Marked on my calendar

Today is a holiday. And therefore I cannot completely devote this post to only a beer. It would not be right. Today is a day that I've been waiting for since it became 2011. The last time I was as excited as I am today I was in a parking lot singing "Auld Lang Sine" and breaking champagne bottles after the glorious victory witnessed at the Georgia Dome on New Year's Eve. Today has been a long time coming, and is merely a taste of the main course coming on Saturday.

Today is the day that College Football starts again.

Thanks to a rather cool dude of a roommate that I have, I was able to head over to the Georgia Tech homeopener against Western Carolina. Got there a little late and the score was 28-0. Don't worry though, the Catamounts did stage a slight comeback to bring the score to 42-21 at the half.

On the other hand, my #6 ranked Florida State Seminoles did face the W. Carolina Catamounts in the 2008 home opener. They, however, won 69-0.

In addition to the importance of today, I actually did drink a beer. And a delicious one at that. I was going to do the final installment of my Bell's week, but last minute circumstances led to a change of plans. Instead, I've got the Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA. and lucky for me it came in a larger-than-normal glass...

I'm flying blind on my description of this brew, but it tastes very much like a west coast IPA. It seems to have the same flavor profile of other Sierra Nevadas, but with a full on IPA attitude. Good hoppiness, malts and bitterness are balanced. Overall a solid brew.

Since this post is from my phone, and my thumbs hurt, I'll conclude for today. Just know that there are many more football references to come over the next 4 months.

Good times, Go Noles.

Sierra Nevada
Torpedo IPA
India Pale Ale
6.8% abv