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Sun Worshipping

Sun Worshipping

On this Father’s Day I still have fond recollections of the auspicious award I received a few years ago. Best Father Ever! Not an accolade to take lightly. The plaque is proudly placed in a  prominent position on our kitchen cutting board rack. So, it seemed fitting...

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Goat Gotten Good

Goat Gotten Good

After reviewing a parade of lights that would make Christmas Salt Lake City jealous, it was time for some serious suds. An elevated ABV with a full malt assault was required. Yes, it was time to bock the trend and do some summertime Oktoberfesting. The fine folks at...

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Another Town Going Down

Another Town Going Down

Most people have one light in their fridge. I’ve got 11 different lights in mine. Yes, it’s summertime, stouts and porters are few and far between but there’s a plethora of light beers on the shelves. It looks like the charge of the light beer-gade around here. More...

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This Palomino is One Wild Ride

This Palomino is One Wild Ride

Roy Rogers rode a Palomino; Trigger was known as “the smartest horse in the movies”. But when it comes to smart horses, “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”...

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Half Quart in Session

Half Quart in Session

Could this session brew name be a reference to RA leaving The Ports before dark? Or a 60’s acid flashback? It did remind me of the Beatles 1965 song of the same name. * But the brew can pic certainly implies an afternoon outdoor outing, ending up in the evening back...

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Aunt Iris

Aunt Iris

One of my earliest memories as a toddler was visiting my Uncle Bill and Aunt Iris. I ended up being the entertainment for the adults because when I tried to say Aunt Iris it came out as Aunt Arse. They laughed and laughed and asked me to repeat her name again and...

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Broadhead by the Bay

Broadhead by the Bay

The cerveceras and banderleros at Broadhead have whipped up a light Mexican lager with lime for us and in a stroke of marketing genius and brew naming creativity seldom seen they have named it......Mexican Lager with Lime. I guess they had to save some money from...

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Moms the Word

Moms the Word

As the World Cup “kicks” off today, we thought the COM would join Nickel Brook in a toast to soccer moms all over the world. Here’s a typical soccer Mom conversation at an early morning practice 20 years ago. Translation courtesy of the COMDB Translation Department:...

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A Mellow Meadow with Truffles

A Mellow Meadow with Truffles

It’s not The Oar anymore, it’s Lamorna in Residence at The Oar. * As far as I’m concerned, I don’t care who’s living in the upstairs apartment, as long as the menu has a brew or two that are new to you know who. The food menu is updated too, with some high falutin’...

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Our Just Desserts

Our Just Desserts

A summer stout? So it is. The barn raisers, field grazers and navel gazers at Quayle’s have offered up an ice cream dessert stout, sweet. And this one sounds as Canadian as a Stanley Cup drought. Maple syrup jacks up any flap jack, and cold coffee sounds like the...

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