A Few Quick Notes

1)  Great minds think alike:  Greg Kitsock, editor of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News and Washington Post occasional beer columnist, steals my oyster stout theme has the idea to cover the same great beers as I did, albeit with no mention of Fordham Blue Point Oyster Stout.......... (and note, I still supposedly have a bottle of Harpoon's version awaiting me...)

2) The famed, legendary Brickskeller in Washington, DC--the place with the supposed largest bottled beer selection in the world--doesn't come off too well among participants in Washington Post food writer Tom Sietsema's online chat today.  Oops.......  and hmmmmm.......

And another "hmmmmmm...."  If that list is anywhere near up-to-date, it means Max's has the full BrewDog line-up and Bricks doesn't.......   but, of course, there's always the matter of the real beer list.....  the one they show you if, say, they like you or are seeing how much you can spend.......

3) Even a full 24 hours after last night's big beers, even a seven-year-old leatherwood honey mead and a bottle of 2006 Anchor Our Special Ale taste watery and insipid.....  I wonder if the ten-year-old peach mead has a chance...........

4)  (an hour later)  Yes, that ten-year-old peach mead brings the palate back to life.