PhishyBrewer

Guess what's in the Delirium glass? Give up? Delirium... duh!

Yup... just another boring birthday. But I did get my nachos. And like I said, a glass of beer. Delirium to be exact. In my new Delirium glass.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes you guys. I actually forgot it was my birthday until this morning when my mom called and left me a voicemail singing happy birthday. And to answer the question if I'll have a beer tonight or not... I'll have just one with my dinner. It is a work night after all. But really... all I want tonight is some nachos. Thanks again!

Effing sweet!!! Hey Derek, Just to let you know I get off at 7am on Friday. If you to discover the city for yourself that's cool. Then I'd just see you Saturday at SFMW. Have a safe visit. I think you have my number. Later sk8r!

Ahh... I remember seeing the Nick Hex and his crew when I was just 18 years old at the Agora in Cleveland. Good times!

^^Thanks for letting me know but Miller would have to pay me to drink their crap.

^Yeah!!! Derek is alive! Erik's a drunk huh? I thought he was just a dork. Just kidding Erik. Atleast he didn't wear his Miller shirt.

That sounds awesome Chris. Kind of wish I was still near the east coast.

P-O-V! P-O-V! P-O-V!

^Sweet!!!

^So Ryan... I get Busch tickets from work. Want to trade?

Good times! Good times!

^Yeah... it's nice not drinking by myself for once.

That's the fattest Bugs Bunny I've ever seen. Well... in compare to the 3 other ones we saw in the park that day.

Thanks Ted!!!

^You know what... your right!!! I forgot to mention thay we went to Red Robin after SFMW. Where we had more beer. Drop Top Ale from Widmer Oh... then Don starts something with some shop keeper. Something about filming illegal goods. I don't know the whole story so I'll let Don or someone else elaborate on it. Plenty of pictures were taken. I just didn't get any because I was hiding my face in my food as 15 people sang happy birthday to me.

^Yes it does

^LMAO!!!

Monkey butts!!!

Fun was had all weekend long. Not just on St Patty’s Day at the Green Beer, Cheer & Fear event hosted by The Second Set. I had the pleasure of my partner in crime, Michael Moore, to fly out for the weekend from Memphis, Tennessee and join in some NOR*CAL shenanigans. After I picked up Mike from the airport, the first stop had to be a local micro brewery. So we started off at Brew It Up in downtown. Enjoyed some brews and dinner. Ladder #2 Ale makes you feel a little goofy. Wait... this guy was goofy to start. Me being a big nerd as always, I had the chicken parm. Friday morning before the event, we headed to Old Sac to check out the morning St Patty's Day scene. I guess they don't do 5am kegs and eggs in Sacramento. Must be an Ohio thing. First stop of the morning was O'Mally's. The place was pretty dead. Just locals to start. The local news crew showed up to see what was going on. I got to meet the hottest morning news MILF from channel 3. I love you Deirdre!!! The first beer of the morning was Boddington's on draft. Then a local fav, Pyramid's Hefeweizen. Mike was showing his true Irish spirit by double fisting. The next stop was Fanny Anne's where we got a bite to eat and drank Sierra Nevada IPA. Nothing like a Jiffy burger in the morning to get you going. Yes, that's peanut butter on my burger. And it's damn good too! So then we headed to the Budweiser Brewery for the start of the GBCF event. I stared with a Amber Bock with a shot of chocolate SPIKES. Tasty!!! These tools when up for some taste testing during the tour. Don was feeling pretty good. I had to have a fresh Budweiser before I left. A lot of empty cups at Rick and Gwen's table. Now that everyone had enough to drink, let's get some food in our stomachs. We ate at the Blue Frog for lunch. Where the wonderful host bought the first round. I've never seen Don actually drink this much beer. Of course... they were out of cider. So that's probably why. Silly monkeys. The corned beef and gabage was pretty tasty. Mmm... We strike the ACEr pose, and head to Six Flags Marine World. It's only a 2 mile hike to the park. We'll be ok. I think someone farted. Yeah... I'll pass. B&M goodness!!! One person on the train. Do I really need to explain? The first herd moves in. Monica gets her picture with the 3rd Bugs Bunny we see in the park. Stingrays... how flipp'n exciting. IT'S JAWS!!! Aww... it's just a friendly dolphin. A dolphin from SeaWorld Ohio a matter a fact. Time for some beers. Well... maybe one. That's all I can afford. Time to get the buzz back. Where's my Phish CD's? Beer and this ride don't mix. That's why I didn't do it. Yeah... I'll pass on this one to. I think everyone had a good time. Well... except for Sean and Kelli. The next day we headed to Frisco since Mike hasn't been there before. We had lunch at the Pyramid Brewery in Berkley before heading into the city. I've been on a nacho kick this weekend. Mmm... ribs! Gavin enjoys Pyramid. Gavin get's ready to head into the city by showing his gang sign. "W" for Weiss. Just a couple more days until Curveball is released. THANK GOD!!! So we get to the city. And the first stop is those stupid stinky sea lions. Karen and Gavin hold their breathe while they look at the stinky sea lions. Some tall ship. Nasty nasty bay water. Why do people swin in this crap??? The Rock! Gavin is bored by it all. He wants to do more hobo searching. Some famous bridge. I don't know what the big deal is. San Francisco in the house!!! Mike getting all sad because he has to go back to Memphis tomorrow. Karen and Gavin likes the breeze. It keeps the smell of hobo's urine away. Random seagull. Table tennis robot... WTF??? This is what I'm not getting for my birthday because my wife doesn't love me. It's only $1200... what's the big deal. It would look awesome in my den. For dinner we headed to Sudwerks for some real beer. Mike had some samples and a liter of the lager. I had my favorite pilsner. The chicken schnitzel tasted awesome... just not today. Well... we all got back home safely and passed out in our beds. Since today was Mike's last day in NOR*CAL, I thought it would be a good idea to drink more beer. We stopped at Sacramento Brewing Co. I had the Miner's Extra Pale Ale. One of my favs. Like I said... I was on a nacho kick this weekend. Somewhere in there is a really good burger. After that, I took Mike to BevMo to pick up some local brews to take home to Memphis. God damn!!! So after I dropped Mike off at the airport, I thought I'd have a beer and start on this photo trip report. Hope you enjoyed it. Just like I'll enjoy this beer.

I never heard of any of this when I was in D.A.R.E.

Is it "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" yet?

^I was thinking that's where he was at, but I didn't see his face in any of the photos. Good to know he's ok.

Ok... I don't want to sound gay or anything, but... Derek hasn't posted anything in a couple days. I hope he's alright.