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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻

@thebeergeek.bsky.social
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Beer traveler. 1,400+ breweries visited. Berkeley grad-History/PoliSci. Lincolnphile. WW2 History Geek. Dachshund dad. Soccer fan. Discretion Brewing Rep. Lots of pix of beer, travel & dachshunds. Lives in Carmel Valley, CA

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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our other Central Coast adventure continues..:: Oktoberfest at Wild Fields Brewhouse @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple drinking beer in their snoopy shirts Chicken schnitzel and a WC IPA Pretzel and a WC IPA
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our annual Fall visit to the other Central Coast starts with pumpkin hunting at Jack Creek Farms @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Pumpkin heaven at Jack Creek FarmsWit picking out his pumpkin The happy family Our pumpkin haul
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wiener dog races at Urban Roots @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Basically herding cats Only a couple of dogs finished. The rest ran around
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The night before the big races…. @cvmerideth.bsky.social
JagerschnirzelWiener dog races tomorrow
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
1407 is the old Rubicon location. Alaro Craft Brewery @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Castillo Classic IPA
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Adding breweries like it is 2009. Mattie Groves Brewery 1406 @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Another great outdoor space in midtown
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mini midtown Sac brewery walk starts at At Ease Brewing 1405 @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Enjoying a nice afternoon in midtown Sac
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hello Sacramento! Geisthaus Brewing 1404 @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Needed the beers after a long drive Slow pour LandbierHelles
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wit is finally on the snoopy bandwagon #dachshund #carmelvalley @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Wit modeling his new snoopy Christmas harness Wit modeling his new snoopy fall harness
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Someone has had enough of the heat #dachshund #carmelvalley @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Wit wants the heatwave to end
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Met a new friend on our walk this morning #carmelvalley
A hawk sitting on the gate to the nursery The hawk didn’t seemed bothered as Wit & I got closer We actually walked right by the hawk. He couldn’t be bothered Twice
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Pier '75 @wearepier75.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
@bayfc.com you need to choose. The gays or Chik Fil A
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Wit the party animal #dachshund #carmelvalley
Wit snoozing while we are partying
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yep. Know only a few words of Spanish but when I watched it was Telemundo
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
On our drive to Berlin today we stopped at 2 concentration camp memorials; Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen @cvmerideth.bsky.social
One memorial at RavensbrückAnother memorial at Ravensbrück Arbeit Macht Frei at the entrance to the Sachsenhauen camp Memorial by the crematorium  at Sachsenhausen
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Déjà vu all over again. Last night in Prora/Binz. Drive to Berlin tomorrow. Fly home Sunday @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Tergenseer HellesGroße Bratwurstpfanne
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Taking a break from the weather at Dolden Mädel @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Enjoying being out of the wind and drinking a hoppy Pils
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A smidge different weather today from rest of the trip…. @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Storm clouds over the Baltic Sea Flag flying stiffly in tbe strong wind
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Happy Birthday little man!
It is Wit’s 12th birthday
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Maybe the last night out on the town in Prora/Binz. We have one more day here but a severe wind warning begins later tonight and lasts until early Saturday morning. Who knows what we’ll be doing tomorrow @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Despite the light rain getting more miles in A seagull waiting out the storm Tegernseer Hell Große Bratwurstpfanne
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Took a drive to the top of Rügen to check out Strand Nordufer @cvmerideth.bsky.social
A set of stairs took us down to the beachLooking east down the beachIn the distance is Sweden Looking west down the beach
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate
Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Post hike lunch @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Schnitzel and a beer a Zur Linde
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Mostly pleasant 6.76 mile hike through Naturschutzgebiet Mönchgut @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Our hike began along a path through marshy wetlands 3 swans and a boat on the water A sailboat leaves harbor We climbed through fields of wildflowers
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We were walking down the street in Stralsund, Germany today and a sports car came flying down a side street and careened left onto the street we were walking on. As the car made the hardest part of the turn his Germany car window flag fell off onto the pavement… @cvmerideth.bsky.social
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Played a nice 12 hole course Minigolf am Rugard in Bergen auf Rügen. I won by 4 strokes but Merideth got the only hole in one @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The bridge was not a straight shot from the tee box. You had to line it up with the first shot Merideth got a hole in one on the 4th holeThe 11rh whole featured the white cliff of Germany in Jasmund National ParkThe happy couple after the fun 12 holes
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Made a trip to the mainland to have lunch at Störtebeker Braugasthaus @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple enjoying the Biergarten at Störtebeker BraugasthausSchnitzel and Nordisch Hell for lunch
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Good morning from Binz!
Morning walk…A view of BinzThe happy couple on their morning beach walk. Time to turn around and head back
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Goodbye Bornholm! You were absolutely amazing. Next stop: Germany @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Last look at Bornholm as we sail away
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Goodnight from Rønne @cvmerideth.bsky.social
A progression as the sun goes downA progression as the sun goes downA progression as the sun goes downThe sun has set
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Two more hours until sunset…. @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The  view of the setting sun from our hotel room
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Dinner in Rønne at Majolica. A beer bar that opened 3 weeks ago @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Local beer and a great sandwich at Majolica
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Current status: Hot and humid again. Last day on Bornholm. Having beers at our hotel in Rønne. On the ferry to Germany tomorrow morning @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Drinking Svaneke Classic at our hotel in  Rønne The view from our hotel in Rønne
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Back at Svaneke Bryghus. Rewarding ourselves for our efforts today @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Roast pork and IPA
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
6.5 miles through the Bornholm countryside. Plan was to do 8 but it is a scorcher today @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Early days of the hike. All smiles from the happy couple The hike began through a heavily forest trail Last half the hike was mostly in tbe blazing sun. The happy couple is looking forward to finishing A view across fields to the ocean
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Two breweries in one day! Feels like we are living in 2009 again! Svaneke Bryghus in Svaneke 1403 @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The entrance to Svaneke Bryghus RestaurantIPA and Witbier
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
BornPark Minigolf. Probably the best course we have ever played. The course layout is a replica of the island with each hole being a landmark as if we were traveling around the island. Very challenging but fun. I got 3 holes in one. Oh. There was beer too @cvmerideth.bsky.social
Arriving to Bornholm by ferryPlaying through the church Leaving from the airport 3 holes in one
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A Nielsen returns to Østermarie!
Visiting the village in Denmark where the great great grandfather was born
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We finally added a brewery on this tripl Penyllan Brewery in Allinge. 1402 @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple celebrates their first brewery of the tripBeers with an ocean view Saison and IPA
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hello. Bornholm! @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple at Hammershus castle
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Goodbye Sweden. You were great! We’ll be back.
The happy couple departing Sweden on a ferry
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For all the Wallander (Swedish version) fans out there we are staying in the police station tonight @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The police station from Wallander is now a B&B and restaurant
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Last night in Hjo. Had a great time here. Off to Ystad tomorrow @cvmerideth.bsky.social
One of the lighthouses in HjoThe happy couple finishes their last night in Hjo
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Rough day on the course. Luckily there is a Biergarten right next door to hash out the issues with our game. @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The difficult golf course in Hjo. Merideth teeing off on #10. We both struggled on the courseBeers were needed after our rough outing Bonus that it was a German Biergarten
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Took a drive to the other side of Lake Vättern. Found the grave of Merideth’s 3rd great grandparents, visited Sweden’s Apple Valley, had yummy apple pie for lunch @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The churchyard in Brandstorp where we found MerIdeth’s 3rd great grandparents graveThe happy couple in an apple orchard Apple pie for lunch The happy couple overlooking Lake Vättern
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
12 mile hike up to and around Lake Mullsjön. Time for a well deserved beer or four…. @cvmerideth.bsky.social
We have reached Lake MullsjönMerideth testing the waters at Lake MullsjönThe happy couple almost all the way round the lake Our 12 mile route map
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Good morning from Lake Vättern
Morning view of Lake Vättern
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
We visited Anundshög, Sweden’s largest burial mound @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple on top of the burial mound. The standing stones below us are in the shape of ships The site was developed between 500 and 1500 ADThe ship shaped standing stones below the burial mound
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Summer solstice in Stockholm. 11pm
Summer solstice in Stockholm. 11pm
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Chris / thebeergeek.com 🍻 @thebeergeek.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Amazing day in Stockholm. 11 miles walked. Vasa Museum. Beers. Sun. Great views @cvmerideth.bsky.social
The happy couple walking through Stockholm on a warm sunny dayThe VasaBeers at the strand barMikeller bar in Stockholm. House IPA and Lager
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