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Flights of Beer Fancy

JJT — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:37:05 +0000

Last Thursday was the Arthur’s Day, the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Arthur Guinness signing the lease for the St. James Gate brewery. The James Joyce Pub decided to participate in the celebration by offering a “flight” of the beers brewed by Guinness–Guinness, the Guinness 250, Harp, and Smithwick’s.

It was the tastiest flight I have had in a long time.

Walking Down a Culinary Memory Lane

JJT — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:30:00 +0000

In a little more than two weeks, I will be joining some fellow BU alumni in Boston to attend the Beanpot. By matter of coincidence, Serious Eats today posted about Sunset Grill & Tap, a place where my friends and I spent way too much time thanks to their cornucopia of beers and tasty pub grub. The post was a nice walk down memory lane for me.

The reviewer was not too keen on the food, but I always thought they did the pub standards very well. Personally, the nachos were the standard by which all other nachos were judged. As for beers, the selection there was like none other.

Wrapping Up Independence Day Weekend

JJT — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:54:30 +0000

I took Thursday off of work to start the holiday weekend early and to pay a visit to my grandfather. I only stayed overnight on account of some plans on the 4th, but it was good to see him. It was also good to see some my uncle, but my other relatives who live in Ocean Pines were on a cruise and returning on Friday. Unfortunately, I wound up doing a fair amount of work as I dealt with the project I used to work on and also had to deal with some change requests that came in late on Thursday night.

Independence Day was a good time. After I returned from the beach, I grabbed some delicious beers from the Wine Source and headed over to my friends’ house in Federal Hill. Food, beer, good conversation, and an occasionally soggy view of the fireworks ensued. One of the beers that I bought was Hebrew Messiah Bold, a dark nut brown ale that was pretty tasty. Originally purchased merely on the name and label alone, it turned out to be a good choice. L’Chaim!

Saturday wound up being an interesting evening catching up with some friends that I missed over the holiday. We wound up drinking some beers and staying out much later than I wanted to, but the highlight of the evening had to be running into three people I went to Catholic school and have not seen for at least 10 years. Suffice to say that my mind was blown for the rest of the night.

Today, as I wound down the weekend and prepared to get back to work, I grabbed some brunch in Locust Point, enjoyed some good conversation, and had an overall good time. I am going to spend a tiny bit of time gaming on the computer, then I am going to call it an early evening and get ready for work tomorrow.

Another holiday weekend down, and it’s already July! Where has this summer gone?