Fellow HoB readers: Today, I am tasting a truly remarkable vanilla porter from Breckenridge Brewing in Colorado. The problem is, the bottle says nothing of ABV, so my spelling and grammar may get worse as this post continues. Actually, I just looked it up; it's only 4.7%. But that vanilla kick really makes it one to savor. Far be it from me to pound this sweet, complex, aromatic masterpiece.

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Aloha, Tesla! Like the coil? And its inventor. Yeah. This beer rules! It can "catch a wave" anytime and always "hang on for 10 seconds!" Charlie don't surf! Yeah. So last weekend---as I've briefly mentioned---the horse racing event we attended was complimented by a lil' microbrew festival! There were some 20 beers on tap, many I had only had in the bottle before. This beer, I'd NEVER had! GWOW! While Mrs. Beer had to inform the beer wenches of some of the finer point on beer (and some of the less fine... like, um, why dark beer is dark... stupid beer wenches) it was a fine spread of brau* and while I've had Kona Brewing Company's other brews and been mixed on my feelings (Longboard Lager: meh... Fire Rock Pale Ale: quite decent) being introduced to this'n was a pleasure. REEEEAAAAD ON! And hit the pipeline! Beachbreak! Invertebrate! Tubular!

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