Ian Came To Town and Delayed My #BEERSATURDAY

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I am a little late this #BEERSATURDAY as Tropical Storm Ian, formerly known as Hurricane Ian, you know the fella who destroyed Florida. Well, after making a swath of destruction through Florida, Ian decided to move on into the Atlantic, power up again and then twist up through the Carolinas.

On Friday I decided to make a few preparations, nothing serious but the sort of just in case stuff. The most important item on the list was BEER for #BEERSATURDAY!

As some of you may have noticed I have been enjoying some local North Carolina Marzen Beers in anticipation of Oktoberfest.

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Friday I decided that it was high time to go to the source and pick up a Marzen Beer brewed in Germany.

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If the picture seems a little dark you can blame Ian. Early Friday evening, just as me and the Mrs. @handofzara sat down to relax, the lights began to flicker and all the electronics began to beep.

The rest of the story is that the winds from Ian knocked over a whole host of trees and thus Ian knocked out the power.

So faced with a local disaster of high winds, falling trees and no power, I did what any brave man would do I slugged down a couple of beers and went to bed. The Mrs. @handofzara has a fear that one day one of the tall oaks that tower above our roof will come crashing down into out bedroom.
So she decided to spend the night in the one "safe room" in the house while watching the shadows of the trees swaying and bending in the wind. She did not sleep much on Friday night.

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Saturday came and still no power, in fact the electric company indicated it might be days before full restoration. Crap! By midday plans had to be made to save everything in the freeze before all the meats thawed and spoiled.

Hurricane tips: When you smell your neighbors cooking meat outside on the grill, you know it is time to take action! Either cook the meat or find a freezer that is working!

By noon time, the air was filled with the smells of meat cooking. First order of business . . . drink the BEER before it gets too warm.

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That's what I did while the Mrs. @handofzara called our daughter to find a freezer that worked. Fortunately, our daughter had not lost power. We packed up the freezer and went to her home.

We spent the afternoon watching football with our daughter and her husband. His parents had also lost power so they came over and we had a great family gathering, drinking beer and watching football.

Good news came early in the evening that power had been restored! That was my #BEERSATURDAY that I am posting on Sunday because Ian Came TO TOWN!

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I must confess that I drank the beer a little fast for a proper review. The one thing that I do remember is that the finish was a little more bitter than the local Marzen beers.

See y'all next #beersaturday, God Willing and the creek don't rise.



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A great selection of beer. Festbier is one that I like to try !

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It calls for celebration 🥳🎉 with you. Thanks for sharing Bro!

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Oh i thought Bitburg was a !BEER from Luxemburg?... Seems to be German you say... Do people actually make beers in Luxemburg?

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