My (as of tomorrow) EIGHT year old 🥲 decided this morning that Trix are no longer her breakfast of choice. She has informed me that it’s now salami. We eat salami for breakfast. 🤷‍♂️

I have been LOVING these new THC Seltzers from Fifty West, they’re called Sunflower and you should probably try them (especially if you’re looking for something to spice up Dry January)

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Finally!!! If it’s gonna be cold, just gimmie ALL the snow. This is day-drinking while you’re working from home weather!

I’ve been hearing about Creekside for far too long - this video convinced me that I need to stop by for an afternoon some day VERY soon!

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I’m sitting here pulling hair out of the roomba… getting grumpy, and I just realized I’m doing maintenance on my household robot, who helps do chores around the house. I freaking live in the future - and that’s awesome. I’m not grumpy anymore.

I’ll be honest… like a lot of folks, I’ve been leaning more into light lagers over the last couple of years, and I think that 2025 is going to be my “back to malty beer” era.

Setting a better goal for myself right now… for as much reading and research I do in a given week, I need to actually be writing a certain amount of time. What that breakdown looks like? I have no idea… but writing time HAS to make it on my calendar.

Best Christmas gift ever? Yeah, I think so. His name is now Taco… and he’s the best little creature in my house, now. Huge thanks to Brewhaus Dog Bones for connecting us with this little guy. He’s perfect.

The balance is tough… it used to be that I could say 9:30pm on a Monday - perfect time for a show! Now, my whole family is still awake an hour later and staring at me to do… I don’t know… something? Certainly not to run to the basement to talk to someone else. #DadLife

It’s always heartbreaking when a local brewery closes its door - but it definitely doesn’t mean that there’s a bubble popping, nor does it mean that the places that are currently opening up are doomed to fail.

If you missed it yesterday, I've got a new video up on YouTube. I headed over to @DogBerryBrewing to not only get a sneak peek at their new barleywine but also to give myself an excuse to pull my last bottle from the cellar to see how it's tasting!
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Did you know that 'The Gnomies' over on Patreon get early access to episodes of all my shows (even when I only get them done the day before they debut?). Now you do, and you should head to thegnarlygnome.com/Support to join. Also... tomorrow's episode is there!

Made a quick stop with the family today at Esoteric over in Walnut Hills… and while it’s not that I FORGOT how much I loved that place - but I quickly remembered how much I love that place.

You ever have one of those days, where you just want to sit down somewhere with a cold boozy drink? Today is one of those days for me…