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February 5th, 2011
Finally got around to updating the last few months of bottles. I had a good few months- some east coast beers in December, plus an international set in January.

Of surprising note was the re-emergence of German beers. Its been hard to find new Germans the last few years, but I was able to find a few good ones recently. In fact, a 5 star one too.

May 23, 2010
And so hopefully ends the longest dryspell here at Brewpalace. For some reason I just haven't been into beer that much this year. I normally experience this in January after a strong push in December to close out the year strong.

And I sure as heck haven't been in to entering the bottles. When all was said and done I just added 46 bottles for 2010. End to end the whole process took about 3 hours. It could have been a lot worse; I was only missing notes for one beer.

So hopefully I'm back on track and will finish the 2nd part of the year a lot stronger than the first part.

September 29, 2009
Well done brewers from San Diego. We racked up 14 medals, which is more than all states except Colorado (45), Oregon (22) and California (25 non-SD). Here's the article.

July 4, 2009
I finally replaced the old reporting module with one using the software I use in my real life. Play around with it. Pretty charts! Click the Reports link in the upper left under the logo to see.

July 4, 2009
So this must be discussed. I am mostly through my first glass of The Lost Abbey's Angel's Share Ale. And it is a pure train wreck of a beer. This bottle contains another 2.5 glasses too.

The interesting thing however is that other reviews of this beer elsewhere love it. Now remember, I've had all styles of beer over the years, and am able to handle even the most bizarre styles such as Rauchbier or the goofy things coming from Avery or Dogfish Head.

I can come to only 3 explanations: a) I have a skunked bottle (possible, but hard to believe given that I'm only 25 mins from the brewery) b) The other reviewers are full of it, just like a college kid claims that Bud Light is the best beer in the world or c) its all marketing hype BS. I've witnessed firsthand how ones image perception influences their opinion of a product's flavor. I know I don't have to love every style of beer int he world, but if you are looking for an informed opinion you now have it.

In any event, instead of jumping on the "me too" bandwagon, I'm going to give it to you straight: even if you like intense and bizarre beers, this beer is just awful. Save yourself the $30 and have a sip of your dumbass friend's who just has to have it because someone told him its a beer that all the cool kids (read: Beer geeks) like.

BTW, I hope its option (a) - I'd gladly try another sip, but only if someone else buys it for me.