Grateful Dead

dead.net the official site

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9IFifxmhX0k
...I think it only missing about 4minutes, one of my favorite Primal Dead Songs since the very begining of my long strange trip I’ve been on, rock on my brothers & sisters 🙏❤️🤠💀🌹💀🌹

It’s actually a forum on this site.
https://www.dead.net/forum/whats-your-fridge

Oroborous,
Currently drinking a Double Two Hearted, 11%.
Need to finish what I have since the beer store I go to says they are getting Hopslam next week.
Yes, try whatever Bell’s products you can get. If you can get Kzoo Stout give it a try, along with Expedition Stout, an Imperial. I was lucky enough last year or so to get some bourbon barrel aged Expedition Stout, as well as 2015 Expedition Stout that was aged in a temperature controlled warehouse.
Tonight I got 2 bottles of Vanilla Black Note Stout. Black Note is a mixture of bourbon barrel aged Expedition Stout and bourbon barrel aged Double Cream Stout. Good stuff, I have a few bottles aging. Will age the Vanilla for a while too.
Bell’s Christmas Ale is a good a good Scotch Ale. It’s only around for a few weeks.

Anchor Steam, don’t think that I have had the ale since the 90’s. Don’t think I’ve ever had the Christmas.

Sierra NV products - I’ve consumed a lot.

1969, 1970, and 1971. And in the fridge, Sierra Nevada Pale Ales, Sierra Nevada Torpedos, and Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stouts.

Had the pleasure of picking up a sixer of their Christmas Ale over the holidays. It was quite the tipple.

Last 5

Winterland - 11-10-73
Auditorium Theater - 5-12-77 (Wow! I dont remember this show being this good.)
Hill Auditorium - 12-14-71
Riverbend 6-24-85 (30 Trips)
Giants Stadium 7-9-89

of GD touring...

1972
1971
1977

I know that excludes a lot of great stuff

but it's hypothetical

luckily we have lots and lots of recordings
and the archive

Is one fine brew. It can be hard to find but worth the search.
It comes in an old school bottle too.

....good taste Oroborous. That's awesome stuff!
Edit....free Billy Strings stream incoming!
https://www.jambase.com/article/billy-strings-free-capitol-theatre-live…
Also awesome stuff!!

Just came out today going through all volumes of Dicks Picks. Just digging in to the first episode. It’s called 36 from the vault and is easy to find on Apple devices.

Guess we will find out about the 33 filler tomorrow. There is a Peggy O from around that time that I recall being a great version

listening heavily to the "Hot Rats Sessions" box that I gifted my self...amazing...Hot Rats, Weasels Ripped My Flesh and Burnt Weenie Sandwich are all present in one way or the other...also last week I took the Mrs to the big city of Phoenix to see Booker T Jones play at the Musical Instrument Museum Theater...what a gas to see him play...he told MG & Stax stories during a Q & A with the audience...i was lucky enough to get to ask him a question and I asked him to talk about Al Jackson, the MG's drummer...he said Al would open his wallet and lay it flat on his floor tom and smack it while playing because he liked the fat sound it made...great time and to hear "Green Onions" live just about did us both in...he talked about writing "Born Under A Bad Sign" with Isaac Hayes for an Albert King Session that the MG's served as the session band with Booker & Isaac playing piano...sweet indeed and I scored a lotta brownie points too...

Kid thanks for the links and the heads up on the Hopslam, I will seek out beer man and Pester him!
The two river video was so idyllic it made me look it up on google earth. God I love that app. Im such a map geek I could mess with that all day.
I have not been enjoying two hearted lately, because in winter I tend to binge on the heavier stuff. The 2 hearted is definetly in main rotation during the other 3 months outta the year here that it’s not winter. Since Anchor Christmas beer is my all time favorite, it’s only available for a short time, and the distributor out here is a #$&(&4 douche, I usually stock up with between 10-20 cases to last us the year. This year did 12 as that seems to be about right. I’ll have one now and again during the warmer months, but it’s definetly better during the early winter months.
Been supplementing that with The Fremont Dark Star, (Big Freemont fan) Sierra Nevada Celebration (really good with Buffalo chicken), Einstock Porter, North Coast Old Rasputin, and what other quality Stouts and Porters we can get out here in the boonies. If your into coffee Stouts, check out Crazy Mountain Snow Cat.
Did try the Bells Abracadabra and the special double cream stout. They were good, but not mind blowing. Would really like to try their Robust Porter and Kalamazoo Stout if I can get it? Perhaps the Christmas beer, but I find Scotch ales, like Barley wine can be hit or miss depending on preference. Personally I don’t like em if their too sweet.
That pleasantly reminds me that Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barely will be available sooner than later which is a nice psychological carrot to get through the worst of winter!

BOLO; burppp, thanks for the tasty snack!

TUNING; insterments often need time to warm up in order to keep good tune. So in those drafty halls etc, even if sitting out, as soon as they crank up the lights and start playing them they can be hard to keep in tune. This is especially true for bolt on necks found on most production guitars. (Like they played before all the custom stuff) If you notice in the later years they tuned much less, because they usually played through-the-neck instruments and had better tuners. The Modulas Graphite instruments Bob and Phil mostly played from the early eighties on had graphite necks which helped with a lot with tuning....also, they are musicians so Smoke breaks are a must! Lol
My dream bass would be one of the early, few, Alembic Instrumets with a Modulas through body neck, boo-ya!