Sleepy Dog

After we finished our Christmas shopping, we decided to take a load off and ended up sitting around watching "The Usual Suspects" on a Saturday afternoon at the Sleepy Dog Brewery.

Left: Oktobetfest Marzen (5.5%) 
Right: Bernese Mountain Dog, a combination of Monje Azul (Belgian Blue Agave Blonde) and Wet Stout Milk Stout
Sleepy Dog Brewery
Tempe, Arizona

Recommendations: check out Sleepy Dog Brewery in their current location in Tempe. Sit around and play boardgames with friends while enjoying delicious beer.  Then be sure to check out their new location in Gilbert, scheduled to open February 15, 2013.
Score : 5 out of 5 pint glasses on the unofficial Suburban Suds pint glass rating system. 

Christmas Freshies

Decorating for Christmas is one of my least favorite things to do.  It's not that I don't enjoy Christmas or Christmas decorations ... it's that I hate the act of decorating.  For one, I'm not good at decorating.  It's just not my thing.  If you've been to our house, you know this.  Also, I hate feeling like I have to clean the house so I can set little ceramic trinkets around on the shelf, dust them throughout the month, and then carefully put them all away and lug the giant box back out into the garage.

To make it somewhat more enjoyable, I pulled out a new beer...

Chasin' Freshies - Fresh Hop IPA (7.4% ABV)
Deschutes Brewery
Bend, Oregon

Score : 4 out of 5 pint glasses on the unofficial Suburban Suds pint glass rating system.