Okay, feeling a bit better about things, and for the record, the folks of Laugh Your Asheville Off are so very cool. Melanie Maloy is hysterical (and soon to be an Ashevillian!), Em Dixon from NYC is classic mal-adjusted funny woman (and we enjoyed meeting Vinnie, too), Mike Storck is wrong (yet so right), and Johnny Millwater is a riot. We’ve met so many cool, and obviously funny people. Alonzo Bodden, the headliner, did not disappoint last night. And, folks, he was fascinated by the drum circle. They don’t have those in LA, you know. Thanks to Greg, Rowan, Joe Z (hilarious), Charlie and Laurel.

First off, the Olde Hickory mini-kegs are here and, man, are they cool! What nifty packaging from an NC brewery. For your tastebuds:

OLDE HICKORY Piedmont Pils
OLDE HICKORY Ruby Lager
OLDE HICKORY Hefeweizen
OLDE HICKORY Table Rock Pale
OLDE HICKORY Bardstown Brand* (22oz)

Hook Norton has arrived from England, too. This nice session brews and classic. We dig a good ol’ English Ale now and then.

HOOK NORTON Gold
HOOK NORTON Bitter
HOOK NORTON Old Hooky
HOOK NORTON Double Stout