Back List Reading - First Half of the Year

To mark the blog's half-birthday, I'm selecting several entries from each month to create a primer in case you're just joining us (rather than read all 183 posts). I chose the entries based on three criteria:

• either it was important to the evolution of our beer-every-day (defining rules, the first one star rating, beer festivals, etc) 
• I love the picture that day (I'm easily amused)
• I thought the entry was worth a chuckle but...

nothing more than a snortle. If laughter is the best medicine, this crap couldn't cure a case of the sniffles. But it's scientifically proven to be excellent hangover and bathroom material. Read it wisely. Enjoy!

Sincerely,

August 2010

• The Beginning: Allagash Tripel Reserve
• Firestone Walker Brewery! Discovering Solace
• Unibroue Noire de Chambly - the first 11:59pm beer
• Ommegang Three Philosophers may be Wise but you taste BARF
• Green Flash Le Freak is freaky delicious
• Ommegang Hennepin delivers
• Christmas Time in August: Something special from Unibroue, Quelque Chose
• When Splinter from TMNT makes funny you, you say he's being a...

September 2010

• Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse Dunkel Joins Delicious Ribs and Queso con Chorizo in My Belly
• Schneider & Sohns Aventinus - Warrior or Annalist?
• Stone Ruination Double IPA with Amarillo Hops, Cask Conditioned
• Rogue American Amber Ale Fights Terrorists
• Brewdog Hardocre IPA 9.2 Imperial Ale is a forget-me-not
• Don't Fear The Reaper...Mortality Stout
• Green Flash Brewing Grand Cru Steals Fire from the Gods

October 2010

• Goose Island Matilda and Chicago are AWESOME
• Big Eye IPA kicks off BALLAST POINT BREWERY week
• Moonday Night Brings Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA
• LA Beer Week: Dogfish Head Theobroma
• LA BEER FEST at Union Station, where it's Beer O'Clock...from 1-4pm on Sunday
• Lagunitas Little Sumpin' WILD
• LaLa and the Story of the Delicious Stone 10.10.10. Vertical Epic
• Brooklyn Brewery Local 1 post 80's coverband Rubix Cube
• PUMPKIN ALE WEEK! Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale

November 2010

• Shipyard (Signature) Smashed Pumpkin - Gimmie Some Spice!
• Lips of Faith Sahti is Finnishly Sharp
• 90 DAYS!
• Arrogant Bastard sucker punched me to kick off Stone Brewery Week
• Stone Ruination couldn't destroy this evening
• Vertical Flight of Stone Old Guardian 2008-2010
• Stone Imperial Russian Stout aids my first Home Brew!
• Bruery Tasting Room! 2 Turtle Doves fellatio'd my tongue
• Belgian restaurant Broken Spoke in Houston services me well
• Skyscraper Winter Warmer does nothing of the sort; also, meet LINUS

December 2010

• Anchor Steam Xmas Ale helps me read good and do other stuff good as well
• At the Surly Goat, Craftsman Monkey See Money Do isn't an evil monkey living in your closet
• Corsendonk Christmas Ale ushers in the holidays deliciously
• Sam Adams Coastal Wheat and the Company Christmas Party
• Bootlegger's Mint Chocolate Porter and the tale of two breweries
• St. Arnold Brewery Tour and Tasting in Houston!
• Shiner Blonde is one of my favorite beeeeers --> a personal favorite
• Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfe-Weisse dump trucks excellence on me the night before Christmas
• Shiner Dortmunder and the Shiner Brewery Excursion
• Brewdog Bashah is loco and I like it
• Monkshine Belgian Style Pale Ale is nicely drinkable

January 2011

• Lips of Faith Vrienden a Allagash & New Belgium collaboration is what bees drink
• King Moonracer's Revenge - Walker's First Home Brew
• King Moonracer's Revenge: A Guest Blog by Karl Kalinkewicz
• Le Chouffe Houblon Dobblen IPA Tripel helps us brew our own Belgian Style IPA
• St. Arnold Christmas Ale is on par with TIME COP
• Saint Arnold Elissa IPA after a legend's memorial service
• Winter Hook Winter Ale watches David's legos and helps me vanquish my online enemies (who are probably teenage kids)
• Victory Prima Pilsner is weird but in a good way, like going to the gym drunk
• The Bruery Provisions Series is Old Richland is the last of its kind
• Kona Wipeout and the Craft Beer Festival at Whole Foods is the Best. Deal. Ever