Let’s see…what have I had the last few days…
NYE dinner was at an awesome pizza shop in Kensington, MD called
Frankly Pizza. The owner’s wife used to work with my wife, so we’ve watched the business grow from an idea to a mobile unit to a booming brick and mortar. They have 4 beers and 4 wines on tap. I had DC Brau’s The Corruption and Starr Hill Snow Blind. I just can’t get into DC Brau. The beers of theirs I’ve had just aren’t that good to me. Snow Blind was great. Actually helped balance the heat from the pizzas I had (pickled jalapeños do the trick).
Spent the ball drop with some friends. Had fresh cans of Manor Hill IPA, which is one of the better MD IPAs out there. Helped share in my friend’s 4 Hands Chocolate Milk Stout Variety Gift Pack. Already had OG, so we had the Tiki and Horchata versions. Quite tasty. We also split a 4 Hands/Stone/Bale Breaker Sorry Not Sorry, which was decent. Most of the Stone collabs seems to be just ok. Points Unknown I think is still my fave. Looking forward to NXS though.
Had a flight at my favorite beach watering hole on Saturday. Oskar Blue Hotbox Coffee Porter, Magic Hat Snow Roller, Mispillion River Praetor, Troegs Mad Elf, and 2
in house brews, a winter warmer and a pale ale.
Getting some New England goodies from a friend of mine this weekend. He made his holiday trip to see the in-laws in CT and goes on a Heady hunt. I’m getting a small sample of his load: Heady Topper, Tree House Julius, Sap, & Eureka, Lawson Sip of Sunshine and Special Session #2, and Fiddlehead Second Fiddle. I’m really excited as I’ve only had half of these beers (heady, julius, sip).