Monday, July 27, 2009

Beer Porn, Pliny and the Lake

Calm down it's not what you think. Beer Porn is typically pictures of your latest beer haul. Maybe because it turns us beer geeks on, I don't know. Regardless, this is my latest haul via San Diego.
This weekend I brewed up a clone of Schlafly's Tripel. I was pretty upset because I wasn't able to get a gravity reading. Once again I learned my lesson on not drinking while brewing. We started off slow and wound up drinking several Smokestacks and other beers that I should have saved for sipping on. One of the many casualties was Pliny the Elder by Russian River (bottled on my birthday just a couple weeks ago). This beer continues to be rated in the top 10 on several websites. According to BeerAdvocate this is rated No. 7. I have two more that will probably be gone soon.

Later that night we hit up one of my favorite spots to hang out, Castaways at Smithville Lake. This bar and grill sits on one of the Marinas at the lake. They have bands that play Blues or Classic Rock while you grab a bucket of beer and have some good food. The service is usually not good but that just gives you more time to sit out on the lake and watch the big boats roll in. Yes it's probably going to be 30 mins to an hour drive for most of KC but it is worth the drive to check it out once, and it makes you feel like you're on vacation. Apparently we came back to my place and kept drinking.

4 comments:

Jared said...

I'm not a super hop head, but even I love me some Pliny. That beer is so well constructed that it continues to shine. Nice haul

markbe said...

nice haul! post a review of that decadence 08 whenever you get around to drinking it.

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