Sunshine in Santa Monica

As I mentioned in my last post, I just had my 200th beer. To make sure it wasn't an event where I was just chugging a bottle at home by myself, I invited some friends out and decided to hit up a bar that I'd be hearing rave reviews about, The Daily Pint in Santa Monica. Lets just say, If having intercourse with a bar was possible, I would so have gotten the place pregnant by now.

The Daily Pint is a real low key place separated into two parts. One side being a long bar filled with plenty of taps and a fine array of scotch on the top of it. The other side was isolated from the bar, with some seats to get your food on. Not one , but two pool tables, and the center piece of the joint, the Shuffle Board. Thats right, Shuffle Board. If this does not appeal to you now, maybe after some of their fine selection of draughts, you will be raging to get some shuffling on.

The Daily Pint has around 20 beers on draught, mostly domestic, but well maintained. It was the first time in a while I've heard the Bartender say they couldn't serve somebody a beer because it wasn't fresh enough, something that NYC really needs to start picking up on. There's a good mix of lights and heavies for any mood your in. For my 200th I was looking for something pretty dark to savour. Sadly most of the dark ones on the list I already had, with the exception of one, Deschutes Black Butte Porter.

It hit the spot but seemed awfully familiar, then I realized that I've already had it. So officially, it was my 200th beer according to the list, but in terms of known chronology, I probably had this one about 130 beers ago. This is the problem with the list, even though from now on I am making sure to keep track of what I've had, anything prior to the list being made that wasn't that great fell through the cracks of my memory. Which is why its always great to keep a list. If Wilt Chamberlain made one maybe his case for sleeping with 20,000 women would be more believable. I on the other hand will never have to worry about keeping track of that, the five fingers on my hand will be more than enough to help me remember.  Ok that last sentence may have come off wrong.

The Long and Winding Road to 200

So this past weekend I drank my 200th beer. How would anybody know that you ask? Well since last summer I have been recording a list of every different type of beer I've had. You're now asking why would anybody do that? Well since the dawn of man, people have made records of things. To chart progress, to remember the past, to set down goals for the future, and thus, The Beer List was created. It serves as a reminder for what I've had, what I plan to have, and whenever I wonder, "Where did this extra 20 pounds of weight and a fat belly come from?" I can look at the list and go, Oh yes, from that.

Don't worry, this blog will not be a review of every single beer that i have, it will be more about the fun experiences, thoughts and observations that come along the way on this journey of self...stupidity? It's all about the interesting Bars that are out there, the great(and no so great) people you meet along the way, and the fun thoughts and conversations that arise after you have a pint or two in you. If it weren't for People, Pubs and Pints, where else would I find a forum to speak about my longing desire to grow a handlebar mustache? Even though I know that I can't grow facial hair. Or be in a situation where your guard is down long enough to turn to your friend(or the bartender, whoever is nearer) and ask something that has been bugging you as of late, like, what the hell is a Satsuma orange anyway?

Well consider this blog the sober extension of those train of thoughts. Some entries will surely be concise and to the point, but then some will be those little thoughts that lay in the back of your head, that seem to just gain more relevance after you become, well..lets call a spade a spade here; Drunk. And for all the people out there who have a hobby or passion, I urge you to not disregard it just because it may seem petty, or may make you end up looking like an Alcoholic. Write a list down, jot what you've accomplished with that interest of yours, and what you still wish to. Trust me, a List comes in Handy, it has other values than just having a manifest ready to hand to my Doctor once he starts asking me why my Liver is all messed up.

So just like this Pint, we are at an end. Look forward to more posts down the line, and feel free to leave any messages behind, if there are dumb questions you have as well but forgot to get it in before the last call, or if you actually enjoy beer as well, feel free to let me know about your favorite one, or a bar you think I should check out. And I hope you enjoy my documented journey to quench that seemingly never ending, perishing thirst.