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An Evening of Dark Beer

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 21st, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This week’s “Steal the Glass” event at Capital Ale House featured the beers of Founders Brewing Company, served in an etched snifter. I’d been looking forward to the event, and based on the crowded bar, so had others. After perusing the offerings, I st…



Fordham Spiced Harvest Ale

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 20th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

After a morning of shooting and an early dinner Sunday, I was relaxing with a book when I had the urge for a beer. I stood for a while in front of the open beer fridge looking for inspiration. So many beers, and nothing was tempting me, and then I spie…



An Oasis of Sunshine For Shooting

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 19th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

As I headed west on Sunday morning for the November North Mountain Practical Shooters match I was wondering if I’d be able to find the targets once I arrived. The fog was dense, making driving difficult. As I crossed the mountains, suddenly the sky cle…



Arrogant Bastard Lineup

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 18th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Surprisingly, this isn’t a post about the 0bama administration, although I have little trouble applying the label to the current leadership in Washington. No, we’re talking about this flight of Stone Brewing Company Arrogant Bastard varieties I enjoyed…



Important Skills For the Beer Traveler

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 15th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I recently came across an entertaining iPhone app that teaches a very important skill — ordering a beer in another language. In case you’re wondering, the name of the app, Pivo, is the Czechoslovakian word for beer.The Pivo – Order a Beer app provide…



First “Winter” Seasonal

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 11th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I received an email update last week from Blue & Gray Brewing that announced the availability of their seasonal Spiced Winter Ale. To make it even more tempting, they were serving a special of St Louis Style ribs with black bean…



Buy A Blogger A Coffee

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 9th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Starbucks has joined forces with Twitter to make it possible to send a friend the gift of coffee. Link up your Twitter and Starbucks accounts and you can send the gift of Starbucks to a deserving friend. Or even a blogger. :-)I know many folks in …



Five O’Clock Friday: Lunch Break

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 8th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Err, make that Noon O’Clock. *Have a great weekend!*To the humor impaired, relax. It’s a joke. I won’t get drunk until after dinner. ****That’s a joke too.
[ This content originated at Musings Over a Pint ]



Dot Torture Drill: 49/50

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 8th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Drats! So close!It was good to get out to the range for some practice this week. Most of my shooting the past couple of months have been at matches. Colleen has been hinting at wanting to do Dot Torture, since it’s been over a year since we last did th…



The Physics of a Beer Prank

By From http://www.musingsoverapint.com/ • Nov 7th, 2013 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

A pair of beer drinking physicists have set their minds to explain some of the science behind beer bubbles.The act is colloquially referred to as “beer tapping”: Someone hits a beer bottle on the head, often with the bottom of their own bottle, and…