Why?

I'm not always sure that my brain is wired correctly. I have a strange gift (some call it a curse) of being able to connect seemingly random items together. My free word association and stream of consciousness often connects phrases with words, words with old school hip hop lyrics and lyrics with bad movies. At times I wonder if I have trouble making new memories - most of my cultural references are stuck in the 80s and 90s and are often connected to old school hip hop. This is my curse. The Curse of the Gers. Adding to the curse - a gift from my wife on the 1,001 beers to try before you die. I doubt she expected me to try them all. That is now an addition to my quest. So, add some alcohol to my random pop-culture linkages.

Friday, January 2, 2015

3 More in 2015

Two days in and I'm keeping up with the resolution pretty well.  I knocked off three more beers tonight while watching a Nick Offerman comedy special.  He is Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation - a great character on TV.  Apparently, he tours and does comedy and music.  Unfortunately, I wasn't that impressed.  He had a few moments, but generally wasn't that great.  But I did get to enjoy the company of my wife.  Granted she was sneezing and sniffling the whole time.  but, I did get 3 more beers off the list.

Here we go:

Schneider Weisse (Rating = 3.5)
A genuine Germany hefeweisen.  But it had some strange banana hints to it.  It wasn't too bad, but I don't think I'm looking for bananas in my beers.

Tripel Karmeliet (Rating = 4.0)
Another Belgium brew (many have been pretty good so far).  This one had some nice oaty flavor with a little smoked taste to it.  It was heavier than I expected (a nice surprise).  Apparently it contains three different types of grains (barley, wheat, oats).  This was a good one, I'd give it another couple of pops.

Celebration Ale (Rating = 4.0)
A winter IPA from Sierra Nevada.  I generally like their stuff - this was a nice one too.  I definitely get some cinnamon and some hops in this one.  A nice warm beer - I like it.

Beers down: 67
Beers to go: 934

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