I was reading in the paper recently about blogger burnout. As for myself, I can't say that I am burning out, its just that I decide when I have something to say, so it isn't regular like, say, the daily news. Its a heck-of-a-lot easier than The Beer Chronicles for those of you who remember our old newsletter. I was thinking about posting some back issues on the website. I think I have to get the professional version of Adobe Acrobat though, or at least the most recent edition of MS Word. But, I gotta watch my pennies. All this technology can add up and quickly.

According to ABC News, as I saw in Metro. a new beer promises to be the the trickle of youth. "Bath Beer" can be consumed both orally, and it can be dabbed on the face. Coming soon in Germany. Contains algae. See, I told you beer is better than wine. Speaking of wine, as it were, the week following Thanksgiving is another holiday traditon: funwithwine.com's annual holiday party. If you want to watch me converting the faithful to the better beverage, go to funwithwine.com and buy some tickets for December 2nd. Should be fun.

Whoa, busy night changing kegs yesterday. Debut of Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock on tap. Funny thing about that was the manager on duty at the time, lovely Nita,Meter Maid. ., . He he, that's Rita, isn't it? Nita changes the Sam Adams keg, and we usually maintain a keg of their lager, but both kegs look alike. Imagine the look on her face when it came out all dark, malty and chocolatey! She didn't realize that the Chocolate Bock was in the keg! Arrogant Bastard is back for all you Stone lovers. Cisco Bailey's Blonde Ale, Scrimshaw Pilsner and more.Nice change day. So, come out tonight, rain or shine, and expand that palate and learn some new beers. BTW, if you want to attend a beer education class; check with Nita as she is signing folks up. People always ask me if I homebrew, and I sometimes answer "yes, I do". Fact is I have only done it once, and it isn't hard if you follow directions and keep everything clean. There are companies out there that sell kits with complete recipes. Usually pretty good if you don't get too complicated. I have a couple of more recipes left, and we will be brewing at David Copperfield's as an education for the staff. I also want to see what the Brown beer will taste like with some different, and fresh hops from the Northwest I have on order I'll keep you updated. Don't forget, this is the 6th anniversary weekend! Special happy hour pricing tonight and tomorrow

I have been contemplative since the election, and therein lies the reason for my dearth of writing. Its not that I am crying over the outcome, I have just been a bit pensive and thoughtful. And I am not talking the presidency here, which was meaningful enough, but the senate and the house. I mean, wow. A unified government. Can't really recall seeing one of these as powerful as this in my lifetime. I hope they cut beer taxes.

My good friend Alex Hall, better known as the scribe who pens the Gotham Imbiber, has his latest issue out. You can find it here.As usual, its a paean to Brooklyn, and I confess I am a bit disappointed in the guy for that particular focus. Nothing against Brooklyn, a fine borough as boroughs go, but its just one of five. Don't even have any Dodgers, but I do hear that their second brewery is soon to open. It'll be called Six Point and I look forward to trying some of the beers. The brewery will be located in the Red Hook section, and David Copperfield's wishes them a lot of luck. One more attempt in Brooklyn. Remember Steve Deptula from Park Slope? Was a day when he produced some decent brews. We even had the "steam" on tap for a while. Now the Park Slope brewery is defunct, and he's got a pizza place in a very, very dead part of Brooklyn. No longer brewing, and there is a couple of beers on tap there which are decent, but I don't know what happened to all the great plans. Maybe the forces which work against us all on occasion just got to be too much. As it is, there isn't enough business at Steve's current location to warrant brewing, so he says. Another thing though, about NYC brewing. Our water has got to be as good as they say, right? I mean, both Brooklyn Brewery and Chelsea, two good if not stellar breweries, use NYC tap as the source of water for their beers. Now another. Maybe I should start brewing in Queens. Maybe Long Island City. Or maybe not. Brewing is rewarding, but its damn hard work.

Back on tap at David Copperfield's is Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale. Not a bad version for this seasonal, and the hops aren't as wickedly vicious as I remember. They say that they don't cure the hops as is usually done, but they go right from the farm and into the boil, which results in a decidly floral and piney aroma, and a sweet bitterness. Next will be Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock which has been cooling with us for over a week already. Funny that, but it just hasn't found a home on the rack of 30 taps, but it'll make a showing this week, we promise! I've only ever had it in the bottle. Very good as chocolate beers go, but it'll never replace Rogue Chocolate Stout for me. Speaking of which, I will be pouring some of that stout at a wine tasting event in a couple of weeks. The popular club which is presided over by the very classy and cool Mr. Rick Weissman, funwithwine, can be found here, and since we did a funwithbeer tasting at DCs some time back, Rick asked if we would have a beer table. We are still working on the selection, but if you haven't been to the Lansky Lounge, and want to have a great night out, sign up at the website. Tickets are going fast, however, so do it quickly.

Cask ale we can't keep in the house. They are going in 2 to 3 days lately. I guess that is because we are pouring Southampton. I ordered 2 more casks of ESB so lets hope they arrive. Didn't have any left at all for those Marathon runners Sunday, and they were disappointed!

Six years long, six years strong! Its our anniversary so come on out this weekend for happy hour pricing all weekend long! Bill Covaleski from the great Victory Brewing Company will grace our threshold on December 9th, and I will talk more on this later. Suffice it to say for now, however, that you don't want to miss it. OK, time to update the website and order some booze! Cheers for now.