Beth's BBQ party

Beth threw a BBQ part with her neighbor. Teri and I went down for some fun and swill. It was catered and they had tons of food. Teri and I did have decent in the corn hold tournament. And as has been habit the last few times I brought back some New Belgium beer. This time it was their Hoptober which I dig a lot.

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Duncan Knob

Teri and sought out a new hike and decided to do Duncan Knob. It was pretty cool. It's a loop in the George Washington National Forest. We almost missed the little side path to the Knob which would have been a bummer cuz it was a nice view after a rock scramble.

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GPS route

Beckapolozza

Glen Beck put on a sermon on the mall. Always entertaining.

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GPS route

Jen's b-day and brunch with Ben

Ben was in town for work and he stayed the weekend to enjoy DC for a couple nights. We stopped by Scott's place on Friday for Jen's birthday. Scott had some alcohol in him and was talking up Teri and her golf. We had brunch on Saturday and did the tourist thing with Ben

DC Beer Week Kick-off Brunch

I think DC had two DC Beer Weeks last year. And I think that confusion rolled in to this year but there were a ton of events throughout this week but that is a good thing. Ben joined Teri and I for this brunch at Pizzeria Paradiso in Dupont. Ben had a tight schedule with a flight right after brunch. This brunch had a mix of breweries rather than featuring just one. The menu...

Hot Pepper Jelly & Peach Goat Cheese Crostini

w/ local peaches & thick cut bacon

Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin'

Coddled Egg w/ Roasted Local Summer Squash

w/ roasted local carrots, radishes & Asparagus in an ale hollandaise

Kiuchi Hitachino Nest Nipponia Ancient Ale

Local Soft Shell Crab, Heirloom Tomato, Roasted Corn Pizza

BFM La Douze

Coconut Rice Pudding w/ Toasted Coconut & Lime Shavings

Three Floyds Stay In School

Dark Chocolate Pecan Coffee Cake

w/ Maple Ice Cream

Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout

The crostini was decent. I'm a fan of Little Sumpin' Sumpin'. The Nipponia Ancient Ale was brewed with a malt that came from three seeds from some ancient seed bank. It also had that familiar sorachi ace hop taste. The La Douze was brewed with flowers of salt of Guerande from Switzerland. It had a salty aftertaste. The Three Floyds Stay In School was strong at 10%. And the Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout of course had a big coffee taste that I'm not found of. Ben had to eat the last course quick and boogie. I'm not a fan of coconut or coffee. Not a bad way to start a Sunday though.

Phish @ Jones Beach

Teri and went up to Jones Beach outside of NYC for the end of the Phish tour. It was a great venue on a beach on Long Island. The sound was excellent. The venue had it's own beach. It was a nice set up. We had awesome seats the second night down on the floor. Some guy freaked out and jumped off the balcony during the set break. It wasn't too fall of a far luckily for him. It was a fun end to the tour.

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Birch & Barley and Trombone Shorty

I got word it was going to sell out so we did like Galactic and got tix before hand then headed to 14th street for some fine food and drink. At Birch & Barley they said it was an hour wait and that fit perfect with our schedule so we put in our names and headed up to ChurckKey for some fine swill. We got called in 30 minutes. After ordering the risotto balls upstairs as an appetizer they gave it to us complementary at our table downstairs. We got the duck egg again and it was great. The bread was awesome as usual with cornbread and pretzel bread. I had the halibut. Can't go wrong with such excellent food and beer.

The show was awesome. Being sold out it was of course packed. We hung out in the back of the floor the whole time but we could see being a tall couple. Shorty would play sweet short little distinct bursts on his trombone which were cool. He could sing well too. It was another good show.