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. 
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Wait wait, so you still haven't had that 200th beer yet? This is unclear! Did you find a replacement, or are you necessarily dragging this thing out?
A shuffle board table in a bar automatically makes it an instant favorite! I'm glad you're finding decent places to let loose in CA.
Apologies to all if this was confusing. I have now officially had my 200th beer according to the list, since the Black Butte was never on it. But after drinking it I remembered I had it before, it just went unrecorded. So basically before I went out to celebrate my 200th beer I already had it years ago. Its sort of like Time Travel, but with beer.
hey how about you post some more...
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