365 Days of Beer

I AM IN NO WAY MISERABLE AT THE MOMENT!

So on Thursday, I went uptown and was roaming the streets. Bought a whole bunch of truffles at Myzel's Chocolates on 55th, then as I was heading down 5th Ave, I popped into the Trump Tower.

Thank God for public spaces.

As I was strolling through I stumbled upon none other than Trump Bar, as recently promoted on the Apprentice.

Mr. Trump only has 3 taps available, Guinness, Stella, and a Sam Adams seasonal. Figures as he is only interested in big business and in his world big business = quality. .

How long before we have a Trump brand beer?

Let it be said that if that should happen I want money for the idea as I've written about it here as of 5/13/06.

I ordered a Guinness, served in a friggin' pilsener glass. 8 bucks. Yeah.

After that had a Brooklyn Pilsener served in a pint glass at Brooklyn Diner. The Mac & Cheese is quite awesome.

Friday I stayed away from beer and I did so as well this morning. Went food shopping and then stopped off at Beer Garden on Hillside Ave. in Queens to pick up a new stash. Also got a free pint glass with my purchase.

But come dinner time... It's On!

So I started with a Yuengling... That doesn't count and I pretty much chugged it as I was cooking a flank steak.

But then... I had a new beer.

155) Kasteelbier Donker - This is a strong Belgian brown ale. 11% alcohol and you can smell it right at the start. Pours a dark brown with a thick head. This is a very, very sweet beer, balanced out with the alcohol. Definitely a dessert suitable beer. Be careful...

155 down leaving "only" 210 to go.

Most importantly, this was my 350th beer ever! Thanks to Tomoyo for bringing this bottle direct from Belgium.

Well its Saturday night, which means there is much drinking to be done. I wonder how many ounces of beer get drank every Saturday night in NYC.

See you again soon...

Oh! Before I go, don't forget about the awesome event scheduled for Wed. night at Collins Bar. Big Daddy Cal and I were planning on going elsewhere after hitting up Collins Bar 2 weeks in a row, but this event looks too good to pass up on.

See below, taken from the Collins Bar page:

For those of you that don't know, Randall the Enamel Animal is an organoleptic hops transducer (a converted water filter) that is stuffed full of fresh hops. The filter is then hooked up to a keg, forcing the beer (usually Dogfish Head 90 Min. IPA, since Sam Calgione of Dogfish Head designed the crazy thing) through the "hop filter" just before it hits your glass. The alcohol strips the oils off the hop leafs transcending the beer to another level.

THE LOWDOWN: On Wednesday, May 17th at 6pm we will be running THREE Dogfish Head beers through THREE DIFFERENT RANDALLS:

90 MINUTE IPA
120 MINUTE IPA
APRIHOP ALE

We will also have INDIAN BROWN on draught and WORLD WIDE STOUT 2003 (22.1% ABV) in bottles.

Going... to... be... awesome...

Tuesday night in the city, don't forget about the Triple Threat event at the Hop Devil Grill. Sixpoint, Smuttynose, and Southern Tier square off against each other. I won't be able to attend, but don't miss this battle! Cheaper than a PPV boxing match, and guaranteed to go 12 rounds!!