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Oops- Long Overdue Update

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OK, well, it's been a while since I last updated, and that's my bad. This week has been a pretty nice beer week (although I was unable to participate in NOLA Brewing's Easter Keg Hunt on Sunday due to my mom's visit.) We finally cracked into our bottle of Kwak that we'd had in our fridge for a couple months, used the Kwak glassware and drank it outside in the cool night air. I like Kwak- it's a very low-key Belgian that isn't fancy or funky, and smooth drinking despite the 8.1% ABV. Tom has fond memories of it from his time living in Belgium and it's made Kwak a sentimental favorite for us both. The Avenue Pub has had some fun stuff- they just finished a cask series from NOLA Brewing over the last 3 weeks with their Blonde Ale dryhopped with 3 different hops: Sorachi hops last night, Citra hops last week, and Simcoe the week before that. We enjoyed them all, but I think the Sorachi one was the best. (though that could be because it's the most rece