{"id":3348,"date":"2010-12-31T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T19:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2010-12-31T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T19:12:23","slug":"now-drinking-%e2%80%93-closing-out-2010-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/12\/31\/now-drinking-%e2%80%93-closing-out-2010-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Drinking \u2013 Closing Out 2010 in Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I sit on my screen porch, writing this article, waiting for the Dawgs Liberty Bowl match-up with UCF, it is 72F, which makes this winter \u201cNow Drinking\u201d edition rather strange.  I wanted to get in one last beer special before 2011, so without further ado, here are some current choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Young\u2019s Double Chocolate Stout<\/strong><br \/>\nYoung\u2019s Double Chocolate Stout is a very nice winter classic ale, coming in at 5.2% AvB.  This one is a strange ale if you consider beer and chocolate an unlikely mix.  I am not a huge stout fan, however I do enjoy a stout when the weather turns bitterly cold.  Decided to try this one on a lark, and never would have expected to like a chocolate brew, but I have to admit that this one is delicious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale<\/strong><br \/>\nAll I can say is wow, what a spectacular beer with the perfect blend of bitterness that still manages to be smooth, without completely overpowering your taste buds.  At 7.2% AbV this Indian Brown Ale packs a wallop; recommended as a nightcap, not an all day tailgate!<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Belgium 2 Below Ale<\/strong><br \/>\n2 Below Ale is my current favorite every day beer (er, ale).  In fact I am enjoying a pint as I write this article from the lovely spring-like Calvert Games manor.  The brewer recommends that 2 Below Ale be served at 37F, which makes the 6.6% AvB even more stunning on a cold winter\u2019s day (or night), or delightfully refreshing on a mid-winter\u2019s spring day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Demise of American Breweries<\/strong><br \/>\nI have been <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/4288575\/where-have-the-american-beers-gone\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/4288575\/where-have-the-american-beers-gone', 'meaning to post this one');\" target=\"_blank\">meaning to post this one<\/a> for a while, but never got around to it.  It seems rather unlikely that a country as wealthy as the US cannot manage to hold down a major brewery.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year!  May your beers taste wonderful in 2011!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I sit on my screen porch, writing this article, waiting for the Dawgs Liberty Bowl match-up with UCF, it is 72F, which makes this winter \u201cNow Drinking\u201d edition rather strange. I wanted to get in one last beer special before 2011, so without further ado, here are some current choices. Young\u2019s Double Chocolate Stout &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/12\/31\/now-drinking-%e2%80%93-closing-out-2010-in-style\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now Drinking \u2013 Closing Out 2010 in Style<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-3348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}