You can't help but smile when you see pictures of beer and animals.</span></span></span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to theses twitter peeps for the photos!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Adam Johnson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@ADAM___J</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25643145" href="http://twitter.com/#!/vwrules57" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Russell Jackson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@vwrules57</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 17px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jared Shoupe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@fatontheinside</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="186053709" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScurvyDog86" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clint Easton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@ScurvyDog86</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@AllOverBeer</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@GregSaavedra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Heather Morra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@heathermorra</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">@R_</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crego</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Albert Finn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20387554" href="http://twitter.com/#!/RebelJoe" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Joey Vaughan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@RebelJoe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="240912154" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fondrenR6" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Chip Jones"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@fondrenR6</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clay Chandler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mbjclay</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 17px;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a class="screen-name screen-name-mathewmphoto pill" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="color: #90191b; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 2px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@mathewmphoto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="color: #90191b; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Scott Shrewsberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@shrews824</span></a></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-25562195036638243432011-05-11T06:58:00.000-07:002011-05-11T06:58:00.342-07:00Why Lifting Beer ABV Restrictions in Colorado Can Help Craft Brewers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtSn84PiJg2vlVfWx_tcNchwQMDnJ_wVxjUugN_YkiF-xS5hI3D5vosLaDmp0Fj7DaFQxgC7MttB1fVC7CSh4t1ILl2pUoQj3u5szgCaUOMsWWethKveovxsNEmTfUQ-S78SxMfp60UEd/s1600/prohibition_beer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div>In Colorado, since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the sale of beer with higher alcohol content has been limited to liquor stores, restaurants and bars. Meanwhile, beer with less than 4% alcohol by volume (ABV) can be sold only at supermarkets and convenience stores. Now, these stores want the opportunity to sell stronger ABV beers. According to the Wall Street Journal article, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703739204576229053002458270.html?mod=WSJ_article_related#articleTabs%3Darticle">Colorado Abuzz of Beer Bill</a>, Colorado's 130 craft breweries are fighting to keep the status quo because the brewers prefer to market their beer to independently owned liquor stores instead of competing with larger brands for shelf space. Also, the liquor stores assert that the grocery stores will take away their business.<br />
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All industry <a href="http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/facts">reports are showing that craft beer is showing year over year growth</a> throughout North America. So I don’t understand why brewers want to keep their product in an isolated niche marketplace rather than adding more brand and sales exposure. The worst case is that so many people want their product that breweries can’t keep up with demand without either raising retail prices or expanding production and therefore expanding business. To me, it seem likes a good problem to have people wanting what you’re selling. Furthermore, with session beers increasing in popularity, craft breweries will not have to adjust their recipes to meet the regional ABV regulations in order to sell their craft beer in the independent liquor stores. Finally, states such as California demonstrate that enormous liquor stores such as <a href="http://www.bevmo.com/">BevMo</a> can co-exist successfully with grocery stores, each selling craft and mass-produced beers without causing the financial disaster asserted in the WSJ article.Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-60838235653729293992011-05-09T09:44:00.000-07:002011-05-09T11:42:35.350-07:00Beer Photo Friday - May 6, 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week, #BeerPhotoFriday received 24 photos on twitter. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT_kBb5CVA2pQ3QEGHjbNhtKt33DKfQsv-fPTspHiAqx8ui0UYd4VGYJ6czJWvl1zhbdrtwe0GH4TfOrsx7u9C3wWaqr5j7_XFog6QFI5cJAmOK51BSCWWWJ_mUmvM6vP4GQJmwqzwhwR/s1600/5611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT_kBb5CVA2pQ3QEGHjbNhtKt33DKfQsv-fPTspHiAqx8ui0UYd4VGYJ6czJWvl1zhbdrtwe0GH4TfOrsx7u9C3wWaqr5j7_XFog6QFI5cJAmOK51BSCWWWJ_mUmvM6vP4GQJmwqzwhwR/s320/5611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8968263007700443" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.8968263007700443" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love the enthusiasm of </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@fatontheinside</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ADAM___J</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who tweeted more than one photo. </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@heathermorra</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> posted my beloved </span><a href="http://www.thebruery.com/marronacidifie/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marrón Acidifié</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> collaboration from </span><a href="http://www.thebruery.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Bruery</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://www.cigarcitybrewing.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cigar City Brewing</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BetterBeerBlog"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@BetterBeerBlog</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@TailgatingTimes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> reminded me how good it feels to hold a frosted beer glass on a hot day. </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScurvyDog86"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ScurvyDog86</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> always adds a little rock-n-roll to his photos. This week, he featured a</span><a href="http://www.fender.com/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #90191b; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fender Stratocaster</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the background.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special thanks to these twitter users who shared their photos:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="20077732" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TailgatingTimes" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Steve Glor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@TailgatingTimes</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>,</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Gregory Saavedra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>GregSaavedra</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="186053709" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScurvyDog86" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Clint Easton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@ScurvyDog86</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@R_Crego</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="25643145" href="http://twitter.com/#!/vwrules57" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Russell Jackson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@vwrules57</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@AllOverBeer</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="65568478" href="http://twitter.com/#!/OaktownFunk" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="OaktownFunk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@OaktownFunk</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="256171119" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Thomouser" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Tom Newell"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@Thomouser</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Albert Finn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@AlbertFinn</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="164521794" href="http://twitter.com/#!/heathermorra" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Heather Morra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@heathermorra</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="880761" href="http://twitter.com/#!/evo_terra" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Evo Terra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@evo_terra</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="277840909" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jenecso" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jennifer Pitts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@jenecso</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@mathewmphoto</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="240912154" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fondrenR6" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Chip Jones"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@fondrenR6</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="21409916" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mbjclay" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Clay Chandler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@mbjclay</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="16358345" href="http://twitter.com/#!/StuartDonald" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="StuartDonald"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@StuartDonald</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="19728799" href="http://twitter.com/#!/John_J_Sheehan" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="John Sheehan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@John_J_Sheehan</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="116582981" href="http://twitter.com/#!/shrews824" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Scott Shrewsberry"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@shrews824</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="212414713" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ADAM___J" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Adam Johnson"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@ADAM___J</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="213474367" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BeerIsMyChurch" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Beer Is My Church"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@BeerIsMyChurch</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jared Shoupe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@fatontheinside</b></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>, </b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="tweet-user-block-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="23734868" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BetterBeerBlog" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Peter Estaniel"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><b>@BetterBeerBlog</b></span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">South Durham Confection Co. in Durham, NC is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1317969280"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">creating savory cookies to pair with craft beer</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">TGIFriday's will start offering </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://prn.to/jTRB5g"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">a menu that is inspired by and is prepared with craft beer</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">AMC Theatres is starting to offer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/kbHz4k"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">a dine-in experience that includes beer and wine with your movie. </span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> </span></span></li>
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</span></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-87279698984621598082011-05-06T07:29:00.000-07:002011-05-06T10:12:16.597-07:00My Search for a New Drink: Beer CocktailsThis year, the <a href="http://www.kentuckyderby.com/">Kentucky Derby</a> is Saturday, May 7. With only a one day reprieve between Cinco de Mayo and the Derby, what's a serious - but responsible - drinker to do to keep things fresh and creative? The mint julep is as iconic to the event as big, audacious hats but I'm in search of something new. <br />
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At first, I thought I might get some beers aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels. My friend, JR, enticed me with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrodmanjr/5691956590/in/photostream">his photo</a> (above) of <a href="http://www.kentuckyale.com/BEER/Pages/KentuckyBourbonBarrelAle.aspx">Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale from Lexington Brewing Company</a>. Check out the horse reflection in the glass! He raved that it was amazing because it actually tastes like bourbon. Unfortunately, this ale - like <a href="http://www.foundersbrewing.com/the-lineup/kbs">Founders Kentucky Bourbon Breakfast</a> - is not distributed in my region. Alternatively, I could go with my barrel-aged tried-and-trues like <a href="http://www.oskarblues.com/the-brews/ten-fidy">Oskar Blues Ten Fidy</a>, but I wanted to see what else was out there.<br />
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So I went off in a different direction: beer cocktails. Ever since I was at a Japanese restaurant earlier this year and put a splash of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuzu">yuzu</a> wine into my Asahi Super Dry, I've been intrigued by what could reasonably be mixed with beer. Beer cocktails are becoming a growing trend. LA Weekly posted <a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/04/beer_cocktails_roundup.php">a list of places to get a beer cocktail in LA</a>. As I further explored beer cocktails for the Kentucky Derby, I went to some unexpectedly odd places. The Bourbon Blog seemed promising when I found the post about the <a href="http://www.bourbonblog.com/blog/2010/01/26/the-first-beer-bourbon-and-bbq-cocktail-in-the-world-from-bourbonblog-com-evan-williams-honey-reserve-makers-mark/">Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ Cocktail</a>. You can watch an 8 minute video of them creating their recipe:<br />
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It's fun to watch these guys go through the process of the creating a cocktail with such unusual ingredients, namely BBQ sauce and honey-infused bourbon. However, based on their final reaction at 7:01, I was not thoroughly convinced that they had created a palatable cocktail.<br />
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Finally, I found some appetizing recipes on <a href="http://StarChefs.com/">StarChefs.com</a> for DIY beer cocktails that (1) had more than two ingredients and (2) didn't require me to buy things for my liquor cabinet that I would use only once (i.e. pineapple-infused mezcal or celery bitters). While these recipes don't have bourbon, these would be refreshing drinks to enjoy during an afternoon with friends.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.starchefs.com/features/mixology/beer-cocktails/html/recipe-penn-shandy-michael-cecconi.shtml">Penn Shandy</a> is a cross between French 75 and Shandy. It incorporates pilsner with ginger, gin, and lime juice. I'd use either a pilsner like <a href="http://www.trumer-international.com/home.php">Trumer Pils</a> or substitute a lager <a href="http://konabrewingco.com/beers/longboard-lager/">Kona Brewing Co. Longboard Lager</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.starchefs.com/features/mixology/beer-cocktails/html/recipe-beer-cilantro-jason-littrell.shtml">Beer and Cilantro</a> demonstrates how well fresh herbs work in cocktails of any kind. An aged tequila will enhance the drink with a hint of wood. I'd substitute another Vienna style lager such as <a href="http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/beers/ltd-05.cfm">Full Sail LTD 05</a> instead of Negra Modelo.</li>
</ul>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-72214015923803983702011-05-05T10:41:00.000-07:002011-05-09T11:46:17.175-07:00Beer Photo Friday - April 30, 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week's #BeerPhotoFriday on Twitter received 22 photos of beer. I love the variety of where everyone is enjoying a beer on a Friday: at a sidewalk cafe, in the woods, by the computer, in a bar, in the kitchen.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are some serious photographers who showed us their skill. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="153557914" href="http://twitter.com/#!/SPRBrewCrew" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="SPR Brew Crew"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SPRBrewCrew</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> tweeted a beautiful black and white photo that really popped with a golden beer from </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_699342021"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">Bold City Brewery</span><span id="goog_699342022"></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 19px;"><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisdomphotography/5659260850/" href="http://flic.kr/p/9C6c5W" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisdomphotography/5659260850/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">http://flic.kr/p/9C6c5W</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mathewmphoto</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tweeted the Gypsy Ale from one of my new favorite breweries,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.telegraphbrewing.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">Telegraph Brewing</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">@</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 15px;"><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Rick Crego"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">R_Crego</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">did a side-by-side comparison of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.russianriverbrewing.com/pages/brews/plinytheelder.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">Pliny the Elder</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/double-jack-winter-2011"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">Firestone Walker Double Jack</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special thanks to these Twitter folks for their pictures!</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="18750320" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AlbertFinn" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Albert Finn"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">AlbertFinn</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">,</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> </span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="fondrenR6" href="http://twitter.com/fondrenR6" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">fondrenR6</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></u></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="sagerobison" href="http://twitter.com/sagerobison" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">sagerobison</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">,</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> @</span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="186053709" href="http://twitter.com/#!/ScurvyDog86" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Clint Easton"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">ScurvyDog86</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">,</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> @</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="169966730" href="http://twitter.com/#!/AllOverBeer" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Brian Stechschulte"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">AllOverBeer</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="61110383" href="http://twitter.com/#!/aosully42" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Andrew O'Sullivan"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">aosully42</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="122734584" href="http://twitter.com/#!/fatontheinside" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jared Shoupe"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">fatontheinside</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="55707101" href="http://twitter.com/#!/girlfromarizona" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="angela muniz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">girlfromarizona</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="28481082" href="http://twitter.com/#!/GregSaavedra" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Gregory Saavedra"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">GregSaavedra</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="277840909" href="http://twitter.com/#!/jenecso" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Jennifer Pitts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">jenecso</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class=" twitter-atreply" data-screen-name="kabloc" href="http://twitter.com/kabloc" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">kabloc</span></a></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">,</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> @</span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="30008833" href="http://twitter.com/#!/lm9791" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Larry Miller"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">lm9791</span></a></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">, </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="75648687" href="http://twitter.com/#!/mathewmphoto" style="cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="mathew mcgee"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">mathewmphoto</span></a></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">,</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;"> </span></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #90191b;">@</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a class="tweet-screen-name user-profile-link" data-user-id="273674970" href="http://twitter.com/#!/R_Crego" style="cursor: pointer; 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</span></span>Bottle Chasershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500810309803164799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777498084861590614.post-83302584248050406072011-05-02T20:13:00.000-07:002011-05-06T11:03:03.538-07:00The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off: Challenge Accepted!In early March, <a href="http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/announcing-session-51-the-great-online-beer-cheese-off/">Brookston Beer Bulletin posted the topic for the 51st Session</a>: do a beer and cheese pair-off with <a href="http://www.maytagdairyfarms.com/aspx/welcome.aspx">Maytag Blue Cheese</a>, <a href="http://www.widmerscheese.com/">Widmer</a> 1-year Aged Cheddar, and <a href="http://www.cypressgrovechevre.com/cheeses/ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog.html">Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog</a>.<br />
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!<br />
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I easily found the Maytag and Cypress Grove cheeses at my neighborhood Whole Foods. When I couldn't find the Widmer at <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/">Whole Foods</a> or <a href="http://draegers.com/">Draeger's</a>, I went with a 3-year aged cheddar from Black Creek in Wisconsin.<br />
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As for beer, I decided to demonstrate how easy it is to pair beer and cheese by just going with whatever beer was already in my refrigerator, instead of specially selecting beers. Also, I decided to mix and match the beers and cheeses when I could to experience the different interactions on my palate.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.greenflashbrew.com/our-beers.php">Green Flash Hop Head Red Ale</a></b><br />
Both the read ale and the aged cheddar had a sharp, bold bite. I don't want to over analyze this pairing. It was good!<br />
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This beer did not pair well with the Maytag Blue Cheese. When I washed the cheese down with the beer, there was an unpleasant bitterness on the back of my palate. <br />
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The Humboldt Fog was so creamy that the flavors were washed out when drinking this very hoppy beer.<br />
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</div><a href="http://weyerbacher.com/blog/2010/02/heresy/"><b>Weyerbacher Heresy Imperial Stout</b></a><br />
This was the first time I'd ever tried this stout. Aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels, this beer was like a light, sweetened coffee. I'll admit, I was not excited to taste the blue cheese and then wash it down with this beer. Surprisingly, it was not a complete disaster, but the flavors cancelled each other out. I had a similar reaction to the Humboldt Fog and Heresy: not bad, but not much flavor.<br />
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I tasted the aged cheddar with the stout, but it was a wreck on my palate. I don't recommend this pairing.<br />
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</div><b><a href="http://www.21st-amendment.com/beer/fireside-chat">21st Amendment Fireside Chat</a></b><br />
This spiced ale had an aroma like apple cider and beer. It was smooth and roasty throughout the palate, which I didn't expected. I tried the Humboldt Fog with this one. The beer cut through the creamy body and sourness, nicely leaving the palate clean for the next bite of food.<br />
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<b><a href="http://stillwaterales.blogspot.com/p/stillwater-portfolio.html">Stillwater Stateside Saison</a></b><br />
This saison has a refreshing citrus aroma with a sweet yet crisp finish. When I tasted the Humboldt Fog, then drank the saison, I noticed that the beer brought out the sour in the cheese.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mission-street-pale-ale/29082/">Mission St. Pale Ale</a></b><br />
This light-bodied ale with a mildly floral hoppy aroma simply worked well with the Humboldt Fog. It made the cheese feel more delicate.<br />
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