A day off from work. Took my daughter around a bit. Had some In&Out for dinner (brokeass dad). Dropped her off and started a drinking session at local beer bar, Out Of The Barrel (again).
First was the “Sticky Bear” from Moonraker Brewing. A WCIPA. Enjoyed it:
Now I moved on to “West Coast Offense” from Cellarmaker Brewing (pic at top). As you might have guessed, it’s a WCIPA. It’s drinking really “hot” but it’s only a 6.3%…still good though.
Currently battling my beer budget to see if I can get myself one more beer.
Few things pair better than great music and great beer. When diving into Pearl Jam’s catalog, whether you’re like every dude in the world and in a Ten kind of mood or feeling the depth of Vitalogy, you need the perfect beer in hand. I did have the perfect beer… it was called a beer.
I have never admitted to being a big Pearl Jam fan. I don’t know why that is. Maybe they are too… known. Too pedestrian. But they are not pedestrian. They are deep as shit.
Yeah and maybe that is it, they are too fucking deep.
Anyway. I am sitting home (mostly) alone on a Saturday night, having beers and listening to live Pearl Jam recordings, reliving being at a PJ show. These are the beers I had leading in and the beers I am having now while having a good time with a nice relaxing buzz:
Liquid Gravity Brewing “Pale From The Crypt” Pale.
Barebottle Brewing “Citra Ka-Pow” IPA.
Coronado Brewing “Big Weekend” DIPA.
BTW, have you listened to Pearl Jam’s new stuff, Dark Matter? It’s pretty fucking good for a band that most people would consider ‘past their prime’ and stuff.
Anyway, please make space to have some beers and listen to a band you love, live, it will make you feel better about things, I promise.
These are the beers up for drinking today. I will (hopefully) not be drinking all of them, but they are the ones in play.
I did a beer run yesterday so I am flush with possibilities.
Activities scheduled:
Swimming. Upper 90s today, might be the last Sunday I would want to get in the water as pool season winds down.
Rams vs. Cards at 1:00 PST. My Rams look like they are still hungover from their Super Bowl victory. I think they will lose today.
House Of The Dragon watch. It will be the time jump episode as there will be several new actors playing established character rolls. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to get used to that. Great season so far.
The Pales are the most likely to go. The “Fresh To Death” is probably going to start things off as it is a 5.6 alc.
Humble Sea “Boatload Of Citra” is going down too as it also looks like a good day-drinker.
Let’s hope I stay lucid for House of the Dragon tonight, that is the most likely time for the Pliny.
Cheers to you and your drinking possibilities today!
