{"id":30903,"date":"2012-05-03T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=30903"},"modified":"2012-05-02T08:48:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T15:48:19","slug":"babes-brews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=30903","title":{"rendered":"Babes & Brews"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love my girl dates! Whenever anything in life gives me a bump in the road, an evening with a girlfriend almost always makes it better. Sometimes it’s just fun to get together and chat about the gossip in our lives. I met up with my friend Robyn for happy hour one night after work. We met at the Cascade Brewing Barrel House<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’d never been to the pub before, but have driven by it a million times and wanted to try it out. There is also tons of outdoor seating for nicer weather. I bet it’s a hot spot in the summer time. Oh, and if you are a local and a cyclist, Cascade is an easy place to get to by bike. Lots of bike lanes all the way there!<\/p>\n

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The place was empty when we got there but it filled up pretty quickly. I ordered the Muffuletta sandwich for dinner. It was on a ciabatta roll and had Italian meats, ham, tomato, mozzarella and melted gruyere cheese, fresh basil and an olive tapenade. I love tapenades! The sandwich was so good. The flavors were pretty mild, not too overpowering like some Italian meat sandwiches can be and the bread was a little soggy from the balsamic vinegar–which was delicious. I loved the bread.<\/p>\n

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Robyn ordered the plate of fruit, cheese and honey and then we got down to the samples! It turned out that the Cascade Brewing House specialized in sour beers, which I can’t say I am a huge fan of. But I was willing to try.<\/p>\n

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My samples were four of the beers I wanted to try: \u00a0Cascade IPA, Spring IPA, Red Eye Rye IPA and the Portland IPA<\/strong>. I liked my samples a lot except for the Red Eye Rye–the flavors were too much like coffee for my tastes.<\/p>\n

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I ended up getting a half pint of the Cascade IPA because it was my favorite of the samples I tried. Half pints are the perfect size for me.<\/p>\n

Robyn tried all the sour beers and she loved them! I had a few sips of some of them. The Cranberry was good and so was the Cascade Apricot.<\/p>\n

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The Sour Lime? Holy pucker! It was so tart and so sour it was as if I popped an entire lime into my mouth and started chewing. It was a shocker! Robyn made fun of the faces I made when I had samples of the sour beers. I’m sure it’s an\u00a0acquired\u00a0taste that I could learn to love, but it was shocking for the first time.<\/p>\n

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We split an order of the hummus. I wasn’t really hungry after my sandwich but I munched on it anyways (see what happens when you drink and eat??). The homemade pita chips were awesome.<\/p>\n

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After two hours, Robyn and I decided we wanted to bar hop and headed over to the Horse Brass. The Horse Brass<\/a> is a traditional English-style pub with a huge beer selection, typical English “bar food” and dart boards all over the pub. It’s a huge place.<\/p>\n

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I ordered a half pint of the Walking Man IPA (a local brewery that I’ve had before and liked a lot) and we finished up our late evening. I had such a good time with Robyn, and I ended up staying out way past my bedtime on a work night, but I wasn’t too concerned.<\/p>\n

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We debated on how many pubs you have to go to for it to qualify as a “pub crawl” and even went to Facebook to get a verdict. The verdict was at least three, and you should be crawling in between the bars. \ud83d\ude09 Oh well, not quite a pub crawl but I still had fun.<\/p>\n

The next morning I headed to the gym before I had an appointment to get to. I’ll admit, I was dragging ass. I had probably the\u00a0equivalent\u00a0of two and a half normal-sized beers the night before, but I am a total lightweight, and felt it the next morning.<\/p>\n

I ran 2.8 miles on the treadmill, feeling half awake and rather slow. I had to walk a few times because I was just tired.<\/p>\n

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Then I struggled through my weight routine and worked some machines and some free weights. I was feeling unmotivated, honestly, but at least I got a workout in.\u00a0And I definitely felt better AFTER my workout!<\/p>\n

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Gym Stats:<\/strong>
\nTime: 1:19<\/strong>
\nCalories Burned: 680<\/strong>
\nMileage: 2.8 miles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The moral of this story: beer will not help your run the next morning. Especially if you stay up past your bedtime\u00a0imbibing. But sometimes it’s worth it!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Are you a sour beer fan? How often do you have Girl’s (or Boys) Night Out?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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