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A new day!

Children of the barley & hops,

I have continued the training of PrivateHops. Tonight was a special evening. Instead of a local prayer meeting, I took him to a regional tabernacle. It was called The Stone Brewery in the ancient city of Escondido. There was much learning this evening.

The first prayer consisted of a Double Dry-hopped Inspriation Ale and an Oaked Ale. Second prayer was a Smoked Porter and a Barleywine. We feasted on Trout and Jerk Chicken with Mango Habenero salsa, with a side of deep fried mashed garlic potatoes. God has blessed us this evening.

We then went to a local plebian worship center and had a Sierra Nevada.

I hereby present, for the edification of joy and mercy, these graven images....

Respectfully yours,

Grand Puhba

Movie Review --- BeerFest

While sitting at home last week with the wife (a snow day from school for her, and working from home for me), we decided to watch a movie using the Movies On-Demand feature from Time Warner Cable. Nothing extraordinary popped out at us, so we decided to watch BeerFest.

We didn't expect much, and it didn't deliver much for the average movie aficionado. However, for us beer enthusiasts, it was definitely worth the watch. Even my wife, while not rating this a "must see", agreed that it had its moments, was funny and enjoyable. The premise of the movie is five American guys take on the onerous task of representing the United States in the International BeerFest (a top secret beer drinking Olympics held, coincidently, at the same time as Oktoberfest). Much of the push to compete comes from the desire to uphold the honor of the family of two brothers whose grandfather and grandmother were of German royal decent (well, kind of).

Anyway, very sophomoric humor, with even some gratuitous nudity for the voyeurs in us (can you say BarleyMan???). Somewhat like Animal House. An overall rating of C+ as a movie, but again, a must see as a training video prior to this year's sojourn.

Check out the web site here...

Mr. BarleyMan, your mission, as the Grand Puhba, should be to find the secret location of this year's BeerFest. If we can't compete, maybe we can observe. Prost !