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Bill Lamont
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A little afternoon guitar playing while sipping an adult beverage. Nowhere to be til Monday, and I got sick leave to burn. Homebrew Imperial Stout, 8% abv.

#Bskybeer #Martinguitar
A dark beer in a fat tulip shape glass. The glass is from a defunct brewery where I used to work, Brew Republic Bierwerks. The beer is an Imperial Stout, very dark and chocolatey, with a tight creamy tan color head. It is on a drink coaster that says “I drink to make people more interesting”. There is a red Snark tuner next to it. Behind is my Martin D28 from 2005. It is my daily driver and has seen some use. I found it in Japan and I feel I rescued it, as the neck needed a reset and a fret level. It was nearly unplayable.
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Went to see the brilliant
willvarleymusic.bsky.social at Jammin Java last night. I think this was the 5th time we’ve seen him? Always great. Had a great convo with Jessy of Pinkerton Raid after, a new find for me and a great singer/songwriter!
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A pleasant surprise! I don’t often go to the big box store (where shopping is a baffling experience), but saw this and grabbed 2. Super nice price for a bomber of 8.5ish% beer. This is actually brewed by Deschutes. Boozy and chocolatey and I’m going to get more. #bskybeer
A bomber bottle of beer next to a glass of very dark beer on a wooden table, trees and patio furniture visible behind. The beer is Kirkland Vintage Ale. It is an 8.5ish bourbon barrel style ale. I think it was $8 a bottle? Outrageous, and how can you say no? But it was an excellent gamble. I’ll need to go get more to *try* to cellar. Very tasty indeed. Brewed and bottled by Deschutes, and they were not shy about the branding considering it’s from Costco and labeled as Kirkland.
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Current situation. Early voting started today in Virginia.
A black guitar case against a brown hardwood floor. On the case are two stickers. At the top is a black/white/yellow design of an acoustic guitar with a sash around it reading “This Machine Kills Fascists”. Below it is a Prince William County “I Voted” sticker with a blue border saying the same in different languages.
October 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Ladies and gentlepersons: I’m not entirely sure how many followers are local to me, but if you are in Northern Virginia on Monday evening, my band Derelict Dog will be playing at Mill Street Draft Garden in Occoquan VA., supporting Ms Sewell and her campaign. Alt text for deets.
Brianapooza, October 6, 6pm at Mill Street Draft Garden in Occoquan VA. Derelict Dog will be playing at least one set, maybe 2 of our usual mix of classics and contemporaries as well as original songs. Ms Sewell is running as a democratic delegate for Virginia State District 25. This is a paid event, and a contribution must be paid to get into the event. HOWEVER if you want to sit on the sidewalk and hear us no one is stopping you! To RSVP and contribute please go to https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sewell100625 or contact joe@sewellfordelegate.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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YES! Tre excite! Saw him solo last year at Warner Theatre in Washington DC, but this is so much more local. Hoping for more of a “Storyteller” experience. Nothing against Wolf Trap, but I couldn’t sit close enough being on the lawn. #jasonisbell #hyltonperformingarts
“View is approximate” because our seats are in front of these! I can’t begin to tell you how exciting this is. Pic is of a stage with a piano in the center. View is just above stage height, about 50 feet from the edge of the stage. Below is “Center Orch Front, Row L, Seat 208” and “ISBELL Presale” below.
September 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Very nice day for a refreshing adult 5% beverage. W22 from Water’s End Brewery, Woodbridge VA.

Nice thing is I can stumble home from here. Ya know, if necessary of course…

#Bskybeer
An amber lager. It is a dark amber color in a 16 ounce glass. The glass is on a red stained picnic table in a courtyard. Behind is a party tent as the brewery celebrated its 9th birthday yesterday. The sky is a gorgeous September blue.
September 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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We had some fun playing guitars. There may have been beer involved. If you’re interested we are on the Insta as Derelict Dog. Come see us play!
Derelict Dog, the band. To the left, Kevin Fahy on the D18 singing lead and playing mostly rhythm. Middle foreground is a glass of dark yellow beer, a Pilsner from Water’s End Brewery, where we are playing. And me hovering above the beer with the OM28- Rhythm, leads, and backing vocals.
September 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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It is stupid hot out here. Golden Road Brewing Mango Cart, 4%abv fruited wheat beer.
On the left, a golden liquid in a short tulip glass. It is slightly hazy, and there is condensation in the outside of the glass. In the right is a yellow can, with Golden Road across the top and Mango Cart in the middle, all lettering in white. There is an umbrella over a cart, the umbrella is yellow, red, orange and blue, while the cart is a silver. The beer is inspired by the fruit drinks sold street side in Los Angeles.
August 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Brew Day. Hazy IPA coming soon.
4 silver packets arranged around a white/black/gold packet. The silver packets are all 2 ounces of different hops- Amarillo, Simcoe, Citra, and Mosaic. The smaller packet is Verdant IPA dry ale yeast. I need to order dry yeast during the summer as anything else tends to die in transit with the heat. I’ll use wet yeast on winter brew days.
August 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Dropping off the younger daughter at college. Lunch at 50/50 Taphouse. Adventure Fred Red, 6.4%. On the left is a Coors light. #Bskybeer
On the right, an amber lager from Fredericksburg VA. It is in a pint size glass on a gray outdoor table. To the left is a glass of water.
August 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I shall now consume mass quantities.
Zero Gravity Brewing, Cone Head IPA. 5.7%. On the right is a blue can with a yellow and green graphic. The graphic shows a green hop head with rays on a yellow back ground. Below are the words Cone Head India Pale Ale in black on yellow. To the left is a tulip shape glass with hazy yellow liquid and a tight foam cap.
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Sorry boss. Sick leave this afternoon. That’s why it’s called “leave” not “stay”.
In the foreground, a glass with a light brown liquid and ice. It is sitting on the end of a gray couch. In the background is a TV, on top of a cabinet and next to a Knick knack shelf. On the TV is the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. My daughter is there primarily as a coach, but is rowing in a little while.
August 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Christmas in July. Henderson Harbor NY. That would be the Grinch, we saw Santa going into the Waterside Grill in the harbor.
July 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Oops I bought a guitar.
A Martin X Series OM guitar. It has a dark brown streak top. The ring is herringbone. This guitar survived a house fire and still has drywall and dust on it and in it. It plays great, as it was given a decent repair after the fire. Needs some cleaning and some fine tuning. It is pictured on the deck of my in-laws house, a light gray floor and dark wood railing. In the background is Lake Ontario. Backside of the OM guitar. It is dark streak, I believe an ebony? The neck is a ply of several layers. They are usually rough, but this one seems well played in.
July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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An evening at the yacht club with my friend from Balvenie.
A glass of light yellow liquor with ice. In the background is a row of boats- one motor boat and several sailboats. The sky is slightly overcast, and the water is light gray.
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Lager Frenzy! To quote Tank Girl…

Ithaca Beer Co Lakeside Lager, 4.2% abv. Nice lunch time refresher.
A pale yellow liquid with a loose foam head in a pint glass. The background is a green lawn and a blue/green bay beyond.
July 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Fuggly Sweater, 5.7%, Ithaca Beer Co, Ithaca NY. Dark lager brewed with ginger, cloves, nutmeg and cinnamon. No “best by” or “born on” date, but I guess this is a Christmas beer? Who cares. I can taste the ginger and cinnamon, the rest is lost…. #BskyBeer
On the left, a dark amber beer with an inch of foam in a pint glass. In the right, a can of beer with an ugly sweater background on the label. At the top is Ithaca Beer Co, in the middle is Fuggly Sweater in a woven into the fabric font. The colors are dark red, dark green, light green (hops pattern) and white. In the background is Lake Ontario, a mostly smooth bay with no waves, and an evening sky with a Constable smattering of clouds.
July 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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War Horse Royal Kilt Inspector Scotch Ale, from Geneva NY. 7.1%. Pretty freakin tasty, not boozy at all. Plus also War Horse is one of those breweries that put album pairings on the can- this one calls for A Complete History by The Vaselines. #BskyBeer
On the left, a pint glass or red colored beer. There is a quarter inch cap of light tan foam. The glass is moist from humidity. In the right is a beer can. The background of the graphic is a red plaid. At the top is the War Horse logo, with Royal Kilt Inspector below in white and yellow. There is a picture of a woman wearing a plaid hat, holding binoculars, with a surprised face. Behind her are men in uniform and kilt. Bottom graphic has Scotch Ale, with 7.1% on the left and 14 IBU on the right.
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Middle Child IPA. 6.8%. Hopshire Farm and Brewery, Freeville NY. #BskyBeer
A hazy yellow beer in a pint glass,with the Hopshire Farm & Brewery logo on the glass. In the near distance is the brewery and outside seating in tents. In the background are green rolling hills, just east of Ithaca NY.
July 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Current situation.
A large black cup with the Collegetown Bagels logo and Ithaca NY. It is very good coffee, black, no adjuncts. It is on a green picnic table with a lake in the background. My view. Cayuga Lake, Ithaca NY. This picture is facing north. I am in a shady spot, enjoying the breeze, with a short grass lawn and some shoreline growth. The water is a grayish blue, the sky is partly cloudy but classic azure blue.
July 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#2 of the day. Might be the last. Founders Backwoods Bastard, 11%abv, Grand Rapids Michigan. I reached in and grabbed a 7.5%, thought I should go lighter, and only discovered the accident after I poured it. Oh well, gotta drink it now, can’t put the genie back in the bottle. #Bskybeer
On the left, a dark ruby beer. It’s an ale aged in oak bourbon barrels. I had sipped some before the pic, but there was a generous cream head on it. On the right, a brown glass bottle with the Founders Brewing logo around the neck. Below is the label with an old bearded man in a flop hat. The label reads “Backwoods Bastard”. In the background is Whites Bay, Lake Ontario, and the wildfire smoke haze has lifted enough to almost see across the bay for the first time all day.
July 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Breakfast with Churchill. 7.5% Coffee Stout from Warhorse Brewing Co., Geneva NY. Not usually a coffee in beer fan, but this one is super well balanced, more chocolate flavor than coffee, and no bitterness. #Bskybeer
In the foreground: on the left is a pint glass of very dark beer, with little head. I think I’d like a bit more carbonation, but this can has a born on date of April, so maybe a bit past best? Still tasty. On the right, a tall can that is white on the left, red on the right, with a picture of Winston Churchill in his bowler hat over a London skyline. The wording says War Horse Brewing Company at the top. Below the graphic it says Breakfast With Churchill, and Coffee Stout at the bottom. In the background is White’s Bay, Henderson NY. Usually clear and blue, but we have heavy haze and a smoky smell from the wildfires in Canada.
July 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Hot. Sweaty. 4 hrs playing time. 1 beer consumed. Lots of people seemed to enjoy it, great feedback. Pros and cons.
Derelict Dog on the patio at Paradise Springs winery. I’m on the left, plaid shirt and jeans with my Martin OM28. Can’t quite quit the music stand just yet. Pedalboard on the ground with our Fire Bucket “analog” tip jar. “Digital” tip jar taped to the stand. Kevin on the right in a dark blue shirt and jeans playing his Martin D18 and singing. Not shown: thermometer saying 90 degrees, no breeze to speak of. Photo by Kevin’s wife Kara.
July 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Celebrating No Kings day with something Irish. Here’s to someday being free from fascism, populism and colonialism everywhere.
A amber liquid in cut glass. The liquid is a newer Irish Whiskey I found from the Skellig area. The glass was a wedding gift- someone decided we needed crystal. We didn’t ask for crystal. In the background, far left is my Martin HD35. I told my then-fiance that I’d buy her a ring if she bought me a guitar (I already had the ring). I tell her she still owes me $1000, 24 years later. Next to the glass is my Jason Isbell Tele. Still slowing getting it set up, I think it’ll get a fret level next. The big chair it’s leaning against is my usual chair, big enough to kinda curl up into.
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM