292. St. Louis Brewery – Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout 2010
As I mentioned in my last post, my mom unexpectedly passed away on March 18. As you can imagine, it has been a tremendously difficult time. We’ve not only been dealing with her death, but all of the other things you don’t think about until something like this happens. My wonderful wife went out to do some shopping and came back with this beer for me. She figured I needed something big to relax and help deal with...
Mom
In my last several posts, I talked about being in Austin, TX for a few conferences, including SXSW. While I was at SXSW, I found out that my mom was having some heart issues again, but they were trying to treat it without surgery. The last day of SXSW, my dad called and said she was going into surgery and I needed to get home immediately. I jumped on a plane and was back that night while she was in surgery. We went through...
SXSW and New Beers
As you can tell by my last several posts, I was at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX. During the 5 days, I got a chance to try several new beers that I could have added to the list. Looking back on my untappd tab, I had Rio Blanco Pale Ale from Real Ale Brewing, Lone Star from Pabst, and several others. However, I promised myself that I wouldn’t post a beer unless I took a picture of it and was able to jot down a few notes about it...
