Year 3 - Day 104 - April 13

We went to Duclaw tonight so that the boys could try the newest beer. We were shocked to see how small the menu got in the last few weeks. All the good desserts (except the black and tan) are gone! The Kobe burgers are gone! What is going on!!?!?

We asked the waitress and she said they hired a new executive chef who is redoing the menu. It's going to be fancier, so they're down to barebones while they figure out the new things they'll have to order.

Luckily, the brisket sandwich was still there. Whew. ;)

Year 3 - Day 39 - February 8

Another Wednesday, another month, another free glass from Duclaw! The beer of the month is Double Naked Fish. Something with chocolate and raspberry, but of course it just tastes like beer to me. I don't know what it is about beer or what ingredient blocks my taste buds from tasting anything else, but it almost always just tastes like beer. I just go so that I can have my BBQ brisket sandwich. :) I will say that tonight was the kind of night where if we weren't regulars, we probably wouldn't go back. I don't know if people called out because of the "blizzard" (nothing is sticking, people!) or what, but we only saw 2 waiters the whole night and they just couldn't keep up. It took over an hour and a half to have dinner. I felt bad for them because it obviously wasn't there fault, but they needed serious help.

Year 2 - Day 11 - January 11

As you can see, we actually remembered to bring our glass home with us tonight. They're a cool style, with a heavy bottom. I like when we get something other than the standard pint glass!

Year 2 - Day 348 - December 14

Since I'm so excited to be done with my college class, I decided to splurge and get dessert at Duclaw tonight. It was so good!

Know what's not good? Getting home and realizing you left your free glass on the table!! Boo hiss!

Year 2 - Day 340 - November 27

For many a year, Mike has wanted to put up Christmas lights. We had a few issues to overcome before it was a possibility. First, we needed a house. Then, a ladder. (Thank you, Amazon, for making that a reality!) (Holy cow look at all those bushes in that old picture!) Our last issue was the lack of outdoor power plugs. Luckily, on our trip to Christmas Tree Shops, I found an outdoor power strip with a long extension cord. I also got my hands on a bunch of lights for a really great price. Since I'm a weakling, Sarah and Bryan helped us get them up today after Mike's birthday Duclaw lunch. Bryan held the ladder while Sarah & I fed him lights. It was a little too bright when I took this picture today, so you can't see the colored ones on the bushes and around the door, but they're there! I'm not sure that Mike wanted to spend his birthday doing manual labor at the top of an extension ladder, but the lights are pretty so I think he believes it was worth it. :)

Year 2 - Day 322 - November 9

Another month, another Duclaw glass. We added to our Devil's Milk glass collection today with the 2011 version. "The Milkman Cometh"

Let us all remember, I don't even LIKE Devil's Milk. But I do like brisket sandwiches, so I'm a happy girl. :)

Year 2 - Day 284 - October 12

Duclaw night! This is a picture taken in terrible light, but the glass tonight is awesome. It's really thick and heavy - pretty much like a goblet. The beer was aged in whiskey barrels or something along those lines, and it certainly smelled like it. Sometimes I wish I could like beer (or wine for that matter!), but really, there's no nutritional benefits so I've pretty much given up trying. Give me a Key Lime Pie martini any day over a beer! I was hoping DuClaw would have their fall drink menu back that I didn't get a chance to try last year, but it isn't out yet. They had all kinds of caramel concoctions that sounded super yummy!

Year 2 - Day 252 - September 10

For the last several years, our local Duclaw has been hosting the Real Ale Festival. We've never gone because I don't drink beer and it's a relatively expensive festival. However, I entered my husband into a drawing for free admission this year and he won! Since we then only had to buy one ticket, I went with him. It was really fun, even though I don't like beer. There was good food (roasted pig!) and everyone was in a good mood. I was amazed that even with 700 tickets being available, the place never seemed insanely crowded. The flow was great. I know that Mike would go again, but I don't know if it'd be worth it to pay for me to go every year since I don't drink the beer.

This evening I got to do something more my speed, stamping night! We made a halloween craft and a nice card that I'll probably give my MIL for her upcoming birthday.

Year 2 - Day 217 - August 6

Since I enjoyed this beer at the release in June, we got a bottle of it at Wine World today. I know this sounds gross in principle, but it tastes like a cross between beer & ice wine. I guess that's just describing the fact that it's super sweet. All I know is that I rarely like beer, and this stuff is good!

Year 2 - Day 165 - June 15

Continuing our enjoyment of having local friends, we all headed to Duclaw tonight to taste the mystery beer and have dinner. The mystery beer wasn't really a mystery because the internet knows everything. I did have a sip and actually enjoyed it. Since it's 21 percent alcohol, a sip was all I needed. ;) What you are seeing in the pictures are NOT the slider & fries someone had for dinner, but rather the dessert slider & funnel cake fries someone had for dessert! Aren't they cute?!

Year 2 - Day 68 - March 9

I'm pretty sure that the a picture of my favorite brisket sandwich at Duclaw has been my picture of the day before, but it's so good it deserves another day.

Day 314 - November 10

Monthly Duclaw night was today.  The November beer is always Devil's Milk.  It's some super strong type that comes in a tiny glass.  I, as usual, got my free glass and my brisket sandwich while Mike enjoyed the flavor of the month.

I had the weirdest fibro attack while we were waiting for a table.  I was fine one second, and the next second both of my legs were complete painful knots and cramps.  In addition to the severe and sudden pain onset, every one of my senses went haywire.  The clinking of dishes and glasses was super loud, the lights were flickering weird, and my clothes hurt just touching my body.  When I came home I tried to relax with a hot bath/shower, but it still isn't working.  I can't figure out what caused it - other than the fact that my body is just weird...

Day 279 - October 6

These are this month's giveaway for the Duclaw beer release.  They're pretty cool this month.  (Sorry for the napkin styling ... I needed something to make the designs show up! 

Both of us are stuffed up today, and we realized half way through dinner that it was silly to make our eating out day be a day that neither of us can taste anything.  So I just imagined that I really enjoyed my sandwich. :) 

(Although I am stuffy - I am not as tasteless as I was in New Orleans.  That was the only time in my life I can remember it being completely 100% gone.  So far gone that I ate mashed sweet potatoes. There are few foods in life I dislike more than sweet potatoes (they're on par with green vegetables) and I ate every bite because I was hungry and couldn't taste a THING.  So no, not that stuffy!)

Day 265 - September 22

Headed to Duclaw for the monthly freebie night / beer release today.  I was anxious to try the "re-imagined" pretzel sticks.

Observations:
1 - As shown in the picture, they aren't really "sticks" anymore.
2 - We had *6* of these things as opposed to 3 of the original sticks and 4 of the most recent incarnation of sticks.
3 - The "goo" you see is cinnamon butter. Heaven in a cup.
4 - These are almost better for dessert than an appetizer, but boy are they spectacular.

Day 167 - June 16

This month I remembered to snap the photo before I ate.  I know it's junk food.  And I'm aware that there are entire states that make BBQ better than any spot in MD could.  But it is just so good.

Day 139 - May 19

I was going to take a dinner of my BBQ Beef Brisket sandwich at Duclaw that I had for dinner.  I really was.  Then it came.  And it smelled good.  And I inhaled it pretty much in 3 minutes.  So you're getting a picture of an empty plate.  :)

Day 104 - April 14

Tonight was the monthly Duclaw beer release.  But more importantly, tonight was a night I got to enjoy a Duclaw Brisket sandwich.  Hooray for being able to eat BBQ sauce! :)

Day 49 - February 18

It's free stuff night at Duclaw. I can't eat my favorite meal anymore but I can still get free stuff!!