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Spotlight on Beer: Belgian style weekend

January 18, 2010 by MCM Mama 14 Comments

As I mentioned in my last post, I went a little overboard on my purchasing at Whole Foods. But really, I usually only have one beer a night on Friday and Saturday night and if I’m only going to have one, it’d better be good LOL.
Friday night, Beer Geek and I cracked open the “Collaboration not Litigation” beer. It’s a beer made by combining Russian River Brewing Co.’s Salvation with Avery Brewing’s Salvation. Having met both brewers last year, I can imagine just how much fun they had coming up with the exact combination. The resulting combo beer was quite tasty! Both Salvations are Belgian style ales with 9.0% ABV, so the combination did pack quite a wallop. It was, however, an extremely drinkable beer with a sweet up front taste with a bit of hop bitterness at the end. Our bottle was from Batch 3, brewed in February 2009 and I’d definitely recommend trying it out.
Saturday night, we opened the Allagash Black. YUM! As you can see in the above picture, it’s a very dark beer that pours with a nice head. It’s not quite as high in alcohol at “only” 7.5% ABV. Poured right out of the refrigerator, it had a nice chocolatey stout flavor, with very little hop taste. I tend to drink fairly slowly, so this was room temperature long before I was done with it. I found that, like many of the dark beers I love, I enjoyed it even more “warm”. This is definitely on my buy again list.
On the running front, my schedule for the year is coming together. I’ve signed up for a few races and am getting closer to actually pushing the “buy” button on the marathon. Soon I’ll post my plans, so that hopefully I can meet up with some of my RBFs at a race. I’ve also signed up for dailymile, so if you track your activities over there, friend me!
Today’s plan called for three tempo miles at 10K pace. It was pouring down rain, so I hit the treadmill and watched “Love Actually” while I ran. I did a one mile warm up, miles 2 and 3 at an 8:49 pace and mile 4 at 8:33, with a half mile cool-down. (4.5 in 40:50) Even with a 1% incline, the pace felt way easier than I expected. Wonder if I’ll feel that way when I run that outside?
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  1. X-Country2 says

    January 18, 2010 at 4:15 am

    You two certainly do that beer game right!

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  2. Jamoosh says

    January 18, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I think you said something about running, but I wasn't paying attention! I'm going to have to look for the Allagash Black.

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  3. ajh says

    January 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    I'll be interested to see what marathon you are doing.

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  4. teacherwoman says

    January 18, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    mmmm…beer.

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  5. Marlene says

    January 18, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Nice job on the run! Looking forward to seeing your race plan for this year. I'm working on mine, too.

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  6. Missy says

    January 18, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Looking like some good beers to me! We'll have to ensure that we have some waiting on us in April!

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  7. Xenia says

    January 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    You may know that I'm pretty much a teetotaler, so I'm just gonna warn you that I bypassed all that beer talk. Sorry, dude.So, any of your races gonna take you across the Atlantic? Come on, how is an island perpetually under a storm cloud where an ornery graduate student resides not an attractive locale to run in? 😉

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  8. Badgergirl says

    January 18, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    Looks like some good drinks!

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  9. Rio says

    January 19, 2010 at 12:34 am

    I'm still working on my racing plans for the year. I'd been taking it 1-2 months at a time. Looking forward to your schedule so we can cheer you on!

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  10. Amanda says

    January 19, 2010 at 12:43 am

    Mmm that beer sounds great! Can't wait to hear what marathon you choose.

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  11. Rookie on the Run says

    January 19, 2010 at 12:57 am

    That beer sounds yummy! Good for you for getting your run in… even though it was on the treadmill. I hope you're going to say you are coming out here for the Rock 'n' Roll!! Ha ha… no pressure or anything. 🙂

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  12. Heather says

    January 19, 2010 at 2:24 am

    Nice tempo run on the treadmill!

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  13. Toni says

    January 19, 2010 at 5:21 am

    Good job on the run!

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  14. Jamie says

    January 20, 2010 at 1:54 am

    I'm enjoying a nice beer while reading about some others I now need to try 🙂 Great job on the run!

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