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...]
