Category: Beer Blogging

  • Beer after work

    It was a week. Tonight it’s a Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA in my cool new coozy.

  • Desert Half Moon

    It was a pleasant morning and I took the liberty of spending time on the front verandah at Casa de Sharon y Glenn here in the Southeast Kern County Desert. When I stopped at the Shopette on Edwards AFB this morning to fuel the Titan, I discovered that they had a small variety of decent…

  • New Flavour!

    As I posted earlier, here it is! This was procured at the Stater Bros Market in Ridgecrest on Wednesday when taking The Missus to DMV to renew her driver’s license. We now make it a day with a stop at Wally World, Stater Bros and the KFC before heading back to Casa de Sharon y…

  • Self Explanatory

    Beer………………..We love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Commander Cody, Canned Heat, Marshall Tucker Band

    We caught a good one this past weekend at The Historic Pozo Saloon, up in the hills above Santa Margarita. Commander Cody and The New Planet Airmen, Canned Heat and The Marshall Tucker Band……………………What a Splendid Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hippies, Bikers, Cowboys, Old Warhorses, etc…………………..even them Cowgirls in Daisy Dukes and Cowboy Boots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Tom Russell and Nancy Griffith-Canadian Whiskey

    “In the hills of Montana There’s a timber wolf howlin’ The Rangers are prowlin’ For a woman alone She’d run away From an Indian lover He’ll never recover She turned him to stone” This is one of those………….just because posts…………………Coors in the 1936 Commemorative Bottle………….more than one, I assure you fine readers! I have stashed…

  • Back on The Verandah…………………………….For Buck

    It has been too long since I did a Beer Blogging Post from The Verandah at Casa de Glenn y Sharon……………….. Too Long It wasn’t the same without The Exile In Portales……………………………………………. Yes, the eyes are a bit misty now……………………..as I think of my dear friend who is no longer with us……………..and I do think…

  • Good Evening My Friends!

    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale……………………See Gar………………………… For Buck………………………………………………..     I also decided to take a shot of all of my growlers.

  • Bastard………………..in a Bastard Glass…………………………..See Gar included.

    From the Office: Got me a pair of 22 oz. Arrogant Bastards here in the wee hours after work. Wednesday is My Regular Day Off in the Alternate Pay Period. I beat the crap out of my feet tonight on the line. I earned these puppies……………. The See Gar is a Gold Strike that the…

  • New Beer Flavour

    OK, new for me. I do like most of Sierra Nevada’s offerings over Sam Adams. I guess it is the local(California) thing. This one is pretty good and even Missus ORPO said she could tolerate it. She is not a beer drinker by any stretch.

  • Travels on The Central Coast on Memorial Day Weekend 2015

    Mrs. ORPO and I have been on the Central Coast of California this weekend. We went up to Cambria/Moonstone State Beach and to Morro Strand State Beach along the Pacific Coast Highway…………aka The 1. I broke out the old Kodak Z612 Point and Shoot just for giggles…………………………………………..It still works good! We also hit the Craft…

  • Beer Blogging from The California Central Coast

    Dateline: Vandenberg AFB VOQ Missus ORPO and I are at our favourite lodging facility(affordable!) We drove over this afternoon and we did take our sweet time…………….We had a late lunch courtesy of the Arby’s in Lost Hills and then we made two stops in Paso Robles. The first was at one of my most favourite…

  • Beer Map-Daily Mail

      This one was out there today/yesterday. It has some rather interesting results, me thinks. Bud Light is most popular beer in US, while Budweiser is tops in Canada  England prefers Carling over anything else, while Ireland opts for Guinness Australians go for Victoria Bitter while Lion Red is the top dog in New Zealand The…

  • Central Coast for President’s Day Weekend

    It was one of those……………..Get the hell out of Dodge kind of things Missus ORPO and I are ensconsed at The Vandenberg Inn on Beautiful Vandenberg AFB……………………Sixty Bucks a night with no taxes beats the hell out of One Hundred Twenty Bucks a night with taxes………………………………….at the Motel 6 in Pismo Beach! We made a…

  • Tonight’s Flavour

    Stella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I am partial to Belgian Beer, especially if it is from Flanders………………………………………