Too much of the #BrewDiet?

Thursday should be an awesome day of productivity for me after work. My lovely wife, Sheila Dee, teaches classes all day and night at a University, and doesn't return until around 9:00. So you'd think that a 9-to-5 wonk like me would get a lot of stuff done.

Except when you factor in Thursday. That's O'Beer:30 at my office. My whole team takes an hour-ish and heads down to the Mellow Mushroom below us to have a couple of pints. Well... that's not true.  The Mushroom does 1/2 off drinks on Thursdays from 3-6p, so we all splurge and have 20 oz. pours. A couple of times.

And I just discovered that ASH -- the Arizona Society of Homebrewers -- hits Taste of Tops just a block away from me for happy hour. So, being neighborly, I had to stop in. Had to, mind you.

Yeah... I'm kinda done for tonight. With luck, the typos are minimal in this post. Here's why:

• Breakfast was a Censored (aka The Kronic) by Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Lunch was another -- grilled this time -- hot Italian sausage and a Maximus by Lagunitas Brewing Company
• Then #O'Beer:30 started with a Count Hopula Blood Red IPA by SanTan Brewery at Mellow Mushroom
• ... and flowed into a a Hazelnut Brown Nectar by Rogue Ales at Mellow Mushroom. I did say these were both 20 ounces, right?
• Me Met the ASH crowd over an Outer Darkness by Salt Lake Brewing - Squatters at Taste of Top's
• Home for a kielbasa and too much Sriracha sauce had me pounding a full bomber of a High Tide IPA by Port Brewing Company. Count this as 2.

So I'm kinda done. Here's to a good night's sleep and a fab day tomorrow!

 

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Day 4 of #BrewDiet. Hello, hunger

Today's word is: hungry. Yeah, today the hunger really set in. It's manageable, but my stomach has declared that the novelty of the prior four days has worn thin.

That's OK. I'm stronger than my stomach. I think.

My brain knows it's getting enough to eat. Plenty of calories. And not like I don't have plenty of reserves. So I'm making due. The daytime isn't so bad, mostly because I've doubled my intake of yerba mate. Caffeine, FTW! But the evenings blow. I think I may add in some mate or maybe tea or coffee to take the edge off.

Yet I remain committed to #BrewDiet. I knew that there would be challenges going in. This is the first of what will probably be a couple of hurdles. I'll manage. Here's today's intake:

• Breakfast beer: Great White by Lost Coast Brewery
• Lunch was a Devastator by Wasatch Brewery and 1/2 a jalapeno/cheddar sausage. Need to change that up tomorrow. Note to self.
• Dinner beer was a Pumpkin Porter by Grand Canyon Brewing Company that I drank at Mellow Mushroom while some people who won't be named ate in front of me.
• Finally had the other 1/2 of the sausage at home, chased by a Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues Brewery
• The evening ends with a full bomber of Perseverance Ale by Alaskan Brewing Co. That, and a cigar.

Day five is tomorrow. that makes me 1/6th of the way through the month!

Here's where you can send me beer or sausage. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook... you know the drill. I'm tired. Hungry. Need a stogie.

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