Happy Beer-thday to me!

It was my birthday recently and I decided to have a party, dammit! I haven't celebrated my party in a very long time (decades, perhaps) so it was a long time overdue.

The theme of my party was beer. Attendees were encouraged to bring a 22 oz bottle or two of beer to share. My friends were really creative and found some interesting varieties. The party didn't go very late (early crowd) so there was a lot left over. I spent the next day finishing up the open bottles. I have enough left over beer for another party - perhaps later this month.

Beer was a pervasive theme of the party. For the BBQ, we had chicken with a beer and mustard glaze. The desert was a chocolate Guiness cake - which went really, really well with the Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout. Mmmmmmmmmm.... I think I'll be imbibing more of the stouts in the coming months and years.

Good times and it was a great celebration of good beers. Thanks to all that showed up and brought great beers!