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Having a new beer this afternoon, Burning River from Great Lakes. It has a really sweet almost Belgian smell to it, but its pretty much just a really pale ale. Good with a nice balance of hop and malt, but really has no big finish that I like in my beers.

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I was really excited after the smell, but its a kinda everyday pale ale, which is still better than no beer at all

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Courtesy of CoasterFanatic!

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Finished off the night with a Troeg's Lager. I guess I shouldn't have had 2 weak beers back to back, because I ended up peeing about 8 times after that!

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Probably my least favorite of the Troegs. Its not bad per say, its just not incredible.

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Bavarian style huh?

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That's probably why they replaced the Bavarian Lager with the Dreamweaver Wheat in their variety packs. I always thought it was just OK. Pretty much everything in their rotation is really good to outstanding now.

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I think I'm done trying new beers for a few days, going back to what I know is good. First off, Alpha King

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If you're hoppy and you know it, you're a beer

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For that hop lover in all of us

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Next on the tried and true beer front, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale, to celebrate my unplanned (and all expense paid) trip to San Francisco next month!

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"I knew I would one day regret letting him eat paint chips as a kid"

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Beer is good, beer is good, beer is good....and stuff!

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I hope they still have some of this aging in whiskey barrels for me next month

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Its Friday! I decided to go to BrewWorks, in Bethlehem, since its closer to my date for the evening than Reading is. However, she didn't show, so at least I still had good beer and a friend!

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Happy weekend drinking everybody! (especially you, alternate reality Northampton Smith couple!)

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When I get home, its time to celebrate with a Belgian Tripel, Golden Monkey

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So concludes a visit to Bethelehem BrewWorks and the Steelgaarden

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Though I am more saddened that my Lambic is all gone

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Whoa, total not blue shirt guy is totally hooking up with the future Taxol queen right in front of me!

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BBW used to have special glasses for this, then they all got stolen. Stupid college kids!

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The king of the dessert beers, Lindemann's Lambic Framboise

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Its very tart, almost like if Sweet Tarts made a beer

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With so many beers now being too strong, they have to be served goblet style. The mug makes way for the Framboise Lambic

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My phone and I share the same love, the BBW mug!

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I got reacquainted with my mug

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Talea enjoys a Hoegaarten Mimosa, which is Hoegaarten and orange juice

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"Watch me shove my face in this bowl of soup!"

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And beer and cheese soup!

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Got some BREWchetta, beer soaked tomatoes, pure awesomeness, as an appetizer

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Its just slightly above average, though I do have a very limited selection to put up against it, Storm King being the supreme being

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Hooray! By 6pm I'm at BBW, enjoying the newest brew, Blast Furnace Imperial Stout, made by Beau from Pyramid!

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Yeah, its Friday, its a very sloooow day. Is it time to drink yet? Only Coke, crap!

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Its a Saturday and I had no good excuse to get out of town, so the family is all pouring over at random times. What could be a better reason to drink!

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Decided to follow it up with another fruit-blessed beer, the #9 by Magic Hat

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A nice fruity wheat beer for a nice fruity guy

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Then broke out the Purple Haze for my lunch beverage

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Started off the afternoon with a Hop Wallop

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I found this at the bottom of the 'STICKY' pile and realized I hadn't updated yet today! (shame on me!)

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And the night was capped off with a Storm King by Victory, because you can't get much better than that at the end of the day

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Followed by a Winter Warmer by Lancaster. (yes, its still cold here, in fact the news just announced we're in a Code Blue for all those old people who don't know whether to put on warm clothing, or sit naked)

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Then I took it to the EXTREME with a Stone IPA

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It was just as I expected, nothing spectacular

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Then I started off today by trying Penn Pilsner for the first time

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I finished off last night with a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale just because I felt like it (no other good reason is coming to mind at the moment)

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Had a Jack Daniel's "Black Jack Cola" this afternoon, first booze I've had a in a while and was okay......tasted like Jack and Coke, but I'll just stick with a straight cola next time I want afternoon refreshment.

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Hooray for post 666!

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My 14 year old cousin seems a bit jealous of my knowledge and experience with the brews

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As a random snack, #9 and some cherry pie, because I had no Lindemann's Kriek :(

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Its Hopbackular!

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Sticking with the Hops theme of the day, a Troegs Hopback, served the only way appropriate, in a Hopback glass

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My Sweet 666 pose, with a Stone IPA and its demonic gargoyle logo

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^Sounds like a challenge! I may have to bring a whole case and just hope there are 6 of them left by the time you meet up with me! Of course, the quicker you show up, the more beer there will be. It shouldn't be too hard to take a 6 pack of beer on a plane.

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Had some awesome margaritas in Palm Springs this weekend...

 

Derailed my graduate seminar last week by telling all of the Utahns how great Sam Adams is, luckily the prof is a big fan of SA and told the class that she has tried most of their seasonals. Now THAT is stimulating intellectual discussion!!

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Had a new beer tonight, finally tried the Brooklyn Monster Ale. Its a barleywine, and though I hadn't many types of this (Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot comes to mind), I'd say its probably my favorite of the Brooklyns, followed by their lager. Its definitely strong on the alcohol finish!

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One of the better brews from Brooklyn, thats for certain!

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Smells like a Belgian and it really has a great strong alcohol present finish, but not as sweet as a Belgian

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Time to finally try the Monster Ale from Brooklyn.

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Had to start out the evening with a Hop Wallop

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Wow, I'm finally getting around to posting this. So my buddy Greg came up from in SC to visit over the holiday weekend. He's a beer drinker as well, so we thought it would be cool to head over to Victory Brewing on Saturday to check out the second night of the Victory 10 Years New party that was going on.

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Storm King break!

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....and then identify the beers as quickly as possible.

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The first event involved the contestants having to pick up sample glasses of beer with just their mouths....

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Saturday night was the Woman's Beerathlon. What was cool was that they set up the festivities right in front of our table.

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Naturally, I had to help him finish it.

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Greg decided to order a bottle of V Saison.

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I was feeling a little German, so I went with a Mad King's Weiss and a bratwurst with kraut.

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Myself and my two favorite things. Kim and a Hopdevil.

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...along with a big screen playing Victory history footage along with live footage that they were shooting for a new doc.

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The party was in full swing with music...

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We finally got seated for some food.

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The Ten Years Alt was awesome! Nice hop beginning with a fine malt finish at the end.

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Group Cheers!

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...but they eventually got it going.

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At 5:00, they tapped the Ten Years Alt. Unfortunately Victory co-founder Ron took a bath doing so...

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Seriously, one of the greatest things you will ever see. Aaaaahhhhhhh. *drool*

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They had the special release Ten Year Alt on sale. Unfortunately, I never was able to pick up a six pack on the way out. May have to remedy that this weekend.

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at the Victory merch shop, where you can get everything Victory.

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The party started at 5 pm but naturally the place was allready packed at 4:30. We had an hour wait for a table so we thought we would kill some time....

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It's time to party! The Victory Ten Years New Party, that is.

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Victory Brewing in Downingtown, PA.

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Last couple of pics.

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See you in 2016 for the 20th Anniversary.

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Cheers and Happy Birthday Victory!

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After the event, they gave out the leftover beer, so I scored a free St. Victorious Doppelbock. Unfortunately, we had to vacate our table before the third and final challenge took place.

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Bill and Ron took part in the next challenge, involving the contestants racing to bring them tankards of beer while trying to wear a hula skirt at the same time.

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