Catching up -

I had a quick business trip to DC. I managed to not get synced up with US time, so jet lag going and coming was not too bad. Thanks to a friend for giving me some Melatonin to help me sleep. It was nice to be back in the states, even if it was only for a minute.

I had a few hours at Dulles. If you ever have a really long layover there, you should go to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Hangar. They keep many items that won't fit in the museum on the mall at this location. They have the Space Shuttle Enterprise, a SR-71 Blackbird, the Enola Gay (that nuked the Japanese) and a JSF F-35. You can walk the whole place quickly in an hour or spend the better part of a day. But watch out for the shuttle schedule back to Dulles, it seems to only run every hour.

I promised to catch up on beers.

Rockbottom Brewery Ballston Brown - Very good.
Rockbottom Brewery Red - Pretty good.
Rockbottom Brewery Oatmeal Stout - Decent, but not great.

Note, Burger King was giving away toys with the kids meals promoting the new Star Trek movies. So of course, we ate more Burger King than usual for a couple of weeks. And we all ate kids meals. And I also realized it looks like a lot, but these have been piling up in the queue for quite a while.

Martins Pale Ale - Ok, but not great. From Belgium, I think.
Watson Tripel - Fine, but not as good as some other Belgians. Very strong.
Hofmuhl Weissbier - Ok. Snuck this in on Andi, told her it was Belgian and she was ok with it.
Grand Cru - This Belgian was awful. Andi said it should be named Grand Crud.
St. Bernardius Prior 8 - Don't remember
Schwartzbrau Pilsner - Think this was ok
Rodenbach - Don't remember
Paulaner Hefe Weissbier - Surprised I have not done this one yet.
Palm - Don't remember
Gunzberger Hefe Weizen - Think this was ok.
Erdinger Dunkel - Surprised I have not done this one either.
Autenrieder Urtyp Hell - Had Autenrieder Weizen at Legoland, could only find this in the store. Ok.
Alpirsbacher Klosterbrau Monch - Went to this brewery in the Schwartzwald. Nothing spectacular.

Grand Cru, Hofmuhl , Martins Pale Ale, RB Ballston Brown, RB Oatmeal Stout, RB Red, Watson Tripel, St. Bernardius Prior 8, Schwartzbrau Pilsner, Rodenbach, Paulaner Hefe Weissbier, Palm

Martin's Pale Ale with Kirk and Spock. They even speak in German!

Watson Tripel with the Enterprise and a Bird of Prey

Hofmulh Weissbier with Kirk

Scotty and Uhura with Grand Cru



St. Bernardius Prior 8


Schwartzbrau Pilsner


Rodenbach


Paulaner Hefe Weissbier


Palm


Gunzberger Hefe Weizen


Erdinger Dunkel


Autenrieder Urtyp Hell


Alpirsbacher Klosterbrau Monch