PlanetSeth

Day 3 – The Indy 500

Seth — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:16:29 +0000

Another long day and a tiring one but worth it. We left Indy with the trip reading 959 miles and arrived in Springfield with it reading 1459 miles. Kinda fitting.

It was snowing when we left and for much off the journey but not the same snow as we’d get in the North-East. It hardly stuck and didn’t slow down at all.

We took a lunch break in St. Louis for very specific reasons – St. Louis BBQ ribs. Oh. My. God. The sauce was on the side and for good reason. They were so tasty I only dipped twice. The most tender smoky pork heaven seasoned to perfection. F**kin fantastic. I can’t comment on the ambience of the restaurant – we ate in the car to keep Porter company. It’s such a shame we’ve been told not to give him cooked bones otherwise I’d have been so happy to give him some of mine

A few more hours on the road and we hit Springfield. Doh! Initial impressions were not great but then we got past the strip-malls and into the centre of town. Google found us this great little Italian restaurant (real Italian food, not just spaghetti & meatballs). We achieved a suitable excess there and are now planning our now next assault upon a crossing of the US. Suffice to say that if all goes well this time tomorrow Tony Christie and Peter Kay will be proud of us.

Day 2 – Indy

Seth — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:12:44 +0000

We’re in Indianapolis. We got here three beers ago but I had other priorities than posting straight away.

959 miles down. You can do the maths to figure out how many today. A lot anyway. Crappy weather too. Rain, rain, rain.

The local microbrew is going down well. The wheat was a little light but the amber is very tasty. More hoppy than most ambers, which works for me.

Day 2 – Morning

Seth — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:36:12 +0000

It’s currently 9:36 am. We drove 397.6 miles to Harrisburg PA yesterday. We have a long drive to Indianapolis today.

And we’re locked out of our hotel room halfway through loading the car!

Mile 0.0

Seth — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:13:10 +0000

It’s 12:15, 32f and we’re off. California here we come.

Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

Seth — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:47:11 +0000

Good dog.

Harpoon Helles Blond Bock

Seth — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:02:41 +0000

Not a style of beer I drink very often, most likely since it’s a beer that highlights malt over hops but this one is very tasty. You wouldn’t guess the 7.7% abv. It’s main effect is to give me Gordon Biersch nostalgia.

Bonus marks for identifying the other style of beer in shot.

Stone Levitation Ale

Seth — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:05:53 +0000

Stone’s fantastic Levitation Ale is there version of a session beer. It’s similar in many ways to an English special bitter except with a big hop character. Not overly bitter though some might find it too hoppy for a session. Not me though. Goes well with pork scratchings too.

Warsteiner

Seth — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:33:56 +0000

A German Pilsener. Tasty enough but not a patch on proper Czech Pilseners. Still, it will always hold sentimental appeal as it’s the beer I drank on my first date with Ealish. I suppose I’m supposed to remember what she wore but I remember what I beer I had

And Finally…

Seth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:28:09 +0000

… for tonight at least. Ginger Lemongrass Wheat beer made by own fair hand. F**king delicious if I say so myself.

AleSmith IPA

Seth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:06:45 +0000

Next at the plate is a fantastic California hop-bomb. AleSmith IPA is a tremendous beer. Great hoppy taste & aroma without any harshness to the well balanced bitterness.