Monday, January 31, 2011

Empties!

So I went through most of the bottles from the past year and with 13 Beer Thursdays, The Night Of 100 Bottles, and other random events, we have hundreds of empties. I'm going to take them all to recycling this week, but if anyone wants them, let me know. Everything is in a case box, so you can cherry pick your favorites if you like, or just take them in bulk for home brew, decoration, or target practice.

I'll probably take them over on Wednesday, so let me know before then.

-Jay

Sunday, January 30, 2011

176 Different Beers in a Year

Well folks, the one year anniversary is coming up, and I just did a list of all of the beers we have had over the last year. There were 176 different beers opened over the 13 Beer Thursdays, with only 15 repeats. That's 191 bottles, and that doesn't count when we had multiple bottles of the same beer on a night.

I was kind of surprised at the beers we opened, but more than anything else, I was surprised what we didn't open. I know we've had multiple bottles of Dark Lord, different Surly Beers, and other that I remember, but they all only showed up a few times in the list. I guess it goes to show what we have been drinking on non Beer Thursday events too!

Well, I'm finalizing the list (there were a few pictures that were hard to see) and then I'll post it here, but here's a preview:

Supplication
Old Rasputin 12
Beer Geek Breakfast
Noctorum
Love Child
Nemesis 2009
Lucky Number 7
Bock
Yakima Twilight
Fire Rock
Russian Imperial Stout
Breakfast Stout
World Wide Stout
Java Head
Speedway Stout
Storm King Stout
Exit 1
XS Russian Imperial Stout 2008
The Abyss 2008
Dark Lord 2006
Wrath of Pecant
Theobroma 2008
Saison Rue
Saison Dupont
Gulden Draak
Abbey Ale
Maraedsous 10 Triple
Helios Summer Ale
Exit 4
Exit 16
Hazelnut Brown Nectar
Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Planet Bean Coffee Stout
Hop Rocket
Mad Elf
Pliny The Elder
Festina Peche
Crooked Tree
Reserve Special
Too Cream Stout
Fat Dog 2006
Piraat Ale
Beer Geek Breakfast
Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Sublimely Self-Righteous
Cockeyed Cooper
Black
Squall
Bam Biere
Burried Hatchet Stout
LeBleu
Love Child
Nest White Ale
Bruocsella 1900 Crand Cru
Van Twee
Hercules Double IPA
Raspberry Wheat Ale
Saison Du Buff
St. Terese's Pale Ale
Scratch Beer (Unknown)
Old Guardian
Seventeen
SahTea
Racer 5
Serum XX
XS Russian Imperial Stout 2010
Crème Brulee
Mokah
Planet Bean Growler
Smoked Porter Growler
Bourbon County Stout 2009
Imperial Stout
Yeti 2008
Guava Grove
Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti
Espresso Oak Aged Yeti
Too Cream Stout
KBS
Storm King Stout
Irish Stout
Flower Power
Bitches Brew
Love and Regert
Black
Duchess de Bourgogne
XX Bitter
Classic Geuze
Trappist 12
USAlive
It's Alive
Dubbel
Hiver
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Blue
Mischief
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Devious
Pumpkin
Autumn Maple
Pumpking 2008
Pumpking
Imperial Pumpkin
The Great Pumpkin
The Greater Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Night Owl Pumpkin
Harvest Pumpkin
Oktoberfest
Humidor IPA
CoCoNut Porter
1000 IBU
CoCoNut Porter
Bender
Fest
Wet
Maduro Brown
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Glacier Wet Hop
Imperial Porter
XXX IPA
Cadillac Mountain Stout
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Big A IPA
Barley Wine
Double Bag
Saint Botolph's town
Cosmic Monster
Two Headed Beast
Chocolate Bock
Flower Power
Smoke From the Oak Wine
Sculpin
Imperial Pumpkin
Bender
Bitter Brewer
Three French Hens
Wet Willey
Winter Warmer
Too Cream
Humidor IPA
Smoked Porter
Hop Harvest
Smoked Porter
Rauchbier
Pliny The Elder
Beer Geek Bacon
Smoke on the Water
Rauch Ur Bock
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Black Damnation 2 Mocha Bomb
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Mad Elf
Pere Noel
Noel
Marshal Zhukov
Santas Little Helper
Aved Les Bon Voeux
Splinter Black
Santas Butt 2008
Santas Butt
Crooked Tree
Criminally Bad Elf
Growler (Unknown)
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Scratch 37
Winter
Winter Wheat 08
Noel
Christmas 08
Samichlaus 08
Santas Little Helper
Duet
Nelson
Victory At Sea
Black Cat Stout
Coffee Bender
Infinium
Fred
Dark Intrigue
Oude Geuze
Hopus
Abbrasive
Hopslam
Scratch 39
Wake and Bake
Redemption
Nugget Nectar
Centennial
Gandahi Bot

Yeah, Wow... Thanks a ton for a great year, and get ready for the Anniversary Party on the 25th!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

One Year Anniversary Celebration!

Beer Thursdays one year anniversary is Febuary 25, which happens to be a Friday. I say we hold a blowout night, wi th 30 beers tasted over 6 hours!

6:30-12:30 on Friday, the 25th.

Because of everyones schedule, I think BeerThursdays may become a Friday/Saturday event in the future, so why not start on the one year anniversary?

So clear your cellar and your belly. Pizza will be ordered, maybe multiple times. The kegs WILLl be flowing, and many many bottles will be popped. I want to make sure all of the founding member will be able to attend, as well as the many honory members who have attended over the last year.

Are you ready for an epic beer tasting night?

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Long time no see

Here are the last few lineups