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The Golden Dirty Thirty (Saturday May8th)

Posted on 04. May, 2010 by Derrick.

This party is to celebrate Derrick’s and Annika’s golden birthdays. Derrick will be 30 on the 30th and Annika will be 27 on the 27th.

The party is “Dress like a catholic school girl”. It is not mandatory, but your hosts Floyd, Derrick, and Will will be dressed up in skirts. Please dress up, because if you don’t, you’ll make us look like idiots.

As always, the party is at our house aka “the man cave”. If you have never been to my house, you can RSVP on our Facebook events page or just comment at the bottom of the page and I’ll email you our address (make sure to fill in your email when you do comment)

We will have several good beers on tap. Since Sierra Nevada is turning 30 this year, and so am I, we are going with a beer theme. Sierra Nevada Summerfest, and Sierra Nevada’s “Old ale”. Old ale is so rare that only 35 people have reviewed it on Ratebeer.com and beeradvocate.com (Don’t ask me how I got it, cause if I told you, I’d have to kill you). I’ll even get a 1/4 barrel of Coors light to satisfy the non craft beer idiots (I mean that in the nicest way)

Summerfest is a delightfully refreshing example of a traditional style lager beer. While lighter in body than our ales, Summerfest displays significant hop aroma and a tangy hop bite. The long lagering period adds a smoothness that makes this beer a great summertime treat.

Old Ale is a blend of Imperial Stout aged eleven-months in oak bourbon barrels, and our malty Scotch Ale. This black beer has an intense aroma of roasted malt with pronounced vanilla and toasted coconut notes from wood aging. The flavor is smooth and bittersweet, with hints of caramel, toffee, and mocha. This full-bodied beer is filled with deep, rich and warming flavors.

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Inaugerate me into sour beers!

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Derrick.

Sour beers is where it is at my little readers. They are wild and bold but clever.  Sour beer is like that girl you just can’t tame but you go back to time and time again without regard. This was reminded to me recently of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the shrew”

Petruchio. I say it is the moon.
Katharin. I know it is the moon.
Petruchio. Nay, then you lie; it is the blessed sun.
Katharin. Then God be bless’d, it is the blessed sun:  But sun it is not when you say it is not,  And the moon changes even as your mind.  What you will have it nam’d, even that it is; And so, it shall be.

Sour beer fest was the shrew and I was Petruchio trying desperately to get my palate to grasp all the nuances that were swirling around my little mouth. We had over 64 sour beers at our disposal and like a child in a candy store I had no idea what I wanted.

We were given 20 tickets to try 20 beers but I found that most of the volunteers didn’t give two shits whether I gave them a ticket. I may or may not have had more than my fair share. (Adam if by chance you read this, sorry). Of the beers I tried, I’ll give you my top ten.

1. Lost Abbey, Veritas 007 – Sour ale with Cabernet franc grapes, This beer (as I was told) was derived from Isabelle Proximus
2. Lost Abbey , Duck Duck Gooze – Nothing needs to be said about this one.
3. Jolly Pumpkin, Lambicus Dexterious –  A completely spontaneously fermented ale.
4. Avery brewing, Voltron – Dark, Tannic, sour blend from five barrels.
5. The Bruery, Oued Tart – Flemish red ale
6. Cascade brewing, Sang Noir – Bourbon barrel aged sour red with bourbicid and cherries added
7. Avery brewing, Vogelbekdieren – Blend of three sour beers from five barrels
8. Russian River, Supplication – Brown ale aged in pinot noir barrels.
9. Mountain Sun, Dirtry Justice – Strong Belgian red ale aged in merlot barrels with bugs
10. Cascade brewing, Nightfall Blackberry – Sour blondes aged with nightfall blackberries

So to the Pictures. Of which I didn’t take my usual 400 only 60 this time (as I’m sure that the people of sour beer fest appreciated)

Is this next picture of a raptor? I think it is!

After my soiree with my beer geek buddies, I headed out for some food with some of my favorite people of all time. The little sister, her Fiance’, and bonus BFF Soren went for some mediterranean food at the Med. It was fucking amazing after all the sour beers I had. We had close to twelve “Tapas” and mowed down on all that was seen.

It was an amazing night hanging out with friends and family.

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Move-over Movember

Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by Derrick.

Hanging out with some new people is a good thing. Since joining the twitter universe, I had been able to find an underground network of uber-beer geeks. One of these geeks invited me out to Great Divides Movember party. Movember is a group of fellas dedicated to bringing back the Mustache and awareness for prostate cancer.

For those of you who never knew my father before he passed away, back in the day, my old man had a huge handle bar mustache. He also died from complications of his own prostate cancer. Add some great beer and it was a perfect event to attend.

PJ, our resident beer aficionado took us on a tour around the Brewery.  By the way, PJ has a rocking mustache.

We sat there and talked about beer, football, and video games. A good man night.

I purchased two of their numbered hibernation oak aged ales, we cracked one and kept another.

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Do you remember that?

Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by Derrick.

Floyd’s Birthday happened to land on our pool league night. I thought it would be appropriate to buy some party hats, party beads,  and buy birthday boy a pink “happy birthday” tiara.

As always, we got drunk as can be, and Floyd and I got into a pee pee smacking contest, in which I lost, and had to take a break.

Shortly after loosing a couple rounds of pool to Pet and Floyd (I ended up owing a couple dinners of Pho) we headed home. Though I don’t remember leaving, the car ride, or getting home. This next pic, I don’t remember at all.

or this one

The night was a success. We acted a fool. Embarrassed one of our waitresses, and  I cant remember 2 hours of the night. I don’t think you can ask for anything more than that.

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All hallows eve

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Derrick.

I should start off by saying that my BFF Floyd has a very acute imagination. While watching a video on MTV he decided that we needed colored suits.

I’m sure the look on your face right now is about the one I got. “What do you mean colored suits?” is what I asked and he came back with showing me hello greenman. I laughed and thought it would be silly, clearly he was serious. So we bought two of them. One green, and one orange.

We had to wear our suits backwards only because, well, you would have to take it off completely to pee if you didn’t. The rest of the night was standard fair of drunken debatchery. I think some 151 was consumed.

And some beer pong was played.

Over all the night had exactly what you would expect from a party with this much alcohol. I cleaned up some puke with a snow shovel. I saw some dude get punched in the face with a cap gun. We had multiple scantily clad women, several playboy bunnies. All in all, it was a good night.

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Great American Beer Fest

Posted on 27. Sep, 2009 by Derrick.

What a great way follow up a Tri…. Beer! Summer and I volunteered at the Great American Beer Festival. It’s a 4 day festival with 2200 beers and over 400 brewers.

Volunteering is so much more fun than attending. Talking with the brewers, and having all the beer you can drink for free is amazing. Even Summer who isn’t a beer drinker got into it. The brewers that we pored for, Covey restaurant in Fort Worth Texas found Summer a little much. Probably because she was the only girl in the entire festival that would call them out for farting near her. She asked them “Who crop dusted?” and then they started all pointing fingers at each other. Good group of guys those Covey guys, and they make a good beer.

Summer had the most fun (after getting a little shitty) with the patrons. Even pestering some of them for their coveted pretzels. This man had a counter for how many 1-oz beers he had drank. (for of those who cant count , 77oz  is  4.8 pints of beer)

We even got to see Homer and Marge Simpson

Then the Bag Pipes… Beer Drinking isn’t the same without bag pipes.

Eventualy we made it home after Summer drank just a little bit to much. She needed help getting back home and after a short stay on the couch. She “prayed to the porcelain god”.

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