![]() ![]() Hundreds of thousands of lives have certainly been ruined by the grueling and inhuman working conditions.īut do I watch? God help me, yes. Hundreds of men died to bring this tournament to Qatar. Infrastructure that in the decade since selection has been built on the backs of modern-day indentured servants in deadly conditions. Chosen despite a total lack of infrastructure at the time of bidding. Chosen even though due to climate it cannot be held in the summer and therefore wreaked havoc on league schedules. ![]() Chosen even though the climate is hostile to the hosting an outdoor soccer tournament. Chosen after a disgustingly corrupt bidding process where billions … yes, billions … of dollars changed hands. This time around FIFA has chosen Qatar to play host. There is history being made at every game. There are international story lines at play. Champions League and the Euro are appointment viewing but there is something seemingly pure about country-against-country in an all-world tournament. The World Cup is the ultimate tournament. Soccer is the one sport that regardless of the level of play, I find it truly compelling. I played from youth rec league, to club, to college. It seems to clash for me much like another current event, the World Cup. This beer is exceptional, but it is not without baggage. It is not hot yet warms the belly on the way down. A slight fruitiness appears as the beer warms. The flavor arrives on the first sip as a strong of “barrel presence” in this beer. The 30 th Anniversary beer pours much like the regular BCBS. ![]() They seem to have attempted harmony for this batch, and I think they did. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Bourbon County Stout, Goose got small batch barrels from Booker’s, Knob Creek, Basil Hayden, and Baker’s and blended them together. A nod to three decades of putting heavy boozy stouts into used barrels. This year the variants had some newcomers along with some familiar twists but the one that I wanted to try was the 30 th Anniversary BCBS. But one brewery has been doing the barrel-aged beer Black Friday drop longer than anyone: Goose Island. This past Black Friday, like many before, saw the annual drop of many, many barrel-aged beers from many brewers across the country. I should have just stuck with drinking more of the SN Celebration. ![]()
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