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So last night I grilled up some dinner and had 1 guinness left for the grilling, really cant grill without beer. Anyways after dinner I decided I should get a few beers before my buddies came over, so being such nice weather I took the GS. I can fit 2 6 packs in the bag so figured that should be fine.
Well I got to my local packie and the parking lot is full, its in a strip mall with a grocery store to the side and figure its overflow from that. Well I find a parking spot and head in to see it was the beer store, place was mobbed and tables set up all over. The entrance is the wine section and I soon realize they are having a wine tasting, well figure thats kindof cool but where is my beer? So I go to the back and start looking through the coolers and see they got harpoon on sale so I decide on that. I then notice some people with beer glasses and my interest was peaked.
I left my initial selection and find my way to the counter to ask what all this is about, seems they are having a wine AND beer tasting, and its all free. The beer vendors where tucked in the corner near the bottle returns. I make my way back to the start of the store and get my little brochure, sampled 15 or so little 2 oz cups and tried some really nice micro brews I would not have considered buying just to see if I liked it. They had a really cool system too where the brochure listed the prices and a discount price for the event. Ones I wanted I gave them my number and they tagged the beer and had it ready for me up front to check out.
The only problem was I could only fit so much beer on the bike, so I had to be picky. Some of my favorites I "sampled" just cause it was free but again tried some really nice stuff. I settled on a growler of "dirty penny" from a micro brewer in conneticut and a growler of IPA from a micro brew here in Massachusetts. I also got a 6 pack of gannsett cause the cute girls offered me a free glass, to bad it didnt come with a number...
Oh and there was a free food table but since this wasnt planned I made my way to the last beer table when they annouced it was 8 and the event was done.
I packed the growlers in the bag on my sissy bar and strapped the 6 pack on the seat using my bungee cord tool bag to hold it in place. Its only a 5 minute ride home but I was sure to keep my sampling down to what added up to about 2 regular beers. Thats always been my limit. I texted my buddies about the event but was to late for them to make it, they half expected me to message them saying I need a ride cause I sampled to much and bought to much to fit on the bike. lol
Oh and even though I didnt get it the Harpoon Imperial IPA was delicious, 10% alchohol makes up for the $8 tag on a 4 pack. Kind of like and 8 pack of 5% beer with less bathroom breaks.
Got to love little surprises like that.
Well I got to my local packie and the parking lot is full, its in a strip mall with a grocery store to the side and figure its overflow from that. Well I find a parking spot and head in to see it was the beer store, place was mobbed and tables set up all over. The entrance is the wine section and I soon realize they are having a wine tasting, well figure thats kindof cool but where is my beer? So I go to the back and start looking through the coolers and see they got harpoon on sale so I decide on that. I then notice some people with beer glasses and my interest was peaked.
I left my initial selection and find my way to the counter to ask what all this is about, seems they are having a wine AND beer tasting, and its all free. The beer vendors where tucked in the corner near the bottle returns. I make my way back to the start of the store and get my little brochure, sampled 15 or so little 2 oz cups and tried some really nice micro brews I would not have considered buying just to see if I liked it. They had a really cool system too where the brochure listed the prices and a discount price for the event. Ones I wanted I gave them my number and they tagged the beer and had it ready for me up front to check out.
The only problem was I could only fit so much beer on the bike, so I had to be picky. Some of my favorites I "sampled" just cause it was free but again tried some really nice stuff. I settled on a growler of "dirty penny" from a micro brewer in conneticut and a growler of IPA from a micro brew here in Massachusetts. I also got a 6 pack of gannsett cause the cute girls offered me a free glass, to bad it didnt come with a number...
Oh and there was a free food table but since this wasnt planned I made my way to the last beer table when they annouced it was 8 and the event was done.
I packed the growlers in the bag on my sissy bar and strapped the 6 pack on the seat using my bungee cord tool bag to hold it in place. Its only a 5 minute ride home but I was sure to keep my sampling down to what added up to about 2 regular beers. Thats always been my limit. I texted my buddies about the event but was to late for them to make it, they half expected me to message them saying I need a ride cause I sampled to much and bought to much to fit on the bike. lol
Oh and even though I didnt get it the Harpoon Imperial IPA was delicious, 10% alchohol makes up for the $8 tag on a 4 pack. Kind of like and 8 pack of 5% beer with less bathroom breaks.
Got to love little surprises like that.
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There is a big difference between a Sammy lager (which is what I wanted) and a Sammy Winter Brew, Summer Ale (etc). I'm not saying they are bad beers, but they are indeed completely different beers. It's the same as giving a someone a Chardonnay of some brand of wine, when they ordered a Merlot.
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