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whitebirch_happyshelf — Ah, the unspoilt expanses of granite-laden New Hampshire. The Lady Friend and I were up that way to visit Maggie the Thunder Kitten of Doom, and took the long way back to Braintree, by way of Hooksett, NH. It wasn’t exactly on the way; Hooksett is past Manchester on the […]

White Birch Brewing

29 Dec, 2011 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged ale / beer / Belgian / brewery / kitten! / lady friend / pale ale / Tripel / White Birch Brewing by squirrelfarts

larryglass — Waaaaaaaaaaaa Waaaaa-a-wah Chusettttttt! If you don’t get that, you clearly haven’t spent a winter in New England. The brew was an offering from Wachusett Brewing Company, and one often overlooked; Larry. Larry’s a great guy. A double IPA with no ABV claim on the label (Beer Advocate says it’s 7.5%). […]

Review: That Larry Fellow

27 Dec, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / dIPA / Double IPA / IPA / kitten! / Larry / review / Wachusett / Wachusett Brewing Co by squirrelfarts

DIGITAL CAMERA — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Why is the sun setting before 4pm? Ugh. It’s about time for the days to start getting longer. I’m tired of driving home in the dark. Friday night was, as per the usual, Rule 37 Cocktail night. The Lady […]

The Monday Hangover: Dec 17-18

20 Dec, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / brewpub / Bronx with Bitters / Bully Boy / Cambridge Brewing Company / cocktail / Dan Seavey / Flamingo / Great Lakes Distillery / Income Tax / Jack Rose / Kamikaze / lady friend / Meadhall / negroni / Roaring Dan's rum / Rum Stone Sour / Sidecar / Sissy / Sunset Grill and Tap / Tom Collins / Whiskey Sour by squirrelfarts

bear_glass — This here is Part Seven of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Oh Jeebus. With the wine day finally vanquished, it was time for some BEER. And not just any beer, but a favorite of mine: BEAR FREAKIN REPUBLIC. It’s readily available […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 7: Bear Republic Brewhouse. Oh ...

15 Dec, 2011 in California / Drink tagged Bear Republic Brewery / beer / brewpub / Bybee / Healdsburg / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / Murs / Sissy by squirrelfarts

xmaslobstahs — Repeal Day! A day for true celebration, as we mark the anniversary of the death of “The Noble Experiment,” Prohibition. A little background: basically the country was going down the tubes because people drank WAY more alcohol back in the day than we do now. We’re talking like five gallons […]

The Repeal Day Celebration

12 Dec, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Bell in Hand Tavern / cocktail / irish lad / lady friend / Last Word / mint julep / negroni / No. 9 Park / Purple Shamrock / red ale / Silvertone / wifey by squirrelfarts

bookpoundage — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. It was a long week. At times it seemed to fly by, but that was countered by the times that dragged on for an eternity. Finally Friday came, and something strong and warming was called for. That wound up […]

The Monday Hangover: Dec 3-4

7 Dec, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged Aberlour A'bunadh / beer / irish lad / lady friend / Monday Hangover / Redbones / scotch / Shaw / Tinker's Son / Underbones / Union Brewhouse / whisky / wifey / zero by squirrelfarts

sfo04_marketst — This here is Part Five of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Yup. Still Friday. So, we hit Magnolia for a delicious lunch and tasty beers, then the Alembic for a superb cocktail. With Ke$shia Ho joining in, we were off to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 5: SFO D2 City Beer, ...

1 Dec, 2011 in California / Drink tagged beer / Blu Restaurant / brown / champagne / City Beer Store / cocktail / deep dish pizza / gin / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / Paxti's / rule 37 / San Francisco / The French Blues by squirrelfarts

unionbeers — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Well, given the holiday, our drinkventures actually started Wednesday night with a Very Special edition of our weekly Rule 37 drinks: Champagne Night! We made four different champagne inclusive cocktails with great success and a proper use of a […]

The Monday Hangover: Nov 26-27

30 Nov, 2011 in Boston / Drink / New Hampshire tagged beer / Cathay Pacific / cava / cocktail / Fog Cutter / gin / kitten! / La Paloma / margarita / Monday Hangover / Monstro / navy grog / old tom / sparkling / suffering bastard / tiki / Union Brewhouse / zombie by squirrelfarts

slumbrewflagraiser — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. As usual, we begin with Friday night drinky-drinks, which due to a week of horrible, rainy commutes required the immediate ingestion of some liquid medicine, namely a shot of whiskey and a beer. When the Lady Friend arrived, it […]

The Monday Hangover: Nov 19-20

22 Nov, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Blatent Brewery / Bully Boy / Bully Boy Distillery / cocktail / Curtis Liquors / lady friend / manhattan / Monday Hangover / Slumbrew / Somerville Brewing Company / stout / Union Brewhouse by squirrelfarts

sfo02_magnoliamirror — This here is Part Three of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. I’ll try to break these up a bit more for readability and sanity. Mostly my sanity. Also, we’ve just gotten to Friday morning, so Sissy, you’re going to have to […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 3: SFO D2 Magnolia

16 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged ale / beer / Belgian / bitter / brewpub / gruit / IPA / kölsch / lady friend / Magnolia Pub and Brewery / pumpkin / San Francisco by squirrelfarts

beernbacon — The Monday Hangover: Other drink adventures of note from the weekend. Following last weekend’s trip to Cal-ee-for-nee-ah, it was nice to get back into the weekly routine of cocktail night on Friday. There were Rule 37 fufillments, a whiskey sour made with an overripe lemon (yargh… not recommended) and a […]

The Monday Hangover: Nov 12-13

15 Nov, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged bacon! / beer / cocktail / Engineer / farmhouse ale / Imperial IPA / IPA / irish lad / lady friend / Monday Hangover / porter / red IPA / wifey by squirrelfarts

sf01_harryslagunitasIPA — This here is Part Two of the Grand Caliventure of November 2011. For Part 1, make the clicking to here. Hold on to your butts, this is going to be a long one. The dawn did done diddly dawned Thursday morning as JJ and her husband scurried about the apartment […]

Soused in SanFran – Part 2: SFO D1

10 Nov, 2011 in California / Drink tagged 21st Amendment Brewery / beer / brewery / brewpub / cocktail / Fresca / IPA / JJ / Ke$hia Ho / lady friend / lager / Lefty O'Doul's / negroni / pale ale / San Francisco / Top of the Mark by squirrelfarts