The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

Melana · Jun 9, 2017

day_trippr said:
In honor of two straight days with actual sun light and getting out of the house for a change, a couple of reviews.

- True West award-winning micro and restaurant on Rt 111 in West Acton.
Spousal Unit and I went over there last Saturday evening, had the obligatory 6 brew flight to start. Witbier was very good, Saison was excellent, Belgian was very good. Otoh, their house IPA ("Ruckus") was a tannin bomb - really big time pucker stuff, the Pale was utterly unencumbered by hop flavor or aroma and tasted old and oxidized, and yet another pale was uninspiring.

Fortunately the bar food was very tasty and the gathering was quite social, so on balance I'd give it a 7, including the point added because they're like 6 miles from home.

- Nancy's Airfield Cafe (Minuteman Airfield in Stow) on Car Nights
Nancy's serves fabulous food at fabulous prices, you'll never get less than a great meal there. Thursdays are "Wings and Wheels" nights where area folks bring their cool cars (tonight was British night, lots of MGs, Minis and a few Lotuses (Lotii?). On those nights the Cafe serves simple food with beer and wine.

Beer selection isn't particularly robust but they always have some saving grace - tonight it was a pretty good IPA out of Maine. The House Pizza is awesome and the burgers are great, but the social aspect and the cars are the real draw - some cool people and cars there...

That is all. Go about your business...

Cheers!

Tell me more about car nights please

Hoppy2bmerry · Jun 9, 2017

Hmmm, if I'm going to pay $17 for a burger it better be served the way I order it and be so good it's a Harry met Sally moment. No cold greasy fries either.

day_trippr · Jun 10, 2017

Melana said:
Tell me more about car nights please

They happen every Thursday from now through August, and generally have a theme (last week was UK night, this week I believe is German Night).
Even so all kinds of cars show up.

Things start happening by 5pm, the Cafe starts cooking at 5:30, cars and peeps come and go for the next few hours. I think it runs to 8 or so.

Minute Man Air Field, 302 Boxboro Rd, Stow, MA 01775
https://wingsandwheelsma.com

Cheers!

dyqik · Jun 11, 2017

My one trip to True West, every beer in my flight had the same astringent/mouth puckering aftertaste. Either there was a mild chlorine issue with the beer, they had a big tannins issue, or they'd massively over done the sulfate.

day_trippr · Jun 15, 2017

Hey Paulie, are you going to putt up into the hahbah for the Parade?

The last time the Tall Ships were in town I dropped our wee boat in the Charles up in Brighton and got through the locks just in time to catch the first big boats.
That was freaky cool. And once everything had been tied up the gendarmes let the spectator fleet wander around at headway speed so we were able to get up close to some of those amazing boats.

Otoh, we didn't get our turn to haul out at the ramp until 2AM :drunk:

So, that's not happening again.

Cheers!

paulthenurse · Jun 15, 2017

Come out with us. We're leaving Wessagusett early to anchor for a good view. I'll be rafting with a 28 and 45 foot Hats.

day_trippr · Jun 15, 2017

Oh, man, thanks very much, Paul. You'll have a blast, and I'd love to be there, but we have the grandkids for the weekend and we'll be up at Story Land Saturday.
DVR is already set. Hoping the only drama is the good kind...

Cheers! :mug:

TheDudeLebowski · Jun 16, 2017

Yea. Thanks PTN. I'd love to be there too but the grandkids are stopping by this weekend too.

paulthenurse · Jun 16, 2017

LOL. Ya, you too TDL

paulthenurse · Jun 16, 2017

Anybody else I didn't invite can consider themselves purposely ignored. Especially you Cape. You too Yeager.

bob1852 · Jun 16, 2017

What about me?

paulthenurse · Jun 16, 2017

Get on a plane now. When you get off the plane walk south towards the harbor. I planned on being on the south side of the north channel by Spectacle Island, but I'll keep my eyes open for you. Walk to the SW end of the SW-NE runway and wave. I'll come get you.

TheDudeLebowski · Jun 16, 2017

Post some pix Paulie.

Cape Brewing · Jun 16, 2017

paulthenurse said:
Anybody else I didn't invite can consider themselves purposely ignored. Especially you Cape. You too Yeager.

I got choo

Just pinged you back. Been freakin crushed all day

Az aggressively pets squirrels.

Cape out

(Fkcing right I went 3rd person)

paulthenurse · Jun 17, 2017

TheDudeLebowski said:
Post some pix Paulie.

Will do.

Just my way of being the humble servant of you guys, the unwashed masses.

paulthenurse · Jun 17, 2017

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Coast Guard barque Eagle leading them in.

paulthenurse · Jun 17, 2017

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HoppyDaze · Jun 17, 2017

Neat boat

day_trippr · Jun 17, 2017

Back at the ranch after a damp day with the kiddies (wore me right the eff out - they pack incredible energy in little packages :drunk:

). Kicking back with the first beer o' the day and the dvr replaying the boat parade. Bit o' fog this morning challenged the picture but those boats still shine.

Aside from one of the best ports in the country for this kind of event ('cuz we're small so pretty much every vantage point is close) we are so lucky to have the people who make this happen. Boston was the only US city on the 7000 mile run most of those boats are doing this time around.

Hope SS Paulie is still floating

Cheers!

btw: http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2017/06/sam_adams_brews_new_limited_ta.html