Dann Drinks Beer

#10
Brewery: The Boston Beer Company
Beer: Winter Lager
Location: The Old Salty Dog, City Island, Sarasota FL

A good drinking buddy is a great find in this world - one that’ll get involved in your schemes cooked up late at night after sharing a 12-pack is a rarity and one that you should try to keep around. Plus, once you’ve been drinking with someone for long enough there’s not really much they can say that’s going to shock or horrify you.

“So, I’m getting that sex change operation next week”
“That’s nice - is the next round on me or you? Better be me if you’ve got that operation coming.

My best friend/drinking buddy came into town this week on a job assignment, so he swung by and picked me up to go down to the Old Salty Dog. The Dog was a very popular place back in college because you can actually sail from the college over there, drink and eat and then sucker someone into taking you home because trying to sail back after a few pitchers would be a terrible idea. Or so I hear. Plus they’ve got a quarter-pound deep-fried hot dog - and that’s just delicious.

So we went down to the dog and had a pitcher of the Winter Lager. And it was nice - catching up with a friend (and his current work associate) while eating some fried food, watching the sun go down over the water and drinking some pretty tasty beer. Again, this was a rare chilly night here in Sarasota so the extra flavor of the beer really shone through - Chris was very adament about a berry flavor while I got so involved in trying to smell it I managed to snort some up my nose. Good times all around. 60 degree weather on the water with friends and a cold beer. Not much more you could want in the world than that.