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The things we never do

Published on September 25, 2008 in Beer, Bicycle, Dreams and Rants. 3 Comments

Lunch at Snug HarborThere’s always a hand­ful of things that I put off. Put off until when? Some mys­te­ri­ous time in the future? Some spe­cial occa­sion that never seems to hap­pen? I would like to air some of these ideas out.

I’ve thought for a long time about doing an Azusa/Glendora beer ride. I’ve thought about it since the Hot Knives beer ride. Although this really wouldn’t work any­more, it was a pretty good plan. There are four really good liquor stores in the Greater Azusa area. They actu­ally make a really good loop and tour of the area. And you know what? The Brown House would have been the per­fect end­ing des­ti­na­tion. Why did I never get this to hap­pen you ask? I have no idea! I thought about it being on my birth­day last year, but it felt like a lot to ask of peo­ple. But would it have been? Prob­a­bly not. Would it have been really fun and doable? Probably.

A lot of the other things I put off have to do with food. Mak­ing soy choco­late milk­shakes? Apple pies? French fries? There never seems a good time to do this. These are the quin­tes­sen­tial spe­cial occa­sion foods to me. They are my absolute favorite items. Are any of them hard to make? Not really. Well, crois­sants would be. I should add crois­sants to the above list. I love croissants.

It’s also like why don’t we have peo­ple over? Why don’t we have a spe­cial occa­sion roof party? I don’t know. There is no time like the present peo­ple! It’s like the roller blades you got for Christ­mas but kept in your closet because you didn’t want to get them messed up. One day you pulled them out to go blad­ing and they didn’t fit any­more! True story. Well, not really, but probably.

What are the things you put off? What are the things you always want to do but the time never feels right? Com­ment away friends. Let it out.

3 things I learned about England

Published on June 3, 2008 in Beer and Rants. 4 Comments
  1. Eng­land has no good beer.
    Period. We had an IPA that tasted like noth­ing. Worst than noth­ing. It was gross. And Cask Ales? BAH!
  2. Eng­land loves Gill Sans.
    Gill Sans is the Hel­vetica of England.
  3. Eng­land has very good Indian food.
    While there I had the best Dosa of my life.

Thirteen

Published on June 26, 2007 in Beer. 1 Comment

Soup Nazi

IMG_2131.JPGStuffed Sand­wich brought it. Avery line up on tap. Mind blow­ing. When the Knives said it was like soup nazi, they meant it. Not to say it isn’t way legit. “No Food? No Beer!” I feel you. It isn’t a bar. The pic­tures of Rea­gan. Not so much. That being said, I am clearly return­ing for Christ­mas in July. (Side Note: who wants to go?!)

Stuffed Sand­wiches

Alright, the review. Food was legit. Straight up veg­gie burger. The best part was the horse­rad­ish. The “free­dom fries” (a.k.a. air fries) were way deli­cious. But that’s clearly sec­ond to the real rea­son we came.

Avery on tap. I know. You can’t believe it. I couldn’t either, but it did. Hog’s Heaven on tap. So cold. So smooth. We were a bit late in the month so we missed the more rare beers. But it was still really cool to see Rev­erend, Hog’s Heaven, and Sal­va­tion on tap.

Thir­teen

IMG_2158.JPGWe got to chat­ting before we left. Long story short. I bought Avery’s Thir­teen ($9.95/9.5%). I’m a bit behind on this review (one year, Four­teen is very deli­cious as well). Part of their yearly anniver­sary offer­ings. Thir­teen is a cross between a Weiss and Dopple­bock. If this is lost on you. Join the club. Don’t let this stop you. (Side Note: I have never tried an Avery I didn’t like. Even that dark impe­r­ial strong stuff.) Back to Thir­teen. It’s about as tasty as they come. Sim­i­lar to their line up, this tastes very much like tof­fee. Not sweet, but thick and crisp. It’s com­plex. All thick and rich, but sweet and crisp. (Laura’s analy­ses : “It’s like banana bread. It’s sweet, but it still tastes like bread. Molasses.”)