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i'm at Gravity Head 2011...over at New Albanian (Rich O's Public House)...this is day two so i missed Founders Canadian Breakfast (again!) & FFF Bourbon Barrel Moloko... have sampled Brooklyn Cuvee, FFF Rugoop & New Albanian Jaxon so far too...

St. Bernardus Abt 12 on tap...

DFH 120 Minute...this time on tap...aging the rest of my bottles...

FFF Owd Engwish...

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2001 on tap...

gave my last Elder & Blind Pig to a friend who was thrilled:)...but I felt a bit empty so I picked up another couple 120 Minutes so I could spare one to drink immediately...they could charge for the smell... won a nice laser engraved bottle opener from Flat12...

ReplicAles from various Indiana Breweries using an old recipe from an Indiana brewery that closed in 1935...love the idea...

Goose Island Dominique on tap...yums...I've finagled a deal for some of their soon-to-be-retired Goose glasses...perfect for sours...

welcome back to naaman:)... figured i'd mention it here as I forget who all was interested in attending Dark Lord Day... tickets are required for entry this year...& those tix'll go on sale at some point during St. Patrick's Day again...from what friends have said, local hotels are all booked solid...I'd check anyways, though...or attack from Chi-town...

FFF Krunk Monk on tap at MacNiven's... “Our German-style heller weizenbock, malty with hints of candied bananna and clove. 20 IBU 9% ABV”... fruity...really dig the dry aftertaste...wonder if they'll ever take it sour...I'd be down for that...

Founders Backwoods Bastard... keep tellin' myself that it'll be back next year...but that doesn't make it right ...

^^you probably could've had good drink for months with the trade value of the 50/50 you were drinking:)... i know i'll crack...it's made it worse that when i mentioned pliny on untappd, a local brewery worker mentioned that i should share haha...so i'm gonna try to give my last pliny & blind pig to him...which gives me even less to drink tonight!... i think i'm gonna go back to the hidden beer shop that i bought the 120 at & buy the rest of their stock...& another '07 behemoth for a future five year vertical tasting:)...

Tröegs Nugget Nectar, Pliny the Elder...not 120 Minute...must age...must age...must... so enticing...

meh... don't blame the guys really...much like when i was disappointed two episodes ago by them not finding the subaru/cosworth offering to be all that, i was let down tonight by their take on the rs5... nothing wrong with amber heard...but, watching her lap, there didn't seem to be much wrong with her driving either...all this about fast looks slow is kinda crap...pretty obvious you have to take risks on that track... hitting the car was great:)...but then guy being lit on fire ruined it...don't need to be reminded of staged accidents... all in all, though, i got my eye candy & they didn't waste a buncha time with tallying scores... hope they have a glorious special soon:)...

Baudelaire Beer Ale Absurd Rye Tripple- Ale by Jolly Pumpkin...

Hopslam on tap...best thing they had...Pepe Nero's on tap here...might have that next... stumbled upon some 120 Minute & '07 Behemoth if anyone wanted me to grab them a bottle...

They have 3L bottles of it here:)...

maybe rename it Hopbump then:)...

again, imho, Tröegs Nugget Nectar is better...Hopslam can't be considered session due to the 10% abv & lack of balance (even though you didn't find it especially hoppy)...will say that Hoptimum is MUCH hoppier... Sun King Naptown Brown IBA on tap...

FFF Jinx Proof on tap at MacNiven's...drunk chick just pulled out the old did it hurt (when you fell from heaven) line for use on the bartender...let the 3-day weekend commence...

Stone Old Guardian & new Old Guardian Belgo...

Sun King Orange Blossom Special Wheat Ale on tap...

get one of the mini-kegs...also, get some Tröegs Nugget Nectar...I think it's better...& so easy to drink that i wouldn't yell at someone for drinking it straight from the bottle...

New Albanian Solidarity Porter & Sun King Dominator Doppel Bock on tap...

Sierra Nevada Hoptimum on tap:)...