Monday Rant: What to Do?

I have a few days to myself. This came as a surprise last week when I discovered I had today and tomorrow (in accordance with New Year's Day) off from work. Then I thought to myself - when I put the days in I had planned on being somewhere around this time when I requested said days. As life always is even the best laid plans somehow crumble.

Anyways, my problem this week is that I have nothing to do today and into the early portions of tomorrow. I'll follow my usual schedule in the morning. Coffee with either a bagel or toast while taking in some Sirius radio. Then head out for the day. What to do, though?

I kind of want to go on a beer and food adventure. The South Side has many offerings in that department. The Library has it's wing special going on. I'm sure Piper's Pub has something interesting on cask, The food is always a sure bet to be awesome. Pretzels and some Helles Lager at Hofbrauhaus? A sandwich paired with a nice brew at Carson Street Deli? How about just a mini-craw of Carson Street for a few hours? Coffee at the Beehive Coffee House?

Who knows what's in store. I might just end up hanging around Munhall for a few hours. Whatever I do, I want to try to do mostly in the morning hours. After all, there is a certain marathon on AMC.

Brew Links: Week of 9/28

Just thought I'd pass along a few interesting beer-related links I found over the past week or so. Here's a quick round-up of what I found.

The craft pub I'm always raving about is planning a pumpkin beer festival on an empty lot beside the bar in Homestead. Aside from the place being amazing, its web presence isn't exactly the best out there (it's not like it really needs some anyway). So, the best piece of information in terms of this festival is the Facebook Event  they created.

Full Pint Brewing in North Versailles announced via its Twitter account that a new pumpkin beer would be tapped at the brewery this weekend as well as finding its way to outside parties within the next week. It's looking like this is a draft-only.

The Carson Street Deli's planned renovations are looking to now be under way. From what I can find, The Deli intends to not only give the place a new look, but to up the tap list to 20 brews, including 12 Pittsburgh beers.

This was news a few months ago, but it's started to poke through in the national media yesterday. The Rogue beer that's to be made with yeast from the brewmaster's beard is being talked about once again. I'm assuming they're getting closer to actually starting work on this? Interesting. (Via Beer Pulse)