What are You Drinking RIGHT NOW? II

[Purc]

Enjoying a nice IPA at the Top of The Rock, Jasper Highlands development in Jasper TN on the way back from visiting the Lodge cast iron factory in South Pittsburg TN.

[MBMorgan]

Drink and drive..

OK, Kjetil ... so you've brought back ancient memories of "The (Mis)adventures of an American home-brewer new to living in Norway": Back in the late 90's, we moved from the USA to Stavanger. At the time, I was a VERY active home-brewer of beer and, once settled, started searching for the ingredients to continue my hobby. One day, SWMBO and I went searching all over Stavanger for a store that might sell brewing supplies ... and we found nothing. Until. I eventually found a very helpful Norwegian gentlemen working in a store (I don't remember which one) who had some familiarity with home brewing.

Fortunately, his English was MUCH better than my Norwegian, and he recommended that we go to a place called "Alcohol Land" (at least that's the way it sounded to me) in the town of Sandnes (just a few km south of Stavanger) to buy what I needed. I remember thinking "Alcohol Land"??? Wow, these Norwegians are some real serious party animals!

In Sandnes, we drove around ... and around ... and around ... and around the warehouse district that contained the address that we had been given. No "Alcohol Land". Nothing even close. Then, after about the tenth loop through the area, I noticed a warehouse with a sign that said "LK Haaland". After about the fifteenth loop, I realized that, in Norwegian, "LK Haaland" would be pronounced something very much like "El" "Caw" "Haw" "Land" ... which to English-speaking ears sounds awfully close to "Alcohol Land".

After another few loops ... and still feeling pretty stupid, I stopped at the LK Haaland warehouse and found what I needed. The results weren't great (it was an amateurish beer kit from the UK) ... but it was (barely) ok. And I kept "Alcohol Land" on my go-to list for the remaining years that we lived there.

[Elton's BBQ]

Thanks for the good story brother!

[Whiskeyman53]

Goodbye Summer……

[barelfly]

Happy friday!

[RichieB]

Tis the season

[barelfly]

This was my favorite beer when I drank beer. Such good flavor I stocked up on it to last me a while!

[Elton's BBQ]

Swedish beer at it's best..

[barelfly]

Found this a while back….this is good!

[RichieB]

Any heat?

[barelfly]

No heat, RichieB - get the roasted green chile on both the nose and palette. It is really good!

[Whiskeyman53]

Happy fRYEday….

[realdocBBQ]

Livin' High on the Hog tonight.

Christmas present 2... or maybe even 3 years ago. Finally decided to open it

[Whiskeyman53]

Great distillery and this is a fantastic pour. I have maybe 1 or 2 pours left in my bottle, I don’t want to finish it.

[Santamarina]

Today begins the second week of Oktoberfest, so I picked up a growler of Märzen from the brewpub down the street.

Ein maß bitte!

[barelfly]

Heck yeah/!!!!!!!!!!

[Whiskeyman53]

One of my favorite IPA’s.

[Richard Chrz]

Salute!

Balvenie 14 year Caribbean Cask.


Edited: I’ve forgotten how much I like this pour, especially with a cigar!

[Panhead John]

Looks like you’ve had too much of it…🥸

[Elton's BBQ]

Piemonte.. Italian redwine

[PGH_RAM]

You can have the pumpkin spice IPA. I'll have ALL of the marzen!

[barelfly]

Time to cook!!!!!!!

And love a Oktoberfest!

[SheilaAnn]

Pour me one, too!

[Elton's BBQ]

Staropramen beer...
Excellent taste!

[barelfly]

How’s that sail boat coming along! I’m sure its getting close to closing it up for the winter, but hope its been a great fall with it!