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Running joke my wife and I always say.

SWIMBO and I got married in 2000. Still going strong after 6 good years.

In an unrelated story, I named my recent ESB Discordia. It seemed like that came up a few times in the later Dark Tower books. I thought it was a fairly cool name for a bitter.

I think the writers just decided to fark with everybody and have the magic island where pregnant women go to die be real and the rest of the world is limbo. Did any other homebrewers think the magic island plug was kind of like an airlock? Could have used a blow-off tube and you wouldn't...

So I think you are eating dinner Sunday and lunch Monday in Fort Collins, correct? If so, I'd go to Cafe Vino for dinner and Choice City for lunch. I chose Cafe Vino over Coopersmiths because it has Pliny the Elder on tap and you might not get that in GA. Of course, you may have already had it...

When you get to Fort Collins on Sunday, have lunch or dinner at Choice City deli. They have an amazing tap and bottle selection and some great meats. If you need another meal, try Coopersmiths downtown or Cafe Vino on College Ave. Coopersmiths brews their own. Cafe Vino is another place with an...

Ha! I scored a 78. I am 33. Damn kids STAY OFF THE LAWN!

I'd love to camp, but SWIMBO may not be as in to it. Maybe one night around Redwood National Forrest. I hadn't thought of Firestone Walker. I'll look into adding that one.

So this coming June is Mrs. uwjester and my 10th aniversary. We thought about a cruise in the Caribbean, but decided we didn't want to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean if we needed to get back to the kids for some reason. The missus suggested a brewery tour somewhere besides Colorado. I'm...

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A lightsaber. But I've asked Santa for that every year since I was 8.

I'm not sure I've ever prosted a thread before. Great story.

I also meant to mention that Breckenridge Brewery has Avalanche out in cans now. Pretty good American Amber Ale.

Absolutely fantastic beer. The funny thing about Oskar Blues is that I really don't care for their Pale Ale, but I can't say enough about the Ten Fidy, Gordon, and Mama's Pils. The Jamil show did a clone of Gordon, by the way. The recipe ended up being something along the lines of: 14# 2 row...

How about Ale to the Chief by Avery? Prolly a couple of bottles left somewhere.

that being said...

I understand exactly what you are saying. But I think your argument can be used to support the embossed bottles as well. When I bottled the batch I want to enter, over a year ago, I didn't even consider the implications of entering it in a competition. I chose the bottles I did for two reasons...

Well, I'd hoped to send the farmhouse in to the HBT competition, but I guess I'll just try my luck with that one locally. I really wanted the feedback more than anything on that one. I suppose I can wait for a swap, but then I'll be sending a fairly specific style to someone who may or may not...

Bummer. I've got a lambic/farmhouse ale that I've been aging for over a year, but they are in the marked bottles. What do you think? Go for it and be prepared for rejection, or save the beer for myself?

So competition time is around the corner. As I fill up my entries, I'm thinking about the bottles I am using. I generally save my favorite bottles from commercial brews to bottle my own. These include Sam Adams, O'Dell's, New Belgium, and Deschuttes. These bottles have markings on them. Will...