About Me
- Name: on-the-rocks
- Location: Atlanta, GA area, United States
As a Geologist/Naturalist with a strong interest in Photography (and being an aspiring writer), I hope to use my travels in the continental U.S. and my experiences (and mistakes) as Educational Resources. I have a constant "yearning to learn" and a desire to better understand the things that I see and have seen in the past. I grew up on the Georgia Piedmont, received my B.S. in Geology and later worked on the Coastal Plain, and spent 14 years in El Paso, where I received my Master's Degree and learned much about the Chihuahuan Desert.
Beer Collectibles Links
- American Breweriana Association
- Atlantic Chapter, BCCA
- Brewery Collectibles Club of America
- 49er Chapter, BCCA
- Jim Plant's Collector Page
- Keystone Chapter, BCCA
- Red Fox Chapter, BCCA
- Rusty Bunch Chapter, BCCA
- Tennessee Brewing History
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- Abita Beer
- Anchor Brewing Co.
- Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
- Appellation Beer
- Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co.
- Atlanta Brewing Co.
- August Schell Brewing Co.
- Avery Brewing Co.
- Bayhawk Ales
- Beer Blog
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- Bitter End Brewpub (RIP)
- Bluegrass Brewing Co.
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- Boston Beer Co.
- Boulder Beer Co.
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- Brewery Ommegang
- Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
- City Brewery
- Eric's Beer Page
- 5 Seasons Brewing Co.
- Flying Dog Ales
- Fred's Beer Page
- Full Sail Brewing Co.
- F.X. Matt/Saranac Brewing
- Good People Brewing Co.
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.
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- Park Tavern Brewery and Eatery
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- The Lion Brewing Co.
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- Tipsy Texan
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- Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
- Yuengling Brewing Co.
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I blog primarily over at "geosciblog" (http://geosciblog.blogspot.com), I am doing this one for fun. It is inspired by 30+ years of beer can collecting and having tried more than 3,000 different American beers during that time. “. . . And beer was drunk with reverence, as it ought to be.” — G. K. Chesterton
Monday, March 07, 2011
The 2011 Brick Store HMOG
otherwise known as the Holy Mother of Gatherings, is a BeerAdvocate gathering that takes place at the Brick Store Pub in downtown Decatur, GA each spring. The idea is that the attendees bring several bottles of exotic beers, i.e., stuff that ain't sold in Georgia, or else brands that were previously sold and the aged for more than one year.
Last year, I tried 44 new beers. Did a bit better this year, I tried 67 new beers, mostly 1 oz. samples over the course of 4 hours.
The gathered empty bottles are what are known as "beer porn".
The beers/ales tried during this year's HMOG:
Aiken Wee Heavy
Alesmith Old Numbskull
Anchor Our Barrel Ale
Ballast Point/Victory at Sea BA Imp Porter
Bell’s Hell Hath No Fury BA
Bend Hop Head Imperial IPA
Boulevard Saison
Brau Brothers Rubus Black
Brooklyn Black Ops 2010
Cantillion Kriek
Cascade Bourbonic Plague
Cigar City Either
Cigar City Guava Grove
Cigar City Or
Cigar City Vuja De
Coast Bulls Bay Oyster Stout
Coast Milk Stout
Coronado Red Devil Imp Red Ale
Craggie Dubbelicious
Craggie Herkulean Dark IPA
Deschutes Black Butte XXI
Deschutes Hop Hinge
Deschutes The Abyss 2010
Dogfish Head Fort
Firestone Walker 12
Firestone Walker 13
Firestone Walker 14
Firestone Walker Double Jack
Foothills Baltic Porter
Foothills Hoppyum IPA
Good People Brown Ale
Good People IPA
Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Goose Island Pepe Nero
Goose Island Pere Jacques
Grand Teton Barrel Aged Quad
Hair of the Dog Fred #77
Lawson’s Fayston Maple Imperial Stout
Maui Big Swell IPA
McNeil’s Imperial IPA
Nebraska Hop God Belgian IPA
New Glarus Raspberry Tart
Odell Avant Peche Porter
Odell 5 Barrel Pale Ale
Odell Levity Amber Ale
Olde Hickory Death by Hops
Pelican Mother of All Storms
Penn St. Nicholas Bock 2008
Rogue Old Crustacean 2004
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Supplication
Straight to Ales Unobtainium
Surly Abrasive
Surly Four
Surly Furious
The Bruery Oude Tart
Thirsty Dog Leg Humper
Three Floyds Alpha Klaus
Three Floyds Moloko Milk Stout
Troeg’s Nugget Nectar
Troeg’s Splinter`
Uinta Cockeyed Cooper BA Barleywine
Weyerbacher Riserva
White Birch Pale Ale
Widmer Brrrbon
Widmer Prickly Pear Braggot
Yellowhammer Tripel
