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First Annual "Night Before Christmas Eve" Beer Tasting

Twas the night before Christmas Eve
And to nobody's fault
The only thing stirring
was yeast, hops, and malt!

We all gathered round
the kitchen bar without a care
with hopes that our ratings
would accurately fare

We called out...

Dogfish Pangaea, Magic Hat Number 9
Breckenridge Brew, and Mocha Porter behind!
Circus Boy Hefe, Nasferatu, Red's Rye
Three Floyd's and Rusty's Imperial oh my!

It was Mandy and Jenna, Jason Amanda and I
Papparatzi and Helanka, the crew assembled on high
We gave our best rankings, we were up for the task
And the winners became clear, from the first to the last

After the festivities ended, we were merry with delight
and we all exclaimed to each other...

Merry Night Before Christmas Eve, and to all a good night!



Above: The Family Getting Ready for the Tasting


Above: Jenna explaining the nuances of flavor
in the Hop Wallop IPA, and Mandy realizing
Jenna would not say quite the same thing if
she hadn't tasted 15 kinds of beers


Above: Jason reflecting on the ginger notes in the
Dogfish Head Pangaea, and Amanda graciously agreeing.


Above: Rusty and Jason toasting to years
of stories together - some still untold.


Above: Glass reflecting, beers hanging out,
and pens and voting cards strewn about


According to Jenna's mathematical formula tallied by individual votes...

The winners are (Above - starting mid-photo, from left to right):
5. Magic Hat Brewery, Number 9
4. Rogue Brewing, Mocha Porter
3. Ralston & Smith Brewing, Rusty's Imperial IPA
2. Three Floyd's Brewery, Dreadnaught Imperial IPA
1. Dogfish Head Brewing, Pangaea Ale

Merry Christmas!

this holiday life

photo / design by rusty.

this was inspired by wanting to do a composite band photo and including some other elements like a landscape view of boulder from the hill above my house. it turned out a little too much like another band photo i like, but i didn't mean to emulate any particular style. i dig it. click to enlarge.