Yesterday eve Cass and I went to Specs after months of waiting and bought an assortment of specialty beers. After spending an hour perusing the beer aisles accomplishing nothing save increased levels of bewildered excitement, an employee approached with information and recommendations. After a few minutes with him, he went into the back (of a specialty store, remember) and produced the sole possessed bottle of the Great Divide's Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Stout, which I'm understandably excited about.

Speaking about excitement, Hobgoblins! It's all in the name - Hobgoblin Dark English Ale. Evocations of fantasy, wildness, magic, mischief, you know, all the good things in life. Wychwood has cool graphics on their labels too. So I'm christening or coining (interesting terms etymologically) new slang: a hobgoblin - something you get excited about.