Phillies Tailgating and a Birthday Celebration

Yesterday was my birthday. For the first time in a few years the Phillies were playing at home on my actual birthday. To make it an even better birthday, it also happened to be Roy Oswalt Bobblehead giveaway. Aside from Dannys Baez, Roy Oswalt is one of my favorite Phillies. With the combination of a home Phillies game, and a great promotion, I knew what I wanted to do to celebrate my birthday.

I got down to lot K around 3 and began setting up to tailgate. Prior to heading to the stadium I stopped at the local market and got plently of food, and of course beer. Because I wouldn't be the only one drinking the beer, I knew I couldn't get a case of IPAs or some heavy beer. I went with a safe tailgating/summer beer, and picked up a case of Blue Moon Honey Ale. A few months back I picked up a case of Miller light, which I never opened so I also brought that. If you follow my blog, you've read my guide to beer choosing. In that blog, I noted that when selecting a beer you need to consider what you will be doing while drinking. To increase the selection, I threw in some yeunglings and a few beers from my beer of the month club. The beers from my beer club were IPAs, as how could I possibly celebrate my birthday without an IPA.

With the game on a Tuesday night, when I sent out the inivtation I didn't expect to have a good turnout. Although I'm a workaholic, I do have a belief that no one should ever work on their birthday. Because of my strong belief of this I had taken off of work months in advance. I was taken back by the turnout I had, and must say I had a great time. I got to drink plenty of beer, and of course was given a birthday shot (or two). Thank you to everyone that showed up.

Once I got into the stadium I decided to visit the local brewery town where I got a flying fish and a prism brewery draft. I think the flying fish was their pale ale, but I'm not sure what kind of beer the prism brewery was. I've never seen or heard of this beer, and think this is the first time I've seen this beer served at the stadium. The color and taste reminded me of a pale ale, which a bit of a hoppy taste. I wouldn't consider this an IPA though, however the beer wasn't bad but I would probaly go with another draft over this one.

After the game, I ended up at Mcfaddens where I switched to Bud and Miller light in the aluminum cans which get this beer so cold. Sometimes these beers are so cold that my hands begin to freeze. I planned on writing some more, but I was watching this Phillies game tonight, and with it going into the 19th inning I just realized it's now like 1:30 and time for bed.