fodder for Chris's Google Reader (and yours!)

Yesterday I visited my older brother and his wife because I just adore them and felt like seeing them before I leave for Malawi this Friday. They had an appointment at the Apple store at the King of Prussia Mall for some uncooperative machines, so Kerin suggested going to Rock Bottom Brewery. The funny part was, they had decided on these plans before they remembered I was coming to visit. This worked out rather well for me!

Rock Bottom was great. Apparently this is a chain that is all over the place, and I would absolutely recommend it if you have one near you. We were there about 4.30PM on a Monday, so it was mostly empty, which was nice for our catching up purposes. It was Happy Hour, and the deals were pretty great: cheap pints, cheap appetizers. The food was mostly really good. Kerin had wings (which were apparently mediocre), Chris had seafood something or other (which he seemed pleased with), and we shared nachos (REALLY good) and fresh hot pretzels (which are brushed with beer and salted and really delicious).

And then there was the beer. Very enjoyable.

Kerin and I both had the Liquid Sun, which was an unfiltered wheat beer. It was like a dream come true to have a beer that I couldn't see through, that was made of wheat! Those are some of my favorite qualities in a beer that don't always go hand in hand. This was a good hefeweizen, though a little more bitter (less sweet) than I expected it to be. Still, quite nice.

Kerin continued with the Liquid Sun, but after we ate, I moved on to the Nevermore Lager, a German Schwarzbier. This was really dark and heavy, and tasted quite coffee-y. I liked it, but it was definitely heavy for having just housed a huge platter of nachos. This is a good beer to have for dessert.

Chris had their IPA and then an Amber Ale. I chose the latter for him because it was billed as being pretty malty, which I figured would be a good switch from the hoppiness of the IPA. However, stupidly, I did not taste either of these. What was I thinking? I mean, come on. Seriously. So perhaps he can let you know how they were, since apparently he's got this blog set up in his Google Reader? I was flattered to hear this. He gave me a crash course in how to use Google Reader and today I'm experimenting with it, but I don't have this blog in my own reader. Perhaps you do, though?

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