Hey, we're in the midst of a True Blood season that's actually pretty good again, and what better way to celebrate than to partake in a drinking game! This one should work for any of the previous seasons too.
Take a shot...
... whenever Bill says "Shuckehhhh". Take two shots if it's Suki doing an impression of it.
... any time somebody drinks True Blood.
... when somebody shapeshifts.
... if Suki reads anyone's mind.
... whenever you notice characters that have visibly have aged from previous seasons, even though vampires aren't supposed to age.
... any time a vampire meets the true death.
... when you come to a realization that True Blood is more of a soap than Dark Shadows ever was.
... whenever Jason removes his shirt.
... any time a vampire sucks a human's blood. Take a second shot if it's during some freaky, odd sex game.
... when an actor clearly is following a phonetic Swedish script, and butchers the language.
No, not that kind of stalker; this is the friendly, helpful kind.
Some of you find the Liquor License Stalker useful for discovering what's going on about town -- any spot applying for a liquor license will show up there -- and we have been working on a couple of related pages when we're not too lazy not to.
The first one semi-ready to see the light is Craigslist Stalker. Here we scan Craigslist for pertinent keywords, and display the hits in a table for your browsing pleasure. And really, there's some interesting stuff out there!
For a mere $55,000 you can pick up the hot dog stand in the Home Depot. Or if you want your very own skywalk cafe, you can have that too. Shell out $250,000 and you can own a sports bar in Coeur d'Alene. The list goes on.
Craigslist Stalker is in beta mode right now, so don't come crying if something breaks. But for now, stop wading through a bunch of hits you don't care about on Craigslist, and go stalk!
You were mesmerized by part one, part two left you in stitches, and part three had Edward walking in slow motion through the wind. Or something like that. With that, here's the second to last part of the tome known as Those #SpoBREW2 teams.
Team StrongBREW: With its roots in Strong Solutions -- a local Apple sales and services alternative to Apple itself -- we can only assume Team StrongBREW is a one-man team with great taste. Or possibly someone who brews strong ales? We will find out soon enough!
Joeandsummer: We're not sure if it's a creative avant garde team name or if Joe and Summer were too lazy to come up with something proper and just stumbled onto this. Either way: After a strong showing in the Spobrewing for the CFF event, the team is back for seconds. Will they be good enough to take it all home? We shall see.
Mulieribus Brewing: Michelle's one woman team delivered our personal favorite entries at Spobrewing for the CFF, and she might be our favorite to take #SpoBREW2 home. The lonely one man team of Berenstain Beers has scoffed at the mere mention of anyone taking his place as the judges favorite, but really, we have a feeling Michelle will send Brad home crying.
Two Hooligans Brewing: Who isTwo Hooligans Brewing? We don't know! But we can assume there are two of them, and they're probably dangerous football soccer fans. It's also not a stretch to assume they're brewers. Who knows, the team might be a dark horse? We just don't know!
Stay tuned for the last four teams -- there are twenty altogether this year, unless we have some fall-offs -- and some possibly fun and probably exciting #SpoBREW2 news over the next two weeks.
Here's an ale you won't see winning any awards for being crazily bold, insanely complex, or bigger than Buddha. And that is OK. In fact, that is what puts Big Sky's Summer Honey Ale above many of it's ilk: It's a summer sipper, low on ABV and high on sunshine, and it doesn't try to be anything more than that.
It pours a golden color, reflecting its honey namesake well. The head is white and foamy, with decent lacing, and everything here just screams "summer", almost literally.
Give it a sniff, and floral notes will gently smack you on the nose, followed by a quick snap of malts. There's a gentle sweetness here, and I doubt it'd intimidate anyone who's usually vary of hops and booziness.
Most importantly: Summer Honey Ale tastes good. Very malty and creamy, with honey adding a nice sweetness to the palette. There are even some hints of wheat in there and just some traces of spices. In fact, for being such a light beer, there's actually quite a lot going on here, if you take the time to search for it. Maybe in that sense it'd be wrong to claim that Summer Honey Ale isn't complex? It's a complexity you have to search for, certainly, but it's there.
This is an extremely drinkable session ale at 4.7% ABV. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I don't think you can go wrong with this if you're looking for something truly refreshing this summer.
You can find Summer Honey pretty much anywhere in town, but here's a Beer Spy link in case you need help.
