No calls. The quietest tour of duty in a long time. The weekend was great in that I accomplished
quite a few things that were going to be pushed to this week if I got crushed.

Sipping a Pepper Beverage, No Doctor Present
At Goodfriend, Scotcharina and I gave the 2012 release of 512's Cascabel Cream Stout [a pepper beer] a spin.
While still delicious, ( Read more... )

No calls and I slept well as it was $2.50 Texas beers at The Libertine last night.

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Or should that be “tap off”? No, when I think about it “tap on” or “tapped” is much more positive as “tap off”
sounds like the beer has run out.

Luckily, Trinity Hall is hosting the Dallas Beer Week events that I'm interested in most. No worries on those taps ( Read more... )

A good Friday, a bad Saturday and a mellow Sunday. Things evened out. More to come next week.

80's Date Night
Friday, I introduced Scotcharina to new beer, which is such a turn-on. While deciding on where to go for dinner,
Assurbanipaul texted that Trinity Hall tapped 512's Alt, so we jaunted over for a couple of pints. At home, we had:

1. J.W.Lees ( Read more... )

Nothing exciting thus far in the week as I'm still worn from the on-call period. Off to visit the parents tomorrow morning
with a swing through Austin.

I'm on a quest for 512's Double Pecan Porter which had a limited bottling of 960. The distribution is Austin only but I've got a couple
of lines and fortune might smile on me. Sure, I've drank of ( Read more... )

Few things make me happy like having new beers. Saturday’s visit to The Gingerman hit the ideal in that there were many new beers and
the bar [16 TX beers on tap - shocker] wasn’t very full. I love this place when it’s quiet and not crowded. Good service is a side benefit.
Aside from the first beer, I drank all Texas brews -killer. 512's IPA stands ( Read more... )