Some Nice Weather and a Big Wedding
It finally looks like spring is here. What a bizarre April we're having. I can't remember the last time that we had two solid weeks of 40 degree temps in April. Sure, you typically have a couple of bad days here and there, but two straight weeks of damp, chilling weather at a time of year that's supposed to be an interlude between winter and summer is too much for me to handle especially after 5 months of misery. April is the new March - just one big tease.
The warm weather couldn't happen at a better time. Tomorrow our man Maarten is getting hitched. Casey, Barb, Christina, and I are driving up to Syracuse tomorrow morning for what should be a really, really fun time. By the way, Syracuse received nearly a foot of snow on Monday. What a miserable place to live. But, no matter. Tomorrow marks the first day since October that they'll be over the 70 degree mark.
The Bhutas are driving in from Providence and we'll be meeting up with them for a quick lunch before heading off for the 2pm wedding. There's some lag time in between the ceremony and reception so we're all planning on hanging out and enjoying some of De Broers latest offering - a test batch we made a month ago.
We had all these random ingredients sitting around and didn't want them to go to waste so we decided to throw them all together to see what we get. And you know what? It's not too bad. We have no idea what it is but it's pretty good. Mike filled a growler of it for me to take along on the trip.
And speaking of the other Broer, he and his family need some congratulations thrown at them for the latest addition of their family - Theodore Lee Price - born this week. Weighing in at 8 lbs, 15 oz, Teddy helped maintain the Price family tradition of birthing large boys. Mike and I both weighed in at a hefty 9 lbs, 9 oz. Our poor mother.
Teddy is doing well. Christina and I drove up last night to visit Mike and Jill and the baby. Mike's birthday is April 26 so I gifted him a couple of bottles of one of the most anticipated beers in a long time - DFH's Black and Blue. We were terribly underwhelmed, as the aroma was a complete turnoff - rotting apples or some skunkishness something. There was a surprising lack of black raspberry or blueberry flavor - Enjoyable hints of fruity acidity up front, fairly thin body, and non-existent finish. I think DFH has out-thunk itself this time.
The warm weather couldn't happen at a better time. Tomorrow our man Maarten is getting hitched. Casey, Barb, Christina, and I are driving up to Syracuse tomorrow morning for what should be a really, really fun time. By the way, Syracuse received nearly a foot of snow on Monday. What a miserable place to live. But, no matter. Tomorrow marks the first day since October that they'll be over the 70 degree mark.
The Bhutas are driving in from Providence and we'll be meeting up with them for a quick lunch before heading off for the 2pm wedding. There's some lag time in between the ceremony and reception so we're all planning on hanging out and enjoying some of De Broers latest offering - a test batch we made a month ago.
We had all these random ingredients sitting around and didn't want them to go to waste so we decided to throw them all together to see what we get. And you know what? It's not too bad. We have no idea what it is but it's pretty good. Mike filled a growler of it for me to take along on the trip.
And speaking of the other Broer, he and his family need some congratulations thrown at them for the latest addition of their family - Theodore Lee Price - born this week. Weighing in at 8 lbs, 15 oz, Teddy helped maintain the Price family tradition of birthing large boys. Mike and I both weighed in at a hefty 9 lbs, 9 oz. Our poor mother.
Teddy is doing well. Christina and I drove up last night to visit Mike and Jill and the baby. Mike's birthday is April 26 so I gifted him a couple of bottles of one of the most anticipated beers in a long time - DFH's Black and Blue. We were terribly underwhelmed, as the aroma was a complete turnoff - rotting apples or some skunkishness something. There was a surprising lack of black raspberry or blueberry flavor - Enjoyable hints of fruity acidity up front, fairly thin body, and non-existent finish. I think DFH has out-thunk itself this time.
posted by JP at 9:39 AM
1 Comments:
I finished off the second bottle tonight and I must say that it's not too bad. I was looking forward to a blueberry/raspberry version of Fort with bursting berry flavor, so at first it was a disappointment. Once I reconciled myself that it is more along the lines of Chateau Jiahu, Black and Blue was enjoyable. Jill really liked it too, so that's a plus. Thanks for the Whirlwind and the Aprihop, they were both very good as well.
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