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  <title>drunk journal</title>
  <subtitle>all drinking, all the time</subtitle>
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    <name>DRUNK JOURNAL</name>
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  <updated>2008-10-02T08:01:17Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:213830</id>
    <author>
      <name>fire it up</name>
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    <lj:poster user="moochies18"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-10-02T03:45:00</title>
    <published>2008-10-02T07:47:49Z</published>
    <updated>2008-10-02T08:01:17Z</updated>
    <content type="html">i just spilt a very LARGE glass of malebec wine all over this almost white carpet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i ran over to walgreens and got some 409 carpet. &lt;br /&gt;it came out. but damnit!!</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:213553</id>
    <author>
      <name>Katherine</name>
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    <lj:poster user="distortedeating"/>
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    <title>alcoholic</title>
    <published>2008-09-23T05:56:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-23T05:56:32Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you still be considered an alcoholic if you only drink at times when you don't have shit to do the next day?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;say....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nooooooooope.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:213404</id>
    <author>
      <name>fire it up</name>
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    <lj:poster user="moochies18"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-09-20T02:25:00</title>
    <published>2008-09-20T06:26:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-20T06:26:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">wine wine wine wine wine!!!!   i love you!</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:213217</id>
    <author>
      <name>steven519</name>
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    <title>Thirsty Thursday</title>
    <published>2008-09-11T22:29:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-11T22:29:23Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Thursday and I can already smell the weekend! What to down? I mean...what to do?</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:212966</id>
    <author>
      <name>steven519</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="steven519"/>
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    <title>Liquor Bliss</title>
    <published>2008-09-08T21:28:27Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-08T21:28:27Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I'm new to this community!! I think its perfect for me. I think I found home... Y? Because I love spirits.. Specifically tequila! Even more specific...I just tasted Dos Lunas Tequila a few weeks ago and found heaven. Has anyone else tried DL??? YOU ARE MISSING OUT!&lt;/p&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:212613</id>
    <author>
      <name>dextrosomniac</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="dextrosomniac"/>
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    <title>Ugh</title>
    <published>2008-09-08T03:23:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-08T03:23:02Z</updated>
    <content type="html">memo: wine + fruit smoothie does not create a frozen daiquiri.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:212408</id>
    <author>
      <email>laurelmendes@yahoo.com</email>
      <name>Auntie Matter</name>
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    <lj:poster user="auntiematter"/>
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    <title>I forgot one.</title>
    <published>2008-09-07T02:26:40Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-07T02:26:40Z</updated>
    <content type="html">vodka, frangelico, carolans, cream. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 4 mixed drinks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one it very delicious.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:212087</id>
    <author>
      <email>laurelmendes@yahoo.com</email>
      <name>Auntie Matter</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="auntiematter"/>
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    <title>getting old and losing tolerance</title>
    <published>2008-09-07T02:20:01Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-07T02:20:01Z</updated>
    <content type="html">3 mixed drinks and my ability to function is diminished.  Okay it was two martinis and a white russian, but I am so feeling it.  Sweet Mother of God I am getting old.  OK wine with dinner as well, but still.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrating two months at the new job with a steak dinner and drinks.  (Now I don't need a drink when I get home because of my evil boss.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But drinks to celebrate two months at the new job. I am so out of practice.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:211781</id>
    <author>
      <name>E</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="rottenpeices"/>
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    <title>On topic "brother" community post</title>
    <published>2008-09-01T01:11:54Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-01T01:11:54Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;First off let me mention that we are all having such a BALL&amp;nbsp;over there at my new community. EVEN&amp;nbsp;IF&amp;nbsp;you just like to have a beer or two or more importantly....if you like to PARTY then please consider joining us. It's the most fun I've had in a lj comm in years....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://community.livejournal.com/real_drunks/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://community.livejournal.com/real_dr&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;unks/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of these people&amp;nbsp;I've known since I was 18 and we've had a blast all these years. Take a peek. All are welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mod, you may delete this if you wish. Just sharing the good word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:211105</id>
    <author>
      <name>Λ N K E V</name>
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    <lj:poster user="svi_caedere"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-30T23:01:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-31T05:04:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-31T05:04:31Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c104/selbstmordxiii/greenmoon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm drinking this tonight. Unfortunately I couldn't afford the higher end selections. But this shit is pretty good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other hand, Camel Crush is total shit. I think I'll stick with my Marlboro Smooths.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:210735</id>
    <author>
      <name>E</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="rottenpeices"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-30T17:06:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-30T21:24:57Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-30T21:24:57Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Dear Drunk Journal,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a hardcore drinker! no one can put down the cheese and wine like&amp;nbsp;I do! I dare you! and as for beer!&amp;nbsp;HA!&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;got you beat there too. I can put down like....like....an entire 6 pack of Mikes Hard lemonade and one mixed drink with an umbrella. Behind the pretty colors and juice is an actual entire shot of rum! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and I have a confession about this product I really don't like, right?&amp;nbsp;And I figure&amp;nbsp;I can share this with ya'll but....but ya see....I'm ashamed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bought these soiled panties from Japan and they had a guarantee to have streaks in them. So as I'm sniffing them I notice that there were ONLY&amp;nbsp;TWO&amp;nbsp;streaks!!!! TWO!!! I was out raged. When I buy soiled panties I&amp;nbsp;WANT&amp;nbsp;them SOILED! know what I mean?? So not only am I pissed but now I'm depressed cause I can't even enjoy my fresh soiled panties from a Japanese school girl. The box said she was on her period too without wearing a tampon for the entire time. These things smell like granny panties....not school girl panties! and trust me, after I drink the proper amount of alcohol I&amp;nbsp;KNOW&amp;nbsp;the difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rubbish!&amp;nbsp;Rubbish I&amp;nbsp;say!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to hit the sauce to handle this situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:210684</id>
    <author>
      <name>Lugubrious Living</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="zarathrusta"/>
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    <title>please god help me</title>
    <published>2008-08-30T20:47:29Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-30T20:47:29Z</updated>
    <content type="html">i neevr write anything serious... but somethng happened... pelase read this... read it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jesus. i drive drunk more then i should, but i couldnt have expected this...&lt;br /&gt;i am always careful. i ahvent even been in an accident EVER. but its too hot out and i was wipng my brow... i  guess i moved a little more then i thought... i tookk a swig and i felt a bump that rocked the vodka bottle out of my hand... i got out. a small pathc of long beautiful golden hair with blood in it... its the hair of a child... god it happened so fast... where the rest of her body would be.... the tire was blocking it... i couldnt look at her... i jsut heard her crying...  god...  couldnt save her, i couldnt help her.  no one is around on these roads, no one saw me...im a young still. i cant go to jail. i didnt tell anyone, i just got in and drove off.... i could have brought her some where..,... i was so afraid, i ddint mean it,.. god... olease im so sorry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;im so sorry. i dotn believe in god... but... i feel i will be punished....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please forgivee me. i wont ever drink,.... again... please... i cant...  wont&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;god help me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; please let her live;. please...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:210195</id>
    <author>
      <name>Serenity</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="serenitylithae"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-30T14:43:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-30T19:43:25Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-30T19:43:25Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why was milkman banned?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shame on all of you, sshhammeee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banning one of the only interesting people in the community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:210172</id>
    <author>
      <name>E</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="rottenpeices"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-30T14:23:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-30T18:24:39Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-30T18:46:50Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Yo ho............ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a wee bit curious here.&amp;nbsp;Forgive me, though...I am recovering from quite a bit of JD but um....of ALL&amp;nbsp;people to be banned from Drunk_Journal.....why was it MilkMan? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT:&amp;nbsp;After being shown a number of the replies by the mod of this community I&amp;nbsp;must ask...are you secretly judging us?&amp;nbsp;I did think this was a no holds barred community where it's members could get arsefaced and spew whatever rhetoric they liked. I mean, I thought drinking and freedom was what this place was pretty much about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If people want to come on here and get their &amp;quot;lulz&amp;quot; by reading some of our incoherent drunken babble than by all means....do so. But our mod?&amp;nbsp; I am in no position to make demands but I do ask:&amp;nbsp;Why did you bann Milkman?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:209847</id>
    <author>
      <name>Wrong.</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="zombispacecadet"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-28T03:05:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-28T07:08:13Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-28T07:10:07Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I have the hiccups. I don't even know how you get the hiccups, but I have them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It smells like smelly kid in here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make them both go away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do they hate on Bear Gyrillisssssssssss????&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to make a grilled cheese sandwich but i don't want to have to make one for everyone.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:209275</id>
    <author>
      <name>Svea</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="poisonsvea"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-26T20:08:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-26T20:09:36Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-26T20:09:36Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&amp;nbsp;I have been given a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin.&amp;nbsp; I don't like the taste of gin.. any suggestions of mixers or cocktails which would&amp;nbsp;solve this problem?&amp;nbsp;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:208992</id>
    <author>
      <name>milkman76</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="milkman76"/>
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    <title>I dont see</title>
    <published>2008-08-25T07:03:46Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-25T07:03:46Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Many True Drunks(c) around tonight&lt;br /&gt;wheer are we&lt;br /&gt;where are they?&lt;br /&gt;crawl from under your rawks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cme out n play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its funday night.&lt;br /&gt;perfec night/&lt;br /&gt;night before work/school/stuff&lt;br /&gt;DRINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:208845</id>
    <author>
      <name>Alex P. Keaton</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="point2bac"/>
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    <title>sup, sluts?</title>
    <published>2008-08-23T22:09:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-23T22:09:59Z</updated>
    <content type="html">nothing much&lt;br /&gt;drinking beers, eating too much, watching baseball&lt;br /&gt;probably will stay up until five in the morning again watching the sifl and olly vcds i made back in high school&lt;br /&gt;why the fuck am i always so fucking gassy?!&lt;br /&gt;xoxo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--chris</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:208512</id>
    <author>
      <name>lactatingmommy</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="lactatingmommy"/>
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    <title>pineapple upside down cake</title>
    <published>2008-08-22T07:29:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-22T07:54:58Z</updated>
    <content type="html">alright, i got the best shot recipe ever.  it always goes over well at parties:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 part stoli vanil&lt;br /&gt;1 part pineapple juice&lt;br /&gt;and a drop of grenadine &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yummy and sure to please.  tastes just like pineapple upside down cake.  if you increase the ratios, you can drink it as a cocktail too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;edittttt: i got another one thats awesome too.  this ones called the flaming blumpkin!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 part kahlua&lt;br /&gt;1 part baileys &lt;br /&gt;1 part goldschlager &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shake, shake, shake on ice, puts it in a shot glass, top w/a littl more goldschlagger, set on fire, and sprinkle sum cinnamon on it for cool sparkly effect and taste.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:208178</id>
    <author>
      <name>milkman76</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="milkman76"/>
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    <title>Hear ye, Hear ye</title>
    <published>2008-08-22T06:40:51Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-22T06:40:51Z</updated>
    <content type="html">QWe have more and more frequently been invaded by those of commercial intent as of late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WTF&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pleas, e all, let us distinguish bertween the REAL DJ members and those here for profit or spam. &lt;br /&gt;Come now,.&lt;br /&gt;This is beccoming silly. &lt;br /&gt;I insist that wee FUCKING GET DRUNK and,,,&lt;br /&gt;csnty rememebr what else.&lt;br /&gt;i love you all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;opklease interperet</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:207924</id>
    <author>
      <name>gustoforrobusto</name>
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    <lj:poster user="gustoforrobusto"/>
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    <title>Beer Review: Avery's Ale to the Chief</title>
    <published>2008-08-22T03:18:38Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-22T03:18:38Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 78%;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;"&lt;span class="beerfoot"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require a new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands; embrace environmentally sound energy alternatives to imported oil; heal our ailing health care system; free us from tyrannical debt and resurrect the collapsing dollar. We hereby pledge to provide him or her with an ample amount of our Presidential Pale Ale to support in the struggle for the aforementioned goals! Hail to the New Chief!"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Avery Brewing Company&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK4o14tsjDI/AAAAAAAAAvc/gaiaoTrBjAE/s1600-h/avery.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK4o14tsjDI/AAAAAAAAAvc/gaiaoTrBjAE/s320/avery.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;While on the road this summer, I had the pleasure of taking a tour of Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.  Avery is, without a doubt, one of the finest craft brewers in the country and has managed to make a big name for themselves while having only a staff of seventeen employees.  Where many microbreweries focus on regional distribution, Avery is available almost nationwide despite a relatively small production level.  Their self-described “hop crazy” approach to beer has earned them esteem among fellow hopheads and created a high demand in this niche market.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class="western"&gt;With their latest release, Ale to the Chief, a one time only limited release, Avery has once again spared no expense on their love of hops. Ale to the Chief is Avery’s take on the American Pale Ale, but, of course, with substantially more hops to meet Avery’s standards. With such a high hop level for the style, it almost has more in common with an Imperial IPA, but, as Avery stated in their own description of the beer, “Not an ‘Imperial’ pale ale, this is a democracy. It's Presidential!” making Ale to the Chief a &lt;i&gt;Presidential Pale Ale&lt;/i&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class="western"&gt;Originally slated to be released in January of 2009 to commemorate President Bush’s last day in office, Avery decided to push up the date to mid July of 2008 when it was announced that the Democratic National Convention was to be held in nearby Denver, Colorado.  It is no secret that many of the guys at Avery are of more liberal political views according to C.V. Howe, marketing director, while guiding the tour I took part in back in late June.  Ale to the Chief was intended as somewhat of a playful, tongue-in-cheek salute to the current commander-in-chief’s departure and a pledge of allegiance to the new, whomever that may be.  Apparently, a few of the employees didn’t favor this idea too much, but, as it turns out, they liked the beer so much that they didn’t put up much of fuss.   &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class="western"&gt;Having visited Avery while Ale to the Chief was still brewing, I had the rare opportunity to sample the unfinished product.  It was in the final stages of fermentation just before the final hops had been added and the yeast filtered.  What came out of the fermentation tank was a very thick, golden haze that, although overly sweet, tasted well on its way to perfection.  The months following, I have been on the constant search for the finished Ale to the Chief.  After numerous phone calls to distributors in the area and pestering employees at the better stocked retailers, I stumbled upon it, most fortuitously, on draft at Brews in Granville, OH (a favorite haunt). Weeks later, it has begun appearing more frequently on shelves in 22 oz. Bomber form, which I’ve been sure to stock up on.  It was surely worth the wait.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="cutid1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class="western"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class="western"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 180%;"&gt;Beer Review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK3whSKRHZI/AAAAAAAAAu8/XJ5Irl7Vsjs/s1600-h/avery-ale-to-the-chief-420-100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK3whSKRHZI/AAAAAAAAAu8/XJ5Irl7Vsjs/s400/avery-ale-to-the-chief-420-100.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK3vkkSrR7I/AAAAAAAAAu0/GPMpC2rA5E0/s1600-h/a-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CGTUyWTwAio/SK3vkkSrR7I/AAAAAAAAAu0/GPMpC2rA5E0/s400/a-.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"&gt;Ale to the Chief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Brewed by: &lt;/span&gt;Avery Brewing Company&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Origin:&lt;/span&gt; Boulder, Colorado&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Style: &lt;/span&gt;Presidential Pale Ale / 8.75% ABV&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Appearance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pours a light copper/tawny body with a thick white head that laces heavily on the sides of the glass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Nose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Typical of Avery, it has a strong fragrance that, even from a distance, immediately demands undivided attention.  Although full of floral hops, it leans more toward sweet than bitter.  It reminds me of their Maharaja a bit, but much sweeter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Taste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much like the nose, the taste has a nice sweetness despite the intense hops.  Caramel malt, floral hops, pine, and grapefruit bitterness are all present.  For the most part, the taste is well balanced and smooth, but there is a touch of harsh bitterness that may largely be due to the high ABV.  With that said, it has a much higher drinkability than many similarly styled Pale Ales. Avery really knows how to handle hops without getting too out of control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Mouthfeel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium bodied.  It is a bit too thin to be considered "creamy," probably best described as silky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Overall Impression&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ale to the Chief is most definitely a beer that wants to make a bold statement.  Having first tried it while still brewing, this is a release I was very excited about and, for the most part, was not let down.  It comes on strong with a lot of big fragrances, perhaps much like the hype of political propaganda, and has a taste that is very solid.  Sure, it suffers from a few short comings, but it is unquestionably full of a fiery vigor that won't soon be forgotten.  Almost as if the closing of a curtain, or a final term in office, the taste of bitter hops slowly fade and give way to the comforting taste of biscuit-y malt in its finish.  If poetic prose could be bottled, this is it; a beer with a lot to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Content taken with permission from &lt;a href="http://www.lifeepicurean.com" alt="Cigars, Libations, and More"&gt;LifeEpicurean.com&lt;/a&gt;. If you enjoyed this, be sure to sign up for the &lt;span class='ljuser' lj:user='lifeepicurean' style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lifeepicurean/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/lifeepicurean/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;lifeepicurean&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;  LiveJournal RSS feed.  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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:207792</id>
    <author>
      <name>i got this one, k.</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="lizzvoltage"/>
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    <title>Dear Me Last Night,</title>
    <published>2008-08-21T03:08:24Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-21T03:08:24Z</updated>
    <content type="html">Hey man. Next time you get shithammered, plz 2 refrain from using text messages and comments to friends' livejournals/mahspiz/faecbox to talk about ~*~feelings~*~. Go ahead and put all that tripe here. K, sweetie? Awesome. Thx.&lt;br /&gt;Lots of love,&lt;br /&gt;Me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. Next time we get a Brazilian wax, let's be sure to already have a nice cold bottle of champagne waiting at home. Can we? For srs.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:207368</id>
    <author>
      <name>Spiff Foppington</name>
    </author>
    <lj:poster user="fop"/>
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    <title>drunk_journal @ 2008-08-19T07:50:00</title>
    <published>2008-08-19T13:51:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-19T13:51:23Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I made a silly &lt;a href="http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/classic-cocktail-test"&gt;cocktail quiz&lt;/a&gt; while drinking the other day.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:207178</id>
    <author>
      <name>Sticks and Stones and Weed and Bombs</name>
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    <lj:poster user="murphy_willing"/>
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    <title>cooking under the influence</title>
    <published>2008-08-18T08:52:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-18T08:52:15Z</updated>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/murphy_willing/pic/00024rdh/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/murphy_willing/pic/00024rdh/s320x240" width="320" height="222" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usually I'm more of a Kirin fan myself, but a friend left me this beer.  I'm drinking it between bourbons.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:drunk_journal:207085</id>
    <author>
      <name>mister_duster</name>
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    <title>Drunk Dialing</title>
    <published>2008-08-16T23:12:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-16T23:12:14Z</updated>
    <content type="html">So, I'm new to this community...&amp;nbsp; But surprised and happy to discover it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night I enjoyed five martinis after a week and a half straight without any alcohol at all.&amp;nbsp; Before collapsing in a drunken stupor I managed to make this very common mistake and called "the-girl-that-might-have-been."&amp;nbsp; I don't remember all the details of the conversation, but I'm pretty sure that I might have let on a lot more than I intended.&amp;nbsp; I think I got on the subject of meteor, showers and how we haven't talked in a very long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.) Any good recommendations for gin martini recipes.&lt;br /&gt;2.) What's your favorite drunk-dial moment?</content>
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