Happy 2015, readers! I'm very excited for all the year will bring. I thought tonight, I'd open a special local beer and run down my list of resolutions for the year.
Tonight, I drank 4 Hands Brewing's Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout, a sweet and nutty take on their delicious Chocolate Milk Stout. I'm not typically a big fan of peanut butter in anything, let alone mixed with chocolate, but this beer is actually really good!
This beer poured with a small, off-white head and has some notable roasty caramel and chocolate aroma notes, but those are quickly shoved out of the way by the very strong peanut butter odor, which permeates the flavor profile of the beer. It's an addicting mix, though, with just a little bit of bitter stout aftertaste. This is the second of the bottles from the Chocolate Milk Stout gift pack that I've opened, and I'll be opening the third, regular CMS, later on in the month. Peanut Butter CMS gets a strong B from this blogger!
I've never been too big on New Year's Resolutions- between the advent of a new school year and my birthday, I've always made resolutions in September. But this year, I decided to set quite a few lofty goals for myself. Here are some of the ones I'm most excited about.
Read a book a week, + one big classic every quarter.
Pretty self-explanatory. I'm hoping to wade through my intimidating list of books to read this year, as well as read some classic literature, including Little Women, The Brothers Karamazov, and this lovely edition of Moby Dick.
Go to the gym 4 days a week.
Again, self-explanatory. I'm also going to be better about taking Squid for long walkies in my beautiful neighborhood!!
Say "yes" more- but only to things I'm sincerely interested in doing!
This is a two-part resolution. I have quite the habit of telling people I'll attend an event, only to flake out on them. That's not even cool. This year, I've resolved not to flake. That means being honest with people and saying "no" to things I don't genuinely want to do. But I also want to expand my horizons, so I plan on doing a few things I've never done before. Currently on the 2015 itinerary: Taking a 13-hour train trip, meeting an internet friend at a concert in Michigan, and going to a 4-day outdoor electronic music festival in June!
Of course, blogging will be a major part of the year, so be on the lookout for new posts from me on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays! If you have any resolutions you'd like to share, feel free to do so in the comments.
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