DFH @ FT&G = YUM IMHO

Greetings beer lovers!

The REAL Pliny...

...who is wise but not as delicious.

Sorry (again) for the long wait in between posts.  The wife - who did not like being referred to as Lady Lager!  needs a new nickname...  - and I just returned from San Fran and wine country where we sampled some of the finest wines in Sonoma and Napa, ate our faces off at Bouchon, and - yes - visited Russian River for a taste or three of the famed Pliny the Elder.  Well, listen up all ye who asketh after the Pliny and bemoan thine lack of access to the Pliny...Pliny is amazing; Pliny is wonderful; but Heady Topper is equally as amazing and delicious.  So while I was delighted to finally try the freshest Pliny possible, I was once again reminded how lucky I am to work in beer in Vermont!

Speaking of VT being awesome, I want to give some major love to Jeff and the folks at the Farmhouse who have an EPIC tap takeover coming up tomorrow starting at 5 pm - DOGFISH HEAD, 18 TAPS.  WHAAAA?!?!?!?!  We're talking 60, 90, Burton Baton, Hellhound, the new Ta Henket, BITCHES BREW (yup), and many more, not to mention some delicious sounding dinner selections like Winding Brook Farm Pork Loin with juniper Braised Jericho Settlers' Farm cabbage, 60 Minute Fish & Chips with preserved lemon, and a beer float!  YUM!!!!  I'm heading there as soon as we close the store tomorrow so feel free to belly up at the bar with your boy.  Kudos, El Jefe - this looks delightful.

Speaking of DFH, we rode the FT&G wave and snagged ourselves a couple of specialty 5 gallon kegs, Burton Baton and Shelter Pale Ale for delivery soon, the former being amazing, the latter being something I don't recall seeing in the general market for some time.  BB is $175 and Shelter is $99 - email thebevy802@gmail.com to reserve!


Speaking of...speaking of beer, I had an epic session with some friends and some of the boys of the Bevie - Oliver, Dave, and our sadly departing Nick, a long-time fixture who is leaving our northern mountains for the sun and slack of California.  I've greatly enjoyed my brief time hanging with Nick and we're all sad to see him go:(  But he's going on a high note, 'cause check this sh*t out!

Don't try this at home.  We're professionals.

What?  Yeah, that's a Pliny and a Goose Island Matilda.  Heady Topper AND Chinooker'd?!  Yup.  You scared that we broke out the Rochefort 10?!  You should be.  But for realsies, it was a large group of people all sampling beers in moderation, as we of course always recommend when it comes to alcohol.  Wait, what's that hidden in the back?  The new Clown Shoes Vampire Slayer?!  YES!  It was delicious, as was the Sierra Bigfoot 2010, BBC Good Night Irene, Epic Armageddon IPA, Jolly Pumpkin Luciernga, White Birch Hop Session, Lawson's Red and Double Sunshine.  Yeah.  It was awesome.

So now that me and the mrs. are back, I'm hoping to do some more streamlined sampling for 2012.  We'll see how that goes:)  For now, I'm super psyched about the great beers we've gotten in recently which we've posted on Facebook and Twitter.  And we're looking forward to Dogfish's T'weason, their gluten-free beer, and Lagunitas in the not-too-distant future.  I've been told that Lagunitas Holiday Leftovers, formerly Lagunitas Sucks, is coming, and if you haven't tried Lagunitas Sucks then you should be darn excited.

More to come!  And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the blog, please either post a comment or email me at thebevy802@gmail.com.

Thanks y'all!
Evan G.