Courtney
@caread.bsky.social
Kalamazoo College alum, Brewery Data Scientist, Michigan sports enthusiast, germanophile, travelin man, recovering trumpeter, gravel smasher, road-racer, most importantly: walker, feeder, and snuggler of two yellow labs. Hater of brevity.
Today, instead of Victory Pappy, we drink Islay Scotch of Defeat. Not because it tastes bad (it doesn’t) but because the salinity, iodine, and chlorophenol remind us that life is suffering, but we carry the hope in our hearts like a strong malt backbone.
Or just: fuck Ohio.
Or just: fuck Ohio.
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Today, instead of Victory Pappy, we drink Islay Scotch of Defeat. Not because it tastes bad (it doesn’t) but because the salinity, iodine, and chlorophenol remind us that life is suffering, but we carry the hope in our hearts like a strong malt backbone.
Or just: fuck Ohio.
Or just: fuck Ohio.
Welp… it’s that time again. Go Blue!
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Welp… it’s that time again. Go Blue!
Using the modified @hulcricket.bsky.social scale, today I squatted a Courtney plus 55lbs.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using the modified @hulcricket.bsky.social scale, today I squatted a Courtney plus 55lbs.
Hopefully not another M00N game… but we have a P00M on right now.
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hopefully not another M00N game… but we have a P00M on right now.
Let me tell you about when our ICE from Bamberg to Wittenberg was replaced with an Ersatzzug: We found a Danish family in our seats who, when confronted, refused to move and shouted that reservations aren’t valid on Ersarzzüge (not true). Spent 4 hours standing at the back of the car with no A/C.
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Let me tell you about when our ICE from Bamberg to Wittenberg was replaced with an Ersatzzug: We found a Danish family in our seats who, when confronted, refused to move and shouted that reservations aren’t valid on Ersarzzüge (not true). Spent 4 hours standing at the back of the car with no A/C.
69K to Climax Bingo-related Fondo was a success!
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
69K to Climax Bingo-related Fondo was a success!
I’ve been in Germany for almost a week with my mom (great time, wonderful to show what all that time spent studying German/Germany History was for). But, aside from an earlier post lamenting the size of beers in Heidelberg, all I want to post is this picture of Wiesbaden’s Goodest Boi (Wunderhund?).
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’ve been in Germany for almost a week with my mom (great time, wonderful to show what all that time spent studying German/Germany History was for). But, aside from an earlier post lamenting the size of beers in Heidelberg, all I want to post is this picture of Wiesbaden’s Goodest Boi (Wunderhund?).
We loved Leiden as well. Very good vibes.
April 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We loved Leiden as well. Very good vibes.
Since I’m still up, who’s watching Paris Roubaix in the morning?!
I took the bike out for the first long ride of the season today (33 miles) and it was a moderate suffering. Probably comparable to 160 miles of cobblestones in northern France. Nbd.
I took the bike out for the first long ride of the season today (33 miles) and it was a moderate suffering. Probably comparable to 160 miles of cobblestones in northern France. Nbd.
April 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Since I’m still up, who’s watching Paris Roubaix in the morning?!
I took the bike out for the first long ride of the season today (33 miles) and it was a moderate suffering. Probably comparable to 160 miles of cobblestones in northern France. Nbd.
I took the bike out for the first long ride of the season today (33 miles) and it was a moderate suffering. Probably comparable to 160 miles of cobblestones in northern France. Nbd.
No problem! We actually both caught colds in-around Ghent 😂.
I hope it won’t be my last visit, I’d like to spend more time on a bike if time/weather allows. Hope you’re feeling better! Here are a couple beer pics from the trip.
I hope it won’t be my last visit, I’d like to spend more time on a bike if time/weather allows. Hope you’re feeling better! Here are a couple beer pics from the trip.
April 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
No problem! We actually both caught colds in-around Ghent 😂.
I hope it won’t be my last visit, I’d like to spend more time on a bike if time/weather allows. Hope you’re feeling better! Here are a couple beer pics from the trip.
I hope it won’t be my last visit, I’d like to spend more time on a bike if time/weather allows. Hope you’re feeling better! Here are a couple beer pics from the trip.
Wish our trip overlapped with the Ronde Vlaanderen or Gent-Wevelgem, but it was cool to see Bruges getting set up to host the start of de Ronde. Slightly disappointed that the photo cutout wasn’t Wout, but what are you gonna do.
March 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Wish our trip overlapped with the Ronde Vlaanderen or Gent-Wevelgem, but it was cool to see Bruges getting set up to host the start of de Ronde. Slightly disappointed that the photo cutout wasn’t Wout, but what are you gonna do.
Thanks! We are all good here, just some wind and rain but better safe than sorry with the doggos (who have been chill AF).
March 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thanks! We are all good here, just some wind and rain but better safe than sorry with the doggos (who have been chill AF).
Just watching basketball in the basement with the dogs, like any normal Sunday in March. #wx #westmichigan #kalamazoowe
March 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just watching basketball in the basement with the dogs, like any normal Sunday in March. #wx #westmichigan #kalamazoowe
I think the best beer I had in my recent trip to NED/BEL was Rochefort Tripel. Second best was LaFort Tripel. Third is just a massive tie between almost everything else I drank.
March 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I think the best beer I had in my recent trip to NED/BEL was Rochefort Tripel. Second best was LaFort Tripel. Third is just a massive tie between almost everything else I drank.
Het Ankertje in Mechelen. Golden Caroulus Tripel in the glass.
March 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Het Ankertje in Mechelen. Golden Caroulus Tripel in the glass.
Old standby on draft at Meneer Jansen in Leiden. No notes.
March 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Old standby on draft at Meneer Jansen in Leiden. No notes.
Well, the sun went behind the clouds and it is raining gently… so Tripel LeFort it is.
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Well, the sun went behind the clouds and it is raining gently… so Tripel LeFort it is.
I have been to this blessed place and I have drank from their Stange.
March 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I have been to this blessed place and I have drank from their Stange.
So, I didn’t buy the SLS for election night… but I did buy it for Christmas.
I don’t think it’s the same scale as the Saturn V, but if it fits it sits, right?
Also Calumet 10 yr bourbon slaps.
I don’t think it’s the same scale as the Saturn V, but if it fits it sits, right?
Also Calumet 10 yr bourbon slaps.
January 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
So, I didn’t buy the SLS for election night… but I did buy it for Christmas.
I don’t think it’s the same scale as the Saturn V, but if it fits it sits, right?
Also Calumet 10 yr bourbon slaps.
I don’t think it’s the same scale as the Saturn V, but if it fits it sits, right?
Also Calumet 10 yr bourbon slaps.
Mom: go pick a bottle of something out of the basement.
Me: /chooses Ruinart Blanc de Blanc
Mom: oh yeah, we’ve had that down there for like 6 years.
Me: sigh. It’s gonna be super oxidized but it’s still Ruinart.
Me: /chooses Ruinart Blanc de Blanc
Mom: oh yeah, we’ve had that down there for like 6 years.
Me: sigh. It’s gonna be super oxidized but it’s still Ruinart.
December 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Mom: go pick a bottle of something out of the basement.
Me: /chooses Ruinart Blanc de Blanc
Mom: oh yeah, we’ve had that down there for like 6 years.
Me: sigh. It’s gonna be super oxidized but it’s still Ruinart.
Me: /chooses Ruinart Blanc de Blanc
Mom: oh yeah, we’ve had that down there for like 6 years.
Me: sigh. It’s gonna be super oxidized but it’s still Ruinart.
One of the highlights of my trip to Belgium (commemorating 5 years at New Belgium/Bell’s) was spending a whole evening at ‘t Bruges Beertje and having free reign to order and drink anything in the menu (on NBB’s tab). Lovely hosts, amazing atmosphere, fantastic beers.
December 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
One of the highlights of my trip to Belgium (commemorating 5 years at New Belgium/Bell’s) was spending a whole evening at ‘t Bruges Beertje and having free reign to order and drink anything in the menu (on NBB’s tab). Lovely hosts, amazing atmosphere, fantastic beers.
Our first dog Riley was 14.5 when we said goodbye. He had 1 eye, was totally blind, couldn’t walk very well and had stopped eating. He still looked pretty happy near the end, but his quality of life was not great. I was cleaning up messes sometimes twice a day. Loved him to pieces even at the end.
December 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Our first dog Riley was 14.5 when we said goodbye. He had 1 eye, was totally blind, couldn’t walk very well and had stopped eating. He still looked pretty happy near the end, but his quality of life was not great. I was cleaning up messes sometimes twice a day. Loved him to pieces even at the end.