Well, I have been singularly unambitious in figuring out how to upload my Dark Lord Day videos to YouTube and then to here. Part laziness, part exhaustion, part reality-TV. But, you see, the videos have to be uploaded to the PC, not the MAC, which will take forever unless I get the PC hard drive cleaned out first. All these obstacles, when I should just be blogging happily about beer. I have been laying low. Lately, as you know, I have been loving New Holland Brewery. This week, we received their IMPERIAL Mad Hatter (not the one pictured here, but I love the regular Hatter and I had some in the house). The Imperial is dry hopped with Cascade, if I'm not mistaken. I had the great pleasure of riding with Fred Bueltmann from the brewery a couple of weeks ago, and I quizzed him endlessly about this beer. I'll be at LUSH at 2232 WEST ROSCOE tomorrow night. I'll buy a bottle, then we'll talk. Also, Twisted Spoke will have Oak-Aged Hatter on tap. Edgewater Lounge, here in my hood, will have BOTH the Oak-Aged and the Imperial on tap. So I'll be eating a meal there sometime in the next few days. And yes, I am watching The Bachelorette. I hate Wes. I am rooting for Jake, but she doesn't love him, you can tell. What this summer needs is a classic reality show like BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS.
