This past weekend was my bachelor party weekend, which brought several of my close friends and family into town for some celebrating. :-) It was great to see them all in one place for a couple of reasons. For starters, it marked the first time I had seen a few of them in a few years. Additionally, it was really fun to see my buddies from all the different phases of my life – my family, Theresa’s family, childhood friends, college friends, and friends from around where I live now – in one place, having fun together. It really reminded me of how blessed I am to have so many loving people in my life! :-)
After everyone rolled into town on Friday, we got together for a couple drinks then went to a great Phillies game. The Phils lost, but it was still a very well played game. Afterwards, we went back to the hotel room where a bunch of my friends were staying, put on our drinkin’ boots, and did some damage on the alcohol supply of a well-stocked room of beer and liquor. It was really great to just hang out and catch up with my friends and family who made it down for the weekend!
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| Some homebrews and a taste of the homeland (a.k.a. Labatt Blue Light and Saranac) |
After shaking off the dust from the night before, the original plan for Saturday was to head out in Philly for the day and hit up a couple brewery tours and some great brew pubs throughout the city. Hurricane Irene had other plans. Because of the threatening hurricane, we ended up just hitting Iron Hill for lunch and the out-of-town guys ended up leaving a day early. It was a bummer to have the weekend get cut short a little, but it was still awesome to be able to see so many important people in my life and at least spend a day with them! Thanks to everyone who was able to make it down for an awesome weekend!
The rest of the weekend was pretty much dominated by Hurricane Irene. As expected, we did lose power around 10pm Saturday night until early afternoon on Sunday. However, other than that, we made out pretty well – no major damage or flooding to our apartment or cars. Overall, it ended up not being as bad as I was expecting.
Now it’s time to settle in for a pretty relaxing Labor Day weekend. Most of my weekend will consist of hanging out with Theresa, brewing a beer (an adaptation of Charlie Papazian’s recipe Cherries in the Snow), bottling a small batch of mead, making another small batch of mead, and playing some Mass Effect 2. Should make for a pretty solid low-key weekend.
Hopefully be posting again soon with some brew day notes and tasting notes on the two pale ales and the stout that I brewed recently. Until then, stay classy.
Song of the Day: “Layla” by Eric Clapton
Beer of the Day: Southern Tier’s Pumking
