February 28th, 2010 by sarah
After ceasing production of the “Zotten” beer due to trademark rights of Brugse Zot, a beer produced by De Halve Maan, Weyerbacher has released the beer’s new name after “checking very carefully (for obvious reasons) to see that its OK to use” (Weyerbacher press release). So drum roll please…. it’s the Verboten, another way of saying “forbidden.” Obviously, they aren’t scared of those big corporate lawyers from that tiny little InBev corporation. Because VerboTen bears a striking resemblance to Hoegaarden VerboDen Vrucht (Forbidden Fruit), a Belgian strong dark ale. Perhaps Weyerbacher should go with Verbatim, as in word for word, because they keep seeming to pick the wrong word to name their beer.
February 26th, 2010 by sarah
Local weathermen did their best Chicken Little impressions (”the sky is falling, the sky is falling”) to warn us of the impending blizzard that never progressed into more than a few inches of the white stuff. While the roads were passable, I still can’t fathom why so many people were on their freaking phones driving around. And one dumbass was texting! I can imagine that conversation: “OMG. Snow is totally blowing over the roads. LOL@plow driver! Whoa, almost spun off the road! LMAO, maybe I should put the phone down.” Hey moron, it’s idiots like you that cause stupid accidents. Get off the phone, or at least pirouette yourself into a ditch on the side of the road so those of us who aren’t so dumb can still drive by.
February 25th, 2010 by sarah
At a few Monday night tastings ago…
You’d think it would come in a box, wouldn’t you? ;p
Thanks to Dr. Joel for his incredible cell phone camera capabilities!
February 22nd, 2010 by sarah
Nothing like upsetting the hometeam on their turf! Canadians are known for two things- hockey and “eh?” and after losing 5-3 to the US men’s hockey team Sunday, they’re doing a lot of “eh, eh, eh???”
And I can’t possibly be the only one perplexed by ice skating/dancing. Obviously I’m no expert and can’t discern a triple bo biple from a cartwheel so I can’t judge on technicalities, so I usually just root for them to fall. It’s much more interesting watching ice ass-scraping anyways.
I do love watching snowboarding. I wish I could do a McLeggo my Eggo and all those other moves those guys have perfected. Big air scores big. I can’t believe they land some of those moves without digging snow out of their netherlands for days afterwards.
Biathlon is pretty awesome too. Part sharp shooter, part cross country sprinting. We should be recruiting in inner city schools, where many students are already familiar with popping off a few shots and high-tailing it out of there.
As an aside, the Chargers released LT. We all knew that was coming but it’ll be sad to see him go. Hopefully we freed up enough money to “buy” us the Lombardi.
February 12th, 2010 by sarah
Mother Nature crashed the 4th annual Belgium Comes to West Chester event last Saturday at Iron Hill, dumping copious amounts of powder on the streets. While the locals crowded the front bar (mostly because their cars were stuck under 2′ of snow), it took awhile for the beer geeks to dig their cars out and slide on ice sheets to find the last few parking spaces. But if you brew it, they will come. I actually appreciated having a little elbow room to double fist two of the more than 40 beers on tap from Iron Hill, as well as many guest taps. Some of the coveted IH brews included Farmer Chuck and Nocturnum while Ithaca brought Le Bleu, my favorite of the night.
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