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Category Archives: I’ll Drink To That
Kenny Pickett, legend
When you’re 24, you can say this:
Beat a Clemson team that beat your ass in the last ACCCG, you’re entitled to a tasty malt beverage to celebrate.
Filed under ACC Football, I'll Drink To That
This is the way you beer.
UAB, you go, girl.
Meanwhile, we can only dream and if the day ever comes to Sanford Stadium, we’ll likely be treated to a selection of Budweiser’s finest. Sigh.
Filed under I'll Drink To That
Old enough to drink…
Sauce for the goose, and all that. I tells ‘ya — what a time to be alive.
Filed under I'll Drink To That, It's Just Bidness
Bottoms up!
You, a college athletics administrator: one bad thing about compensating college athletes for their NIL rights is who knows what they’ll wind up endorsing?
Also You, a college athletics administrator: hold my beer!
Filed under I'll Drink To That, It's Just Bidness
Your Fernandina Beach PSA
[Ed. note: those of you who include financial support of Athens businesses as a reason to end the Cocktail Party on Georgia’s schedule can skip this post. Everyone else, carry on.]
Hamp Tanner is a longtime reader of the blog and a DGD. He sent me an email that may be of interest to any of you heading down to Amelia Island this week or any other.
I am writing to let you know about some new offerings in Fernandina Beach this year. First, after almost two years of renovation effort, Mocama Beer Company will open its doors this Tuesday, 11/3/20 at 629 S. 8th Street, Fernandina Beach. The building is at the intersection of 8th St and Gum St in an 18,000 square foot former Ford Dealership building built in 1953. We have a 3500 square foot taproom with 24 taps on the wall. We will have 10-12 distinct beers on tap this weekend. Beer list attached.
Of note, my co-founder, Derek Imes, is a long time Athens resident and UGA grad who was involved with Terrapin Beer and then helped launch Creature Comforts. Several of our investors are also UGA folks. In other words, this is a UGA grad Brewery. Our brewer learned in Boston and then interned at Lagunitas. Then he became the head brewer at Burial Beer Company in Asheville for almost 4 years before we lured him to the beach.
… If you enjoy Tropicalia, I believe you will also enjoy our flagship IPA, Cosmico…
We will be trying hard to attract as many UGA fans as possible for Thursday and Friday. However, we are not a sports bar and even if we set up a temporary tv for the game Saturday, our taproom won’t be the best place for people to watch the game. So we are making Friday afternoon and evening our WLOCP party.
He had me at “a UGA grad Brewery”.
Here’s the beer list:
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Beer Style Abv Pan American – American Light Lager – 4.1% abv Light, refreshing, and easy drinking “high school” lager made with American 2-row, Flaked Rice, and Czech Saaz hops.
Infinite Harmonies – Berliner Weisse – 4.5% abv Superlight, dry bodied, sour wheat ale with a quenching finish. German Pilsner, Wheat Malt and Loral Hops
Infinite Harmonies Passion Fruit – 4.8% abv Our traditional Berliner Weisse refermented with a healthy dose of natural passion fruit.
Prosim – Pilsner -5.0% abv Medium Bodied, with a crisp, dry finish. Hopped with Zuper Saazer and Grungeist, imparting a big floral and slightly herbal aroma.
Autumn Lager – Marzen – 5.3% abv Lagered for six weeks and boasts complex notes of caramel and toffee with a hint of buscuit, pretzel and raisin. Medium malt sweetness, balanced with a clean, crisp bitterness from German Magnum, and Czech Saaz.
Cosmico – IPA – 7.0% abv Our Flagship IPA starts with a slightly toasty malt back bone, complimented with bright citrus, and tropical fruit aromas of Citra, El Dorado, and Sultana hops.
Rare Cargo – Hazy Double IPA – 8.3% abv Double Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy and Taiheke bringing a big hit of fresh squeezed pineapple and orange juice, white grapes, and tangelos with a hint of passionfruit and lime.
Night Rush – Imperial Espresso Stout – 9.3% abv Dosed heavily with Brazilian Dark Roast Coffee, Milk Sugar, Chocolate Malt and Oats.
Robust Porter – Robust Porter – 5.5% abv
Evocateur – Robust Coconut Porter – 5.5% abv |
Not seeing anything bad there.
I don’t know what the hours of operation are, considering today is opening day. Maybe Hamp will hop into the comments and let us know. Anyway, I plan on dropping in. You should, too.
Filed under Georgia Football, I'll Drink To That
Another Georgia Bulldog point of pride
UGA’s College of Public Health, doing the Lord’s work:
Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.
The study examined the link between alcohol consumption and changes in cognitive function over time among middle-aged and older adults in the U.S.
“Light to moderate drinking” is defined as 10 to 14 drinks a week. No wonder I feel as sharp as ever.
(h/t)
Filed under Georgia Football, I'll Drink To That, Science Marches Onward
In the end, money always talks.
Georgia is considering jumping into alcohol sales for the general public in time for the 2020 football season.
Athletic director Greg McGarity expects the sale of beer and wine at athletic events to be a topic at Georgia’s spring athletic board meetings, scheduled for June 3-5.
“If we weren’t interested in perhaps moving forward, we wouldn’t even be going through this exercise,” McGarity said. “Things are trending that way. We certainly don’t want to be behind others but at the same time, we’ve heard of problems that our fans experienced in Nashville and Knoxville. What we don’t want to do is just jump in without a lot of thought and with a good plan that doesn’t affect our current concessions.”
The Georgia Way can be flexible when the reserve account wants it. Although I do feel a little sorry for the Magill Society donors who shelled out an absurd amount of money for a lounge without a view… okay, not really.
Filed under Georgia Football, I'll Drink To That
Nothing happened.
In a shocking development…
Meanwhile, Greg McGarity shakes his head at another school missing the marketing angle of making beer sales a premium perk for big donors.
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Nashville, a toddling town
“After a sobering-up period, they were released around midnight with the charges dismissed.”
I ask you, who among us hasn’t gotten shitfaced with their parents before the Music City Bowl?
Filed under Crime and Punishment, I'll Drink To That
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