Beer List 2011

1. 3 Brewers (France) - Amber (draft)
2. 3 Brewers (France) - Blonde (draft)
3. 3 Brewers (France) - Brown (draft)
4. 3 Brewers (France) - White (draft)
5. Abita (Louisiana) - Purple Haze (bottle)
6. Alexander Keith's (Canada) - Dark Ale (draft)
7. Alexander Keith's (Canada) - India Pale Ale (draft)
8. Anderson Valley (California) - Winter Solstice (bottle)
9. Anheuser-Busch (Missouri) - Budweiser (can)
10. Anheuser-Busch (Missouri) - Michelob Light (bottle)
11. Aspall (United Kingdom) - Demi-Sec English Draft Cider (bottle)
12. Bell's (Michigan) - Two Hearted Ale (draft)
13. Bell's (Michigan) - Winter White Ale (bottle)
14. Berkshire (Massachusetts) - Dean’s Beans Coffeehouse Porter (draft)
15. Berkshire (Massachusetts) - Oktoberfest Lager (draft)
16. Big Boss (North Carolina) - Bad Penny (draft)
17. Big Boss (North Carolina) - Big Operator (draft)
18. Big Boss (North Carolina) - Blanco Diablo (draft)
19. Big Boss (North Carolina) - Harvest Time Pumpkin Ale (bottle)
20. Big Boss (North Carolina) - Hell's Belle (draft)
21. BJ's (Colorado) - Harvest Hefeweizen (draft)
22. Blue Point (New York) - Oatmeal Stout (draft)
23. Boone (North Carolina) - Blowing Rock High Country Ale (bottle)
24. Boston Beer (Massachusetts) - Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat (draft)
25. Boston Beer (Massachusetts) - Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA (draft)
26. Breckenridge (Colorado) - Agave Wheat (bottle)
27. Breckenridge (Colorado) - Avalanche Ale (bottle)
28. Breckenridge (Colorado) - Lucky U IPA (bottle)
29. Breckenridge (Colorado) - Vanilla Porter (bottle)
30. BridgePort (Oregon) - Ebenezer Ale (bottle)
31. California Cider - Ace Joker Cider (draft)
32. Cambridge (Massachusetts) - Great Pumpkin Ale (draft)
33. Caracole (Belgium) - Nostradamus (draft)
34. Carolina Beer (North Carolina) - Cottonwood Pumpkin Spiced Ale (draft)
35. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - 16th Anniversary Imperial IPA (draft)
36. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - Carolina Old 392 (draft)
37. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - Groundhog Black Lager (draft)
38. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - India Pale Ale (bottle)
39. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - Nut Brown Ale (bottle)
40. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - Oktoberfest Lager (draft)
41. Carolina Brewing (North Carolina) - Pale Kolsch (draft)
42. Cascade (Oregon) - Apricot Ale (draft)
43. Cascade (Oregon) - Kriek 2010 (draft)
44. Cascade (Oregon) - Nightfall Blackberry (draft)
45. Cascade (Oregon) - Sang Royal (draft)
46. Chimay (Belgium) - Chimay Tripel (draft)
47. Clipper City (Maryland) - Heavy Seas Loose Cannon (draft)
48. Coors (Colorado) - Coors (bottle)
49. Coors (Colorado) - Coors Light (draft)
50. Crispin Cider (Minnesota) - Crispin Super-Premium Draught
51. De Konninck (Belgium) - De Koninck (bottle)
52. Deschutes (Oregon) - Black Butte Porter (bottle)
53. Deschutes (Oregon) - Mirror Pond Pale Ale (bottle)
54. Deschutes (Oregon) - Twilight Summer Ale (draft)
55. Driftwood (Canada) - Farmhand Ale (draft)
56. Du Minot (Canada) - Mystique Cider (draft)
57. Duck-Rabbit (North Carolina) - Brown Ale (bottle)
58. Dupont (Belgium) - Bière De Miel Biologique (draft)
59. Dupont (Belgium) - Redor Pils (draft)
60. Flying Dog (Maryland) - Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale (bottle)
61. Flying Dog (Maryland) - Old Scratch Amber Lager (bottle)
62. Foothills (North Carolina) - Foothills Red (draft)
63. Foothills (North Carolina) - People's Porter (draft)
64. Foothills (North Carolina) - Sexual Chocolate (draft)
65. Foothills (North Carolina) - Torch Pilsner (draft)
66. Franziskaner (Germany) - Hefe-Weisse (draft)
67. Fuller Smith & Turner (United Kingdom) - Fuller's London Porter (bottle)
68. Gaffel Becker (Germany) - Gaffel Kölsch (draft)
69. Genesee (New York) - Genesee Cream Ale (bottle)
70. Goose Island (Illinois) - Honker's Ale (draft)
71. Gordon Biersch (Nevada) - Märzen (bottle)
72. Granville Island (Canada) - English Bay Pale Ale (draft)
73. Granville Island (Canada) - Island Lager (draft)
74. Granville Island (Canada) - Robson Street Hefeweizen (draft)
75. Great Divide (Colorado) - Hibernation Ale (bottle)
76. Great Divide (Colorado) - Saint Bridget's Porter (bottle)
77. Green Mountain (Vermont) - Woodchuck Amber Cider (bottle)
78. Grupo Modelo (Mexico) - Negra Modelo (draft)
79. Guinness (Ireland) - Harp Lager (draft)
80. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - Dočesná Czech Hop Harvest Ale (draft)
81. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - Harpoon IPA (draft)
82. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - Summer Beer (bottle)
83. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - UFO Hefeweizen (bottle)
84. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - UFO White (draft)
85. Harpoon (Massachusetts) - Winter Warmer (draft)
86. Heineken (Netherlands) - Heineken Lager (bottle)
87. Heineken (Netherlands) - Heineken Light Lager (bottle)
88. Highland (North Carolina) - Highland Little Hump Spring Ale (bottle)
89. InBev (United Kingdom) - Bass Pale Ale (draft)
90. Jever (Germany) - Jever Pilsener (draft)
91. Labatt (Canada) - Labatt 50 (draft)
92. Labatt (Canada) - Labatt Blue Light Lime (bottle)
93. Lagunitas (California) - Bourbon Barrel Cappuccino Stout (draft)
94. Lagunitas (California) - Cappuccino Stout (draft)
95. Leffe (Belgium) - Leffe Blonde (draft)
96. Mad River (California) - Steelhead Extra Pale Ale (bottle)
97. Magic Hat (Vermont) - #9 (bottle)
98. Magners (Ireland) - Magners Irish Cider (draft)
99. Margaritaville (Florida) - Landshark Lager (draft)
100. McAuslan (Canada) - St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout (draft)
101. Mission (California) - Shipwrecked Double IPA (bottle)
102. Molson (Canada) - Carling Black Label (bottle)
103. Molson (Canada) - Molson Dry (draft, bottle)
104. Molson (Canada) - Rickard's Red (draft)
105. Molson (Canada) - Rickard's White (draft)
106. Mountain Sun (Colorado) - Blackberry Wheat (draft)
107. Mountain Sun (Colorado) - Lil' Willy (draft)
108. Mythos (Greece) - Mythos Red (bottle)
109. Napa Smith (California) - Lost Dog Red Ale (draft)
110. Natty Greene's (North Carolina) - Buckshot Amber Ale (draft)
111. New Belgium (Colorado) - Mighty Arrow Pale Ale (draft)
112. New Belgium (Colorado) - Snow Day Winter Ale (draft)
113. Ninkasi (Oregon) - Sleigh'r Dark Doüble Alt Ale
114. Ninkasi (Oregon) - Total Domination IPA (draft)
115. Occidental (Oregon) - Cloudy Summer (draft)
116. Off The Rail (Oregon) - Sweet Leaf (draft)
117. Pabst (Illinois) - Pabst Blue Ribbon (can, draft)
118. Palm (Belgium) - Speciale Belge (draft)
119. Paulaner (Germany) - Oktoberfest (draft)
120. Peak Organic (Maine) - IPA (draft)
121. Pyramid (Washington) - Haywire Hefeweizen (draft)
122. Redhook Ale (Washington) - Redhook ESB (draft)
123. Rogue (Oregon) - American Amber Ale (bottle)
124. Rogue (Oregon) - Mom Hefeweizen or Half-E-Weizen (draft)
125. Roth (North Carolina) - Mi Mei Honey Plum Hefeweizen (draft)
126. Scheuerer (Germany) - Moosbacher Weissbier (bottle)
127. Sierra Nevada (California) - Summerfest Lager (draft)
128. Sierra Nevada (Chalifornia) - Kellerweis Hefeweizen (draft)
129. Ska (Colorado) - Modus Hoperandi (draft)
130. Sleeman (Canada) - Honey Brown Lager (draft)
131. Smuttynose (New Hampshire) - Finestkind IPA (bottle)
132. Sociedade Central de Cervejas (Portugal) - Sagres Bohemia (bottle)
133. Spoetzl (Texas) - Shiner Holiday Cheer (draft)
134. St. Bernardus (Belgium) - Pater 6 (draft)
135. St. Bernardus (Belgium) - Prior 8 (draft)
136. Stanley Park (Canada) - Noble Pilsner (draft)
137. Stone (California) - Stone IPA (bottle)
138. Terrapin (Georgia) - Hopsecutioner IPA (bottle)
139. Terrapin (Georgia) - Sunray Wheat Beer (bottle)
140. Triangle (North Carolina) - Belgian Golden Ale (draft)
141. Triangle (North Carolina) - India Pale Ale (draft)
142. Tugboat (Oregon) - Amber Lamps (draft)
143. Verhaeghe (Belgium) - Duchesse De Bourgogne (draft)
144. Victory (Pennsylvania) - HopDevil Ale (draft)
145. Wernesgrüner (Germany) - Pils Legend (bottle)
146. Whistler (Canada) - Altitude Honey Lager (draft)
147. Whistler (Canada) - Weissbier Wheat Ale (draft)
148. Widmer Brothers (Oregon) - Widmer Hefeweizen (bottle)
149. Wormtown (Massachusetts) - Beer Goggles Barleywine (draft)
150. Wychwood (United Kingdom) - Hobgoblin (bottle)

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

My last post was about me buying a new pair of running shoes. This post is just to show off the new mattress and box springs that I bought last week. If any of my imaginary readers are wondering, I purchased a Stearns & Foster Fiona Pillow Top from my local Mattress Firm location. This is the third mattress set that I have bought from them. The set was delivered last Friday, but I then promptly left town for the weekend. I got back home on Monday and finally got to try out my new bed. I have to say that it is very nice.

I also have to say that my recent spending spree is not complete with just a new pair of shoes and a new bed. Watch this space for what is next on my list.

Time for New Kicks

I posted about purchasing a new pair of running shoes back in March. It was now past time to pick up another pair, so the other day, I stopped by the new Inside-Out Sports location that recently opened near my place. I am quite happy with my current shoes which are the brass-colored ASICS GT-2150, and I still wear my previous pair of the GT-2140. For the new pair, I skipped the next generation which would be the GT-2160. Instead, I went with the current generation which is the GT-2170. I got the maroon.

NBA Switcheroo

The National Basketball Association is currently in a state of suspended animation. Not to be outdone by their NFL counterparts, the owners of NBA teams locked out their players back in July. The owners are looking to improve the financial status of their teams, but the players do not see any issues with the status quo. I will not attempt to resolve that particular issue, but I will attempt to correct another issue that is rampant in the NBA. Of course, I am referring to the issue of team names that do not match the cities which those teams call home. I promise my solution to this issue does not touch the Los Angeles Lakers.

My proposal starts in Canada with the Toronto Raptors. That team occasionally wears throwback uniforms bearing the name Huskies in reference to the professional basketball team that was based in the city back in the 1940s. Step one in this process, the Toronto team adopts to the Huskies moniker full time.

For the second step, the process moves to California. The Sacramento Kings may eventually become the Anaheim Royals or something similar. The team could be moving into Honda Center which is home to the NHL's Anaheim Ducks. Regardless of the move, I would suggest the team drop the monarchy theme and pick up the Raptors nickname. I would suggest the team avoid the dinosaur reference however and embrace predatory birds. Instead of the Raptors name, the team could even go with California Condors.

A royal nickname has now freed. To me, the obvious landing spot for the Kings name is Memphis where the Grizzlies would become the Memphis Kings. The name would have a lovely dual reference. The primary theme would be Egyptian pharaohs since the city of Memphis is a named after one of the capitals of ancient Egypt. (Similar to Cairo, Illinois, both the Egyptian city and its American namesake are tied to rivers, the Nile and Mississippi, respectively.) The Tennessee city has enthusiastically embraced the Egyptian reference already. For the team's third uniforms, a garish Elvis jumpsuit theme would be used in honor of the King of Rock 'n' Roll.

While grizzly bears are not native to Tennessee, they have been known to inhabit the Rocky Mountains. Therefore, the Utah Jazz could become the Utah Grizzlies. This seems like a great idea except for a minor issue. There is already a professional hockey team that goes by the same name. That team plays in the minor-league ECHL. I will just assume that any conflicts between the two teams over the name can be resolved amicably.

The next step is completely obvious with the Jazz name returning to New Orleans. The team in NOLA changes its name from the Hornets to the New Orleans Jazz but keeps its Mardi Gras-themed colors. In the final step of the transition process, the Hornets name returns to Charlotte. Since the team in New Orleans would keep the current colors associated with the Hornets, the team in Charlotte would need a new design. I would suggest using black and gold like the old WFL football team with that name. The color combination would be unique in the NBA.

Changing the name of the Charlotte team to the Hornets would free up the Bobcats name. I have previously established my disdain for that nickname, and I doubt there would be any takers for that one.

Double Duty

This is not a great picture, and I apologize to my imaginary readers for the crappy photo quality. I saw the container in the middle of the picture at the place where I get my hair cut. I tried to discreetly take a picture of the item with my cellphone. I assume this particular product a favorite with the ladies for several reasons. Based on the surrounding products, I would assume Kenra is the name brand of this product. However, I am not sure what this is suppose to be even after searching the Internet. Perhaps it is from the Kenra Platinum collection. It looks similar to this "Freezing Gel", but the bottle shown in that link does not seem quite as shiny. The place where I get my hair cut also carries haircare products from Redken, but this does not look like any of their products either.