Aboot
Swashbuckling, Atlanta-area, Technology Program Manager. I brew beer, play drums, run a little bit, and try not to under-achieve. I have people skills.
Mea Culpa
I meant to write this up a couple days ago, but I keep forgetting because I will be 31 in July, which means my brain resembles a single, sparking wire dangling in the center of a dank, empty warehouse. Last Thursday, whilst enjoying some frosty cold ones around a large table at M&T, Bob Townsend [...]
Read More...Sub-optimal Beer episode 1: \”Chelada\”
Do you happen to have 45 extra minutes burning a hole in your life? Well then sashay on over to the Georgia Podcast Network and listen to Jen, Rusty, Duane, Garrett, and me review four beers that have been infused with some sort of lime flavor. Sub-optimal Beer episode 1: \”Chelada\” beers – May 22, [...]
Read More...Next Beer Tasting
Due to some schedule adjusting, I will be filling in for Bob Townsend at next Thursday\’s Muss and Turner\’s beer tasting. You will be sampling (and I will be yammering about) 6 beers new to the Atlanta market. The list isn\’t final, but I can tell you there will be beer(s) from Utah (pronounced UTAH!!!) [...]
Read More...Athens beer quickie
Since spending a week in Portland eating and drinking like an experimental hyperthyroid mouse, followed immediately by a big meal and show at the Fox, followed immediately by NOT EATING WINGS (with beers) at The Local didn\’t seem to be enough … I decided to putter on over to Athens on Saturday for the grand [...]
Read More...Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
YESTERDAY: First day back in the saddle after a little spring break week in Portland. Thought I avoided any discernible jet-lag, but now there are forehead grease stains on my monitor. Interesting. Our trip to Stumptown was fairly typical. We ate and drank like there was perpetually an electric chair on the horizon. We got [...]
Read More...On the state of delicious adult beverages
Here are some random tidbits pertaining to the drink: Last night\’s tasting at M&T was super duper. I got my nerd on about barley of the malted variety, and the nice, paying customers did an excellent job of pretending to listen. For those of you who weren\’t there, you now know less about beer than [...]
Read More...Moons over whatevah
It\’s looking like today might be a little bit slower than it has been in a long while, so why don\’t I crank out a tedious update of what has been going on over the past moon or so? HUH?! WHY DON\’T I?!?! Let\’s see … the trial Gia was working on, which gained intensity [...]
Read More...Hey. How\’s it going?
Holy crap. Has another month skated by sans blog entries? I\’m sure you\’re all totally torqued about it. Shut up. I heart lists. – My travel schedule for work has let up from what it was in June and July, but I still get around a good bit. Since we last spoke, I spent a [...]
Read More...Slain
Rogue Half-a-weizen Rogue Juniper Pale Bridgeport Blue Heron New Belgium Skinny Dip Bridgeport IPA Mirror Pond Pale Lagunitas IPA Alberta Pale Broken Halo IPA Nectar Ales IPA Goose Island IPA Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA Fish Tales Organic IPA Speakeasy Big Daddy DIPA Hop Rod Rye Deschutes Twilight Summer
Read More...Lushish
We\’re in Portland. The victims so far: Barefoot Brown – Walking Man Homo Erectus – Walking Man Kitchen Sink #2 ESB – The Mash Tun Portside IPA – The Mash Tun Terminal Gravity IPA – Terminal Gravity Supris – Bridgeport Black Butte Porter – Deschutes Summer Ale – Firestation 5 / Portland Brewing / Pyramid [...]
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