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True story. I'd be just as happy (with my stouts, porters, browns, Scotch ales, Belgiums, and occasional yellow [or even light!] beer) if they'd abandon the IPA concept altogether. Typically I'm a live and let live sort...but when OB runs out of Ten Fiddy and Old Chub, but has 9 fucking IPAs available, it's time to get militant.

Why'd you get her a sled? It rarely snows in Texas 🤣

Nice. I like a long shadow bike shot!

Firestone makes some good stuff. They were bought by Duvel Mortgaat a Belgian brand and it seems that they let them keep doing what they like instead of being bought by someone like AB were they only care about market share and want the brewery to fall in line with what sells. This unfortunately happened to Middleton brewing not that they were bought by a big conglomerate but Middleton used to do some good Belgian styles before the other investors steered them in the direction of the status quo. Boulevard is also owned by Duvel Mortgaat and they do some really good brews. I know I'm out of the norm for what people think is good beer, I don't like IPA's at all and IPA's were not brewed for any other reason than to preserve the beer for the journey from England to India when Great Britain was settling India. There is no such thing as an IPL or a dark IPA these are just brewers renaming a beer for the sake of "being different". On another note I just got back from a trip to LI and there's a brewery there that specializes in Belgian style beers. They do a Quadruple that is probably the best quad I've had, along with a fantastic dubbel. All of the breweries beers are brewed with locally sourced ingredients from Long Island farms. This brewery is also currently brewing beer with yeast from 130 years ago that was found in beer that was on a ship that sank off the coast of LI in the 1800's. https://www.bendbulletin.com/business/this-beer-started-with-131-year-old-yeast/article_c919ad5e-ca54-5035-998a-07134d5e208f.html

Yeah, there are a handful of things that I can cook well, but this one was not on the list - homemade pierogis. If you had a polish or Eastern European grandma, you had these sometime growing up. I was craving them so I found a recipe and made some this morning. Let's just say that this was a 2-3 hour labor. When I looked it my Fitbit I burned as many calories as riding. Basically these are potato, cheese, onion, garlic and bacon pierogis and when I was done I had ~72 of them. Had to eat a few after cooking just to make sure they were up to par. The cool thing is you can cook them, then either do the final pay fry step or just freeze them and cook them later. This is pretty similar to gyoza, might try that next. The final ones pictured here had some overly cooked onion on them, that is what at the black specs are. If you are interested I am going to write up the recipe and post it later.

Open fields and gravel path around CPHS. Nothing even remotely difficult.

I don't have any problems with IPA's aside from the fact that I don't like them. Drink what you like everybody is different😉

If you can ever find it I'd recommend Kasteel Tripel. 11% blond tripel malty yeasty goodness.

When talking beer I'm pretty sure everyone knows what I mean by AB. If that's a mark of shame, well let the shaming begin!

I have a non stick crepe wand that you dip in a batter pan and it is super easy to make perfect crepes. When I make a faster waffle I make it just like you do, lightening the batter with egg whites. The overnight waffles that @Barryis referring to is yeast batter risen over night. They are malty, light and crisp. The waffle maker is a dual sided monster with deep pockets that a family of 4 needed to have a reasonable amount of waffles in short order.

I might need an intervention. New sled for the wife.........

You know you've found the right bike brand when they share their color pantones with you. This is going to get interesting.

Near Creede, Colorado.

Sneaked out for a morning ride on a last minute day off. Tried to find a time when the humidity had dropped a little but it still wasn’t too hot. Didn’t work.

Whitewater park near Hartman Rocks. I’m guessing there is a good story about the women’s changing area.

For me, it's not going to be a list but a description of trails I avoid in the heat. Lack of tree cover is not necessarily a big item for me if I can manage to keep the speed up. I wear sun sleeves and a wicking beanie under the helmet and that helps shield me from the sun and keep me cool. Anything bowl shaped where air can get superheated and/or humidity is trapped I avoid. Thumper encompasses both the main things I avoid in the summer: slow trail, bowl shaped. Walnut is the best since it's fast and shaded.

Waffles are also an excellent delivery system for fried chicken. Also with real maple syrup. Waffles can also be spectacular on their own. @Jessica has a Belgian waffle maker, and quite a few different batter options. When she does the quick batter, it makes excellent waffels. But that overnight batter is amazing without even adding a topping of any sort. But you still want to put real maple syrup on it, of course. We're no heathens. I mean we are, but not like that. I also enjoy the parmesan crisps. But something odd happens when you have them with whisky. They become more like parmesan chewing gum.

First off, I don’t buy breweries…yet. Secondly, being bought by the Belgians is a mark of shame.