one of the (many) things i'm going to miss when i leave is the incredible variety of beer there is in east coast cities. was telling the mother the other day that my general experience with beer before the age of 23 was that it was foul-tasting water, more or less. only over the past few years has it come to me that microbrews all over the united states and europe are making incredible, affordable stuff, next to none of which is available in south-east asia. boo.

apropos of that, philly beer week starts tomorrow, and i'm on the hunt for:

* brewdog stone bashah (apparently delicious)
* either brooklyn chocolate stout or ommegang chocolate indulgence for the mother
* stone arrogant bastard
* dogfish head chateau jiahu
* gouden carolus from brouwerij het anker (not hard to find, but exceedingly delicious)
* anything and everything from the lost abbey

come along if free!