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    City Link Beerfest on Friday

    Are you jolly?  No?  Well this is the season for it remember?  Well here will be a probable sure fire way to get in the mood.  It’s the City Link Beerfest this Friday at Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale.  You can sample over 100 different beers and enjoy some music.  Plus you can meet Santa.  But I guess Santa has been on a bit of a bender getting ready for the big night.  I hear he will be quite sauced.

    The party starts at 6pm and tickets are $25 at the gates or $20 in advance.  For more information and to buy tickets visit here.

    The Sour Thanksgiving

    I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and got to spend it with some good people.  Even if that includes family you maybe don’t like so much.  I spent much of the day with my family and that is usually pretty good.  My dad and I watched football then we ate enough food to put back on all the Biggest Losers weight.  But after that I went to spend some time with friends.

    My friend and podcasting partner Phil in crime invited myself and my girlfriend over to his house for a very, very small sour tasting unlike any other.  Along with our friend Tony, we each supplied a bottle of an uber rare sour beer.  Just take a look at the picture.

    If you can’t tell by the picture this is Isabelle Proximus, Veritas 006 and Duck Duck Gooze.  All of which Lost Abbey had a hand in oddly enough.  These all are sought after and rare sours and I was just happy to be sharing these with good friends.

    Just some short thoughts, Isabelle was everything that I had hoped it would be.  Beautiful American style sour that I could just drink all day long.  Duck Duck I’ve had before and it’s always a delight to have.  A lot like a traditional Belgian version in almost every way.  And the Veritas, well we had some issues with that but not taste related.

    I went to open the bottle and was taking off the cage with the cage broke and the cork just shot out of the bottle.  While I got over the shock of that about 5 – 10 seconds later Old Faithful started to arise from the depths of the inside.  Of course a mess ensued but we got it under control rather quickly to where we didn’t lose a lot of it.

    The Veritas was like a really well aged Framboise.  Tons of very tart and acidic raspberries in the taste.  Just delicious.

    Well I just wanted to share with you what I did for my Thanksgiving.  I hope yours was just as good and spent with just as good company.

    Happy Drinking Day, Happy Turkey Day and All That Jazz

    Today is said to be the biggest day of drinking of the year.  Families are coming into town for tomorrow and people need to prepare by getting nice and sauced.  Well if those are your plans enjoy and be safe.  I’ll be at home probably just enjoying a brew while I try my hand at a new dish I thought up for dinner.

    As for tomorrow I plan to watch some football with my dad before we eat.  I’ll crack open my 1 year old bottle of The Bruery’s Autumn Maple and enjoy that with the meal.  Afterwards will probably spend some time with the girlfriend and a couple close friends and enjoy a couple nice beers as well.  Because if there’s one thing I love about sharing good beer it’s sharing it with people you love.

    Let me know what you plan on having for tonight or tomorrow or both.  Happy Thanksgiving all!