Brian's Blog

Today we had a gathering to celebrate my daughters 3rd birthday so I decided to try out some new beer on the family. Some time ago I was introduced to Victory Beer. Specifically I first tried Victory Lager and then some time later the Hop Devil Ale and found them both very good. Anyway, I grabbed a variety case of Victorys (thanks Rik) which contains Hop Devil Ale, Golden Monkey, Prima Pils, and Victory Lager. It seemed to be fairly well received by the few beer drinkers that were present. My wife's father was the only one who seemed to enjoy the Hop Devil Ale. But that's not much of a surprise as he seems to like pretty much all beer, especially the darker and/or heavier ones. I tried a Golden Monkey for the first time tonight and WOW does that thing pack a punch. It's quite flavorful but 9.5% alcohol which I didn't realize till after I had finished drinking it. Needless to say I didn't have any more of those as I needed to be coherent enough to help host.

Of course though, I didn't forget the ladies (yes, that includes you Bob) and grabbed a six of Coors Light.

I can't say to much about the party in general as it was a typical kids party. There were gifts, cake, and family. After the cake we all ran around the yard playing ball with the kids and got reminded as to just how out of shape all of us adults are.

In short, it was a good time. Well, except for the cleaning up part.