Local Weekend #101-105

On Friday and Sunday (1/24 & 1/26) we went out in Alexandria and Springfield Virginia.  

On Friday night we visited a couple of places we really enjoy, RedRocks Pizza and Augie's.  Between the two places I had #101-105.  

#101 - Port City Tidings Belgian Pale Ale

#102 - Sycamore Juicyness IPA

#103 - Captain Lawrence Citra Dreams IPA

#104 - Fair Winds Howling Gale IPA

On Sunday we went out to go furniture shopping and decided to eat lunch at Chuy's in Springfield where I had a margarita with a Corona in it..,

#105 - Corona Extra 

10% done!!! #98-100 (and #106)

After coming back from Boston I was closing in on #100 and reaching the 10% mark for the year.  

At home I had #98 and #99 in the afternoon of 1/20 (seen below is also #107)

#98 - Natty Daddy

#99 - Icehouse Edge

#106 - Narragansett Lager

And....drum roll please....#100 on January 20th - 10% down in only 20 days, well on pace for the year!

#100 was a special beer that we got when we visited Tree House Brewing in Massachusetts in November last year!

Image from Insurance Beer Guy Blog

#100 - Tree House Jjjuliusss

More Beers Around Boston #83-97

Well, Boston was quite a fun and yet quick visit.  There was so much to see and so much to try, we will definitely be going back and likely sooner rather than later.

To close out Boston beers on my trek, here is a longer and simpler post with beers #83-96

#83 - Samuel Adams Boston Lager
#84 - Night Shift Whirlpool
#85 - True North Northern Haze IPA
#86 - Lamplighter Blame it on My Juice Gose
#87 - Lone Pine Oh-J
#88 - Oxbow Farmhouse Pale Ale

#89 - Night Shift Awake Porter
#90 - Exhibit A Hair Raiser IPA
#91 - Proclamation Derivative: Vic Secret
#92 - Turtle Swamp Toll Gate
#93 - Mast Landing Gunners Daughter Stout
#94 - Notch Raw Power Session IPA

#95 - Stone Face DDH Pale Ale
#96 - Samuel Adams New England IPA
#97 - Samuel Adams Cold Snap

Trillium #80-82

We have been hearing from friends who live in Massachusetts and Connecticut about how much they like the two favorite breweries there.  In November we were able to visit and stock up on a bunch of beers from Treehouse, though since we hadn't been into Boston, we hadn't tried any Trillium beers.

This trip to Boston had to have a visit to Trillium so we met some friends there and had brunch with the beers! As we had expected, they were awesome!

#80 - Trillium Permutation #6.53

#81 - Trillium DDH Sleeper Street

#82 - Trillium DDH Summer Street

Beers around Boston - #73-79

A week late on this post, trying to catch up a bit...while we were in Boston we did some of the obligatory tourist locations and a couple of famous bars along the way as well.

First we visited The Bell in Hand Tavern - America's Oldest Tavern

#73 - Cisco Crantucket IPA

Then while visiting Fanueil Hall we stopped at Cheers where I sat at the corner of the bar just like Norm!

#74 - Norm's Pilsner
#75 - Lord Hobo 617 New England IPA

Heading back toward the neighborhood by our hotel in the snow, we stopped again at Brownstone.

#76 - Lawson's Finest Sip of Sunshine IPA
#77 - Lord Hobo Boomsauce

Then stopped at the store to pick up a couple to take back to the room.

#78 - Harpoon Nana's Night Cap
#79 - Clown Shoes Space Cake Double IPA

Beers Around Fenway... #67-72

Our first day in Boston we decided to head down toward Fenway Park and kick off our eating and drinking in Boston.  We started at Cask n Flagon and then went on a walk around Fenway and a stop at the Boston Beer Works.

At Cask n Flagon I had #67-70

#67 - 603 White Peaks IPA

#68 - Jack's Abby Smoke and Dagger 

#69 - Samuel Adams Boston Brick Red (only available at about 100 places in the Boston area - formerly only available on the Freedom Trail)

#70 - Otter Creek Berner IPA

At Boston Beer Works I had #71-72

#71 - Fenway Pale Ale

#72 - Contender New England IPA

First Night in Boston! #62-66

After our later than planned arrival and a couple of snafus with our attempts to ride the T to our hotel in the Back Bay we found a place a couple of blocks down called Clery's.

We hoped to get some food but the kitchen was closed so we consoled ourselves with several excellent beers in the bitter cold night.

#62 - Lamplighter Birds of a Feather IPA
#63 - Winter Hill Johnny Juice Bomb IPA
#64 - Cisco Gripah Grapefruit IPA
#65 - Wormtown Be Happy IPA
#65 - Wormtown Blizzard of 78