Jumpin' At The Woodside

Click Here to go to the LIVE from The Woodside page where "Now Playing" info is also available. Or as I call it " Tunes & Brews " -- tunes for you, brews for me! And champagne too! Taking requests! If you're having trouble connecting try refreshing the LIVE page in your browser LIVE from The Woodside before clicking the link to listen to the Webcast. Here's what's coming up this evening: (All times Eastern) 7pm - Rat Pack Live 8pm - Generous heaping of cool tunes to start your evening 9pm - LIVE Jumpin' At The Woodside kicks off with "The Fable of The Booty Jam Glitter Palace" followed by requests, assorted foolishness and music 10pm - A live performance perhaps, we'll see ;~) Stay tuned for more. LIVE from The Woodside - Salud!

Click Here to go to the LIVE from The Woodside page where "Now Playing" info is also available. Or as I call it " Tunes & Brews " -- tunes for you, brews for me! A LIVE preview is spinning from my iTunes this evening (12/30), but check in tomorrow evening for the LIVE show . Taking requests! - Salud!

Enjoying some Mad Elf at The Monkey's abode. Salud and Merry Merry y'all!

Santa is in South America and soon will be here... "A Visit From St. Nicholas"

Merry Christmas Eve! NORAD Tracks Santa

Good evening all and Happy Holly Jolly Friday! Fittingly, Dave is on the jukebox singing "eat, drink and be merry!" Warmed up to the high 60s today and even after 7pm it was still 64 degrees. This time of year, I wish we were getting some of the winter weather that you're getting up north - well, except for the cold temps. Perhaps I spoke too soon as I see we may be getting the cold temps sans the winter weather next week. As promised in my last post I have a new beer I'm trying tonight. Typical for this time of year, Santa delivers and does he ever in Rogue's Santa's Private Reserve . While less intense and not as sweet as the Double Dead Guy from the other night, Santa's Reserve just may be the smoothest heavily hopped ale I've tasted. The beer is a deep red amber color and the smell of the hops are immediately evident. The consistency may even be slightly lighter than other ales, but not light in taste. The tasting notes on the Rogue Web site state...

I'm always up for trying new beers, so when I received the news article in the mail ( see photo ) from Poppa Gar recommending the Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale , I figured why not. Especially a beer that comes in a bright red bottle this time of year seems rather festive regardless of its name. I picked up a Double Dead Guy today at the Total Wine, along with another new brew that I'll feature in my Friday post. The shopping complex at this Total Wine was crawling with holiday shoppers. I could barely find a place to park and even had someone tap my bumper while leaving, but all was well. The bump happened at a very low speed and after inspection found nothing wrong. We both went our merry way. Today was a foggy, dreary, rainy day - all day. Had it been cooler, I suppose we would have had snow flurries, but we actually hit the 60s today. Enough about that, on with the beer. Like a vampire, light is one of beer's worst enemies, this is the reason many beers come in a brown bottl...