Prelude to a Hoppy Thanksgiving

Sometimes I love surprises. For instance, today we're having the neighbors over for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner, which is delightful in and of itself, doubly so because I got to cook a turkey (and enjoy leftovers, assuming there are any), triply so because it provided me with an excuse to visit the liquor store. But wait, the lovely wife said, don't you have a fridge downstairs stocked with delicious M&B beer? And I said yes, but it's SO good I don't want to drink it all at once; it's like M&Ms—you like them, but you don't eat a whole bag at one sitting. So then she said, okay, so you're only going to have one beer? So I said I don't like where this is going, see you in a few.

Long story short, I noticed something at Top Cellars that I'd never seen before: Lagunitas Brewing Company's Hop Stoopid, a name so stoopid it might offend me except that the beer is so hoptastically good. Apparently the owner at Top Cellars tried it and liked this insanely hoppy beer so much he decided to stock it. So if you're in the Olathe area and want to tantalize your taste buds with a fantastic hoppy California treat, check out Hop Stoopid. Next on my list: getting them to stock Green Flash. Stay tuned!