Another happy thing. Costco just started carrying a mix 24-pack from Alpine Brewing Co. Alpine is a pretty well known brewery in the SoCal region, partly because it for a very long time was nearly impossible to find north of San Diego County. They weren't often even readily available in San Diego, because they were way out in the sticks in, well, Alpine CA.
Some of you wouldn't like it (it's all IPA), but I'm excited.
I was lucky enough to go to the brewery once. Myself and a couple other guys did
this hike. It's one that's been described as "going uphill both ways" because while it's MOSTLY an out-uphill / back-downhill hike, there are enough rolling hills that you still have to do some climbing on the way back.
I thought I was going to die. By the end of that hike, the uphill portions were me maybe making it halfway up the hill, stopping and keeling over until my heart rate came back down, and then struggling to try to go the rest of the way up. The only things that kept me going were A) knowing I'm too effing big for my buddies to carry me out and I wasn't going to let myself fail to where I'd need a "rescue", and B) I knew there would be Alpine beer afterwards.
Also, they had the Kirkland Alexander Valley Cab that my wife likes. I think
@Cincydawg had talked about this being a pretty good wine, but I haven't had luck finding it before going to a different area Costco last week.
