A meal at the Sint Stefanus Monastery in Ghent, Belgium. If Augustinian monks eat and drink like this, sign me up! The beer featured is St Stefanus from Brouwerij Van Steenberge.

Draft beer selections at The Owl House. This is one of my favorite restaurants/bars in the Rochester area. If you haven't been here yet, what are you waiting for? Amazing food, beer and cocktails. Lovely to see them keeping it local with both 3HB and Genesee beers on tap.

Alchemist Pub & Brewery Ouroboros Double IPA. The beer from this brewery is usually draft only, but the brewer personally bottled a few specifically for the Media Luncheon at the 2010 GABF. I was lucky enough to attend and try this amazing brew, as well as hear the brewer speak about it. If you live in Vermont, go give this brewery a try!

The Victory brewpub in Hereford, England is unique in that its bar is contained within a large galleon that comes complete with cannons. Owned by the Hereford Brewery (previously called the Spinning Dog Brewery), the galleon dates back to a refit from the early 90s when the pub was owned by the Jolly Roger Brewery. You can view more photos and read a review at Travels with Beer

Simpson's Tavern is a traditional English Chop House that has stood on this site since 1757. Tucked away in a narrow alleyway, the premises were originally built as two houses in the late 17th century and then converted into a chop house and coffee shop. Coincidentally, it is a stones throw from where the first coffee shop in London was located. Located near the Bank of England, tourists are few and far between and like every other pub in the area, it is closed on Weekends. Predominently a restaurant, there is also a small bar selling two ales.

Ettaler Curator Doppelbock. A fantastically yummy beer. Be sure to check out the brewery history here. Picture taken late at night at the Tap and Mallet in Rochester, NY.

A pint of Tomos Watkin's Worms Head Ale at the Helvetia Bar inside the Worms Head Hotel in Rhossili, Swansea.

Scene from a local Beer Advocate tasting. We don't fear carbonation.

From the first Saturday Beer Social at the Tap and Mallet. Cute little tasting glasses from Great Lakes Brewing. Shot at f/2 pretty bokeh on the left there. Gotta get me one of those glasses!

View from a beer drinkers perspective. Do not recall which beer this was, but it was during a Belgian beer tasting. Title stolen from Peter Gabriel. Beautiful lacing on the glass.