EVERYBODY MUST GUESS WHAT STONE

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon I pulled in to The Northside, to be greeted by Mr. O who said "Dan, I haven't found the Stone IPA anywhere." Crap, that means another dangerous mission into keg mountain. For those who need a mental look of this, just imagine going into your bedroom and instead of furniture there was nothing but kegs. And on top of those kegs were, well, more kegs. And in the closet, you guessed it more kegs. To get into the room you would have to take down some kegs so you could crawl in there to change one. I found a large bag of carrots in there, which leads me to believe that there is a homeless horse living in there too. So after much searching I found another keg of Stone Pale Ale and the big guy hooks it up. Wow, this tastes like a Pale Ale, so what the hell was in that other keg that said Pale Ale that I was raving about? When the BA judges got there, we began a thoughtful taste test. The judges and (Shangy by phone) came to only one conclusion, It had to be the Double Bastard. I guess that is one fine mistake to make. I found nobody who was complaining about that! The great kitchen staff and Mr. O then proceeded to kick out some right smart BBQ buffet stuff that filled many a belly. My other small mistake was the 2003 bottle, it was a Arrogant Bastard which got opened later that night. (When your in keg mountain and you are reaching down in a crevice to get this, you are taking your own life in your hands.) Even though the full "dessert buffet" didn't come out, it was a fun time. Much thanks to all who could make it, and of course the lovely Erin for taking care of the early bar.