On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:57:53 -0500, "Dick R." wrote:

Hi all,
When I go shopping for wine, I'm fairly focussed. I know
what I want, I purchase it, and get out of there (I'm not
a good shopper). Today, my wife went with me, and while
I was doing my "focussed" stuff, she was cruising the beer
aisle. Eventually, with a shopping cart that could rival
Mt. Everest, we went to the checkout. I think my checkbook
actually shed tears (but they could have been mine).
I would never have thought to pick up a six-pack of
Moose Drool Brown Ale (Missoula, Montana), or a sampler
pack of beer from Tommy knockers in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
I haven't tried the beers yet, but small breweries usually
make a good beer.

Should you bring your wife to the liquor store?
Definitely Yes!

BTW, if Ed is listening, have you tried Tommy knockers
restaurant and pub?

Dick R.

I've tried taking my wife, but she gets sensory overload and begins to
pick wines based on artsy labels (which I've done myself
occasionally), and then begins to second guess the size of the total
purchase. Much better to bring the whole load home, surreptitiously
work it into the cellar and then simply surprise her with good tasting
stuff at various times.

I've consummed an appropriate share of Tommyknocker's various brews
and I've been to the home in Idaho Springs where they put out a very
good lunch. I'm still a Sam Adams guy, but I range afield occasionally
in the brew aisle.

For a shiny new dime, who beside Dick can tell us what a
"Tommyknocker" is?

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com