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Hey Now! b.c.boot from No. Cal. here.
I don’t post a lot to the dead.net forums, occasionally I will, but I Do like to lurk here. You all have “tapped” into something I am super passionate about, BEER.
Currently, I am excited to drink beers from Modern Times Beer out of San Diego.
However, the Russian River Brewing Co out of Santa Rosa/Windsor CA is like a mythical beast that you have to hunt for if you don’t live in the region. Their double IPA “Pliny the Elder” is well worth the hunt, and folks from all over make a pilgrimage to Santa Rosa/Windsor once a year on the first Friday of February when the Brewery taps their “Pliny the Younger” an epic Triple IPA.
My current favorite joint to visit for a taste of something new is owned by a fellow Dead Head in Arcata, CA. His place is called Dead Reckoning Tavern and features 40 or so taps plus a bottle room called The Cellar, they cater to, “the craft beer, small batch, beer lover.”

“Keep your libraries, your penal institutions, your insane asylums… give me beer. You think Man needs rule, he needs beer. The world does not need morals, it needs beer… The souls of men have been fed with indigestibles, but the soul could make use of beer.” - Henry Miller

“Ah, beer, the cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems” - Homer Simpson

Oroborous….G and T tends to be popular with people who have a more sophisticated palette than me. I used to like the occasional gallon of beer.

DEADTONY; dude, your hardcore...sounds like a stomach ache, lol

CARLO; you crack me up, that sounds like one hell of a shirt...I’ll need to research that.

DAVEROCK; spot on commentary as usual...just wondering, back when you did walk the boards, what was your poison of choice, G&T, the British National beverage, or is that just yankee stereotype?

DEADVIKES/BREWER; not sure why, but just reading or saying Summit Extra Pale Ale gives me some weird atavistic stirring....the can being a deep sorta pine green, holding some deep promise of say late May or early June when it’s starting to (hopefully) warm up, but there’s still a nice chill to the air from the snow still on the peaks.....I swear I can taste it! We’ll have to hunt that one down.
Brewer, I’m with you, I’m not a hop head, there are many I enjoy, but my preference is Ales, Porters and Stouts. That Utepils sounds beery interesting!
Speaking of beers/preferences, as a brewer, I’m curious of your opinion? To me it seems like the trends have really leaned hard toward hops, hops, hops, and fruity this and that, farmhouse, saison, etc, which is fine, except that it seems like the old stalwart Ales, Stouts and Porters have been somewhat forgotten? Or is that just old curmudgeon me? Damn kids, get off my lawn, and take that double, Super hopped, hint of cucumber, with a touch of mint, filtered through coffee, barrel aged in watermelon soaked casks, then cold filtered on the third full moon of the year...

Kid; thanks for all the good tips over the years, and for consistently cracking me up....man sounds like you’ve been a connoisseur of all things swill back in the day just like us, LOL. You’ve brought back some memories of beers/times long forgotten, which is probably good😉 I feel like if we’d known each other back then we’d have definitely been trouble, and I mean that in a good way!

Buenos Dead days Mi Amigos!

“Man, there has been a lot of 77 released. 77 used to be my favorite year. I don't know.. 1977 is sort of like dating a supermodel.. it's great for a while but eventually you crave something that's imperfectly brilliant in it's own way, the '85 discussion is a perfect example, I might substitute '74 or '68. I have a high opinion of 1985...”

Jim, once again you’ve done it! That’s the best description of 77 I’ve ever heard and is partially why 77 is not my favorite year. Too clean, yaddy, yaddy, yada...don’t get me wrong, definitely should be considered in the mix for an objective consideration of an overall top year list, just not this weirdos list😀

lime-a-rita and hard seltzer suicide

PBRs, schlitz, hamms and good ol Milwaukee's beast

Went from snow, to freezing rain, to rain here.
Supposed to rain most of the day and then temps drop with high of 26 Sunday and Monday.
3-day MLK weekend. I stocked up at the grocery store yesterday in preparation of weather and icy roads. Hope the power doesn’t go out.
Have 5 cases of beer consisting of mixed brands and varieties in the collection (2 cases are various barrel aged stouts that are aging, so I won’t be pounding those, but will have 1 or 3).
Going to fire up the GOGD and get some projects done inside the house.

DaP 33 in the mailbox next weekend?
That would be nice, but it’s questionable whether that warehouse can actually get the job done.

...Ithe only time I have a beer now a days is when I’m eating sushi or Japanese food with a Nice Ice Cold ‘Sapporo’ to wash it down lmao ....🙏❤️😎💀🌹

...I thought of you before I posted that, hoping you would enjoy it old friend! I have more but I don’t think I can post it here. Send me a PM 🙏❤️🤠💀🌹

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