Grand River Brewing - Galt Knife Old Style

Brooklyn Lager

Credit River Brewing Plowman's Ale

Barley Days Harvest Gold Pale Ale

Wellington S.P.A.

Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! - Corne du diable

South Dakota

Hundreds of kilometres across flat, then rolling, then hilly plains. Saw some cool grasshoppers at one of the rest stops. We made it to Mt. Rushmore. It was not as big as I thought it was going to be - impressive nonetheless. Dinner at the Olive Garden. Grace ate everything offered to her.
Craft beer from New Belgium brewing in Colorado - Fat Tire Amber Ale.
After last nights debacle, decided to pay a bit more and stay in a so-so Ho-Jo (looks clean and smells clean.)

Chicago

We were only in Chicago to see U2 (now postponed!) Since the hotel was paid for (89$ on hotwire) we went anyway. We were at the Hyatt by the convention centre - walking distance to Soldier Field and not much else. We'll definitely return to spend some more time here - the city looked great and there seemed to be lots to do. Dinner wasn't Chicago style pizza, but rather California Pizza Kitchen. We had the roasted vegetable salad which I had been dreaming about since Naples (FL) in March. Local craft beer from Goose Island.

More hops!

Here's a selection I picked up at Total Wine in Naples. It was tough to narrow down my choices. I never seem to have that problem at the Beer Store.

Time for some hops!

Since I'd call myself a hop head, I leapt at the chance to pick up these three beers from the LCBO: Corporal's Bitter Brown Ale, Rogue Brutal Bitter, and Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA.