Last month I mentioned the horny names of certain beers made by Sweetwater Brewing here in Atlanta.  Well, Happy Ending Imperial Stout is now in bottles.  I applaud their ballsiness, but I wonder how in the heck they got away with putting this description on the bottle.  “Happy Ending is a huge dry hopped stiffy, for a full figured beer resulting in an explosive finish!  It will put a smile on your face!”

On another naughty beer note, there is a microbrewery in Colorado called Oskar Blues and they have led a new revolution in canning craft beer.  One of their offerings is an intensely hopped IPA called Gordon.  I wish I had a can to refer to but there is a “sticky” reference in the description along with this phrase at the top of the can -  “Can O’ Bliss, Satisfy Ya”  Doesn’t make a lot of sense unless you start naming the Latin name for a certain plant that is a direct cousin of the hops that are used in making beer.

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This past weekend the Gwinnett Gladiators had their annual specialized jersey weekend and they have an auction for the jerseys afterwards.  The first year it was a pretty cool St. Patrick’s Day jersey, the next year was a Deadhead-y trippy tie-dye jersey, and last year was a camouflage Salute to the Armed Forces jersey.  This year’s theme was “ Salute To Atlanta Traffic Weekend” and if Gwinnett County is notorious for anything, it’s the fucking traffic that chokes this area.  The jerseys, shown below, are some of the ugliest I have ever seen.  The design is modeled after those highway crew orange vests although I have no idea about the black and white stripes on the side.  The pictures don’t show it well but on each sleeve is a diamond-shaped orange sign with the words “Men Working”.  These poor guys must have felt like clowns out there since they had to play with the jerseys on Saturday and Sunday.  The opposing teams must have been laughing their asses off in their respective locker rooms.  The only redeeming factor is that each year the auctioning of these jerseys brings in tens of thousands of dollars for charity.

I took these pictures from the penalty box during the pre-game warmup skate.