Daily Thoughts and Rants
By Woopop | March 10, 2010 6:55 pm
- The Jerk Store just called, and good news! I'm back in stock! #
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Daily Thoughts and Rants
By Woopop | March 8, 2010 11:55 pm
- It's Passive Aggressive Monday on the floor today. #
- Finally unboxed and started messing around with the little air compressor I got for my b-day. Can't wait to put it to good use! #
- This VS trainwreck of a postgame show is highly entertaining, in a "we can't believe they're paying us for this" kinda way. Slient Edzo FTW! #
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Wolaver’s Alta Gracia Coffee Porter
By Woopop | March 8, 2010 6:59 pm
The last of the new birthday beer…
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Nothing Finer Than Some Keuka Wine’r
By Woopop | March 7, 2010 11:12 am
Mini wine tours are always fun, and the one we took yesterday was cool for a couple reasons. We’d never done Keuka Lake, so it was exciting to go to wineries that we’ve never visited before. Secondly, going with Scott and his friend Dave was a blast because A) they’re a blast, B) they know what they’re talking about. The focus of the trip was McGregor’s, as Scott and Dave are club members. Another new experience (for me, anyway) was vertical tasting. And what a vertical tasting it was, five vintages of their unique Black Russian Red. ‘99, ‘00, ‘06, ‘07, and barrel samples of the ‘08. Completely fascinating how the grapes and wine vary from year to year. Another part of the learning experience that I had no idea about, storing the wine upside down in the box so the cork soaks up the wine, and won’t dry-rot while you’re storing it. Sounds like something I should have known already, but hey!
Just down the road to our next stop, Ravines, where the winemaker expanded upon our cork knowledge by explaining that natural cork is still the way to go if you’re going to age the wines, and while he doesn’t use them, synthetic corks and screw caps are fine for wines you’ll be drinking right away. It’s all about the application I suppose!
Around the bottom end of the lake, and next stop was Heron Hill, where we easily had the most excitable host of the day, as evidence by the exclamation point on his nametag (Dave!), but he was also very knowledgeable. Dr. Frank’s was next, and we closed up our tour day with a stop at Hunt Country. I think Tiff and I have found some new favorite wines and wineries, and we’ll certainly do Keuka Lake again in the future.
Naturally, we were starving at this point, so we bid farewell to Dave, and the rest of us went to pig out at Papa Jack’s for dinner. Yeah, pig out. GARBAGE PLATE TIME. Totally hit the spot. Good plate too. The wine, combined with the plate, led to food-coma time when we got home (for me anyway). Conked out on the couch, and that was it for my night. Needless to say I’m a bit more refreshed this morning!
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Daily Thoughts and Rants
By Woopop | March 6, 2010 11:55 pm
- You may argue about the beer, but you can't argue with FREE! http://twitpic.com/16y2ad #
- Mini wine tour on Keuka Lake today! #
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Wanna Light Up Your Life?
By Woopop | March 6, 2010 9:07 am
– You can argue about the beer, but you can’t argue with free!Topics: Regular | No Comments »
Daily Thoughts and Rants
By Woopop | March 5, 2010 11:55 pm
- Raffi Torres looking pretty good so far, and it's awesome to see Danny Gare back on the Sabres broadcasts! #
- Haha Vanek just banked a shot in off Leighton's butt! Ya don't see that every day! #
- Nice to see TC redeem himself after that awful giveaway. #
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Custom Brewcrafters St. Patrick’s Irish Ale
By Woopop | March 5, 2010 8:44 pm
Yet more of the birthday beer!
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Daily Thoughts and Rants
By Woopop | March 4, 2010 11:55 pm
- Oh boy… First televised Mets spring training game on right now. Hope springs eternal! #
- Enjoying an entertaining slate of hockey games tonight, no thanks to Versus, who didn't show NYR-PIT in Rochester. And Tampa lost. Blah. #
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Lake Placid IPA
By Woopop | March 4, 2010 7:22 pm
Even more birthday beer!
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