. Favourite Beer of the Week (again)

This weekend we met Bryce and Cory at the Monk's Kettle which is a "gastropub" on 16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero. Normally it is too busy and we walk straight past and go to Casanova's instead with all the booby paintings on the wall, but on Saturday afternoon we were able to get a table (a booth in fact) by carefully positioning Nif next to people who looked like they might leave until some of them left.

Monk's Kettle's selection of beer is far too large to think about without a beer, so we ignored most of the menu and stuck to what was on tap. The bar tender recommended the Pliny The Elder, so that is what I had, and it was really very good indeed. Even better than the bottle of Pliny I left for too long in the fridge and drank just last week. Possibly the best IPA I ever drank. And I have drunk at least seven. Here I am in a photo with another one:


It's a Double Daddy by the Speakeasy brewery in San Francisco. It was also very good. And cheaper. And smaller.

Afterwards we went to Bi-Rite for ice cream. And then to the Indian grocery store for Asafoetida (also known as Devil's Dung) which stinks to high heaven but is nice when cooked, apparently.