working towards 365

Well if Nate thinks we should be at 157, then I am actually still ahead of my 2 a day pace, which is outstanding. I think the Fiddler's Green IPA I had after work and the 22 of Stone Ruination IPA (100 IBUs, which I think is a lot) puts me at about 332. Brewfest and 365, here I come. Also, this bottle is cool enough to share with you.

On the front it says "A Liquid poem to the golory of the hop!"

On the back it says: ru-in-a-tion \ roo' a-na' shen \ n. The act of ruining or the condition of being ruined; a severe state of damage; destruction achieved by wrecking.

Stone Ruination IPA. So called because of the immediate ruinous effect on your palate. The moment after the first swallow, all other food and drink items suddenly become substantially more bland then they were just seconds before. By the time you develop a taste for this beer, you may find that you are premanently ruined from being able to enjoy lesser brews. Good. We freely admit to goind this. On purpose even! People are sometimes crazy enough to thank us for this assault. To which we reply "You're Welcome."

There is a lot more, but I am tired of typing instead of drinking, so I will just add that this beer is fucking good. If you like IPA, buy this beer. Totally worth the hefty $5.50 price tag. Either as good or better than stone's arrogant bastard, and by the sound of things just as arrogant. I want more. Seriously, someone give me some please. Having this makes up for my laziness in not going to get the vertical epic ale the day after my birthday. Cause this is good.

Nate's Beers #77-80

Beer #77 (Thursday)- I got home from work and cracked up a Firehouse 5 Steam Pumper IPA. I don't know what the deal is but I've been on one helluva IPA kick lately. And I've come to the realization that Steam Pumper IPA just may be the same stuff as Pizza Schmizza's IPA and Harvey Comedy Club's IPA. Since it's brewed by Portland Brewing I think I may be on to something here. More. Research. Needed.

Beer #78 (Friday)- As I was heading home to Portland my buddy Jack called and asked me if I'd like to join him for some disc golf and Pier Park. I said "fuck yeah" and made my way home, changed, grabbed my discs and some brews and made my way out to the park. I enjoyed a Fiddler's Green IPA (another one!) and followed that up with a couple of Broken Halos. Afterwards we headed back to Jack's were we enjoyed some Heines and a little chat with the coach.

Beer #79 (Saturday)- After Gus and I dominated at wiffleball (we're now 10-0) I made my way back up to Longview for a little Cinco de Drinko action. I stopped by the Guttormsen resident and had a Corona with Erik. After that we started in on my fifth of Milagro tequila. Over the course of the evening I would go on to finish said fifth. Good times (from what I remember)!

Beer #80 (Sunday)- Last night while sitting around watching TV I cracked open a brewski I had been saving for a while. It was a wonderful New Belgium 2 Below. Just like the other New Belgium brew's, it was delicious. I can't wait for Summer to get here and bring the lovely Skinny Dip seasonal with it....