We took a trip down to beautiful
Blue Ridge, Georgia, for a weekend of tubing on the
Toccoa River and relaxing at a beautiful riverside cabin we rented. I had to have some good beer for such a trip, right?
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| Salute to the beautiful Toccoa River with a Landmark helles lager from Mill Creek Brewing in nearby Nolensville, TN. Other brews I brought and tried over the weekend were the Briney Melon Gose from Anderson Valley Brewing (CA), the Blue Paw Wild Blueberry fruit beer from Sea Dog (ME) and the Silo farmhouse ale also from Mill Creek. |
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| 9/5/16 - At dinner this evening in Blue Ridge at Chester Brunnenmeyer's Bar and Grill (best wings on the planet!) I had a Freak of Nature double IPA from Wicked Weed Brewing over in Asheville, NC. |
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| I tried a couple sips of the Campfire Pancakes cider from Woodchuck (VT) that my friend, Wayne, was drinking down on the river in Blue Ridge. I thought it was good and not too sweet, but this butterfly here thought differently I think. Great pic, Wayne! |
Blue Ridge also has a great little beer store called
The Bearding Bottle Shop and I procured a six-pack of the
Finestkind IPA from Smuttynose Brewing (NH) which I enjoyed at home over the next week or so.
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| Hillary at a craft brewery. Wonder who I am voting for? - Photo courtesy of 3 Daughters Brewing Twitter Account |
Friday, August 12, 2016 - I had the day off today and took a little
solo road trip down to Chattanooga to pick up my mother-in-law and bring her back to our house for a visit and on the way I made a couple of stops to places I have been wanting to visit for a good while now:
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| I was surprised at how really rural the Calfkiller Brewing Company location is in nearby Sparta, TN. They can only do samples here so I tried and bought a half-growler of the delicious Blueberry Harvest Trail Ale. |
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| When I got to Chattanooga I decided to stop by McHale's Brewhouse for a couple of their made-in-house beers. I had half-pints of the Mudslinger brown ale, a sip of their GABF gold-medal winning Scottish Pride ale, a sip of their impressive Imperial Scottish and finally The Apollo pale ale (my favorite of the bunch). I love the beer here, but the place is a real turn-off IMO...it's a former "beer joint" and I guess to appeal to former clients, it remains that in look and vibe. They allow smoking inside too which really sucks and doesn''t make me want to come back. Their beer is served in other outlets, so I guess I will have to look for it off-site until they change their ways here. |
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8/16/16 - I returned the favor to my friend, Quentin, with a free movie pass to see Hell or High Water with amazing performances by Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster and Chris Pine. It's easily my favorite film of 2016 so far. Before the movie, I stopped by the 12 South Taproom and had a couple half-pints that included Milchkaffee stout from Bell's Brewery (MI) and the really good Drew Curtis/Wil Wheaton/Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (2016) imperial stout from Stone Brewing (CA)...yes, they are still my favorite brewery of them all.
8/20/16 - Back in Chattanooga, I ordered a Black Mocha Stout from Highland Brewing (NC) with lunch at Tony's Pasta with Ashlee. Not a bad combo with pasta!
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| Woody says we need to drink more beer... |
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