facebook posts from 2014 / 12

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2. Happy New Year!

3. Not Mount Doom, but nearby.

4. Wellington craft beer bars are as good as or better than Bay Area craft beer bars, Beer Revolution in Oakland is the only decider.

5. with Amanda Walker Stavely. Dawson Falls rules, the park deserved days not hours but hours we had.

   

   

   

   

   

   

6. So it’s like tomorrow for you already since you are halfway around the world in the southern hemisphere (SO jealous 😃) but…Happy Happy Birthday!!

7. Happy birthday young man 😉

8. Eeekselen beersies, bummed we just found this place.

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10. Wellington, NZ

11. at Pukaha Mount Bruce, National Wildlife Centre. A white kiwi and a… non-white kiwi. Kinda useless photos, they are nocturnal and don’t like to hang out anywhere but in the dark (room).

    

    3, 5, and 6 were ok, a lot like Yuengling or Saranac’s line-up. I forget how crazy the U.S. Craft beer scene is, and the west coast in particular.

    

    

    

    

    

    

12. Tui Brewery: Yuengling in any color you like, average 4%, including the one they call an east India pale ale.

13. ABSOLUT CLICK FACTORY.

    (Duty free in Sydney).

14. Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, and one picture of sheep as we drove away from the Shire, from the Lord of the Rings (which we didn’t actually bother to see on account of it requiring a 2 hour tour). For reference: all liquids (except the sheep) in these photos are boiling or near boiling.

    

    

    

    

    For scale: the crackly stuff on the left of the pond are super unreal sulfur crystals the size of toasters.

    

    

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16. Hella Pikesville (made in Bardstown, KY, been there too) rye hooch in that there New Zealand 'hon.

17. Queenhavers: curious gamehavers.

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    Michael Graham Elizabeth Funderburk the danged thing won’t turn on!

    

    sometimes flickr sends the title, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s a bobcat walking around Rodeo Lagoon. Bobcat tails (not pictured) are lollers.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Best post-it notes ever.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Flick!

    

    

    

    

    Made possible by getting my filtering gear out and sanitized, readying two kegs for the juggling act, carrying an umbrella at all times, and fate.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Had half an ounce of German Pearle in the fridge left over from a previous batch so they went in the bag too.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

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20. “The Chamber of Commerce, KIWANIS, the Lions, The Loyal Order of Masons, Rotary Club, Jaycees, Eastern Star, The Rosicrucians, the Knights of Columbus, and the Shriners welcome you to Auckland.” -my name for the little dude in our condo for the next two nights.

21. Attn. brands, I am hot w/ the white male 18-35 demo, plz contact my agent for endorsements.

22. with Amanda Walker Stavely at Koko Head Stairs of Doom. Koko Crater Hike

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

23. Couldn’t find an ABC near Koko Crater.

24. Koko Crater Hike

25. with Amanda Walker Stavely. Ka’ena State Park

    

    

    

    Arp! Arp! Arp!

    

    I ❤️ U Tony’s Neopolitana!

    

    

    Albatross.

    

26. Homesick already.

27. Aloha, at Pipeline, Oahu, HI

28. The only snowman I’ve made in a few years has Oreo crumb eyes and a liquorice nose.

29. Our gingerbread house entry in the competition is serious business.

    

    An exact replica, good eye!

    

    

    

30. Nope.

31. Kegging an Imperial Stout that finished at ~9.5%. I haven’t brewed in the two months since this batch. January plans: an IPA with Ben Miller’s hops.