Stouts

Getting ready to keg my first ever batch of breakfast stout--hopefully it tastes as good as it smells. I used chocolate malt, coffee, and something else as per the dude's recipe at Paradise Brewing Supply store down on Beachmont Ave. I was really excited to try my beer until I heard about Founders Canadian Imperial Breakfast Stout... apparently they age this stuff in barrels once used for maple syrup and then again used for bourbon... that is insane. Not making this up... 750 ml bottles are going for $60 on eBay. So it goes without saying that I'll never try this beer.

Outliers...

Do you consider yourself to be a beer connoiseur? In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell claims that to be a true expert in anything you need 10,000 hours of experience... so lets say that on average (and for convenience sake) it takes an hour to drink a beer. If we assume that the average American drinks 200 beers a year that means it would take 50 years to become an expert. Gotta say that it wont do me much good to become an expert when I'm 71. So because my goal is to become an expert by 30, I'm going to drink a whole helluva lot of Stone craft beers because, well, that aint a bad place to start.

Deals Deals Deals!

Jungle Jim's is where it's at... but you'd better hurry. At last check there were ~60 twelve packs of Saranac's Summer Ale sampler going to $7. These are just really good, classic, beers (get over the idea that they are summer beers) there are two of each: heiffeweissen, kolsch, pale ale, IPA, Belgian white, and a terrific summer ale. You'd better go on your lunch break because I don't think they will last much longer. If you miss that deal they also have marked down twelve packs of Warsteiner's "Dunkel" and "Premium" for $11, that aint half bad folks.