Katie Beth is still napping, a chicken is soaking in a brine, and Karen is busy with making Craiglist posts.

I’m relaxing so I have a moment to enjoy a good beer. (I have already run all of my errands.)

James Trolinger (a.k.a.: Jim) was right about this beer. Cellar temperature is the right temperature. In Alabama, a garage is at cellar temperature given our lovely cold weather lately. (I’m ready for Springtime, baseball, and warm weather.)

I’m enjoying this before I get my Bell’s HopSlam.

The apricot is nice, but it is not over the top.

We are having movie night with Allison and Steve Tofflemire. I’m grabbing pizza at Mellow Mushroom for the gang.

We are going to be watching Hercules, which is one of Steve’s favorite movies. I’m looking forward to the movie. I haven’t seen it in years. Katie Beth will love it because of all the singing.

Well, it has a very citrusy taste with light honey sweetness that is left on front of the tongue. I would say the citrus is biased to grapefruit and kumquat. I go so far as to say the sweetness is very similar to the sweetness of a kumquat’s peel.

The bouquet is full of hops with citrus and floral aspects.

The alcohol is undetectable, which very unexpected given it is over 10%.

I have acquired some HopSlam and now we wait for it to chill down.

It was blast working to get the beer. The beer should be great. The reviews say this year batch is super.

Now, we wait.

Ah, hots coals.

We are grilling tonight. We have a lovely pork loin covered with Old Bay season and a little Butt Rub®. We have chicken all season, too.

After enjoying the pork loin, we toasted marshmallows until we couldn’t eat any more.

My Aunt Ann and Uncle Alfred came into town for the weekend. Aunt Ann made a wonderful dinner as a treat for my mother. It was just great.

Katie Beth loved seeing here great aunt and uncle.

I like this beer. It has a fuller body than many lagers. It has a great mouth feel, but I don’t like the smell in the nose. The finish is not has crisp as I expected.

I have not been to Thai Garden in many months. I’m looking forward to Pad Bai Ga-Praw with three stars.