For only the second time since Jones was born, Beer Geek and I went away for TWO nights. Woohoo! And we went all the way to DC, a distance of about 5 miles LOL. The view from our hotel room After checking into our hotel, we headed over to the Brickskeller for the Lupulin Reunuless. The speaker list read like a "Who's Who" in craft brewing. (Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada, Kim Jordan of New Belgium, Rob Tod of Allagash, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head, Greg Koch of Stone, Bob Pease of the Brewers Association, and Bill Madden of Virginia’s brand new Mad Fox Brewpub) Each brewer had brought 2 beers for a total of 12 beers to taste. As per usual, they'd brought some unusual and/or hard to find beers. I finally got to taste the … [Read more...]
Lupulin Reunulin and Savor
As I've mentioned before, this past weekend was all about beer. Beer Geek and I got to attend two of our favorite beer events: the Lupulin Reunion* and Savor. We attended both last year, but they weren't back to back, so it was a little easier. This past weekend was a little like running a half marathon one day and a full marathon the next day, but a lot more fun. (If you don't come here to read about beer, then all I have for you today is that I'll be running a few miles on the treadmill in the new shoes since it's raining and I can't get them dirty until I know I'm keeping them. And that big holiday, National Running Day? Yeah well, didn't get to run at all yesterday. Sigh. ) Now, on to the beer: Lupulin Reunulin This … [Read more...]
All Beer, No Running
This weekend was AMAZING! We went to a beer tasting on Friday night and Savor on Saturday night. I'll write a post on each event later when I've recovered from too much food, a lot of beer, and not nearly enough sleep. Here I am all dressed up for our evening out on Friday. The boys insisted on being in the picture with me. When we got home Friday night, my parents had already arrived and both boys were sound asleep! The boys had had three different babysitters that night, as we needed to leave before our usual babysitter got off work and then my parents beat us to our house. After a day spent hanging out, doing yard work and a soccer game with Jones (he scored TWO goals!), Beer Geek and I got dressed up to head to Savor. Thanks … [Read more...]
