OctoBEER

Screw you, Matthew!!

10/6 - We had to cancel our annual guys-trip to see the Titans play on the road this year.  We were all set to go to Miami, but our plans were squashed thanks to Hurricane Matthew moving in on the day we were supposed to arrive.  Thanks a lot, a-hole...

10/9 - The gathering this year was reduced to two as my friend, Danny, and I met at Smokin' Thighs in Nashville today to eat some great wings and see the Titans win (of course) in Miami on one of the TVs there.  With lunch I had a Honey Juniper farmhouse ale from Cold Fusion Brewing, a new (to me at least) craft brewery out of Knoxville.  After the game I stopped  by 12 South Taproom for a pint of the amazing cask-conditioned Alloy Poblano Cucumber Lime ale from Tin Man Brewing up in Evansville, IN.  This was my first five-star rated beer on the UNTAPPD app in a very long time.  Absolutely outstanding!  On the way home I stopped and saw the fairly-well-done flick, War Dogs, at the 2-buck cheap theater in Antioch.

I was a bachelor this week with Ashlee gone with her mom and niece on a cruise.  One of my duties was to take our tiny 16-year-old cat, Mabel, to the vet.  You can see by the look on her face on the way home, she was not amused.  This has nothing to do with beer...it's just hilarious.

10/10 - I saw another really good film tonight called The Accountant  with my friend, Quentin, thanks to a free sneak-peek offer at the theaters at Green Hills Mall.   Beforehand, I stopped by Craft Brewed in Nashville for a few half-pints including the Rowdy rye beer from Atlas Brewing (Washington, DC), the Extra Dry saison from Stillwater Artisanal Ales in Baltimore and the so-so Hoppy Birthday session IPA also from Atlas.  

While at Craft Brewed yesterday, I also picked up a six-pack of District Common lager from Atlas Brewing in D.C. which I had with some delicious brats out on the patio at our house today as my official kick off autumn!

10/11 - It was another movie-night as my friend, Wayne, and I saw Deepwater Horizon in IMAX.  Before the show, I stopped by Southern Grist Brewing in East Nashville (photo above - one of my favorite local beer logos) where I had their [Insert Juicy Pun] IPA and the Deep Dive saison (seemed appropriate with tonight's film).  Both were excellent and these guys continue to be one of my favorite local breweries.  Then, I met Wayne for dinner before the show at The Hop Stop where I also had a couple half-pints including  the Stone Enjoy By 10.31.16 Tangerine IPA and the Princess Wanda dark ale by Nashville's own Jackalope Brewing.

10/14 - I took the afternoon off today to meet up with Wayne for Opening Night for the Nashville Predators 2016/2017 Season.  Before heading to the arena I stopped by Craft Brewed again and had a pint of Bulldog Red Irish Ale (photo below) from Cranker's Brewery (MI) and a Woodland Street Mosaic session IPA from the fairly new East Nashville Beer Works.

I moved on to The Picnic Tap at the Nashville Farmer's Market to kill a little more time (and a few more brain cells?) with a quite refreshing Lemon Lime Basil Kolsch from Garr's Beer Company and a terrific Munich Pale ale from New Heights Brewing from here in Nashville.

We gathered in the rain to watch our team enter the arena on the Gold Carpet and I got some great up-close shots of many of the team and even a high-five from our  awesome goal-tender, Pekka Rinne!

Our center-ice seats were fantastic and the the 3-2 win over the hated Chicago Blackhawks was even better!!

10/15 - I continued my "Weekend with Wayne" today as we decided to take a road-trip northeast and check out Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Kentucky and since it was a full moon hopefully see the famous moon-bow it can create, a natural phenomenon that only happens here in the entire northern hemisphere of the planet.  

On the way up we stopped in Cookeville at Father Tom's Pub for an excellent lunch and I was able to have a couple of pints as well including the Weizen-Up Hefeweizen from one of Tennesee's newest craft breweries (and Cookeville's first), Red Silo Brewing. I followed that up with a great Clawhammer Oktoberfest from Highland Brewing over in Asheville, NC.

With the fall colors just starting to turn Cumberland Falls is stunning in the daylight as well.

Success!!  Not only did we get to see the famous moon-bow, Wayne was even able to capture in on film.   Nice job, bud! 

10/16 - I completed my Wayne's World Weekend by attending the Titans-Browns game with him and our boys hung on for their second consecutive win, a .500 record, and a much-needed home win as well.  Baby steps, Titans fans, baby steps.

After the game I stopped by M.L. Rose Craft Beer and Burger Bar for some early dinner and a pint of the Yee-Haw Dunkel lager from Yee-Haw Brewing up in Johnson City, TN.

10/22 - My fave local beer store, The Mt. Juliet Beer Company, has expanded eastward over here to Lebanon in the new Lebanon Wine and Spirits store which will have high-gravity beer and growler fills.  I christened the new store with a 1/2 growler purchase of the Fall Lager (2016) from Yazoo Brewing.

10/29 - Come on, Cubbies!!  While in Chattanooga visiting my mother-in-law, I enjoyed a couple of cans of Even Keel Session IPA from Ballast Point Brewing (San Diego) while watching Game 4 of the 2016 World Series between Chicago and Cleveland, which didn't go well for the Cubs, unfortunately.  The impressive Cleveland starting pitching rotation looks like it's just too much for the young Chicago team...but we shall see....