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Hopslam Imperial IPA, brewed by Bell's of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Marijuana-ey in the nose (not that I would know what that is). Mix in citrus, pine, caramel, peach, and melon. Finishes with alcoholic heat, sticky swetness, and a white pepper spiciness. 10% alcohol-by-volume (abv)

A wonderful beer that I would enjoy ON ITS OWN (and did), without considering the marketing hype, brewery-induced scarcity, and high price.

Purchased at Screwtop
Arlington, Virginia.
25 January 2012.

[Washington City Paper compares Washington, D.C. retail pricing of 2012 Hopslam: here.

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Why must I suffer this indignity?

Helen the Golden Retriever as the stoic reindeer.
Atlanta, Georgia.
December 2011.

Why must I suffer this indignity?

Helen the Golden Retriever as the stoic reindeer.
Atlanta, Georgia.
December 2011.

Sad news:

Corks, Jerry Pellegrino’s long-running Federal Hill restaurant at 1026 S. Charles St., has closed. The closing appears to have been unexpected Jerry Pellegrino opened Corks at 1026 S. Charles St. in 1997. In 2008, the restaurant re-opened, following a two-month closure, as a more casual version of it original self. By the time of its closing on Wednesday, Pellegrino was no longer the majority owner..."
--Baltimore Sun
22 December 2011.

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Webshot 2012.01.21.
www.corksrestaurant.com/

Sad news:

Corks, Jerry Pellegrino’s long-running Federal Hill restaurant at 1026 S. Charles St., has closed. The closing appears to have been unexpected Jerry Pellegrino opened Corks at 1026 S. Charles St. in 1997. In 2008, the restaurant re-opened, following a two-month closure, as a more casual version of it original self. By the time of its closing on Wednesday, Pellegrino was no longer the majority owner..."
--Baltimore Sun
22 December 2011.

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Webshot 2012.01.21.
www.corksrestaurant.com/