January 11, 2003
Cross-Country Beer Haul
Over the holidays, I helped my mom move from Michigan to San Francisco and in doing so, brought back nine cases of the Midwest's finest beer. Not all of it was mine, mind you. Most of the beer was for friends and members of the Bay Area Brew Crew. It was a grueling drive from Michigan to San Francisco that included two calls to AAA, a mile-long hike down the highway carrying a new car battery and tools, a car heater that broke the first day into the five-day winter drive, a passenger-side door that wouldn't open, and a driver-side door that wouldn't lock. The important thing is that all the beer arrived safely and in good condition. Here's the bill of lading:
- Arcadia Whitsun (4 bottles)
- Bell's Batch 5000 (12 bottles)
- Bell's Consecrator Dopplebock (1 bottle)
- Bell's Double Cream Stout (6 bottles)
- Bell's Eccentric Ale (30 bottles)
- Bell's Expedition Stout (48 bottles)
- Bell's Porter (12 bottles)
- Bell's Sparkling Ale (12 bottles)
- Bell's Third Coast Old Ale (24 bottles)
- Bell's Two Hearted Ale (12 bottles)
- Boyne River Hefeweizen (1 bottle)
- Boyne River Pale Ale (1 bottle)
- Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (1 bottle)
- Dark Horse Belgian Amber Ale (1 bottle)
- Dogfish Head Immort Ale (1 bottle)
- Dogfish Head Old School Barleywine (1 bottle)
- Dogfish Head World Wide Stout (23%) (1 bottle)
- Founders Centennial IPA (1 bottle)
- Founders Imperial Stout (1 bottle)
- Goose Island Summertime (1 bottle)
- Left Hand Imperial Stout (1 bottle)
- New Glarus Hop Hearty Ale (1 bottle)
- New Holland Cherry Ale (1 bottle)
- New Holland Green Hornet (1 bottle)
- New Holland Ichabod (2 bottle)
- New Holland Kourage (1 bottle)
- New Holland Mad Hatter (1 bottle)
- New Holland Olde Poet (1 bottle)
- New Holland Paleooza (1 bottle)
- New Holland Zoomer Wit (1 bottle)
- St. Ambroise Vintage Ale 2000 (1 bottle)
- Stoudts Abbey Double (1 bottle)
- Stoudts IPA (1 bottle)
- Sweetwater IPA (1 bottle)
- Three Floyds Alpha King (1 bottle)
- Three Floyds Alpha Klaus (1 bottle)
- Three Floyds Dreadnaught IPA (1 bottle)
- Unibroue Eau Bénite (1 bottle)
Good haul, eh?