I'm like a chocoholic, but for beer.
First, I'm happy to say the eBay seller came through and replaced my two broken bottles of "Westy" 12. Second, a few weeks ago I made it up to Russian River Brewery! My new favorite place... so many great beers on tap. I brought home a 12-pack of Pliny the Elder.
Then two weeks ago I visited The Trappist in Oakland and was able to find a Cantillon Lou Pepe Kreik (2007).. a very rare lambic (at a very rare lambic price!).
Most of the other beers have just sat in my fridge waiting for.. this Saturday when I'm hosting a beer tasting party. My guests are going to bring a bunch of other great brews that I may have already had, but it'll be fun to taste-test against others. Chimay, Big Bear Black Stout, Delerium, La Fin Du Monde, etc...
I was thirsty so I just ran down to BevMo to see what they had... ended up buying all of these:
Dogfish Head Theobroma
Dogfish Head 90 Min Imperial IPA
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale
Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary
Belgian Farmhouse Saison Imperale
Tripel Karmeliet
Lindemann's Kreik and Cassis Lambic
..another Aventinus,
and finally two Weihenstephaner Hefes (regular and dark).
I've got to find a bunch of wide plastic cups (to properly examine the note of each beer, of course) and a sharpie to mark them for my party on Sat. I'll post a blog entry afterwards with pictures.
Hmmmm.. what to drink tonight?
