Hands over a half-unrolled map on a wooden table at dusk, with a candle and a beer bottle

Sweetwater Saturday

July 8–10, 2011

Friday after work meant a drive into Atlanta for a guys weekend — feast, craft beer, the crew at Drew’s. Before the cars moved, the itinerary was already on version 1.2.

Saturday carried the density: slow-carb breakfast at the house, an ATL craft-beer run, Ikea meatballs on the way to the Sweetwater brewery tour and tasting, Belgian Beer Bar, Decatur, a cab back to the Vinings side. Someone floated Varsity for Sunday before brunch. The MeatBawls thread was just a calorie link and one question — should we have these on the way to SweetWater?

By Monday the report was already out: the guys weekend was a huge success. Another one for the fall was already half-planned.

The tasting was on the itinerary. The success line was the receipt.

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