Beer

tried this one today...
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my buddy is coming over tonight to help me do my taxes (he's a certified tax preparer, so I'll be damned if I have to owe fifty billion dollars). I have the following in the fridge for when he gets here...nothing too hardcore...but a good sampling of some of my favorite styles:

Stone 2011 Old Guardian Barleywine
North Coast Old Rasputin
Rochefort 6
Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
Audacity Brewing Company's Stagger On pale ale (my beer)

I think it'd be best to drink after the taxes are done
 
Bought a bomber of Yeti Imperial Stout & a six pack of Boulevard's Boss Tom's Golden Bock. The Imperial Stout had a bottled on date of 02/23/10, so it seemed a bit flat, but it was still damn good. The Boss Tom's is very bready & malty. Highly drinkable, as most of Boulevard's beers.
 
Nice! Both are pretty good beers. Wait until you get Ruination and Sublimely Self Righteous in.

Had Dogfish Head's Aprihop last night at the bar. IPA brewed with apricots. The apricot was really subdued. In fact, I didn't even notice it until I really stopped and concentrated. It's mainly in the aftertaste...it's barely there, but there is just a tiny amount of sweetness
 
I'd also suggest going during the afternoon, real chill and always fresh the day the keg is born on. Friday and Saturday nights are "holy shit I can't fucking move" packed.

Oh and North Coast Rasputin Imperial Stout, fuck.
 
STONE OAKQUINOX TOMORROW! Fucking stoked. It's my favorite event the Stone Brewery puts on. $40...15 tasters...look at this goddamn huge fucking list (about to take up the whole page):

Draft List
* Arrogant Bastard Ale
Aged in Bourbon Barrels
* Crime
* Punishment
* OAKED Arrogant Bastard Ale
* Stone Smoked Porter
Aged in Bourbon Barrels
* 2008 Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Aged in Bourbon Barrels
* Allagash Curieux
* Allagash Interlude
* Allagash Odyssey
* Avery Dihos Dactylion
in Cabernet Sauvingon Barrels
* Avery Rumpkin
* Ballast Point Black Marlin
in Bourbon Barrels
* Ballast Point Navigator Dopplebock
in Brandy Barrels
* Ballast Point Piper Down
in Bourbon Barrels
* Bear Republic Barrel Aged
Heritage Ale
* Bear Republic Barrel Aged Ryevalry
* Boon Oude Kriek
* Bootlegger's Golden Chaos
in Bourbon Barrels
* Breakwater Old Blue Eyes
* The Bruery Coton
* The Bruery / Cigar City Brewing Márron Acidifié
* Coronado Barrel Aged Imperial Smoked Brown
* Coronado Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
* Craftsman Cabernale
* Craftsman Honesty Ale
* De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis
* Deschutes Black Butte XXI
* Deschutes Jubel 2010
* Dogfish Head Burton Baton
* Dogfish Head Red & White
* FiftyFifty Eclipse Imperial Stout 2010 Evan Williams Single Barrel
* Eagle Rock Populist IPA in Spanish Cedar
* Firestone Walker Abacus Barley Wine Ale
* Firestone Walker Oaktoberfest
* Firestone Walker Parabola Imperial Stout
* Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin
* Great Divide 17th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA
* Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
* Green Flash Silva Stout
* Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela no. 1 Pumpkin Ale
* Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga
* Ladyface Cabernet Blue-Belly Barleywine
* Ladyface Syrah Barrel La Trappistine with Brettanomyces
* Ladyface Chardonnay Oude Blonde
* Lost Abbey The Angel's Share-Bourbon Barrel
* Lost Abbey The Angel's Share-Brandy Barrel
* Lost Abbey Duck Duck Guava
* Lost Abbey Framboise de Amorosa
* Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale
* Manzanita Barrel Aged Pivotal Porter
* Maui Father Damien Abbey Ale
in Pinot Noir Barrels
* Maui KGB Russian Imperial Stout
in Bourbon Barrels
* Moylan's Kilt Lifter
in Apple Brandy Barrels
* Moylan's Old Blarney Barleywine
in Brandy Barrels
* Moylan's Old Blarney Barleywine
in Heaven Hill Barrels
* Moylan's Old Blarney Barleywine
in Port Barrels
* Oskar Blues Barrel Aged Ten Fidy Imperial Stout
* Pizza Port Carlsbad Barrel Aged Night Rider
* Pizza Port Carlsbad Farley
in Bourbon Barrels
* Port Brewing Older Viscosity
* Russian River Consecration
* Russian River Temptation
* Shmaltz He'Brew RIPA on Rye
* Shmaltz He'Brew Vertical Jewbilation
* Sierra Nevada Wood Aged Old Ale
* Taps Scion of Tom and Sally

Bottle List
* Alvinne Bolleville 2009
in Calvados Casks
* Alvinne Cuvée Freddy 2009
* Alvinne Melchior 2009
* Avery Brabant 2010
* Avery Dépuceleuse 2010
* Avery Quinquepartite 2010
* BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2006
* Big Sky Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout 2010
* Big Sky Olde Bluehair Barley Wine 2009
* BrewDog Tokyo 2009
* The Bruery Coton 2010
* The Bruery Melange #1 2010
* De Dolle Oerbier Special Reserva 2008
* Cuvée De Ranke 2010
* Deschutes The Abyss 2009
* Deschutes The Abyss 2010
* Deschutes Black Butte XXI 2009
* Deschutes Jubel 2010
* Dogfish Head Red & White 2010
* Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron 2010
* 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek 2010
* FiftyFifty Eclipse 2009 - Elijah Craig
* FiftyFifty Eclipse 2009 - Heaven Hill
* FiftyFifty Eclipse 2010 - Evan Williams
* FiftyFifty Eclipse 2010 - Four Roses
* FiftyFifty Eclipse 2010 - Heaven Hill
* Firestone Walker 13th Anniversary Ale
* Firestone Walker 14th Anniversary Ale
* Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin 2010
* Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter 2010
* Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout 2009
* Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout 2010
* HaandBryggeriet Barrel-Aged Porter 2010
* Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood 2009
* Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela no. 1 Pumpkin Ale 2010
* J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 2009
in Calvados Casks
* J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 2009
in Lagavulin Whisky Casks
* J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 2009
in Port Casks
* J.W. Lees Harvest Ale 2009
in Sherry Casks
* Lost Abbey The Angel's Share 2008
* Lost Abbey The Angel's Share 2009
* Lost Abbey The Angel's Share 2010
* The Lost Abbey Deliverance Ale 2010
* The Lost Abbey Red Poppy Ale 2010
* Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Barley Wine 2010
* Mikkeller Black Tie 2010
* Nebraska Reserve Series Black Betty Imperial Stout 2010
* Nectar Ales Black Xantus 2009
* North Coast Old Rasputin XII
* North Coast Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve 2009
* Ommegang Zuur 2010
* Port Brewing Older Viscosity 2009
* Port Brewing Older Viscosity 2010
* Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper 2010
Bourbon Barrel Aged
* Revelation Cat Woodwork Series-American Oak 2010
* Revelation Cat Woodwork Series-French Oak 2010
* Rodenbach 2008 Vintage Oak Aged Ale
* Russian River Consecration 2010
* Russian River Supplication 2010
* Russian River Temptation 2010
* Struise Tsjeeses Reserva 2009
* Trois Dames Grand Dame Oud Bruin 2010

full writeup and pics when I come back/recover