Black Friday = Beer Friday

Meet the class of 2020. Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout was released today. There was more demand this year at the retailer I go to, but I still got two bottles. One is BCS, Stout aged in Bourbon barrels, and the other a one off named Bourbon County Brand Special #4; Oatmeal Stout aged in Bourbon barrels with coffee and maple syrup. (Sounds similar to Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout.) These are both pushing 14% ABV so will save them for special occaisons.

Happy Thanksgiving 2020

To say this has been a strange year would be an understatement at best. But, on this Thanksgiving Day I want to give thanks for all that has been given to me.  I have been so richly blessed I sometimes take those gifts for granted. I cannot begin to express my thanks for the love shown to me by family and friends. I live in a nation where I am free to worship Almighty God as I wish without fear of reprisal from the government; a nation where I am free to come and go wherever I want and whenever I want. I have a warm roof over my head and a comfortable bed to sleep in each night.  My home is filled with more than I could have ever imagined.  My safety is made possible by the sacrifices of others who put their lives on the line to protect me 24 hours a day. When I open the fridge there is way more food and beverage in it than I have ever done anything to deserve. If I want for anything, I have been given the means to buy it by the jobs that were given to me during my working years. For all of these blessings and all past blessings I say thank you Lord!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my family and friends!

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