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Round two.

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I sure wish I had a keg of this. Where the heck do I find a keg of Weihenstephaner Festbier in SoCal? Oh yeah, it all got drank up last month!

That’s OK, luckily there still is plenty left in the Beermeister32 bierhorde. Only thing is I need three of these childish little samplers to fill up a regulation 1-liter Krug! They must think we are all wimps!

Hmmm, OK, maybe I’m being too tough on all those supply chain folks doing their jobs, trying to make it happen for us beer enthusiasts far away from the Bavarian Mothership. Alright, I stand apologetic, we are thankful for all you people getting these to us to drink. Even these babyflaschen!

Delicious Festbier and a hefty 5.8% ABV to boot! Ah, forget the boot, that’s for another chapter! Prost!


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This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.
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Sorry to hear that.
 
This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.
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So sorry JA, deepest condolences.
 
This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.
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You have my sympathy. I'm currently gazing down the barrel of that particular ICBM silo and, well, I'm sorry. I've been trying to get myself ready, but I can't figure out how. I'm sorry for your loss.
 
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This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like you and your father were close. 🍻
 
This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.
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Sorry for your loss, that is a butt kicker. Be well, brew buddy. I’ll lift one for him tomorrow.
 
This year's been a butt-kicker. Short version, I'm working on the eulogy for my dad. This was a couple days ago, it was really good. Today was a couple Pliny's and a Brewery X Double Hazy. So far. There's still a lot of daylight left.
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I am so sorry about your loss. I lost my dad on August 30th this year. He was an amazing father and no one could top him at being a grandfather. He was my best friend and I miss him so much. I will keep you in my prayers.

John
 
Well, today I deserve a Helles. Actually I deserve about 5 of them. Why you ask? No, not because Beermeister32 has been a very good boy. Nope, today I’ve been wrestling with new router issues at work.

Since I need to be thrifty-minded to pay for the volumes of beer consumed around here, I have to economize in other areas. Today was the day we switch the router in the building from a hard-copper wired system over to a wireless router. If we didn’t comply, our single, one and only available phone/internet provider was going to jack up the amount to about $800 a month for a few lines and internet. The wireless is cheaper, like around $150. That buys a lot of beer!

So, arm twisted behind our backs, we finally concede to this customer abuse which we’ve been suffering through all year. We get the new system in and it is SLOWER than the hard-wired system. Company which shall not be named did a signal check from here to the tower, a mere 1066 feet away. Hey, didn’t the Norman invasion happen in 1066? I’m sure they were going for more than beer!

Upshot of all this is that there is a sub-standard wired connection around this tower. They’re sending out a techie to look at it tomorrow, like they haven’t already done that for others in the hundreds of other companies within the radius of this tower. Sadly, I broke my dear old Dad’s #1 rule. When will I ever learn…. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” His kind and funny voice echoes in my mind. Love ya Dad, Prost!

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Well, today I deserve a Helles. Actually I deserve about 5 of them. Why you ask? No, not because Beermeister32 has been a very good boy. Nope, today I’ve been wrestling with new router issues at work.

Since I need to be thrifty-minded to pay for the volumes of beer consumed around here, I have to economize in other areas. Today was the day we switch the router in the building from a hard-copper wired system over to a wireless router. If we didn’t comply, our single, one and only available phone/internet provider was going to jack up the amount to about $800 a month for a few lines and internet. The wireless is cheaper, like around $150. That buys a lot of beer!

So, arm twisted behind our backs, we finally concede to this customer abuse which we’ve been suffering through all year. We get the new system in and it is SLOWER than the hard-wired system. Company which shall not be named did a signal check from here to the tower, a mere 1066 feet away. Hey, didn’t the Norman invasion happen in 1066? I’m sure they were going for more than beer!

Upshot of all this is that there is a sub-standard wired connection around this tower. They’re sending out a techie to look at it tomorrow, like they haven’t already done that for others in the hundreds of other companies within the radius of this tower. Sadly, I broke my dear old Dad’s #1 rule. When will I ever learn…. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” His kind and funny voice echoes in my mind. Love ya Dad, Prost!

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How dare you get me misty eyed about my Dear Old Dad and pissed off about the two steps forward and three steps back of "progress" at the same time.

Thank you.
 
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HBT's Julius clone...

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Cheers!
Looks great. How did this turn out? Is it at all close to Julius? How close did you stick to the @DrGMG recipe? I know....a lot of questions, especially for a Monday night.

I had a TH King JJJuliussss a couple days ago. It was delicious!!
 

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