Beer!

We had a local beer fest at out fair grounds in town and over 40 micro brew vendors showed up....too many beers to recall but one I really liked was a vanilla blueberry porter that one of the groups made just for the event.

Finnforest wrote: Cygnus X-1 A feisty Porter named after a RUSH song.....how could I resist?  I like it a lot.  Caught a good buzz on just two pints.

ummm... the only thing I love as much   as feisty spirited women are feisty spirited beers!

edited for idiocy...


Edited by micky - May 15 2016 at 16:50

Finnforest wrote: You don't have Mom and Pop liquor stores?  I suppose we still have them because Groceries can't sell here...except 3.2.   We still have tons of little neighborhood liquor stores than look like they are straight out of a 40s movie....I love shopping in there and talking to the old guys.

We used to have quite a few;  a convenient place for basic groceries, late night booze, food and ciggie emergencies, and the occasional meat & cheese sub.   Only a handful still exist.   As you say, they have the old-school feel (and in SF, beautiful Italian tile work adorning the outside).   They are generally overpriced and often don't have one's preference but they will be sorely missed when gone, I'm sure.




Edited by Atavachron - May 14 2016 at 18:20

Finnforest wrote: You don't have Mom and Pop liquor stores?  I suppose we still have them because Groceries can't sell here...except 3.2.   We still have tons of little neighborhood liquor stores than look like they are straight out of a 40s movie....I love shopping in there and talking to the old guys

yeah... we don't have those.

I agree with your sentiments however. We practice that religiously when it comes to eating out. Rarely if ever eat at chain restaurants.. mom and pop local restaurants is where it is at.If we had them here I'd sure support them

Little guys?  We don't have much in the way of little guys here in Virginia Jim.  You get your beers at the large corporate Grocery stores, the neighborhood corporate convience stores like 7-11, or do the Total Wine.  I spread the wealth and do all 3 I suppose.

yeah.. Bourbon Ales are not for the weak I suppose. Of liver or constitutions/metabolisms. They hit hard..

hahah.. evil it is.. but man they do have everything.

Micky's top 3 beers

#1. 


#2 the Abita Louisiana Spiced.

#3. This silent killer... there is a reason they sell in 4 packs.. just like my #1. Lethal.. but OHHH so tasty..

speaking of.. you need to strap your lips across a bottle of this Jim. My second favorite beer.

this is a party waiting to happen in your mouth. Just opened my first of the evening.. GO CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






Edited by micky - April 30 2016 at 16:23

funny,.. I recently found the only IPA I like... and it took some of that frou frou berry flavoring to get me to like it.  I liked it, yet hated it at the same time. 

hahahah... yeah they suck don't they

^ secret??  what fun would it have been to have been secret. 

Though those years were a helluva lot of fun it did have one down side .. it forever scotched the notion of me getting into politics.  I know a certain ex of mine, one not particularly well disposed to me.. have videotape of some of my more...  hard to believe exploits. Especially in my infamous little black dress.  I remember a friend videotaped me at a karaoke bar, in drag.. drunk off my ass.. falling off the stage doing an off key version of You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman.  I know he had to have caught the standing ovation I got from the crowd of.. what was it.. like 300 people there.  I wonder if that would surface if I ever ran for political office? hmmm..

Perhaps those tapes might get me the votes of the more progressive minded set.. as well as the  power drinkers and freaks of modern chemistry... but likely wouldn't do much to get the votes of the Ward and June Cleaver set...