Graduation Party!

As loyal readers of my blog will know, my wife recently defended her PhD and graduated from graduate school. Last night, to celebrate this accomplishment and to also wish her well on her summer adventure as she travels to Woods Hole MA. for "Science Camp", we hosted a little get together with some of our closest friends in St Louis to eat some burgers and drink some beers! I would like to thank all those in attendance for helping make this a special occasion, specifically Justin and Griffin from the hit podcast My Brother My Brother and Me for their message to our party!

I wanted to blog about last night, even though I didn't dip into any really great beers, just to commemerate the evening and solidify it in the annals for the blogosphere. Also, I have been feeling slightly guilty about not writing (read: drinking) as much as I know I am capable of! Being in the last 4 months of my PhD and having to move across country may not have been the smartest time for me to start a blog where I drink copious amounts of alcohol to entertain relatively few readers! Oh well.

So, last night I had a wonderful conversation with my friend Dan P. about my current favorite IPA and I figured, since I had not blogged about this topic, nor had I consumed any reviewable beers last night that I would take this opportunity to blog about this! As I have made clear to all my readers, I am a "hop head". I love IPA's and for me to declare one absolute favorite is a pretty bold statement. I would love to hear from my readers how they feel my IPA choices rank with their favorites.

Top 5
5) Schlafly APA
4) Great Divide, Titan IPA
3) Bear Republic, Racer IPA
2) O'Fallon, 5 Day IPA
1) Ska, Modus Hoperandi

All of these beers with the exception of the Bear Republic have been reviewed previously by me, however, I will make an effort to get this beer reviewed ASAP!


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