Will Pale Ale

The start of this picture dates back to May 24th, right before Scott and Amy's wedding. Joe, my mom and I had visited the restaurant where the rehearsal was set to take place and visited a florist to order flowers for the night. Before picking my dad up from the airport and welcoming other family members to Rhode Island we made a pit stop. We wanted to pick up some beverages and snacks to enjoy. We stopped at a small liquor store to grab beer and wine. Well while there we spotted Newport Storm Will Pale Ale. I mean, could you dream up a more perfect beer for this special weekend? We're in Newport for the wedding and the Will part should be obvious (my maiden name). We bought a six pack along with some other local beer and wine. The checkout guy actually pegged us perfectly. When paying or the booze he said "you guys must not be from around here." We laughed pretty hard at that comment. What gave it away, the selection of local drinks or our lack of New England accents?

Anyway, back to this picture. My dad carefully packed up the Will Pale Ale bottles (once we emptied them of course) and brought them back to Iowa so he could work some magic. He removed the labels and had them framed. They look so cool, we were very impressed! What better place to hang it than our butler's pantry (aka Joe's liquor stash). The anchor below the frame is also from the wedding weekend. Each guy at the rehearsal dinner got one. They're not necessarily or display, it's actually a bottle opener. How appropriate!