New Scaratings

And now we KNOW it'll be a party!

There is consideration of an Anti-Bear bash as well.

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You know we'd rather have you out here again, but nothing legitimizes a bash like an anti-bash, right? (Although anti-Bear bash sounds awfully Colbertian.)

So does that mean TTLPKG will be joining you?

If a trivia event is held that close to DC and The Package does not attend, it is most certainly not a bash.

BO

True, it does sound Colbertian, but this time I will have to remain here. We will return again some day. Maybe a Middle Atlantic - New England Tour will be attempted.

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Well, I 'll get in touch with him, but he might be in Patagonia, coaching Rugby then. Are you going? Do you want my Cubs - Cards tickets?

Pete Clipper

Lodging Info for the TriviAle Bash:

I highly recommend the AmericInn, which is located less than a mile from our front door.
In addition to being incredibly close, it is a lovely hotel, offering breakfast, very clean rooms, a really nice, open lobby, a cool manager (Matt), a swimming pool and a hot tub. What's more, they will offer us the conference room for after-hours partying. Matt will give anyone from our group an $89/night rate (down from their normal $129 rate). Please make reservations by the end of July and mention you're with Stewart's or the Trivia Bash or some combination thereof.

AmericInn Bear
875 Pulaski Highway
Bear, DE 19701
(302) 326-2500
(800) 634-3444
http://www.americinn.com/hotels/DE/Bear?chebs=ai_gl

The only drawback to the AmericInn is that despite its proximity, it is on a relatively busy roadway on the other side of a relatively major intersection, making walking ill-advised. That said, it's a very, very quick drive and a really nice hotel, especially for $89.

Should you require ritzier accommodations, there is the Hilton Christiana, about 5.5 miles north, who will offer $109/night. (But it's not that much ritzier.) http://www.hiltonchristiana.com/
Should you find yourself on a more limited budget, across the road from the Hilton is a Red Roof Inn, which offers $59/night singles and $65/night doubles. (I'd really suggest treating yourself to the AmericInn, though.) http://www.redroof.com/reservations/pro ... px?pid=190

I thought that since you are "The Man" our after hours partying would be at your bar.

"The Man" or not, we stay legal at Stewart's. In Delaware, that means last call ends at 1:00 a.m. and we have to kick you out by 2:00. But we do offer growlers!

Fair enough.

Good stuff, too. Akbar brought a couple of growlers to WV, and the dark was excellent.

I should probably confirm our attendance formally here to reinforce verbal OK at WVIII.

Hopefully trivi-ale will avoid the current overdone craze of excessive hoppiness, but since Labatt Blue is the best I get at my home bar I cannot be too picky

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We just ran a series of ridiculously hoppy beers, so that might be out of our system for a while. We're probably going to aim for something approachable for the TriviAle, but which also appeals to the beer geek. It's a fine line to walk, but brewer Ric is pretty darned good at this.

Glad to see you confirm; I'm looking forward to your being able to taste a wider array of our offerings.

Not trying to pick an argument but this approach is the reason I voiced a hope in the first place, so I will point it out. Are there no beer geeks who prefer balance to excessive hoppiness? Are there no well-crafted microbrews with excellent reputations that maybe even veer to the malty? I AM a beer geek and it often surprises me (you'd think I'd learn more quickly) when even many other cognoscenti seem to assume that hops are the be all and end all of good beer. It's a new-ish attitude that has become current only in the last 10-15 years. I'm not averse to hops - even heavily hopped beers, but the lack of balance in the last decade had become a bit irksome, where every new brewery starts trying to maximize IBUs and tell people that that cloying perfume mouthfeel that completely overpowers any other component of flavor is the one mark of a true beer lover's taste.

Again this is not aimed at you and is more of a general plaint. Can't count the number of micorbrew places I have been to in the last few years that have 9 IPAs, Guinness and a couple of fruit-laden novelties as their range of offerings. Is a rich brown ale too much to ask for these days? A refreshing pale ale with balance? A nutty porter or stout? Maybe even a light Marzen or Kolsch? Nope - every damn copper vessel in the nation seems to be packed with 400lbs of Tettnang and Kent Goldings lately.

But hey. Rest assured I will try everything - the hoppy stuff included, with relish. I look forward to it.

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Oh, I'm riding right there with you. I far prefer maltier beers to hoppier beers. One of the (many) reasons I love working here is that we do a great many maltier and more balanced beers. (We've won awards, for example, for our Maerzen, our Dunkel and our Koelsch, among others.) If you like Belgians, we're releasing a bottle-conditioned Tripel at the end of July. Let me know and I'll save you a bottle.


I don't necessarily recommend relish with our beer. Pretzels & mustard, perhaps.

And now I'll stop thread-jacking my own thread.

Save me a bottle or two of the Tripel. Love the Belgians. Barbar was my favorite on my last visit.

Well, looks like we will finally meet. Looking forward to it.

I'm down to 4 cigarettes a day for the last 3 months, so I probably won't subject you to too much outside second hand smoke .

Will do. I'm very pleased that you're coming. Look forward to meeting you!

Egads; I can barely imagine four cigarettes lasting three hours!

Not complaining at all mind you, but I was in Hawaii at the WVIII and I'll be in Mexico for the Bargos gathering. I'm looking forward to my first visit to Delaware, though I have been to Philly.

You won't be subjecting me to any trust me. Not legally anyway - I won't spend tourist dollars in those uncivilized states/cities that have no bans, not even for the sake of microbrews and trivia. Close, mind, but I've been out of the noxious pit kind of bar for over five years now and every day makes it less likely I'll subject myself to one again willingly. I mistakenly stepped into one not knowing where Philadelphia's exact boundary was last month (PA has no state ban), and was out again in seconds.

But sincere congrats on the almost-quitting. Should I ask the impetus for that decision or NOMB?

Oh and Akbar yes please - save me at least one Trippel. Many thanks for the consideration.

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too bad I can't make it,,i would have enjoyed sampling the microbrews.

tripels are always nice.

maybe Akbar could talk his brewmaster into making a oyster stout

We've thought about it. Given your cofffee add sign-off, you might appreciate the coffee stout we have on right now. (But only one keg.) We use actual Tanzanian Peaberry coffee rather than an extract. It's quite tasty.

I'd definitely like that one. In the winter, one of my favorite beers is Mill Street Coffee Porter.

Wanted for me and my wife to get healthier. Joined the Y in January swimming a mile and a half every other day, started wellbutrin at the same time. In March I had a second stent put in, which only reinforced the need to continue what I was doing.

I'm not going to be a hypocrite here as my lifestyle remains contrary to the "healthy" ideal, but kudos to you for taking action to meet goals important to you. The way I figure it the deaths from obesity and malpractice are about equal, so if I stay fat and away from doctors it's a wash

Yes joking of course ---but the numbers ARE in fact about equal!

Funnily enough the effects of smoking, alcohol and obesity do not take off as many years COMBINED as men could add by one simple action that very few of them seem to choose. Castration adds 13 years to lifespan on average.

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