Shrubs: Gads I'm Drinking Vinegar

Shrubs: Gads I’m Drinking Vinegar

Regretfully, I seem to be a bit behind the times of the growing popularity of the shrub. A tangy simple combination of vinegar, sugar, and generally fruit, and on occasion various spices. Being that shrubs are truly a drink of the ages, it’s perfectly old-fashioned enough to be right up my alley. Yet somehow the notion of them has only lingered on the foggiest edges of my memory. Where that…

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I do love Smoked Beer

I do love Smoked Beer

I love smoked beer! A warming change of pace.  It leads me to imagine how beer must have been ages ago. Apart from likely being on the darker side due to the limits of drying malts depending on the era. Beer would have also had to be on the smoky side as well. Which just happens to be the case. However, smoky beer wasn’t always the treat I find it to be. As this portion of beer history posted at…

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Iechyd Da Brewing Co

Iechyd Da Brewing Co

Now a proper review of a fine brewery and eatery. Iechyd Da(it’s welsh) is this chap’s favorite local watering hole. Great beer, great food, great staff. That’s been thoroughly embraced by the local community. Always a wide selection of beers on tap to suit the pallet of most beer fans and a fairly regular rotation of brews also. And there’s always a new brew popping providing a pleasant…

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And now we know. 

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Ah my mug at my favorite watering hole, Iechyd Da(it’s Welsh) Brewing Co. Elkhart, IN

My fiancé and I had to wait a year to get our mugs. A huge storm trapped us while on vacation in Minnesota a week longer than we’d planned. Missing the pub’s opening.

When the time came to get on the new club list. The mugs available were limited, being those leftover from non-renewed memberships. Well, I took the day off work and got to the pub early. In that short year they were quite popular and we were going to have mugs! My plan paid off. My lady and I got the first two spots on the list.

And we got to the pub early on mug choosing day as well. Our mugs are renewed every year like clockwork.

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My favorite feature of Bell's Eccentric Cafe, apart from the beer that is.

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Starting a new blog endeavor on vacation. Any good alcohologist keeps an eye out for new specimens in thier travels. I picked this up whilst making a stop in Wisconsin on our way to Minnesota. Two Women is a rather fine classic lager from New Glarus Brewing Co. So named as it is a joint brew between Wisconsin's New Glarus and Weyermann Malting, both companies being lead by women. Should anyone wonder the view is of Pike Bay in Cass Lake MN. From Ojibway Resort