I thought about going to the beer/MEMpopS pairing at the High Cotton taproom last night, but being a creature of habit I was too lazy to walk any farther than the Silly Goose. A little after 7 a photo of the pairing came across my Facebook timeline, and it made me wish I had gone!
Photo credit Zack Howland; used with permission
I didn’t realize the popsicles would be IN the beer! So you get popsicle-flavored beer, and beer-flavored popsicles. That is really neat! These were the pairings:
- Scottish Ale and Reverb coffee frozen pop
- Hefeweizen and raspberry frozen pop
- IPA and lime frozen pop
- ESB and apple frozen pop
I wonder if this will become one of those events that gets repeated a few times a year. I hope so! In the meantime, the brewery’s Oktoberfest is coming up this Saturday. Free-flowing taps, some limited-release beers, traditional Bavarian fare, live music from Hiway Hi-Fi and others. Tickets $40, designated drivers $10, kids under 10 free.
That little taproom has really turned into a community gathering space and has put on some one-of-a-kind events. I wish I could spend more time out in The Edge, but…….
Never mind.
If you like beer and you like a clean, healthy environment, you should consider coming to the Clean Memphis and Project Green Fork 3rd annual fall fundraiser at the Memphis Made taproom on Wednesday, November 16 from 5:30 to 8:30. Great Memphis Made beer, food, a silent auction, and something they called a “while pull” in their Facebook event listing which I’m pretty sure is a typo and I don’t know what the correction is. $50 a ticket.
Local Memphis recently had coverage of the Flying Saucer’s presidential campaign glasses, featuring “Slick Hilly” Clinton and “Small Hands, Big Plans” Trump. The glasses have predicted the winner the past two elections, which is pretty scary considering the Trump glasses are leading by a pretty substantial margin. Saucer manager Owen was interviewed for the story.
I had one of these when I was a kid!
Family game console from JC Penney, 1976 pic.twitter.com/vQYy5pcqQh
— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPix) October 5, 2016
Coach Fiz has told Zach Randolph that he will be coming of the Memphis Grizzlies bench this season. JaMychal Green will start at power forward in his place. As much as I like Z-bo this is the appropriate move to start grooming the next generation of Grizzlies. Randolph will be going after the Sixth Man of the Year Award for 2016-17, awarded to the most valuable player who comes off the bench. The Grizzlies host the Atlanta Hawks at FedExForum tonight at 7 in a pre-season game.
Good meme I saw on Facebook: “Not knowing the truth doesn’t make you ignorant… not wanting to know the truth makes you ignorant.” Yep. Even worse is knowing the truth and purposely avoiding it because it’s inconvenient for you.
The Memphis Tigers play Temple at the Liberty Bowl at 7:00 tonight. If you’re going to the game, they are asking that you wear white to show support for your Tigers. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN, so it’s a chance to make Memphis look really good. Don’t forget, the eyes of the Big 12 may be on us.
Photo from the Blind Bear last night:
I took a photo of these two and posted it to Facebook and tagged them, but a couple of minutes later Stacey (on the right) ran over to me and said, “PAUL! That’s a horrible photo of me takeitdowntakeitdowntakeitdown deleteitdeleteitdeleteit.” They posted for another photo and she approved it. Geez. Women.
That’ll wrap it up with this morning’s post. I may be back later today. I will be doing my usual happy hour at the Silly Goose, probably with a more full crowd than usual due to people pre-gaming for the Grizzlies.