Out of home country traveling rum for the win.

Hopslam in the appropriate pint glass.

Green Flash something. Very hoppy.

Ballest point Sculpin IPA. Had a lot of mother earth sunny haze hefewiezen out of the can. It was damn good.

Schneider Aventinus

Whoever said to try this was right, very yummy.

Schneider Aventinus

Whoever said to try this was right, very yummy.

That was the first beer I bought after turning 21. Saved the bottle .

A Manhattan-like drink...

2 oz Wild Turkey Rare Breed

1 oz Punt E Mes

1 dash Regans' orange bitters

1 dash cherry bitters

pretty good.

Edited June 26, 201115 yr by shellylh

I having no trouble making is disappear.

Beer. I've been drinking beer.

Beer. I've been drinking beer.

2006 Kosta Browne Russian River Valley Pinot. It's OK and takes forever to open up.

Edited June 26, 201115 yr by Augsburger

Schneider Aventinus

Whoever said to try this was right, very yummy.

Twas me.

I had many a good beer today. Besides what else I mentioned, I had a Trappistes Rochefort 10, Rogue X2 Imperial Younger's Special Bitter Ale, and Great Divide Old Ruffian barley wine.

Last night

Ithica 13 (wheat wine with lots a hops and spice)

Mikkeller Koppi (weird but nice, imagine an IPA with a quarter cup of very nice coffee combined)

Then Tröegs Flying Mouflan, very nice

and finished with a DFH Squall

This morning a nice cup of Xin Gong Yi a new white tea from Redblossom.com

Al, looks like a great trip with a bunch of great drink opportunities.

Edited June 26, 201115 yr by jp11801

Nice lineup JP! I have a bottle if Koppi that I mean to drink soon.

Nice looking manhattan Shelly. I wish the bodega here had some real bourbon or rye instead of Jack. Oh well, a Ramazzotti Negroni is in my immediate future.

We had lunch at the Hamburger Bahnhof modern art museum cafe, and I had a nice Paulaner Hefe Dunkel weissbier.

Note the Cthulhu Pickle ruling the charcuterie platter!

drooling at Al's food and bev

drooling at Al's food and bev

^^This x2. That platter and dunkelweiss look awesome.

The Ramazzotti Negroni, or Ramazzeroni for short, is quite tasty. Sweeter than a Campari version and with less bite, but nicely layered flavors work well together. Better gin would be nice too.

Hey Jim and JP! Berlin would make a most excellent spot for a Travel Team meet up. Just sayin'.

Edited June 26, 201115 yr by Voltron

I like the Cthulhu pickle.

Hey Jim and JP! Berlin would make a most excellent spot for a Travel Team meet up. Just sayin'.

Indeed. Have you managed to keep claire away from KaDeWe ?

Gone for a stroll down Ku'Damm

Or checked out The Wall - Both of them

Pop Quiz : How many albums/tracks can you name with a Berlin Theme? U2 + David Bowie spring to mind. Enjoy! Could make the basis for a playlist / drinking game.

If you can't get spotify in Germany, there is Simfy

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Hey Jim and JP! Berlin would make a most excellent spot for a Travel Team meet up. Just sayin'.

Heh. I wish.

Looks like a great time Al, other than the cocktails of course.

I'm jealous after getting reports from my daughter who is at the Dave Matthews Caravan fest in Atlantic City. She just sent pics from Warren Haynes set with his new band. I need to get to a music fest this summer.

Next up for me is to grill a burger for lunch and figure out what beer to start with today.

Also, rocked the Neko DAC for a bit this morning. Good stuff.

Post House Penny Black. Another Cape blend.

Sounds good -- is it?

Me, last night: Allagash Curieux -- OMG good. Golden Malt-taintops.

grog with fresh squozen lime juice