Beer session: Cinco de Mayo 2012

[randy_byers]

Meanwhile carl, Scott, and I drank more beer last night. The Bottleworks 13th Anniversary beer was made by Stone Brewing, using 13 malts and 13 hops. Lots to chew on there. The bottle that's hiding its label was home-brewed mead by a friend of Scott's. Really nice stuff! The artwork on the beer menu is by carl. In the future I think we'll just put

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[holyoutlaw]

I like the handwritten-ness of the menus you do now. You could each take a different color pen, and write a word or two about each brew. Then we could track progress of the evening as writing gets sloppier and thoughts more incoherent.

Um.

Yeah, iPad it is.

[randy_byers]

Well, there must be some kind of app where you can hand write on an iPad, so we can have the best of both worlds. Until we spill beer on the iPad, at least.

[fishlifter]

Coo ur gosh.

Not sure that's quite what I want to read on an evening when there was no beer in the pub that I wanted. (No mild, even. In May!)

I think you should keep the handwritten beer menu too, though.

[randy_byers]

Geez, who knew that the handwritten menus were so popular?

The Bottleworks 13 Anniv. ale made me think of you, since it was essentially a type of imperial stout. And I just happen to have another bottle of it sitting around here ...

[fishlifter]

I was wondering about the Bottleworks beer!

I've just received a bottle of BrewDog's 5th anniversary beer, which is a chilli and chocolate imperial stout. I could hang onto it for a few months...

[randy_byers]

Oooh! We were also nibbling on a bar of chili and cherry chocolate that night. A new fave, made by the local company Theo.

[reverendjim]

I've had the Stillwater on tap over here; a damn fine beer.
And Yay! to you coming over for another visit; splendid news.

[randy_byers]

I've had three things by Stillwater (one of them a collaboration with Mikkeller), all of them saison/farmhouse and all excellent.

And yes, Belgium, ho!

[reverendjim]

I've also had three (or four) Stillwater saisons, including the Mikkeller. Seems to be the style they're getting known for, and, as you say, they've all been excellent, so making plenty of them sounds like a good idea.

So, any plans on where you want to go in Belgium? Claire mentioned that you were opting for a "Staying in Brussels with maybe trips" rather than moving bases.

[randy_byers]

Yeah, I guess my thought is that Belgium is small enough that taking day trips from Brussels might work, if we can find a nice place to stay in Brussels like we did last time. But I'm open to other ideas, for sure. Also suggestions for day trips. Another attempt at the Kulminator? Is Bruges worth a trip? Or other places? I guess the other question is, if I arrive in London on Sunday like I did last time, do we want to head to Belgium on Monday rather than Tuesday this time?