Monthly Archives: June 2010

Stanley Cup Final: Game Five.

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This past Sunday Julie and I went to Game Five of the Stanley Cup Final.  As much as I’d like to see the Stanley Cup won in Chicago it felt like the odds were against the Hawks going into this game.  After dropping games three and four to the Flyers everyone had assumed the series would end in Game Six.  Now if that holds true the Blackhawks will have their first Cup in 49 years. As all the Chicago games have been in this series it was intense and the Hawks started off quickly getting their first PowerPlay goal in about three months.

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Side Note:

* The rest of my photographs are up on Flickr.

Mayfest.

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After a a nap following Beer Hoptacular I headed up north for this year’s Mayfest.  Despite the rain and a short power outage the night went well.  There was a lot of beer as one might expect and a good group of people.  I think this year was the most time I’ve ever spent at Mayfest (we were actually there until last call).  Granted the previous years it’s usually 90 degrees and the middle of the afternoon.

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Side Note:
*Mayfest 2008.

Beer Hoptacular

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Yesterday afternoon I headed to Beer Hoptacular at the Aragon Ballroom. There were over two hundred beers from amongst 30 breweries.  The breweries were mostly from the Midwest but there were also some from each coast (Brooklyn, Sierra Nevada).  I’d say my two favorite beers of the day were Flatlander IPA or Roadhouse Brewery’s Bluebeery Ale.  The beer I liked the least had to be the Imperial IPA King Paddy from the Wild Onion Brewery, to me it tasted like weed.

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The only downside was the ‘featured brewery’, was out of their signature beer: Brooklyn Local 1.  I got there an hour into the event and they were already out.