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Jeff Wesselhoff
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Just out here tryin’ to enjoy some things
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 10: Long Strange Trip from Kickstand Brewing! This is a Belgian triple that pours light with some carbonation and a long-lasting head. Complex with each sip interesting. It’s 9.9% but you’d hardly know it (well, after a couple you might). A terrific beer well worth trying!
Beer Advent Calendar Day 10: Long Strange Trip from Kickstand Brewing in Commerce, MI. This is a Belgian triple that pours light with some carbonation and a long-lasting head. A complex and tasty beer with yeasty and spicy notes, especially on the clean finish. There’s fruit and herbaceous notes as well-really a lot going on that makes each sip interesting. It’s a big 9.9% but you’d hardly know it (well, after a couple you might). A terrific beer well worth trying! Beer Advent Calendar Day 10: Long Strange Trip from Kickstand Brewing in Commerce, MI. This is a Belgian triple that pours light with some carbonation and a long-lasting head. A complex and tasty beer with yeasty and spicy notes, especially on the clean finish. There’s fruit and herbaceous notes as well-really a lot going on that makes each sip interesting. It’s a big 9.9% but you’d hardly know it (well, after a couple you might). A terrific beer well worth trying!
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 9: Wingman Tropical Storm IPA! From Brewdog Brewing, which while made in Columbus, OH, is part of a chain based in Scotland. An imperial at 8.5% that’s strong with tropical fruit flavors. I’m not a big fan of the very sweet flavors, so I didn’t enjoy this one as much.
Beer Advent Calendar Day 9: Wingman Tropical Storm IPA! From Brewdog Brewing, which while made in Columbus, OH, appears to be part of a global beer chain based in Scotland. This is an imperial at 8.5% that’s strong with tropical fruit flavor. The brewery appears to be known for high ABV beers. The sweet fruit tries to set off the alcohol, and does so a bit, but I’m not a fan. I don’t care for the heavy fruit and sweetness. It might be to someone’s taste, just not mine. But it’s not like I didn’t finish it. Beer Advent Calendar Day 9: Wingman Tropical Storm IPA! From Brewdog Brewing, which while made in Columbus, OH, appears to be part of a global beer chain based in Scotland. This is an imperial at 8.5% that’s strong with tropical fruit flavor. The brewery appears to be known for high ABV beers. The sweet fruit tries to set off the alcohol, and does so a bit, but I’m not a fan. I don’t care for the heavy fruit and sweetness. It might be to someone’s taste, just not mine. But it’s not like I didn’t finish it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 8: Ferndale Project Summer Blues! A double NE-style IPA from Detroit’s Eastern Market Brewery Co. Hazy and made with Galaxy and Mosaic hops. 8% and fairly fruity and the brewery tells us it passion fruit and blueberry. Not really my thing, but that’s more me than the beer.
Beer Advent Calendar Day 8: Ferndale Project Summer Blues! A double NE-style IPA from Detroit’s Eastern Market Brewery Co. Hazy typical of the style and made with Galaxy and Mosaic hops. While a double at 8% I don’t think the alcohol was too overt though I thought it was noticeable. It’s fairly fruity and the brewery tells us it passion fruit and blueberry. Not really my thing, but that’s more a function of my taste of not digging the fruit and not a fan of Galaxy hops rather than any fault of the beer. Never hurts to try something new though!
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 7: Old Nation’s Flat Brain Red IPA! A malty IPA counter balanced with citra hops. A lovely deep red, rich and tasty at 7.2% with a nice finish. The key here (imo) is how superbly they execute that balance between the malt and the hops. Really well done!
Beer Advent Calendar Day 7: Old Nation’s Flat Brain Red IPA! A Michigan brewery maybe most famous for it’s excellent New England hazy IPA, this is another great reason to check out this brewery. It’s a malty IPA counter balanced with citra hops. I’ve found some red ipa’s to be on the sharp side, but this is a lovely deep red, rich and tasty at 7.2% with a nice finish. The key here (imo) is how superbly they execute that balance between the malt and the hops. Really well done! “Named after an iconic rant on the hypnotic stupidity of chickens, Flat Brain is anything it dim. A rich malt body delivers caramel and toffee, while bright citra hops burst with mango, grapefruit, and lychee. Smooth and complex with a crisp finish, it’s a bold tropical-leaning brew that rewards focus- and maybe even invites a little hypnosis”
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 6: I Got A Rock Kettle Sour! Another fine entry from GR’s Arvon Brewing. This is a fuity, sweet, very approachable beer at 5%, bursting with flavor. Not knowing quite what to expect, this surprised me with how much I enjoyed it. Another great beer from Arvon!
Beer Advent Calendar Day 6: I Got A Rock Kettle Sour! Another fine entry from GR’s Arvon Brewing. I’m leas familliar with sours generally, but this is a fuity, sweet, very approachable beer at 5%, bursting with flavor. I’m told kettle sours are brewed a little faster than traditional aged sours, and this one is made with mangoes, peaches and candy corn (!); hence the sweetness it seems. Not knowing quite what to wxpect, this surprised me with how much I enjoyed it. Another great beer! A cloudy orange glass of beer next to a can with a picture of a fierce, drooling goblin-type creature. How can he be so mad when the beer is this good? Maybe he’s just misunderstood
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 5: Blue Wing from Arvon Brewing Co.! A a “West Coast Style” double IPA. Light body and a little haze, big foamy head, lots of hops, with all the flavors you’d expect. Very tasty!
A can of Blue Wing west coast IPA and a glass of the same with a foamy white head. There’s a toy dog next to the glass. Beer Advent Calendar Day 5: Blue Wing from Arvon Brewing Co.! A new GR brewery to me, this is a “West Coast Style” double IPA. Light body and a little haze, big foamy head, lots of hops (they say five, but I don’t know the varietals), with all the flavors you’d expect. At 8% I thought the alcohol was noticeable, but not bad against the piney dank and citrus notes. Crisp drinking and tasty- a good beer! And another winner in the lovely can category.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 4: Bell’s Two Hearted IPA! A classic in the style and a flagship beer of my hometown brewery. Made with centennial hops, it’s piney, a bit of grapefruit, and comes in at 7%. A go-to beer for me, consistent and solid, like meeting up with an old friend after a long week!
A can of Two Hearted IPA next to a glass of the same. Beer Advent Calendar Day 4: Bell’s Two Hearted IPA! A classic in the style and a flagship beer of my hometown brewery. Often voted one of the best beers in the US. Named after the winding river in the UP and made with centennial hops, it’s a bit piney, a bit of grapefruit, and comes in at 7%. A go-to beer for me, consistent and solid, like meeting up with an old friend after a long week!
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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An orange cat, now labeled “Life” jumps off a counter onto an unsuspecting tabby, now labeled “Me”.
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 3: Brewery Vivant’s Wizard Burial Ground! A “bourbon barrel aged quadrupel ale.” A Belgian style, it’s got the body of an ale with malty goodness. At 11.5%, it’s a doozy, but a tasty one.
A can of Brewery Vivant’s Wizard Burial Ground beer next to a glass of the same. Text from a can of Wizard Burial Ground beer: AGED BREWER'S BARREL RESERVE Brewery Vivant BBA QUAD Brewed once a year, this specal quadrupel is aged in bourbon barrels. The alcohol content of the quad pulls the bourbon, vanilla, and charred oak character out of the barrel and melds it all together with the caramel richness already present in the ale. We've been wood aging beers since we opened in 2010. The 2025 vintage of Wizard Burial Ground is yet another stellar version of this legendary beer. SUGGESTED PAIRING This is a beer to be shared. To truly indulge, enjoy with blue cheese stuffed dates wrapped in bacon with a balsamic glaze. If cellaring, keep at 50 F or cooler in a dark place A MICHIGAN MADE BEER Brewed and Canned by Brewery Vivant 2948 Blue Star Hwy, Douglas, MI 49406 www.breweryvivant.com 言
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Beer Advent Calendar Day 2! Stone Brewing’s take on a Hazy IPA. Juicy and citrusy, but not really that hazy. Light and refreshing with El Dorado, Azacca, and Sabro hops. 6.7% ABV and very drinkable. A good, solid, flavorful IPA but not especially unique. That can is some eye candy though!
A can of Stone Brewery’s Hazy IPA next to a glass of the same beer.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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It’s that time of year again! Beer Advent Calendar time! Thanks to my lovely spouse and son who put together this year’s selection.
First up: Goblin Mode from Ohio’s Hoof Hearted Brewing. A hazy double IPA coming in at 8% abv. Warm citrus scent, well-rounded citrusy hops. Nicely done!
A can of Goblin Mode hazy IPA from Hood Hearted Brewing next to a glass of said beer. There’s a toy dog next to the beer. A can of Goblin Mode hazy IPA from Hood Hearted Brewing next to a glass of said beer. This angle shows the can art work with a degenerating row of goblins
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Drive west on Sunset
to the sea
Turn that jungle music down
Just until we’re out of town
The Pope, soulfully singing Steely Dan’s “Babylon Sisters” into a mic
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Bernie Sanders fundraising meme changed to say “I am once again asking the queer poets to save us” because general society often turns to those it marginalizes- gay, black, trans people, women, poets, the oppressed, outsiders- to save itself from the ills it creates
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
A photograph of Buckaroo Bonzai
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I should call her
Two puffball mushrooms on a lawn strewn with reddish-brown oak leaves
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year
Cover of the band The Stone Roses first eponymous record released in 1989. It has a background of Jackson-Pollack-like paint splatters, red, white, and blue stripes stacked on the left edge, with the band name in the middle. The “o” in roses is replaced with a lemon slice, and two other lemon slices are seen in the lower right quadrant.
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Luthen Rael supports Sara’s mission to tell the people’s story about the everything bagel.
September 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Got to listen to some rock ‘n roll songs about baseball last night
Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, & Steve Wynn of The Baseball Project. McCaughey and Wynn are holding up their guitars and jamming ‘cause they’re playin’ the fuckin’ rock n’ roll! Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Mike Mills of The Baseball Project Peter Buck with a Rickenbacker guitar, Scott McCaughey with a Gibson, and Steve Wynn with a Fender, playing as part of The Baseball Project.
September 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I like the location map
The location of a lighthouse home. In the water. Hard to drive to. Not much parking.
September 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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The Historic Potato Barn was, indeed, historic. Maybe not much to look at, but chock-a-block with Historic Potato Vibes.
The Historc Potato Barn on the TART trail. The are used to be a potato stronghold, I’m told.
August 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Big ears, long tongue, good vibes
A small dog with large ears and a very long tongue hanging out of her mouth.
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Obi-wan-kenobi in the Millennium Falcon saying “That’s not tapioca”. Han Solo does not care, he just wants his thirst slaked
July 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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In Pompei, they had space where they could slither without getting stepped on. Real innovation! Classic Roman!
A street in Pompei with spaces between a crosswalk that people who had not invented walking could slither through without getting stepped on. Walking was invented by New Yorkers who knew not to live next to a volcano, for cryin’ out loud.
July 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Sunday vibes
A grey and black Great Dane lays on his back with his legs in the air in front of a TV screen with the Wimbledon final on
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM