Upon Returning to The Lou!

So, after all my travels to DC and back to Saint Louis, I have not had the time to update my blog. Since I had so many blog entries during my trip to DC (read: was drinking alot) I needed a little "sober time" and so I eased off the sauce a little bit. This, of course, does not mean that I completely stopped drinking... I just didn't endulge as much as I had while I was in DC!

I arrived back in Saint Louis on Thursday night (April 21st). Upon arrival, I was incredibly hungry and was craving some sushi! Fortunately Abby had found a "Groupon" for a little sushi place on West Pine in the Central West End called "Kampai". I was slightly parched from my flight, so I decided to have the 22 oz Sapporo in a can. Sapporo is a watery Japanese rice beer with virtually no hop flavor. I have to admit though, even if "craft beer" is sort of my thing... drinking a Sapporo with sushi is almost as good as it gets! The Sapporo does not over-power the fish, in fact, I feel it compliments it. The crispness of a rice beer with slightly more body than a Budweiser (full... not light) does wonders for making a meal of sushi all that more enjoyable. It is also noteworthy, that a 22 oz can is almost enough for one whole meal!

After my long day, the prospect of sitting on the couch with the wife, watching some TV and drinking a beer was ideal! Fortunately, the wife was also on board with this plan! There was one little problem however; since I had been gone for a while, there was no cold beer in the fridge! Fear not though! I always have homebrew and/or a secret stash of prized beers in the basement. I took this occasion to break out one of my favorite beers from back home. Madison Wisconsin's Ale Asylum makes some of my favorite beers and the "Mad Town Nut Brown" is a perennial favorite! MTNB is, as the name suggests, a very nutty and deep brown beer with a wonderful malty finish and just enough hops to let you  know they are there without being intrusive in the beer. The beer pours with a thick rich head and drinks like a dream. I did say this was one of my favorite beers right!? I only have a couple bottles of this beauty left from my last trip to Wisconsin, so if any of my family or friends are thinking of coming to visit me in Saint Louis, please bring me another case or two and I will love you forever! If that fails, I may have to make a run for the border JUST to grab some of this stuff... its that good!

  Abby decided to have my other favorite brew from Ale Asylum, The "Hopalicious". This beer boasts 11 different additions of cascade hops making it a virtual garden of hops in your mouth. The fact remains, however, if you love hops and hoppy beers with that citrus bite, there is not much out there that compares to "Hopalicious".

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