tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29051673307234129462024-02-06T21:09:04.416-08:00Women Can't Sail...and neither can I.Ramblings of a drunken loser.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905167330723412946.post-56470261690472083362012-05-07T22:51:00.002-07:002012-05-07T22:51:54.945-07:00Fantome-A-Thon 2012<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This has mostly been spurred by my friend Bobby, but twice now in the last six months (or there about), I have been lucky to try way more beers from <a href="http://www.fantome.be/" target="_blank">Fantome</a> then I would have ever previously imagined.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Unfortunately I don't have much in the way of photos from the "original" Fantome-A-Thon (2011), but I did manage to snag a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/womencantsail/sets/72157629629740584/" target="_blank">few pictures</a> this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The final list of (Fantome) beers ended up including:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BBB Pop </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blanche</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Caeymaex </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fleur de Bomal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">La Gillmoir </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">La Gourmande</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Noire de Noire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saint Laurent </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Saison dErezée (Winter)</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sante 1-15 (including a special fruited version of Sante 11)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was very interesting to see how some of the beers had held up to considerable aging. Some faired well (such as Sante 1 and 3), others not so well (such as most of the early and middle Sante releases).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This tasting helped confirm my ever strengthening belief in drinking beer fresher rather than aging it to death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More complete tasting notes can be found on my Rate Beer <a href="http://www.ratebeer.com/user/96974/" target="_blank">profile</a>.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2905167330723412946.post-11657243765682248722012-05-07T20:39:00.001-07:002012-05-07T20:39:57.471-07:00Starting Over<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's been awhile since I posted anything. In large part because I had originally set out to create a brewing blog, but I realized I don't brew terribly frequently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead I will focus on beer events, tastings, etc. and some other things that I actually do get around to doing with some frequency such as hiking, perhaps working out/trying to lose my gut. Hopefully that will lead me to post more often. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0