Grilled out at Matt's tonight and ended up having a nice bottle share go on between a group of us. Great way to cap off my past 2 years here in Nashville.



The FSW 19 anniversary was from a trade with Steve, thanks! It was great, we all liked it.

I wish I had tried the SG Key Lime Pie Gose before tonight...it was very well balanced and had some great flavor to it.

Not pictured: Galveston blueberry blonde (I liked that...I'm kind of basic I guess), and a couple tall boys that were 1/2 drank to become stands for some beer can chicken

Edit to add: Matt, where did that Lawson's can go? Didn't make it to the picture haha

No idea. I don't take responsibility since we ended up back at Southern Grist and this is my current state......

Oye. Long night.

Started with a Balthazar at b52.


Then we had a ton of stuff at copperhead


Including a bishops 1-20

Bottle size:

Split
187 ml

Half-Bottle
Holds 375 ml or one half of the standard bottle size.

Bottle
Holds 750 ml - the standard size.

Magnum
Two bottles or 1.5 litres.

Double Magnum
Twice the size of a magnum, holding 3.0 litres, or the equivalent of 4 bottles.

Jeroboam
There are two sizes of Jeroboams: the sparkling wine Jeroboam holds 4 bottles, or 3.0 litres: the still wine Jeroboam holds 6 regular bottles, or 4.5 litres.

Rehoboam
Champagne only - 4.5 litres or 6 bottles.

Imperial
Holds 6 litres or the equivalent of 8 bottles. Tends to be Bordeaux shaped.

Methuselah
Same size as an Imperial (6 litres) but is usually used for sparkling wines and is Burgundy-shaped.

Salmanazar
Holds 12 regular bottles (one case), or 9.0 litres.

Balthazar
Holds 16 bottles or 12.0 litres.

Nebuchadnezzar
Holds 20 bottles of wine or 15.0 litres. According to my colleague John Ager, quoting from Fogwells Wine Guide, it is equivalent to 20 standard bottles (15 litres, 3.96 US gal., 3.3 UK gal.). Bill Tighe says that the Nebuchadnezzar, according to the "Random House unabridged Dictionary of the English language, as she is spoken here in the colonies, is 20 quarts, or 18.9 liters". I suspect something amiss here! The Concise Oxford doesn't mention the word. The Encarta World English Dictionary refers only to the Babylonian king.

Good weekend of hops thanks to some MM winnings.

Eskimo Hut CS has funk metal and ru55.

A modest haul coming back from Chicago.


Also, Au Cheval.

Starting the weekend with some fancy beer. Tastes great at wine fridge temperature.

Jesus...

This one is always tasty.....



.....especially on a scorching day putting this together.

Seems that Alchemist decided to distribute some cans to West Coast bars and bottle shops. The Heady obviously went really quick, but I did get a few goodies at the bar today.




A Pliny on tap was a good finish to the afternoon.