J. Gumbos (formerly Badaboomz)
Next up was Rock Bottom. The Brickway Brown was on special for $2.00 a pint and they also had a Cask edition of their ESB. The crowd is large, but there was no telling who was there for the pub crawl and who wasn't.
Rock Bottom
The third pub of the evening was Alcatraz, where Omar let us know that the special beers available were a bourbon stout, Half Moon's Pale Ale, and the Microbrew Festival 80 shilling ReplicAle. Omar said the bourbon stout was done in a 50 gallon batch in his friend's garage and stored on Knob Creek whiskey-soaked chips for 5 months. A very tasty brew, indeed. Omar also let us know about an upcoming brew next month made with Kolsch yeast and hop plugs. So look for that mid to late August.
Alcatraz. Prisoners coming.
The last pub on our list, Ram, had many beers on tap. I want to say at least 10, but nothing out of the ordinary as far as I could tell. The Total Disorder Porter I had was a nice finish to the evening.
Ram. Home of the Buttface (not pictured).
Next up: B+ART at Big Car, and the Brewmaster's Dinner at Opti Park
I appreciate being able to see Rodney's pocket square in these pictures.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I must say I'm exhausted today - hopefully our readers appreciate the effort we've put into the beer marathon.
It should be the first step in Rodney's resurrection of the lost art of the handkerchief. Not to mention, various "lines" of tissue paper would certainly be cheaper than the real ones.
ReplyDeleteI got to J. Gumbos last night as well, although after you all had gone through. Tried the 99 Gales and if I recall correctly a 2005 as well. Both were pretty awesome in my opinion. Then we drank them out of Stone Double Arrogant Bastard 2005. A good time indeed.
ReplyDeletewas there a guy playing lego star wars on the xbox at the bar? was he making his own crowd noise and sound effects? if not, you missed out on the highlight of my entire drinking career.
ReplyDeletewell, not really, but it was disturbing and entertaining, all in one.