Summer House, session notes from the Rogue.

"George Washington could have built his home anywhere on the Eastern Seaboard. He chose the
Potomac River, forever identifying it as the 'Nation's River'"  -Bill Wallen
Summer speeding by on the Potomac, 7/7/2018.

   Getting into the busy season. Company. Friends. Family. All family, really. Keep us very busy. Cook-outs. Seafood. Crabs. Really get off on grilled food. The chicken, seafood (yea crabs!), beef. Beer. Farm fresh produce and fruit this time of year. Cantaloupe and sweet corn comes to mind. Jet-skis. And surf. Gotta have surf.

AC and Tuck: Who's walkin' who? 

Keeping watch over the unknown.

   Chi-town family came in on the front end of July...did a D.C. tour. Assateague. The beach a few times. Bonfires. Ocean Downs for some Horse/Harness racing. Brother from the Zone followed. More cookouts. Burgers. Brats. More beer. Busy start to the peak of summer. This is the time of year I really thrive. Humidity can be annoying at times, I know. But, the water temps brought on by the warm evenings and energizing sun make for an active season.

Family harmony.

Arlington Monuments

U.S. Capitol attitude!

Kiteboard/Sailboard refuge. The winds are ideal along these parts of the Sinepuxent. South Point, 7/8/2018.

Horses and more horses. Assateague with it's island inhabitants. Ocean Downs has it's track incumbents. Competition can be stiff in both districts. Especially among the photographers and highrollers.















   Sis-in-Law brought some serious Illini brew 'cross country. Warrenville's Two Brothers Brewing just introduced an oak-aged IPA called Wooden Wobble. When I think of "oak-aged," warm weather does not necessarily come to mind, but this one paired perfectly with a summer bonfire. Poured a golden amber with a tan, two-finger head. Aromas of oak and vanilla wafted by intermixed with the smoke from burning wood (dramatic music here).

"Aha! Look what I've created. 

I have made FIRE!"  -Chuck Noland

Tasted of nutty pine and spice with citrus, with a mild oak finish. Oak aged beers also tend to come in heavy. Boozy even (which is cool in colder temps). At 6.3% ABV, this one was on point. Didn't heat you up. Just enough bitterness with a refreshing 69 IBUs to make my t-bud's happy. Rated an A-.

Pocket-size swell fronted the Holidays lineup, 7/11/2018.

Probably my favorite brewery outta the Illini state is S.O.B., Solemn Oath Brewery of Naperville fame. A recent release, Gabriel Hounds New-England style IPA was full of the spectral aromas of peach, melon, and orange.

The tastes included lime, orange and passion fruit with notes of caramel in the background. Threw a bitter, face punching fill of Citra and Denali Hops (no IBUs listed) and an unearthly strong oat-malt backbone. Poured a dark, hazy, reddish gold, with a finger plus tan head. Plenty of hop filled carbonation and sticky lacing. Rated this badass an A!

My Bro's playing JP's Wharf in Bowers Beach, DE 7/15/2018

Summer House on the coast. Awaiting our next family visit...

Sunrise on the St.Martin, 7/16/2018.