Today, it began in earnest: tailgate planning! During the week of a PSU home game, it's a Monday tradition to kick around some emails with our core tailgate squad to discuss menu, weather, signature drinks, beer needs, and whatever else needs to be planned out. We leave nothing to chance out there - redundancies abound as we double down on key items to make sure the tailgate doesn't come to a screeching halt. It's my favorite part of game week, with the exception of actually rolling into State College to get the party started. Good Monday, indeed, and the week should continue getting better.
To celebrate, tonight's beer is the Grimbergen from Brouwerij Alken-Maes. In the glass, you get a hazy gold color with a thin, lingering head. The aroma is light and sweet, with some notes of grain. The taste is really quite good, with flavors of candi sugar, malt, honey, a bit of spice, and grain. It's easy drinking, but flavorful. Nice find, and I'd certainly order another one.
Alken-Maes came about from the merger of two Belgian breweries in 1988, although the brand Grimbergen actually seems to come from another brewery, Union, that Maes purchased along the way. The entire conglomerate is now owned by a joint partnership of Heineken and Carslburg. Welcome, corporate overlords!
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| Got through half the beer before I remembered to snap a pic |
Alken-Maes came about from the merger of two Belgian breweries in 1988, although the brand Grimbergen actually seems to come from another brewery, Union, that Maes purchased along the way. The entire conglomerate is now owned by a joint partnership of Heineken and Carslburg. Welcome, corporate overlords!
Thing to Think About Today:
From yesterday's classic look at college in the 80's, we'll switch gears and take a look at college in the 90's, courtesy of a little film called PCU. In this epic tale, a high school senior comes to a campus where political correctness has run amok, and he finds himself spending his time with the residents of The Pit, a former fraternity house now occupied by a band of misfits, led by the always awesome Jeremy Piven.
Along the way, said bright eyed high school kid manages to irritate nearly every student group on campus, which causes some small problems and threatens his safety. Along the way, Piven, a young Jon Favreau, and rest of the stoners, drunks, and geeks at The Pit stand to lose their house to a group of snobbish elitists (read: Beta brothers) who used to call the house their home.... unless Piven and his crew can throw a legendary party to bring the campus together again. For people who didn't go to college in the 90's, yes - this is how people used to dress. Boots, flannel, ripped things, thermal shirts. It was a sad time for fashion. But, don't let that stop you from realizing this is a great movie about college!
Along the way, said bright eyed high school kid manages to irritate nearly every student group on campus, which causes some small problems and threatens his safety. Along the way, Piven, a young Jon Favreau, and rest of the stoners, drunks, and geeks at The Pit stand to lose their house to a group of snobbish elitists (read: Beta brothers) who used to call the house their home.... unless Piven and his crew can throw a legendary party to bring the campus together again. For people who didn't go to college in the 90's, yes - this is how people used to dress. Boots, flannel, ripped things, thermal shirts. It was a sad time for fashion. But, don't let that stop you from realizing this is a great movie about college!
"Hey hey, ho ho, this penis party has got to GO!"
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