Year 3 - Day 14 - January 14

We're in NYC! We got here this afternoon and promptly jumped on the subway to Brooklyn in order to hunt down the Brooklyn Brewery. When we got there around 3:30, there was a line outside. Assuming it was the line for the 4pm tour, we got in line and bundled up. We were surprised to find that it was actually the line just to get in. The brewery is a giant open space (see above) full of people. You can bring your own food (there was a pizza truck right outside the door) and buy tokens to get beer. It appears that people just hang out all afternoon. We did take the 4pm tour, but it wasn't really a tour about beer. It was more the story of their brewery, which was interesting and involved some funny mob stuff.

After an afternoon at the brewery, we headed back up to midtown to find our hotel and put down our backpacks. They sent us to a local sushi place for dinner so that Mike could get his inner city sushi fix. (I had cooked appetizers!) Finally, then it was time for dessert! We decided to walk the 20+ blocks south just to work off dinner and work up a dessert appetite. It was cold & flurrying, but it's not freezing freezing. Behold, our dessert at Max Brenner's:

Fondue for 2! 2 types of chocolate & a butterscotch/caramel dipping sauce along with strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, brownies, and blondies. Plus, a hot thing to roast the marshmallows on! I love the tray it came on, too. It looks like notebook paper! Mike also decided to order the Italian hot chocolate:

Oh my gosh it was so good. The mug is a little squished (and doesn't have a handle) so you can cup it in your hands and drink. (or spill, like we did a little.) See how thick and dark it is? It was really that thick. It was like drinking a melted hershey bar. YUM.

After another brisk walk back to the hotel, we are now ready to never move again. Or at least not until tomorrow. :)

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 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!

Day 250 - September 7

My mother speaks of moments where she absolutely must have liquid or else she will perish in that very instant.  It makes me look forward to getting older...but then again, she lives in the desert so maybe that plays a role.

I opened up the fridge this weekend to discover that my husband suffers from the same symptoms - but from the looks of the shelf, his "need-to-drink-this-instant" cravings must demand options.  3 flavors of Gatorade, 3 flavors of Snapple tea, and 5 flavors of beer right there, ready to grab at any moment!

Day 156 - June 5

Today we took the tour at Clipper City Brewery.  I've done it several times in the past, and this was Mike's 2nd time.  If you are like me and just there to hang out, it's free.  If you want to participate in the beer tastings, it's just $5.  That gets you a pint glass to take home and 5 tastings (which yesterday were running about a 1/2 glass.) 

I've taken the tour enough times to know the jokes.  This was the first time I've been on the tour with a tour guide who WASN'T the owner/head dude.  It was pretty much the same stuff.  We brought Mike's dad this time and he had a good time too.  So the boys got to drink beer and buy beer to bring home.  I used the day as an excuse to stop at a craft store I don't visit often. :)