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VALLE LAS ACEQUIAS BONARDA (2010)—Almost missed it
My Fellow Inebriates, Last night my parents sneaked a wine past me—and not just a wine but a dinner guest as well. Usually, when someone comes to LBHQ, I like to make an appearance, attempt a sexy...
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STANLEY PARK BRUN—Delivered into my grateful paws
When a rep from Stanley Park Brewery emailed me promo materials for its seasonal dark ale, I thought I was being punked. Because, if you ever wanted to transport a small bear from semi-hibernative...
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CONCHA Y TORO WINEMAKER’S LOT 148 CARMENERE—Perfect for the antepenultimate...
Scarybear says when we see the flash two days from now, we have to immediately fill the bathtub with water. He read that in The Road. Scary adds: Isn’t it typical of our parents that they haven’t...
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THE GLENLIVET 12—To be shared with good friends only
Some dickhead from my dad’s office borrowed a $700 cable (stored in a special canister for years at LBHQ, and, like, pristine) and—you guessed it—this dickhead took that cable, hooked it up to his own...
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LUCKY COUNTRY SHIRAZ-GRENACHE (2009)—You deserve it, and so do my dad and Dan...
My Fellow Inebriates, By the end of his weekend bunkbed-building project, my dad was sweating. He totally deserved a beer. After all that effort, I thought he deserved something really extraordinary,...
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PHILLIPS SLIPSTREAM CREAM ALE—by the hundreds, please
My Fellow Inebriates, Who knows whether all elementary schools celebrate “100 Day,” but it’s a huge deal here. V’s class is an all-out party with cupcakes, party hats, and prizes. Meanwhile, P and her...
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GRAY MONK LATITUDE 50 (2009)—Safe from meteors, at least for now
My Fellow Inebriates, You may be thankful that my friend Scarybear’s End of Days prognostications petered out after December 21, but the safe passing of that date threw him into a funk that’s been...
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PETER LEHMANN BAROSSA BRUNETTE (2008)—Don’t be a tool
My Fellow Inebriates, Sixteen bucks in our local booze shop and we had ourselves a bottle of PETER LEHMANN BAROSSA BRUNETTE (2008). We’d had some luck with Peter Lehmann wines before, mostly because...
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CALONA VINEYARDS ARTIST SERIES SOVEREIGN OPAL (2010)—Delightful, even if it...
Impatient for more tooth-fairy funding, Miss P yanked a lateral incisor out this evening, fascinating Miss V and grossing me out with the bloody artifact. She’s not supposed to do these things while...
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PUNTO FINAL MALBEC (2011)—Argentina has it going on
My Fellow Inebriates, Break out the Argentine wine; the papal conclave made its choice today and favored Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio. Seventy-six years old, sporting just one lung, and newly minted as...
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CASTILLO DE ALMANSA RESERVA (2008)—When you’re looking for a deal
My Fellow Inebriates, When in doubt at the liquor store, buy one known and one unknown item. This gives you, if you happen to have a booze blog, something to review, as well as something reliable to...
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BLACKHEART OATMEAL STOUT—My heart is pure, but I’ll still take the cash
My Fellow Inebriates, Today was a historical day for this blog. Did my fellow inebriates see it when I whored the site out with sold a piece of anchor text a couple of weeks ago? Did you all go madly...
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ALHAMBRA LAGER—Happiness in a bottle (or at least some kind of ALHAMBRA brew,...
My Fellow Inebriates, Everywhere she goes, my mother ends up conversing with strangers about alcohol. Sometimes she doesn’t even initiate it; people just mention beer or wine when she’s around. She...
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PABLO OLD VINE GARNACHA (2011)—And some musings about the kids’ future...
My Fellow Inebriates, If you’ve noticed the reviews are getting a little sparse lately, you’re not imagining it. A recent parental resolution has curtailed our tastings. It’s not totally drastic,...
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1884 RESERVADO MALBEC (2011)—You think you know your kids…
You think you know your kids (I mean, they live at your house) but then you see them in some random elementary school situation and…WTF? Take five-year-old Miss V. Her last report card said she...
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COORS LIGHT—Best enjoyed when it’s free
My Fellow Inebriates, Our next-door neighbor has a sign on his lawn that reads: along with some gardening implements and…a chainsaw. Amazingly, since yesterday the free hoe and spade have disappeared,...
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RUSSELL CREAM ALE—Won’t start a fight, or at least stays in the middle
My Fellow Inebriates, Miss P never had a kindergarten nemesis, but of course Miss V has found hers. If you met V, you’d understand how natural this is. You’d know, after having a meal at the LBHQ table...
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The long-awaited gin shoot-out Part Deux!
My Fellow Inebriates, Proving that dry weekends are one of my mother’s worst ideas ever, Saturday’s Pre–Mother’s Day Gin Shoot-out quickly escalated (devolved?) into the kind of unbridled debauchery...
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VINA ESMERALDA TORRES (2011)—Yummy wine, but it can’t get you drunk enough
Miss P left this sitting on a chair in the living room this morning. Totally freaky, right? Only two things immediately occurred to me as more frightening: Fluffy Bear (currently on hiatus from...
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BEAR FLAG DARK RED BLEND—Freaky label for a freaky day
My Fellow Inebriates, The head-lice notice came home from school AGAIN today. This time a kid in Miss V’s class has bugs, so my dad spent 15 minutes this evening combing through both girls’ hair to...
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