This blog is a failure.

Seriously.

Actually I hope not. This bear has had a rough week so far and updating a new blog is at the bottom of the priority pile.

However there are some semi nice spots to hilight. Grinders hosted a pairing of Goose Island beers with small dishes such as onion soup, an almond smoked drummie, and a pork choplette with apple compote and ccranberry sauce. So, free beer and food, but I have some beef with this event. First, with names like "choplette". (Really a pork medalion) and "drummie" (the small part of a chicken wing) I knew I wasn't going to walk away full. But come on. Second, I already have some issues with Goose Island (gripe #1: it's terrible). So I looked at this as a chance for redemption. Needless to say, despite the coked out presenter's constant Boulevard-dick-sucking diotribes that seemed somewhat misinformed, they failed.

So we move on. Get some irish ale and a long strange trippel and put GI to bed.

And tonight, late for the party, I finally gave Bigfoot a try. So far, not terrible. I'd assumed that some effort would go into a barleywine style, but I'm mixed on Sierra Nevada. This one seems a winner.

So I'm closing the store alone tonight. Just got complimented on my suggestion for one of my customers, have 45 minutes to kill and am ready for bed.

Beer of the day: Fraoch heather ale. Light, sweet and something very different from what you've had. Worth the 11 bucks for a 4 pack.