A moment of silence...

Today, I found out that Ranvier and I have lost a dear friend. Pennies, as we affectionately called him; His name was Steel Reserve 211 High Gravity 8.1%. He forever will be remembered for the cherished moments that we shared playing Call of Duty late into the night.

A dear friend that will be missed for the times when two, was good, three, was pushing it and four, you were done for. 

Our friend has been removed from the shelves, according to the beer salesman I talked to, because of a drop in sales and replaced with 6.0%. While I do agree that you must sell what you must sell to make money, although...this was swill to begin with and no point changing a good/bad thing. We loved it for it's qualities and accepted his imperfections. For that he will always be missed and he will pass into the history of the SWS lore as the beer of choice for random nights of debauchery playing COD.

R.I.P. "Pennies" Steel Reserve 211 8.1% 6/29/2011

You will be missed for your honest qualities and a taste no beer could compete with.