Yeah, I hear ya. You Canadians get it pretty cold. It's been in the 90s already this year.

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

About half the time I go in without a single beer in mind. I just look at what's in stock and just let the beer gods guide me. Doesn't take me long, maybe 20 minutes tops. It's strange, in those situations I never consciously zero in on a specific style, but I often find later that even without a list to guide me I end up with several beers from one style. Truly the beer gods know what will make us happy and quench our thirsts, we just need to tune in and listen to them and all will be well.

I need to sit down after while and list all the beers I've tried over the last couple of weeks and give you guys a run down. Aside from the horrific encounter with that Avery Samaels Ale, I've had some genuinely kick ass beers recently. Might as well share so you guys can try them too.

See, the past two times I went in specifically looking for Makroken. They were out of stock both times. Last time I found some Red Racer and Trois Pistoles so that was a fine back up. Last time I went to get Makroken, they were out of it and Red Racer. I already had a few of my staples sitting in the fridge (Granville and Creemore) so I was at a loss of what to pick. I stumbled upon a 6er of Blanche de Chamblay and given they're usually in the large bottles I picked that up. Then I saw the Trois Pistoles and I figured why not. But then I wanted a 6er of something new to try and everything that caught my eye was only available in big bottles. Big bottles are great in the right time and place, but they're far less convenient for a casual beer.

On another note...I just read the threads about new titles and REP....was wondering why mine went down so much? Now I know. How about a REP for PLINY program?

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12 -Team Yahoo, Points Pool, Keeper (Since 1995): G(1), A(1), PPG(1), SHG(1) GWG(1), W(2), SHO(3). Protect 13 each season.

C (4): Crosby, Roy, Stepan, O'Reilly
LW (4): Benn, Pacioretty, Umberger, Burrows
RW (4): Perry, Iginla, Atkinson, S. Gagner
F (1): Little
D (4): Boyle, Schultz, Keith, OEL
G (1): Schneider

Bench: (RW) Kassian (LW) Hagelin (D) Karlsson, Wiercioch (G) Hiller

Send me some Pliny and I'll rep you all day long. haha

Yeah, same here. Free Pliny for rep? Hell yeah!

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Team 1:10 Multi-Cat Roto league

C- Malkin,Giroux,Thornton Galchenyuk, Schenn, Berglund, Eller
LW- Hall,Ovechkin, E.Kane Saad
RW- Seguin, Stewart, PAP
D- Subban,Phaneuf Keith, OEL, Hedman,
G- Pavelec,Hiller Lindback, Theodore, Lehner

Team 2:24 H2H League Multi-Cat

C- Lecavalier, B. Schenn, Ennis, Belanger
LW- JVR, Leino, Bissonnette, Whitney, C. Bourque, Nodl
RW- Kopecky, Langenbrunner, Doan, Versteeg, Mayers
D- Doughty, Burns, Souray, Sarich, Lovejoy, Potter
G-Pavelec, Enroth

This thread is inspiring me to test drive Pale Ales of Victoria (since I, ya know, live here). This is the list so far, it may take me a while to get through...

Spinnaker's
Blue Bridge Double Pale (8.2%) ***
India Pale Ale (7.1%) ***
Original Pale Ale (5%)

Lighthouse Brewery
Beacon IPA ***
Riptide Pale Ale
Switchback IPA

Swanns
Extra IPA
Pandora Pale Ale

Canoe Brewpub
Siren's Song Pale Ale ***

Vancouver Island Brewery
Piper's Pale Ale ***
Flying Tanker White IPA

Phillips Brewing
HopCircle IPA
Amnesiac Double IPA (8.5%)
Hoperation Tripel Cross IPA (8%)
Krypton Rye Pale Ale (limited avail)
Amarillo IPA (limited avail)

Edit**

Driftwood Brewing
Fat Tug IPA


*** = beers I've already tried

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Okay, so maybe nobody likes a cynic, but everybody f**king hates those perky optimists!

... and anyway, I make a damn good cynic.

I'll be sampling several of those Phillips this weekend.

That's a nice list! On my way back from Seattle for a hockey tourney last w/e...I picked up this beauty:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8/60507

It's available in 6 packs now as part of their Rotating IPA series. It is hoppy and citrusy...made with grapefruit rinds....delicious! I'm off to the pub to celebrate the end of a long week at school and get a head start on the w/e! have a great one boys!

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12 -Team Yahoo, Points Pool, Keeper (Since 1995): G(1), A(1), PPG(1), SHG(1) GWG(1), W(2), SHO(3). Protect 13 each season.

C (4): Crosby, Roy, Stepan, O'Reilly
LW (4): Benn, Pacioretty, Umberger, Burrows
RW (4): Perry, Iginla, Atkinson, S. Gagner
F (1): Little
D (4): Boyle, Schultz, Keith, OEL
G (1): Schneider

Bench: (RW) Kassian (LW) Hagelin (D) Karlsson, Wiercioch (G) Hiller

After making it through another long week at work what could be better then some good beer, good music, and hanging out here. Working on my third bottle of good Lagunitas brew, sipping on some of their Censored aka The Kronik. Had a bottle of Little Sumpin Sumpin and Czech Pilsner earlier. Got the TV next to me cranking out Joe Bonnamassa's Live At Rockpalast.

Just a sample of what I'm jamming to right now. This is from the DVD I'm watching...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcNwdbpKqE

Life is gooooood right now....