Stump Pub Trivia at The Tap

Shenanigans this past Wednesday night! What a good time! Dave and I arrived at The Tap in Haverhill at about 6:30. Dave kicked things off with Oktoberfest on cask (always too warm for my liking are the cask drawn beers but Dave loves it) and I had a Verruckt Pilsner.

I was disappointed to hear from my favorite barkeep Jon that the unique and wonderful Beerstand Berlinerweiss went down into history earlier this week. We really enjoyed that, and after the Beerfest I knew I would want to come back and have some more. But we never dragged ourselves over there and our delay was our undoing. So disappointed. I let him know that we loved it, and look forward to it coming back.

Doug's train came in at 7 and we ordered dinner (Doug got the reuben, I got the awesome quesadilla, and Dave went with the fried calamari).  We split a pitcher of their Gestalt beer, which is Dave's favorite, and I must admit mine too.

World Series game 1 was on the big screen, and we all cheered for local boy done good, Chris Carpenter. When your team isn't in the big dance, sometimes it is just fun to watch the game for the game's sake.

Stump Pub Trivia started at 8:30pm, which was a little late for me. I wanted it to start at 7 so we could get home at a decent hour. I'm old, I guess. Plus, I knew Dave would hit his witching hour around 10pm and be ready to roll home and get tucked in. For those not in the know, there is an emcee, and he reads out the questions, four rounds with four questions, and bonus rounds in the middle. We named our team "The Zanesville Tigers" in honor of the big cats who were shot in that city in Ohio when their owner set them free and then committed suicide. 

We did pretty well with the trivia. Dave got some laughs at the bar with the bonus question. The emcee read "a multi-millionaire, producer, musician, and actor" as the first clue, and he stood up and yelled "Hey! That's ME!"

We didn't win, but held our own. I let Doug talk me out of two questions where I had the right answer and his was wrong.

I don't know if we'll go every Wednesday, as it wrapped up after 11pm, but it sure was fun. We will be back!

Oh Shenanifans, I have not forgotten you....

We just haven't had many shenanigans to speak of. That changes tonight.

Doug and I are taking Dave to The Tap in Haverhill. I think there is Pub Trivia on Wednesday nights, so we'll eat, we'll crack jokes loudly, and hopefully (if there is trivia) mop the floor with everyone else. Dave may have short term memory loss, but he knows stuff from back in the day that's for certain! And Doug is kind of a machine. I'm there to yell "Brett Favre!" when I know the one sports answer that comes my way.

Join us if you like.

shift in shenanigans

Looks like our shenanigans will be moving to Wednesday evenings going forward, which bums me out but I'm happy to work with Dave's schedule and needs. Not sure how far afield I can take him and get home in time to be happily in bed.



Watch for a new shenanigans update this week.

At Fuel and Fuddle in Pittsburgh PA

I had lunch with my daughter in Pittsburgh on my way back from Ohio. Her favorite place is located near her college, and is called Fuel and Fuddle. I didn't have any beer because I had 12 hours of driving ahead of me. This made me sad because they have a lot of great beers there.

However, I did take this picture while I was there, and the genius of Hunter S. Thompson is something I ascribe to. Enjoy.

Solo Shenanigans in Ohio

This past weekend I attended a funeral in Bowling Green Ohio. After the mercy meal and a big nap, a bunch of us went out to have a beer or three at a local bar. It was a sports bar, with Bud on draught and the most exciting beer they had in the tap was Magic Hat #9.

I asked the barmaid what they had that was locally sourced. In bottles, they had Great Lakes Brewing Company. I had the Eliot Ness and the Holy Moses wit beer. Both were very tasty, and I was happy to enjoy  local brews even though they didn't offer them on draught. We stopped at a supermarket to get bottled waters for our long trip home, and the grocery store had a beer aisle. So I stopped to see what they had from local breweries.

There was a nice selection of beers from Ohio and Michigan, I had to limit myself because I could have bought several dozen different 6 packs but I settled for a tasters pack of beers fr the Great Lakes brewing company, and a six pack of Oberon Ale from Bell's Brewery of Kalamazoo, MI.

Dave will also receive a 12 pack of the Great Lakes, and we'll sing "Cuyahoga" by REM as we drink the Burning River Pale Ale.

In November, I'm heading to Pittsburgh and may have a few days to entertain myself. I have some friends in the Cleveland area... so a possible side trip to the Great Lakes brew pub may be in my future.