criticalmass wrote on 12/20/10 at 12:45am:


They had it at Total Wine on Park two weeks ago.  They had it behind the counter, so you may have to ask for it.  Last year they had a good stock at Earthfare, so you may want to check there also.

Cold Mountain is definitely more bitter this year.  Anchor Steam Christmas '10 tastes more like Cold Mountain has the past 2-3 years (I thought the Anchor was terrible for '09).

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Impaler 58 wrote on 12/23/10 at 9:56am:


I stopped by there today and they had a good selection of bottles on hand (warm).  Prices ranged from $2 - $7.50 per bottle for the beers I noticed.  No prepackaged 6 packs for less.  As mentioned he is gearing up to be full service and was happy to hear the word was getting out.

My selection....  The fruity ales were Melissa's choice

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Attention Hop heads, it's time to start prowling for the Belles Hopslam. Usualy hits in 1st Qtr and won't last long.

Anyone seen any yet?

I don't drink much beer. But I can contribute this for all you beer drinkers out there.

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Has anyone seen a product called Hop Up. It's a tea bag with hops in it. So you can Hop up a weak beer, or you can Hop Up a Hoppy beer and make it extreamly hoppy. I got some for Christmas, pretty cool

Shredder wrote on 12/28/10 at 7:42pm:


Wow, what a coincidence.

I wish I had grown up near the Semonski sisters.

Here's another LW clip that's always good for a laugh.

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The story was, Lawrence Welk liked the song and thought it was pop Gospel music. And didn't know what the word 'toke' meant and nobody on the show was willing to tell him. 

What's ironic is it appeared on the LW show a week or two after Richard Nixon called the original song writers/performers Brewer and Shipley 'public miscreants', after hearing the song.

For you younger types, here's the original 1971 recording.

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beer with my name. I suppose I'll have to try it. (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Tried Atwater Block Vanilla Java Porter while in Buffalo NY w/ with yankee wife over the holidays. Pretty good but a little bitter. Tried some  Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter and it was sublime. Hoppy New Year to all.

Says on website that Hopslam is being released on January 14. Also Larry Bell is going to be in Asheville on January 19. 5-7pm at Bruisin Ale, then 7-????pm at the thirsty monk. Too bad it's the middle of the week, or I would be there(Thirsty Monk)