ode to hudepohl

i have been catching up on my reading, and i saw this post from westender. while the post focuses on olympia and burger beers, at the end is a photo including hudy delight with the caption "just walk away". i must protest. while hudy delight does approximate the runoff from the bengals' locker room, generations of cincinnatians have chosen to include hudy in their gatherings, much like decrepit uncle milt.

to prove my point, here is a picture of my grandparents sometime in the 1950s.

notice anything?that's right, my grandparents are happily drunk out of their minds on hudepohl. what a great testament to the drinkability of hudy and the frivolity that ensues.

pottsville, pa: second star to the right, and straight on till morning

i have discovered the tinkerbell of beer; light, effervescent, and slightly sassy. deliciously girly, yuengling lager might just be my new favorite summer beer. founded in 1829, yuengling is recognized as america's oldest brewery and has remained a family owned company for the duration.

look at that sparkle!

i could drink a number of these. easily.

spirited paintings

i hesitate to tell you this, because i still want to get several other prints and i don't want them to be sold out, but the artist behind the moerlein beer labels is selling printed canvases in limited quantities. pictured is our helles lager print, now framed and adorning our dining room wall.
go here for more information.

OTR brewery tour 2009: a pictorial

OTR once housed 36 breweries. 75% of OTR was german immigrants. i imagine my family once lived there. my heritage is in these cavernous subterranean passages.

god and cod, week 1

i have reached the conclusion that global warming can be attributed to friday night fish fries. pictured is the styrofoam aftermath of 1 person's meal (mine) at the st. james white oak fish fry last friday. and considering the undercroft of the church was absolutely packed, there is probably a special section of rumpke devoted to fish fry refuse.

i had fried fish, 2 pieces of bread, mac n' cheese, applesauce, and a slice of apple pie (all for $7.25). the best part was st. james offers SALTED rye as one of their bread options. yum. the beers were $2. score.

the fish was really good, crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside. the mac n' cheese was warmly lunch lady-esque. all in all, st. james gets two thumbs up on the fish fry circuit. especially for the god and cod centerpieces.

after the fry, we ventured to piazza discepoli for their weekly wine tasting and special moerlein beer tasting. the moerlein tasting was supposed to include the new queen city stout, but unfortunately the representative was not able to get any. i did learn that moerlein is looking to move back to cincinnati and is going to be producing little kings, burger, and burger light. my grandpa will be so stoked!