Annie her brother Davis and Colin
The Flying Dog Motorhome
flying dog motorhome
flying dog
flying dog
Made it to Flying Dog
outside of flying dog
He is having such a good time and people love him
Amarillo is ringing people up
Greg Koch – tiny hat sheriff
Give a Stone guy a tiny sheriff ls hat and all of a sudden he’s ‘The Law’
Taplist at Library Alehouse
A quick shot of the taplist at Library Alehouse. Not bad for a Thursday lunchtime. Hey, look! Potato leek soup – sweet!
Library Alehouse
At the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica, CA. I’m waiting for BeerSage to get out of a meeting and stopped in for a nice pint.
Of Weddings and Strong Ale
As followers of Beer Molly know, one of our daughters got married this past weekend. With the planning and logistics, personalities, conflicts, and minor life traumas of what society refers to as a “wedding,” we haven’t had much time to pic or post in the past couple of weeks. But “not much” isn’t “none”, because […]
Dolman has Firestones!
ok. now we’ve moved on from Vertical Epic to Firestone Walker. 12 is first
Friday: Brewpubs in Colorado Springs, CO
Friday we took the time to visit a few local brew pubs/ breweries in Colorado Springs. Trinity Brewing – Awaken Stout Trinity Brewing – Flo IPA Our next stop was Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. At Phantom Canyon I chose the beer sampler of the eight beers they had on tap. My brother chose a pint […]
Colorado day three was very low key
I had to make a pick-up at the airport at mid-night so beer consumption was way down yesterday. I was able to to make the required beer run to get us through today. The first beer yesterday was Il Vicino Brewing Company – Wet Mountain IPA. It appears the beer is brewed and bottle for […]
Evening number two in Colorado.
I was immediately excited and then disappointed when I found out the the Bar Trail that we were going to do is actually a trail and not a row of bars. After the walk we headed home. We opened a couple of beers and then it we decided to sample some of the beers I […]
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
We concluded the evening with some beers they had bought for me, in anticipation of my arrival. Stone IPA and a Stone Pale Ale. Then it was time for a little shut-eye. Today we are planning on going on a hike and then visit some local brew pubs.
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
Next was Odell’s winter brew called Isolation Ale. It was by far the best beer of the night. Well balanced…yummy. We each polished off three of those.
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
Bristol’s Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout. The liquor store had a bottle of XXX Winter Warlock for $15.00 for 12oz listed at 18% alcohol. That might be worth a try.
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
Next was Bristol’s Red Rocket Pale Ale.
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
After the beer run, while loading the fridge my brother opened a Levity for his wife and she wanted wine, so I got it. Beer number 5 was Rocky Mountain IPA from Fort Collins Brewery. Not near the big IPAs we have in California, it was closer to the IPA’s from the east coast. Much […]
In Colorado for Thanksgiving and enjoying the local brew
Last night was my first night in Colorado. Since I am unable to post from my phone (stupid sprint/ nextel) I am doing it now. The first one for the night was Levity Amber Ale by Odell Brewing Co. It was a nice start to the evening. It was not sweet like many ambers taste […]
goodbye Ashley
Ashley from Wingnuts says goodbye to BeerSage
Juanita
Juanita’s not much of a beer drinker, but you give her a shot glass full of butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream and whipped cream, as she’ll down it like a python swallowing a whole chicken.
This is the End
Celebrating end of one era and the beginning of another
Now time for a Wipeout IPA from Port Brewing
I can not believe I am still only in the C’s in loading the I-Pod. I have Cracker, then Cramps, then Creedence, Jim Croce, Sheryl Crow…it goes on and on.
Re: At home enjoying a High Tide IPA from Port Brewing
Trying to make the best of loading music onto the new I-Pod. It has been > hours and I am only in the C’s. A couple of beers will help.
At home enjoying a High Tide IPA from Port Brewing
Trying to make the best of loading music onto the new I-Pod. It has been hours and I am only in the C’s. A couple of beers will help.
Photos: Lost Abbey Barrel Tasting Night
Yeah, yeah, I know, the Lost Abbey Barrel Tasting Night was over a week ago and I still haven’t posted the photos. Sorry. I was busy. I’m posting them now. Please stop calling and hanging up. (You know who you are.) Anyway, the barrel party was once again a great evening. Beyond the 12 regular […]
Heading off to Nicaragua tomorrow
Enjoying a Deschutes Hop Trip
It’s 80 degrees in mid-November and I’m not feeling autumn. Decided to have a Hop Trip fresh hopped IPA from Deschutes. I like the mild, grassier flavor of fresh hops over the pellet stuff on hot days.
Dude, where’s my road cone?
This isn’t specifically a beer pic, so much as a “post beer” pic. As we were leaving Sin City Brewing in Planet Hollywood we happened across this in the parking garage: What you can’t see in this photo is the black drag marks from the cone’s stand on the floor of the parking garage. They […]
The Bun Boy is now Bob’s Big Boy
For as long as I can remember there’s been one “must stop” place along Highway 15 on the road to Vegas — Bun Boy in Baker, Calif., home to the world’s largest thermometer. (Also across the street from Alien Beef Jerkey.) Over the past few years taken to flying out to Vegas because it’s only […]
We’re having a couple of pints at Sin City
At Sin City storefront in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. Beer isn’t exactly stellar, just four basic lagers, but it’s a good place to stop, have a pint and watch people go by.
Bier at der Hofbrauhaus
Dunkels und pretzels at der Hofbrauhaus. Ser gut!
Hofbrauhouse Las Vegas
Rolled in here on Wednesday morning for a couple of liters of Dunkel and some wurst.
Look what I found in the in the bottom bin of my refrigerator door. W00t!!
A little work at home is tolerable with a Ballast Point – Sculpin IPA in hand, (sip) aahhhhhhh.
Joaquin n Maria @ Stone’s Volunteer Party
It’s not a beer but…
Cleve isn’t much of a beer drinker, but when he hits the hard stuff, he hits it hard.
Churchill’s Tap List
it must be fall, both Evil Dead Red n Jubelale
Came in today for a couple of pints and some take home beer
She was in the GABF video. He’s a big fan of my blogging.
Grape picking day at Lost Abbey
We got a few dozen pounds of wild grapes from Sheldon, a local farmer and Abbey frequenter. Tomme’s gonna do some barrel magic. Maybe a sour; maybe a stout.
Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout by Athems, GA
Not bad.
Olfabrikken Vejby Denmark
This is good beer
Vince and Two Austrian Golfers
A couple of folks from Vienna dropped by the brewery last night (alas, I didn’t get their names) for a tour. Turns out they come to San Diego a lot to play golf and visit breweries. Not a bad holiday.
Stone Brewing Cali Belgi
This is Cali Belgi frm Stone. Belgian IPA tastes like Bazooka bubblegum.
Lunch on Thursday afternoon
Back at Backstreet for lunch today. Octoberfest and TenFidy with pizza and beer buddies.
Blasphemers Lost Abbey Coming to Chicago
It’s official. Port Brewing and the Lost Abbey have distribution in Chicago. (Click here for press announcement.) In support of the new availability, Tomme Arthur will be doing several dinners and appearances in the area. If you’re in the area, make sure to drop by and meet the guy. Tell him Beer Molly & Sage […]
God and Beer – The Backlash (At Last!)
On October 15, 2008 the Associated Press ran story by Eric Gorsky titled “Finding God at a beer festival.” It began: In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale. Shortly after the doors opened on the 27th Great American Beer Festival, a crowd congregated at the booth offering that and other […]
Stopped into Pizza Port San Clemente
Nice taps!
Wing Nuts in Aliso Viejo, Calif. has a fairly nice tap list. Sure it’s heavy of the Ameri-fizz, but it’s got some pretty good stuff too. Black Butte and Stone IPA for starters.
Secret beer blend revealed
Decipher this and you have the secret to Truth number 4
I’m having a TenFidy Imperial Stout and It’s tasty Sage is having Endless Summmer
BackStreet Brewery
Another Hot-ass day, another IPA.
Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Co.
BluntSage and I are working hard from home today
Shipyard Brewing Co Pumpkinhead
Lost Abbey ’08 Barrel Night – November 15th
It’s official. The 2008 Lost Abbey Barrel tasting night will be Saturday, November 15 from 7pm to 10pm. Beyond the dozen or so beers Tomme plans to pull out of his barrel archive, guests are also going to get to bottle and label their own limited edition release of Veritas 04. Chef Vince will also […]
Photos from The Lost Abbey Sinners and Saints party
I just posted a photo slideshow from last Saturday’s (October 18) Patron Sinners and Saints party over at The Lost Abbey website. The atmosphere was cool — the brewery lit only by candles and strategic lighting under the barrels and it was great to see so many Sinners and Saints together for the first time. […]
Musings about the Great American Beer Festival
By now lots of people have chimed in with their thoughts and experiences regarding this year’s GABF, so I’m not going to clog up the interwebs with yet another long-winded post about this brewery or that beer. Rather, I’m just going to share a few impressions and move on. This was only our second trip […]
Port Brewing has new ownership
Cascade and Amarillo now run the place. Humans are still welcome if they bring a can of tuna and don’t disturb their naps.
More photos from the wildfire
This is a photo from the Juliet wildfire as it advances over the hill in three places (one is just to the right that you can’t see). Right now it’s heading toward those houses in the valley. To see a photo gallery taken from our deck click this link.
Wildfire view from MyBeerPix HQ
Must be October because the wildfires are buring again. Here’s a view about 2 miles from our back deck Update: The fire has a name. It’s “Juliet.”
GABF re-cap coming soon
We’ll be posting a recap of the 2008 GABF and plenty of photos soon. We flew back to San Diego from Denver last night (Sunday the 12th) and haven’t had a chance to sort through the pix just yet. Stay tuned.
Marco’s Coal Fired Pizza
Ivan and Matt get in touch with their feminine side @ GABF
Zima – craft beer at it’s finest
I wonder if Ivan has been drinking
Apparently the beer fest is not on google maps.
Even Phil the Rubber Chicken Guy was at Falling Rock
An audience with a royal
GABF is such a big time in Denver that even royalty makes it out. Here’s Matt w/the Alpha King at Falling Rock.
Sandlot Brewing @ Coors Field
Ivan and Matt are excited that Sandlot is open. but then again, they also get excited about spreadsheets.
All the cool craft brewers are here
A uick Howdy to all my Texas friends…remember drinking this when we were younger. Neither do I.
Denver has a positive outlook on the economy
Sages studies the ceiling as he contemplates…
…life’s mysteries. Like, is there any good beer on tap at Wynkompoop?
Ivan learns about the birds and the bees….
…with help from the internet and Sage’s tutelage.
High school musical?
Leaving Great Divide, is this an audition for high school musical. Sage, Ivan, Molly, and Adam yuk it up on Wed.
Caught in the act…
… I don’t think they like it when you help yourself
Wed evening in Denver
The SD gang is at Great Divide
Whaddya mean they’re outta beer?
Matt curses while Ivan looks to a higher source
GABF pre-awards lunch
Port peeps carbo loading in advance of day 3 at the GABF. Awards in 1 hour.
GABF brewer’s schwag
Contents of the GABF brewer’s schwag bag – magazines, pen, bottle opener, and my fav, a Wahl travel beard and moustache trimmer. (Also good for ‘trimming other things’ according to package.)
GABF – Denver we’re having problems
Sorry for the lack of regular posts here from the GABF. I dropped my phone and cracked the faceplate and messed up the camera, so it’s a lot harder to blog from the phone. To make matters worse, the Denver convention center only has reliable wireless on the lower level well away from the floor, […]
GABF day 2 – breakfast
The morning of day two requires a fairly heavy meal to offset the previous night. After breakfast we’ll blog a quick recap of yesterday then move on to stir up more trouble
GABF day one recap
I’m going to start this post on Wednesday the 8th since I didn’t get a chance to sit down and post yesterday. (Phone blogging is all well and good for the short “what are you doing” posts — but woefully lacking for the longer stuff.) Our GABF experience got off to a rocky start when […]
A bad, bad idea
Irish Car Bomb anyone?
It’s Julian!
Julian Schrago is here with Pizza Port Solana Beach. He’s in the Pro-Am competition with Tovarich Russian Imperial Stout
Idling at Wynkoop waiting for the GABF to open
We’re idling at Wynkoop waiting for the GABF to open. All having Simian beers — Monkey Fist IPAs and Silverback Smoked Porter/
Got our stinking badges
Ok we’re badged and ready. only 5 hours to go before opening!
Whiskey Dick
Great Divide Liberally Hopped
At Breckenridge Brewing
We’re at Breckenridge Brewing in Denver the night before GABF opens. This is Ivan from Churchills having a vanilla porter
Hit Denver and ready for the GABF
We landed in Denver a short time ago and are rolling into town now. Will be heading over to Wynkoop right after we check in.
GABF Fantasy Draft
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been forced to listen to Beer Molly as she frets over her picks at The Beer Mapping Project’s GABF Fantasy Draft for 2008. She’s particularly mad at Izzy for taking Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey, a pick to which she felt entitled as she IS Tomme Arthur’s […]
The Ritual Tavern – San Diego
(From the Pre-GABF housecleaning file) September 25th was my birthday, so Molly offered to take me out to The Ritual Tavern down in San Diego for drinks and dinner. The last time we were there was the evening the Toronado San Diego opened — an infamous night that involved Molly and Ritual co-owner Staci flashing […]
A Visit from Saint Peter
On our way to pour at the Tucson beer festival a couple of weeks ago, we swung by the brewery to pick up three kegs of High Tide. It was a Friday morning so we weren’t expecting anyone but the brewery crew to be there. But as we walked into the brewhouse, there was Tomme […]
Pre-GABF Housecleaning
We’re off to the GABF today, where we’ll be broadcasting live Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (Thursday isn’t an official show day, so you can just join us as we wander through Denver seeking the best beer Colorado has to offer). However, in the run up to the festival, we’ve actually been quite busy… just haven’t […]
Look what Adam found in the back of the Fridge!!
There cannot be many full bottle of Surf’s Up Symposium IPA floating around. Brewed by Green Flash Brewing of Vista, CA for the World Beer Cup last April, the only people who got it were attendees of the Craft Brewer’s Conference. Adam’s a lucky guy to be drinking this hop bomb of an IPA.
Breakwater Oceanside CA
Support boobs and beer – 2 of your favorite things
Admit it, you like breasts and you like beer (good beer — Beer Sage tells me there’s no such thing as bad breasts). So why not support both with a fund raiser we’re doing at Port Brewing and The Lost Abbey this Friday, October 3rd? From 4pm to 8pm we’ll be hosting a “Beer for […]
Check out Lost Abbey’s GABF Video
Lost Abbey submitted a video as part of a GABF marketing campaign. The topic had to be why beer lovers and brewers love GABF and what the brewery is doing regarding its sustainability efforts. I think the video looks pretty good. To can find other breweries’ submissions by searching the term Beer Lovers and Brewers […]
At TableRock Brewpub in Boise
Having returned home from Tucson, I promptly hopped on a plane and flew to Boise where I am now enjoying a HopHead IPA at TableRock. Hoppier than I thought.
The brewhouse at TableRock
It’s a crappy picture but the brewhouse is a rather nice view from the restaurant.
Tucson roadtrip – beerfest readying
Matt and Ryan setting up the booth. Matt is taking this very seriously.
Tucson Roadtrip – Old Tucson Studios
We’ve taken a break from craft beer to tour Old Tucson Studios and have a beer and shot in the saloon