I Heart Beer Shirts!

When I visit a particularly good brewery, I like to take home a souvenir. This accomplishes several things: it helps me remember the visit, remember the beer and also surround myself with beer-related items, which makes me happy for those times when I cannot enjoy a cold brew. (With my responsibilities and dedication to responsible drinking, this proves to be the majority of my week.)

I do judge a brewery by their beer, their food but also their wares. I particularly love places with slogans that make use of double meanings and cleverly employ the play-on-words concept. Some highlights in my collection include Knotty Barrel’s “I Heart Knotty Pleasures” (my latest addition to the collection) and Great Basin Brewing Company’s “Real Women Drink Real Beer”. Please check out the great schwag that SweetWaterBrewing Company offers for examples of not-so-subtle awesomeness. Unfortunately, the best of what they offer does not come in a ladies tank top. (Beer folks: What better way to help advertise your beer than having ladies trot around in your tank top?)

 I have found that most beer shirts do come in women’s sizes.  I always thank the establishment for carrying these, especially if they have a variety of ladies sizes. Not all beer lovers are men of the XL variety, as you know.  So if you have any great beer shirts with funny sayings, please share them with us! Pics are welcome- just e-mail them to me and I’ll post them. Perhaps I’ll put that brewery on my must-visit list, as I am always in need of a new beer shirt and a good brew!

Cheers!

-The Beer Dietitian

To hear my latest beer musings and what I am drinking, follow me on Twitter!

iPhone=Beer?

Earlier in the week I found myself strolling through the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, flanked by two beautiful blond girls from Boston. As we were getting more acquainted we realized that not only do we have living in Boston in common (for me that was 10 years ago) but that we all loved beer. In fact, one gal was put on a mission by her boss to seek out, locate and taste two specific beers that he was wanting to try when he next flew out to SD. I knew I was in for a fun night!

I happened to remember that Husband and I drove by some brewery-type place when we were making our way to our hotel (from the wrong freeway exit, of course). Quickly I texted Husband to see if he remembered the name. (Yes, I left Husband at home so I could have a night out with the Boston gals.) The name Knotty Keg or similar was recalled. So I provided this valuable clue to the crew as we passed lots of other potentially fun restaurants.

We still didn't know the exact name nor location and probably if we wandered enough we may stumble on it but we were hungry and needed some good brew. Unable to browse the InterWeb and lacking any type of GPS/mapping function, I put away my feeble Blackberry and instead relied on my sense of direction. (And if you know me, you know that we may as well just sit down at whatever restaurant we happened to be passing because we won't be getting there in this lifetime.) So the iPhone was summoned from the bag of mon amie and within 30 seconds we were on our way to The Knotty Barrel (http://knottybarrel.com/)- which just happens to have the most prolific, extensive and awe-inspiring collection of craft brews that I HAVE EVER SEEN@ (Future article to follow! They featured at least 70 types of brews, with emphasis on the craft brews made this side of Colorado. You can’t appreciate the breadth of choices from the website but if you go, tell 'em the Beer Dietitian sent ya.) 

Long story short (too late!), I need an iPhone to keep me in beer.

Slainte!

-The Beer Dietitian

To hear my latest beer musings and what I am drinking, follow me on Twitter!