James

Sounds tasty...

Couple new ones over the last week. Ballast Point West to East IPA is excellent. Golden Road Heal the Bay IPA is pretty solid too. Dogfish 61 Minute IPA, way too much of a wine flavor due to the grapes.

Not quite as heavy in my opinion but that is probably the closest comparison that I could think of.

How did you get your hands on an elusive bottle of Black Tuesday? I was given a Reserve Society membership for Christmas that guarantees me a bottle. Only released in October and only available at the brewery. It packs a punch for sure and is pretty good for such a high abv. I saw someone posted that the Bruery is not willing to make IPA's. This is somewhat true but it has to do with the differences in the brewery process between belgian styles and brewing ales. The equipment The Bruery uses is set up for belgians. Bruce, did you have the Sans Pagaie today? I picked up a few bottles and really like it but I am letting the others age. The Cherries actually are rather noticeable already but as it ages I am sure the cherries will really start to stand out.

The Bruery is a belgian brewery and not strictly sours, far from it as almost their entire reagular brews are in fact not sours. They are a belgian inspired brewery, they use a belgian yeast strain for almost all of their beers. You should check them out as they are one of the best breweries in the country. Orchard White, Saison Rue, Lokal Red, and Mischief are all excellent and regulars in the tap room. Bootleggers is awesome of course for the typical American Craft beer experience. I would also say go to Noble Ale Works before or after a game just to have a pint of their Naughty Sauce which is one of the most talked about beer in SoCal right now. I think they are just an average brewery outside of the Naughty Sauce. Gastropub wise, Haven in Orange and Slaters 50/50 are the best bets in the area. There are a lot more breweries in Los Angeles and the South Bay. The Congregation Ale House and Beachwood BBQ are also solid if you have the time or are in the Long Beach area. If you are up in LA hit up Mohawk Bend, Beer Belly or The Golden State. I can keep going but I think that should give you some great ideas beer wise.

Gotta love sports fans. Love you one minute and hate you the next. Arte has been a great owner, saying otherwise because you are frustrated just shows your ignorance.

Yeah, the 2.15 is really good and tough to beat.

So what do you all think of the new Enjoy By? Very drinkable for 9.4 %. I need to refill my growler already.

First Friday in Feb is now a ritual with me. First Sat in Feb. is Drakes... I was rather blown away with their spot up in Santa Rosa. Thinking of making it a 5 day trip next year and getting up to Anderson Valley as well.

As of this week Russian River has begun to seriously regulate how their beer is sold. No longer are stores allowed to keep product in backroom and must be on shelf. Also, the price has been significantly lowered to $4.99 per bottle. It will be interesting to see how much they can actually control this. Only way this works is if the consumers ensure that this practice is being followed. Now they need to do something about the Younger release. Considering that the brewery only charges $6.00 for a 10 oz glass, I am sure they are not happy that pubs are charging up to double that price. I know they were not happy that some places didnt tap their keg until after the end of February.

That was hilarious. I think it it wasnt 9 am or so and 9pm instead he would have took it further. The best is we were loud all the time and the bartender had our back no matter what. I really don't think I could handle doing that these days. May have to get it a try next campaign.

St bernardus is one of the best and reminds me of 7 am mornings at baldwins.

Seriously, do you really need to know such personal information? Creep

Been hanging out at Smog City quite a bit lately. Love the crew there and Amorilla Gorilla is a great easy drinking IPA. Look forward to the beers that they will be releasing soon as well. For those who like Belgian beer, head over to Monkish in Torrance and support these guys. Feminist and Rosa's Hips are right up there with all Belgian style beers. What is nice is that these two are across the street from each other. Going to be awesome when Dudes officially opens up in the area as well. It is great to see that within a few minutes you can hit up Beachwood, Strand, Monkish, Smog City, El Segundo Brewery, and Dudes. South Bay is becoming a rising craft beer mecca. Will be up at Firestone on Saturday for their annual festival...can't wait.

Selling Dodger/Angels tixs and flipping that money to buy tixs to game 3 for the WCF, priceless. This will be a tough test for the Kings. I would say that the hawks have the second best offensive attack this season. As long as Quick keeps up the amazing play, they have a great shot.

Been drinking a lot of Dudes Brewery lately. Cant wait for the cans to be released in a few months. These guys are going to get huge over the next few years. Their Juice Box Series is going to be legit if they continue with brews like the Blood Orange they have done. Their IPA's are great. If you are in the HB area, head over there tonight at 5 pm and try them out over at Slaters for their tap takeover for ACBW. Get a free glass as well. Went to lunch today and had a new IPA to the area, Fremont Homefront double IPA. Pretty good overall but not great. Interesting that they brew the beer with unfinished Louisville Slugger bats. A bit too malty and not quite hoppy enough for myself. The brewer of this beer is former Mariner Chris Ray and a portion of profits go to Operation Homefront. Give it a shot if you come across it.

Yeah, I am sure we are going to get an impact arm in a trade in May with the talent we have to offer another club.

They are getting it going at the right time. Looking excellent.

No worries the Angels will probably acquire Billingsley in the offseason, pitching deemed fixed.

So they still have better pitching than the Angels? I don't feel bad for them.....yet

And that is where journalism has gone these days...

I would take him on the Angels. Douche or not, heck of a talent and plays the game the right way.

Trading Donn Roach may end up being a mistake as well. Liked the little that I saw of him and he hasn't fallen off yet. Roach, Corbin and Skaggs would be pretty nice to have as of right now.

I like Sellers stance there as with the Padres guy. Are they about to slap box?

Sumo wrasslin', now that would have been funny.