05/13/11 01:30 - ID#54277

May Beer Club

I just posted a review at the Community Beer Works site.

I didn't make it to beer club this month thanks to finals :-p but (e:Terry), (e:Puddlediving), (e:Dovelette) and several others did. Terry kindly brought me the score sheet. We rate each beer on a 1-10 scale. This month, nine people rated the 11 beers.

Victory: 4.8
Smutty: 5.6
CBW-C: 6.3
Flower Power! 5.8 (biggest love-hate range)
CBW-Porter: 5.6
Goose Sophie: 5.8
CBW-TBD: 6.1
IPA Tripel: 5.1
Lagunitas: 4.8
Guardian: 3.2
Rasputin: 7.3

Full list:
Victory Prima Pils
Smuttynose Star Island Single
Community Beer Works In C American Pale Ale
Ithaca Flower Power
Community Beer Works Release the Bats Porter
Goose Island Sofie
Community Beer Works Clever Name TBD Saison*
Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel
Lagunitas A Little Sumpinâ€™ Sumpinâ€™
Stone Old Guardian
North Coast Old Rasputin

Did anyone take pix?

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Category: food

05/12/11 02:20 - ID#54272

Cheese

Oddly, this is a follow up to (e:heidi,49711) and the cheese conversation. They're from a tiny village called Germania in Potter County, Pa. Germania has one of the oldest continuously running volunteer fire departments in the state, the Goodyear Hose Company #1.

Germania Hotel (I have some pretty cool pix of the inside - just amazing that the place hasn't been abandoned.)

Germania Store

Stuff inside Germania Store

Real sharp cheddar

Cutting a chunk for us

Some shots from the Germania Old Home Day that supports the fire company.

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Category: food

05/12/11 02:15 - ID#54271

Loot

I went in the Can Can Candy store on elmwood after hitting the coop for lunch. The hot bar choices sucked so I got some discontinued amy's organics freezer food and mango sorbet. And then I got all this loot! Not the aqarius game... That just looked pretty with the candy. All my childhood favorites :-)

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Category: food

05/11/11 02:45 - ID#54264

Cabot!

Cabot with wax coating? I'll have to check it out. In the meantime, I've got this one.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: travel

05/09/11 01:29 - ID#54251

Fail?

Isn't this a little harsh?

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: music

05/08/11 12:18 - ID#54240

"We Bid You Goodnight"

How funny that (e:mrmike) would post that title... The Grateful Dead version of this American traditional has been on an inaccessible edge of my consciousness since posting all those bluegrass tunes.

The video on this is terrible but the sound quality seems to be better than average. Alpine Valley, 1989.

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Category: tourism

05/06/11 04:13 - ID#54228

Diner

Lana &i stopped for ice cream between genesseo & batavia at The Barn.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: music

05/05/11 01:50 - ID#54221

A completely different music...

My bff, her hubby & I are considering the DC show of this festival

If I've turned you on to bluegrass, you might want to consider the Hickory Festival (HickFest for short)

Aug. 19-21 in Tioga County.

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Category: music

05/04/11 02:13 - ID#54213

Country tune

I spent my last $10 (on birth control & beer), Two Nice Girls

((e:lauren), you've heard this, right?)

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Category: home

05/03/11 08:58 - ID#54207

More bluegrass

Uncle Pen is another classic. Here's a 1956 Bill Monroe version.

And a 1990 Phish version (using rock instruments)

A nice description of the difference between bluegrass & country and how they developed:

I think this old country tune nicely illustrates the difference: Buck Owens played I've Got a Tiger by the Tail on The Dukes of Hazard. (This is one of A's favorites and he always makes his bands play it.)

Midnight Moonlight (Old & in the Way version 1973 - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, John Kahn.)

A more modern style: Ain't No Bugs on Me, Garcia & Grisman, Not for Kids Only [(e:enknot), (e:lilho), (e:hodown), (e:metalpeter) - you need this album for all the little ones!]

Another Garcia/Grisman, Grateful Dawg, live 1990.

They're more genre-defying while using the instruments of bluegrass. Amazing artists. What's really fun is tracing all the traditionals that the Grateful Dead covered. I know a lot more old country than I want to admit.