Just for me!

I'd just like to point out that my local bar, The Idle Hour, has had Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye on for two months at least now; this is one of my favorite beers. However, I guess I'm the only one who drinks it other than the people I get to go to the Idle with me that I can convince to order it. As a result, after so much time, they have reduced their price for a pint (16 oz.) of said beer to $2.50. This is compared to the $5-$6 I pay for 22 oz. at various beer-carrying stores.

So, GNARLY, it pays off to like delicious and strong beers in Western New York. Write that down and remember it.

Other than that, Saranac's 12 Beers of Summer kind of suck this year (a variety pack I wait for with great enthusiasm each year); they're pretty weak and there is no new addition (By the way, I especially dislike the Kölsch). I sampled a Unibroue Ephemere, the glorious Canadian brewing company's hard cider-smelling beer, and it was pretty good and easy to drink, just too expensive in the bar world.

So, my plan for next weekend when some of my family is here for my "graduation" (I still have 3 classes left until entry into Masters Land) is to take them to the Idle for beers immediately after the ceremony to get them all Storm Kings. Do you think that's a good idea???