Holiday Beer

Here's a quick list of what I enjoyed

 over the 2013 Christmas/New Year's holidays:

Good People Brown Ale (Birmingham, AL) - (can) -   I gave a 6-pack Christmas gift to my brother-in-law and he gave me one in return.  Thanks, Andy!

Boulder (CO) Brewing Chocolate Stout draught at The Pharmacy Burger Bar in East Nashville

Blind Faith English IPA bottle from Magic Hat (VT) at home from the MJBC - last of a variety 4-pack

East India Pale Ale  in a can from Brooklyn (NY) Brewing at The Slider House in Nashville (where they only serve canned beer)

At our New Year's Eve party - Kentucky Bourbon Ale (bottle), Einstok Olgerid Iceland White Ale, Shake Chocolate Porter from Boulder (CO) (bottle), Lacto-Matic Milk Stout from Flat 12 Bierworks (IN) - (bottle), Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale from Wells & Young's Brewing (England) - (bottle), Accumulation Winter White IPA from New Belgium (CO)- (bottle)

Lily Flagg Milk Stout from Straight to Ale Brewing in Huntsville, AL, in a bottle at The Flying Saucer in Nashville

Deviant Dale's from Oskar Blue's (CO)  in a pint can also at The Flying Saucer

1/5 - Moo Hoo White Chocolate Stout (Athens, GA) (bomber bottle).  This VERY limited production was a surprise Christmas stocking stuffer for my wife, Ashlee, who loves their regular Moo Hoo.  She was nice enough to share it with me one cold weekend along with some delicious chili she had made. Special thanks to Mike at the Mt. Juliet Beer Company for the hook-up.  Don't worry, Mike, no one reads this blog, so your secret is safe.

1/9 - I had a bottle of Shocktop Chocolate Wheat - Ann./Busch (MO) - (not bad for a mass-produced beer) and Snake Dog IPA from Flying Dog Brewing (MD) while playing poker locally here in Lebanon with a group of 9 other guys who invited me this year to play once a month for a chance to play in the WSOP Main Event.  I was eliminated from chance to play in the 2014 World Series, but came in 3rd in points overall, so not bad for my first year, and I get a small piece of the winner if he happens to cash at the event in July.  Can't wait to give it another whirl this year!