{"id":33,"date":"2006-03-24T03:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/wordpress\/?p=33"},"modified":"2008-03-15T22:54:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-16T03:54:29","slug":"beer-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/24\/beer-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #33cc00\">So, monday evening one of the Beer Guys and I went to see the Celtics play at the Garden in Boston. Prior to the game, we met our friend Andy at Boston Beer Works, had a few beers and some dinner. Sean was excited to try a beer that Andy recommended to him. The <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana\">Hercules <\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana\">Strong Ale<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #33cc00\">is &#8220;the port wine of beers&#8221; we read. It is brewed with barley to make it very srtong. It is fruity, floral and bitter. It is meant to be sipped as an aperitif&#8230;.evidently Andy thought it would be funny to leave this point out it also has 11.5 % alcohol. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00\">Sean drank the 10 oz beer in about 20 min. he then decided to drink a &#8220;mistake pour&#8221;<span style=\"font-family: georgia\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana\">Bunker<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana\">Hill Blueberry<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana\"> <span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Beer<\/span><\/span>. It was a typical blueberry beer&#8230;a light tasting ale with a handfull of Maine blueberries dropped in for added flavor. Next was his final beer. He chose the <span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: verdana\">Ice <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: verdana\">Ale<\/span>&#8230;yet <span style=\"font-family: courier new\">another<\/span> ass kicker of a beer about 8.5 %. It had a very distinct, strong flavor.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00; font-family: lucida grande\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00\">By the time we got to the Celtics game he was feeling pretty good. Not to mention I myself had had 2 <span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: verdana\">Curley&#8217;s Irish Stouts<\/span>. They were, I do have to tell you extremely yummy. It is named after Boston&#8217;s most memorable mayor. It was dry tasting, but very smooth Stout. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it to anyone who loves a good <span style=\"color: #990000\"><strong>DARK<\/strong><\/span> beer. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #33cc00\">So any way&#8230;.we got to the game and came across an auction. It was lined with sports parafanalia to bid on with the proceeds going to the children&#8217;s hospital. Well, we found a picture of St. Andrew&#8217;s golf course and decided to place a $90 opening bid. We decided to go back at half time and see if we had won&#8230;we got there with a few seconds to spare and noticed the highest bid was $120. We looked at each other&#8230;asked should we do it? and quickly I placed our bid for $130&#8230;3 seconds later we had won the bid!!! I looked at Sean and said, &#8220;If we saw this picture in a store would we have bought it for $130? He said, &#8220;Probably not.&#8221; We both agree&#8230;.<span style=\"color: #cc33cc\"><em>Beer is a<\/em><\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #cc66cc\"><em>great bidding tool!<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"color: #33cc00\">We will always think about some good Boston Beer Works Beer when we look at that picture. Out! BeerGirl<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, monday evening one of the Beer Guys and I went to see the Celtics play at the Garden in Boston. Prior to the game, we met our friend Andy at Boston Beer Works, had a few beers and some dinner. Sean was excited to try a beer that Andy recommended to him. 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