Catching Up, Part 2

In the last post I mentioned two visits to The Monk. The big visit, however, was the third one on Sept. 3. We were joined by Steve, Courtney, Claudia, Rowanne, Bianca, & Daniel. This was an impressive ASSAULT ON THE MONK in which 4 of us spent 8+ hours there sampling a wide range of beers and 4 others helped us for part of that time.

In total, we tasted 58 different beers! It's impossible to mention all of the ones that we enjoyed, but the highlights include:

Bell's 10000

Ommegang Aphrodite

New Belgium Kick

Evil Twin Soft Dookie (sounds bad, tastes good)

As well as some that we've had before but had to sample on tap, such as

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous

Weyerbacher 16

Two weeks later we attended Brewgrass (our favorite alcoholiday). I may not have tried 58 unique beers at the festival itself (though I didn't count), so there's a good chance that the ASSAULT ON THE MONK ranks as my top beer event this year. That said, Catching Up, Part 3 will describe my top wine event of the year (a deviation from the blog's theme, I know). Coming soon... Marlowe and Meagan visit Napa Valley and learn to enjoy wine, too!