24 Days

Three weeks, 3 days...that's how long it's been since my last post. I know I'm slack about this blog at an alarmingly increasing frequency, but until it pays the bills...

The reason I did decide to post today was because I found this searching for Mythbusters images (don't ask why...I'm just a nerd like that) and thought it was pretty damn funny and worth preserving somewhere.

I feel exactly the same way...

More later? For now you can peruse these pictures from my latest beer fest adventure. No captions yet, but do you really need them?

T-Shirt of the Day

Today I'm featuring yet another beer shirt bought at The World Beer Festival. Thomas Creek Brewery is an excellent brewery in Greenville, SC. I wish I could say I was actually drinking a Thomas Creek beer in the first picture, but I had some the night before and earlier in the day when me and my buddies Lee and Richard were at the beach...that's a PBR I'm holding and there's nothing wrong with that! If you find Thomas Creek beer, I suggest you pick some up...especially their Deep Water Dopplebock or the Class Five IPA. Tasty stuff indeed!

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T-Shirt of the Day

Another beer T-Shirt today. Magic Hat makes what's probably my favorite beer, #9. Their other varieties are really good as well, but I just can't get enough of the #9. I usually don't care too much for "fruity" beers, but #9 is brewed with the essence of apricots and it makes for a really good tasting beer. They have little quotes/saying under the bottle caps, which is also a nice extra touch...and if you get the right bottle you can win this T-Shirt! I've won two, though I gave the second cap to my good friend Lee so he could get a free shirt as well. Oh, and one other thing... Magic Hat almost always has the best booths at the beer festivals that Lee turned me onto last year. They give the best swag...condoms, buttons, stickers, and matchboxes as well! Give Magic Hat a try if you're not a fan already!

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Open Source Beer Project

"Flying Dog's Open Source Beer Project will allow beer drinkers and homebrewers to create and recommend changes and modifications to the beer recipe."

As someone who's fairly new to homebrewing I don't know that I'll have much advice to offer, but I really like and am glad to see Flying Dog revisit this fantastic idea!

T-Shirt(s) of the Day

OK...since I didn't post one yesterday I promised to post two today and here they are.

First up is a shirt from one of my favorite beer companies, Flying Dog Brewery. I bought this T-Shirt last year at Brewgrass Beer Festival in Asheville, NC. All of the Flying Dog beers have labels designed by longtime Hunter S. Thompson collaborator Ralph Steadman. I've been a longtime fan of both HST and of Steadman's artwork, and the mixture of good beer and good art is very appealing to me. Gonzo Imperial Porter is a 9% ABV beer and it's one of the better high gravity beers I've tried. When I saw this shirt I had to get it. You get three pictures on this one so you can see the detail a little better. And you can tell I've worn it quite a bit in the past year as the screen print is already cracking. Definitely one of my favorite shirts!






Next up is a T-Shirt recently purchased for me by my very good friend The Chick. She bought it during a recent trip she made to Wilmington, NC and I have no idea of what store it came from. I do however really like this shirt since it pretty much sums up the way I feel about our current Commander in Chief. She knows me very well and I am forever grateful for her friendship and for the awesome T-Shirt. Thanks!

T-Shirt of the Day

OK...I was going to try to get one posted over the weekend and it didn't happen, but I'm back in action today. Today's T-Shirt is from a local brewer here in North Carolina. Anyone who knows me, knows I love AC/DC and I also love beer. This T-Shirt combines both of those into one kick ass design, complete with the "Highway To Ale" tagline! Catawba Valley Brewing Company had these for sale at the Hickory Hops Beer Festival a few months ago. I'm looking forward to the next beer fest that they will hopefully be at as their beer is very good, but hard to find. I think it's about time for a trip to Asheville, NC or Greenville, SC to taste their sweet nectar again (also available in Knoxville, TN)!

Vacation is over.

This past weekend I went to the North Myrtle Beach with my buddies Lee and Richard. A good time was had by all, even if the trip was too short. The good thing about where we live in NC is that we're only a few hours away from the beach, which makes a short weekend trip possible. The bad part of that is that short weekend trips just leave you ready to make a week of it. But still, it's nice to get out of town for a few days, drink and get sunburned with good friends and lots of laughs.

We arrived around 3 in the afternoon Friday and immediately set out to drinking. We had stopped at Southern Spirits on the way down and loaded up on plenty of good brews. Little did we know that what we bought that day would barely last us through the night. Our livers are still recovering. After a few beers and a dip in the pool, we took the golf cart out and got more beers, and food before setting out to the beach for a very drunken walk. Races occurred, a shoulder was injured...even though Lee hurt it trying to knock us over when we raced down the beach, Rich and I got to hear about it all weekend long.

I admit, I passed out around 9 Friday night about 20 minutes into Dazed and Confused. I was tired and drunk. I was also the one who got up at 3:30 am and stayed awake most of the rest of the next day (save for a "planned" two hour nap that turned into a four hour one). We spent lots of time on the beach Saturday morning, ate lunch then hit the pool for a while (all while enjoying fine beverages) before the naps occurred. After nappy time, we went out to eat but I guess we were all spent because we didn't hit up any bars afterwards. I did stay up until 2 in the morning drinking on the balcony and stealing internet from the hotel across the street.

There's really not much else to report. We didn't get into any trouble (though it was flirted with) and we didn't make too much noise or party too hard. Basically just a relaxing/drunken weekend of fun. I will leave you with a few random pictures...

I can't wait until the next time!