A nice sand-sculpture:
Devin and Grandpa, starting the walk:
Devin and (her) Mom, continuing the walk (she outpaced G'pa and I for the first time):
There's always something oceany to take pictures of (washed up jellyfish):
A couple of pictures to kind of show the line of people:
The End:
A Self-Portrait:
Deving, playing after the walk:
I swear they didn't have blue beer. Stupid "white balance".
a pint of Maibok:
There seemed to be a distinct lack of head on the beers in general. We couldn't pinpoint why. The Maibok did lace the glass, though.
My tasting notes:
I really liked the Maibok the most even though it was a bit hoppier than I expected. Overall Vince (the brewer and I believe to be a fellow H.A.M.S. member) did a great job making big and well recieved batches of beer. I passed around my sampler of Sunset Red for everyone to try because I thought maybe something was wrong with it. Apparently all that was wrong is that I just didn't have an appreciation of the style (I don't really care for that style) because even though not everyone who tried it liked it nobody thought there was anything wrong with it. Anyway, that one aside, I was really impressed. As you'll see if you click on my notes to enlarge them, I thought they did a great job describing their beers. I tasted each before reading the descriptions and was kind of at a loss when it came to writing notes because much of what I noticed was already typed up for me.
This was a serious grounder, went all the way to the wall, if I remember correctly.
Funny, as the sun went down and the shadows began to creep onto the grass, I was reminded of...
...Busch Stadium (the elder) and this picture from our return trip from Uncle Steve's funeral.
Lauren, having a generally pleasant time:
Devin, eagerly awaiting a foul ball:
The pitcher, quite noteably not a "belly itcher":
Devin running the bases after the game (it was a 12 and under thing, sorry Lauren):
The final score:
uhh... I dunno: 
The mat I reposed upon: 
Self portrait:
Jack Daniel's single barrel, that is.
One that was not on the flyer was a Mango wine. I was thrilled at the idea, since I made my own last summer. This one was thick, sweet, and as my mom said "this could be a breakfast, all by itself." Mine was rather dry and resembled a chardonnay.
The two we took home:
One of the glasses we took home:
After the tasting, on the way to the Jeep, we heard music. We decided to follow the sound and stumbled upon a street party. When asked about the occasion for the party, one of the ladies at the beer table replied: "It's the 3rd Friday of the month!" Reason enough. You gotta love Florida.
Next month, Whole Foods is having "Beer Fest" as a fundraiser for our local public radio station (I think). Anyway, BEER! We'll be there.
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