Freshest Octoberfest

It doesn’t get much fresher than this… I grabbed some of the first Saranac Octoberfest beer from the brewery today. She even had to fetch them from the back. I think I need to get one in an ice water bath so I can have it tonight.

Also note the cool ADK pint glass. My sister-in-law picked this one up for her friend; they had many other frosted glasses with things like: DAD, OMG, WTF, BEER, and many others. (ADK is for Adirondacks)

Best beer names

The best beer names according to the Aleheads, anyway.

Beer people have some wonderful senses humor, and I’ve bought plenty of beer because the label made me laugh.

A sample of some of the beer from their list that I’ve actually had:

  • Old Horizontal
  • Old Leghumper
  • Mama’s Little Yella Pils
  • Dad’s Little Helper Malt Liquor
  • Blithering Idiot

While I’ve never had a Polygamy Porter, I do have a t-shirt. (“Bring some home to the wives.”)

Some of these are a riot and I can’t wait to try them (if I can find them).

What’s your favorite beer name? (Did it make the list?)

(via Definitive Ale)

Save the Wave

Just when Google Wave was getting the features it needed to be really cool they pulled the plug on it. I think it was because they limited access to it out of the gate and when the hype died down, that’s when they opened it up to everyone. It was also not in-your-face like Buzz was attached to GMail.

But you can help Save the Wave! (I don’t have high hopes, but we can try)

Google described Wave as “what email should have been”, but really it is a great place to organize and store topics and then allow multiple people to edit. It is OneNote on the Web. The Wave folks should take (steal) the interface from OneNote to make it a little more accessible to everyone. (which by the way I am loving OneNote 2010, which is also getting more and more Web friendly)

Check out Wave in the Google Labs.