Summ(BE)er Time

6/9 - I saw Warcraft  tonight in IMAX 3D with my pal, Wayne.  Not the best, not the worst.

6/11 - I went to Tunica for a poker tournament and didn't have much luck with the cards, but the beer luck was much better.  I went back to Wiseacre Brewing in Memphis tonight  and toasted the full moon with a Tarasque farmhouse ale

6/12 - With some time to kill before any beer was served on this Sunday in the South, I decided to drive an hour or so south to Oxford, MS, and check out the campus of Ole Miss which I had heard a lot about, but had never seen in person.  Nice campus overall.  The Grove was a little underwhelming IMO, but worth a look I guess.

 I made my first visit to Made In Memphis Brewing on the way home and had a RockBone IPA and a Greenswarden IPA, both of which were very solid.

6/13 - Had some great Thai food up on the square here in Lebanon at Bangkok Pad Thai and had a Chang Beer lager in a bottle from Thailand that wasn't too bad.

6/23 - Stopped by my favorite Nashville beer bar, The Homegrown Taproom, on the way to see Independence Day - Resurgence on the IMAX screen (it was OK) and had a Crack Rabbit Belgian-style pale ale from Calfkiller Brewing (Sparta, TN), a Daddy-O Pilsner from Yazoo Brewing here in Nashville and a Bitter Serenity session IPA from New Heights Brewing, yet another new microbrewery here in Nashville.  

I had a Viven Smoked Porter from Van Viven Brewery (Belgium) at Bob's Steak and Chop House in downtown Nashville along with an excellent dinner.  Later that evening I checked in a Sly Rye Porter from Yazoo Brewing at the newish Bakersfield Taco Bar which I had definitely had before but before I started using the UNTAPPD app.

7/1 - Poker night at The Barn (location undisclosed) and while I lasted a long time, but with no result$$$  I did have a few new brews including a pint can of Alloy American Pale Ale (photo above) from Tin Man Brewing (IN) and a pretty nasty (IMO) Half Pipe Tart Pale Ale from Tallgrass Brewing (KS).  I just can't get into these sour beers.  

We had a long July 4 weekend at the new pool so I grabbed a couple of variety six-packs from the Mt. Juliet Beer Company that included:

Poolside Ale (how appropriate!) - a pale wheat ale from Bell's Brewery (MI)
Trail Angel Weiss heff from Devil's Backbone Brewing (VA)
Jammer gose from the slim-canners, Six Point Brewing (NY)
The Crisp pilsner also from Six Point
Cardinal Pale Ale from Nebraska Brewing
White Blackbird saison farmhouse ale from Wild Heaven Craft Beers (GA)
 SPF50/50 radler (also appropriate and photo above) from Red Hare Brewing (Atlanta)
Brunette Nut Brown Ale also from Nebraska Brewing
Wayfarer IPA from Green Man Brewing (Asheville, NC)
Summer gose from Yazoo Brewing in Nashville
and the awesomely named Beerito Mexican/Vienna Lager from Oskar Blues Brewery (CO)

Here, hold my beer...