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More Heady Topper Has Been Acquired [Crisis Averted]
After Merc cleared my house of Heady Topper Monday night, the withdrawal symptoms started to set in. Sleeplessness, anxiety, nausea, shakiness, grinding of teeth… I knew something had to be done.
The closest place that I knew who had HT was Manchester Discount Beverage (it turns out that Bennington Beverage Outlet has it, too, but I didn’t find out about that until I got home last night… [more in the original post]
Totally copied the Fuj yet again, except Troy to Bennington > Albany to Manchester… just sayin’. My grabs:
Alchemist Heady Topper (VT)
Allagash Curieux (ME), pretty much the entire reason for the trip
Berkshire River Ale (MA)
Maine Beer Company MO (ME)
Maine Beer Company Mean Old Tom (ME)
Rock Art Golden Tripple (VT)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4h6i3XPAA1r9xajmo1_r1_1280.jpg)
More Heady Topper Has Been Acquired [Crisis Averted]
After Merc cleared my house of Heady Topper Monday night, the withdrawal symptoms started to set in. Sleeplessness, anxiety, nausea, shakiness, grinding of teeth… I knew something had to be done.
The closest place that I knew who had HT was Manchester Discount Beverage (it turns out that Bennington Beverage Outlet has it, too, but I didn’t find out about that until I got home last night… [more in the original post]
Totally copied the Fuj yet again, except Troy to Bennington > Albany to Manchester… just sayin’. My grabs:
- Alchemist Heady Topper (VT)
- Allagash Curieux (ME), pretty much the entire reason for the trip
- Berkshire River Ale (MA)
- Maine Beer Company MO (ME)
- Maine Beer Company Mean Old Tom (ME)
- Rock Art Golden Tripple (VT)
No love lost between DeBoer and Tortorella = both feeds wisely using their mute button
(Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com)
Two friends are coming up shortly before the puck drops, so I made sure my fridge was ready with a few reserved beers. Brian gets browns, Eric gets IPAs. I like browns, so those were easy to pick, but dislike IPAs and chose to pick what I have heard actual IPA fans enjoy. From left to right:
Preview of The Return of Dogfish Head Night at The Ruck [#DFHNight]
Quick little preview of what’s in store for The Return of Dogfish Head Night for those who haven’t made it in yet. I stopped by this morning around 11 and grabbed some of the rares and will be back to party later on. Don’t forget DJ Jared Kingsley starts at in a few short hours!
After checking out my Dogfish Head Night Beer Stats spreadsheet I put together this morrning, I settled on these for my morning/afternoon libations (all 5-10 oz tastings):
- Poppaskull - huge fan of Three Floyds so I had to check this out.
- Saison Du Buff randalled through pineapple and habanero - I’m a HUGE hot spice fanatic and this beer absolutely made my day. I LOVED it.
- Mile’s Davis Bitches Brew - I’ve had it before but it’s phenom and not that easy to come by.
- Fort - Nuzzy’s recommendation. Interesting fruit beer, I’ve had it before (on his birthday and probably past DFH Nights) and it’s good, but a little fruity for my tastes. Hides the alcohol extremely well.
- 75 Minute IPA - 90 minute and 60 minute are probably DFH’s best mainstay all year round brews. Mix to the two together and cask condition it with maple syrup and it’s a no-brainer: beervana. I have no idea why they bother trying to bottle this when it’s so fucking kickass on cask.
That’s all for now. I’m taking a little breather until the rest of my crew shows up later on tonight. Met a lot of new folks from my various beer forums and social networking websites today, hopefully I’ll meet a few more tonight. See ya then!
Dogfish Head night pics courtesy of someone with an actual camera - and someone I know, at that! I’ve already knocked off the two DFH beers I haven’t had already, plus Faithfull on tap (previously only had bottled), but am very ready for a post-Brown’s round two…
The only thing better than the inspirational message on the right is the drink special on the bottom left: “BLOODY RANGER”
(Source: nj.com)
Appearances aside, VLC’s purpose — and value — is abundantly and immediately clear: It plays video. Any video. It plays all the videos that QuickTime and Windows Media Player can play as well as ones they can’t. It plays videos from virtually any camera. It plays videos from any website. It plays videos from any file-sharing service. It’ll even attempt to play partially downloaded videos, and occasionally succeed. It plays all these videos immediately and without fuss. That traffic cone is magic.
Best.video.program.ever. I’ve only just started messing with customizing it and am amazed at the power behind its simple facade.
(Source: buzzfeed)
“is it really respectful to honor fallen soldiers on facebook or are you trying to show your friends how respectful you are?”
(Source: iraffiruse)
Martin Brodeur
So many Flyers fans I know were repeatedly saying “this is not Flyers hockey.” Actually, it was Flyers hockey, just without the agitated response to which they have become accustomed.
I’m a beer geek who loves numbers, so I thought I’d share a quick way of finding out how many beer servings you are having, even when the ABV goes two decimal points.
The logic is this: one serving of beer is traditionally 12 ounces at 5% ABV. 12 x 5 = 60. Even a 25.4 oz bottle of the 8.85% A Little Sumpin’ Wild easily translates to 25.4 x 8.85 = 224.79 / 60 = 3 and 3/4 “beers” per bottle.
(ounces * ABV) / 60
This also helps me rationalize some of the beer prices I pay. BBBourgondier costs $5 per 12oz bottle, but it is 2.4 “beers” in that bottle, meaning each “beer” effectively costs $2.09. An even better deal happens to be my favorite beer - La Fin Du Monde is no more than $3 per bottle, even when bought in singles, meaning each “beer” worth is only $1.67. 4-packs at Wegman’s sell for $9.99, which lowers each “beer” to $1.39. Considering that your average American light beer would be upwardly adjusted to a bit less than a dollar, that’s not bad at all.
