The preceding post was brought to you by Crémant St. Nicolas cidre légere mousseaux from Ciderie St. Nicolas. Here’s a lovely picture of it on my desk. (It won’t oust Archibald’s Hard Cider as the champ, but it will fuel blogging quite nicely.)
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Julio and religion
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009A very full day of meetings today, ending with a relatively late working dinner, cut short my beer exploration time tonight.
So I only had time to explore one small beer: Saint Bridget’s Porter from the Great Divide Brewing Company.
While the bottle describes this as a “Robust Porter” I didn’t find it particularly overwhelming in terms [...]
…down by the schoolyard
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009As is my wont when attending days of endless meetings in the “Boston” office, I’ve made a trip to see Julio and stock up the fridge for an exploration of some interesting looking beers that I haven’t tried before.
After today’s marathon meeting session I retired to the hotel and sampled my first selection: Mayflower Porter, [...]
Links On A Saturday Night
Sunday, October 4th, 2009Between this whole house-selling/house-buying thing, and the relatively insane week I’ve had at work, I have been neglecting the blog. Let’s catch up on a few things that have popped up in the meantime.
I may have mentioned here before that I enjoyed Farmer’s Riverworld books (for getting me into Burton, among other things), and I [...]
Disappointment
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Please, allow me to share with you a graphical representation of the most disappointing thing about my recent business trip to Australia.
It occurred during my return trip through Heathrow, Terminal 3.
This is the current map of Terminal 3:
This is slightly different than my mental picture of what Terminal 3 looks like, which is apparently a [...]
A What-Day-Is-It-Anyway Miscellany
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I have now been on vacation long enough that I don’t remember what day it is. I think “if it’s Wednesday it must be San Francisco” logic may apply.
With that in mind, here’s a list of a few things that caught my eye during my little bits of hotel-room surfing after the child goes to [...]
Me & Julio, Day 8: Tragedy
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008There was, as you may have noted, no Day 7. Last night I didn’t get to explore any of my stash, since I dined with a friend, and he provided me with samples of Dragonslayer Imperial Stout from Middle Ages Brewing Company, Saranac’s Black & Tan, and Dogfish Head’s Palo Santo Marron–it was kind of [...]
Me & Julio, Day 6: A quickie
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008The movie means no time to really experiment with beer tonight. Well, the movie and the fact that we drank The Outback out of Newcastle Brown.
However, one of my Australian coworkers picked up a couple of beer for me (at Julio’s) while searching for some Czech beer that’s hard to get in Australia, and I [...]
Me & Julio, Part 5: Wet Hops
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008Tonight’s another night with just a single sampling (albeit a 24oz sampling), this time of a “wet hop” ale that came highly recommended by a pal at the office, Sierra Nevada Harvest (the “12th release” or 2008 edition).
What’s a “wet hop” ale, you might ask? (Well, I did…)
These hops are harvested and shipped as “wet” [...]
Me & Julio Part 4: Christmas Is Coming
Friday, November 21st, 2008On the recommendations of a friend, I made a trip back to Julio’s last night to score a bottle of Anchor’s “Our Special Ale”, a.k.a. “Christmas Ale 2008“.
Actually, when I say “a bottle”, what I really mean is “one regular bottle for drinking now, and one magnum for taking home to share with the Boys”. [...]
Me & Julio: Day 3, Fruit
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Today’s work session ends and I jump into my car and drive to the Whole Foods to pick up some fruit, both because I need fresh fruit every day or I go weird, and because I have plans for doing some fruit-themed explorations in my hotel fridge.
When I get back to the hotel, I eat [...]
Me & Julio, Part 2: Night Meetings
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Let’s say you have to spend a couple of weeks away from home on a business trip. You’re scheduled into all day meetings, and are dining with colleagues. Then when you finally get back to the hotel, you have to dial into a meeting with the Australian office, where people are just getting to work.
How [...]
Me & Julio: Day One
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008So, I’m currently trapped in Boston, on a schedule of essentially 9 consecutive days (yes, including the weekend) of all-day meetings.
Since I recently discovered that there’s a ridiculously well-stocked liquor store very close to the Boston office–and when I say ridiculously, I mean thousands of different varieties of beers; I still haven’t even seen the [...]
Sunday Night Gallimaufry
Sunday, September 28th, 2008You know the drill, this is the miscellaneous tab closing ceremony. Since I’m tired of politics today, there will be none in this list.
I have had several discussions about this recent article on a particular form of elective surgery. All that I can conclude from these discussions is that I have different aesthetic than many [...]
Early Saturday Morning Gallimaufry
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008And, time to close a few more tabs…
It’s lovely that the Internet can bring me an interactive beer and food matching guide. Sadly, it uses a different algorithm than I do–resulting in far more matches with “see through” beer than my scheme would generate.
Speaking of beer, I love the idea of beer haiku. My favourite [...]
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