Summer Swing, notes from the Rogue.

Sometimes obliging, sometimes not...Assateague's temperamental break. 8/2017

Assateague's stoke. 8/2017

   Been nice to get back to get back to the Shore. Good to see the wife adjusting as well. Amazing what some good seafood will do! Plenty of company. Friends. Family. Now August. Summer in the apex. Mix in a little surfing and primo summer beer. Goes a long way in dissolving the stress of a move. Puts you in the swing.

August on the Sho' and we had to do Blessing of the
Combines. Snow Hill, MD 8/5/2017.

                   Millville, DE. 8/2017                         

Chicago's Revolution Brewing put out
a super summer IPA in Tropic-Hero.
Big aromas of mango and melon.
Finished with the sweet of peach
and bitterness of grapefruit. 
7% ABV, a big 70 IBUs.

     

Summer peaches, Ocean View, DE 8/2017

When it wasn't shorebreak, it was late day short rides. Surfing kibbles until the 'Canes start trippin'. 
67th Street thighs, Mid- August, 2017.

   Dogfish Head ixnayed the Brew Pub. Put up a literal venue. Remodeled the brewery into an oyster house. Had to check it out. Good grub with all the added brews. An added advantage to our piece of the Right Coast. They haven't lost their touch.

This one impressed me. 17.5% ABV

70 IBUs. World Wide Stout. 

Brewed with roasted

malts & tons of barley. Throw in

some coffee. Some vanilla. Age in

an oak barrel. Dogfish did this

stout good. Black Velvet brah. 

Knock ya on yo ass!

Heaven's Pearls...the Chesapeake & Maine superstars.

Dogfish's Summer IPA. Lupu-

Luau. Pils malts and oats. 

Copious amounts of hops and

coconut. Poured a hazy pale 

orange. Nice white foamy head. 

Tasted of coconut and citrus. 

7.3% ABV.45 IBUs. Couldn't stop

at one.

   2017 White Marlin Open was not to be missed.
First couple of days were a washout as storms
moved through the area. By Day 3, a couple
hundred boats a day. The featured, an 87lb.
Yellowfin (pictured at weigh-in) that won a
couple hondo G's, and the heaviest White
Marlin in tournament history at 95.5 lbs. 

                                                         

Mid-summer mushburgers at Rodeways, 8/2017.

"Horse Racing is animated roulette."  - R. Kahn.
Can't let summer go by without a trip to Ocean Downs. Trotters, late August. Racetrack Road, Berlin. 

Always a nice Pale Ale to toast the
evening to. Smooth, with a touch of
orange zest and melon. Bitter resin
notes in the finish. Solemn Oath
outta Naperville, IL did Old Faithorn
up right.

Sunrise on the St. Martin. Late August, 2017.  Good time to walk the dog with my Granddaughter.