Getting To Know Our Correspondents

Hops McAlarney
Aside from being a singer and harmonica player for The Extreme Chocolate Milk, Hops will be rating beers for The Sun Sets On Indiana. He is, after all, an expert.

1. What posters did you have in your bedroom growing up?
All of the Wheaties-issued Michael Jordan posters, a life-size Michael Jordan poster that we cut in the corner to go around an electrical outlet, a Mars Blackmon "Gotta Be the Shoes" poster, and a "Wizard" Ozzie Smith poster where he's in mid back-flip.

2. Who would you like to play you in a movie?
I would like Chase Utley to try his hand at acting.

3. Hello sir, what can I get you to drink?
Could I have a tall Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale? Or maybe a New Belgium Mighty Arrow in a frosty mug? I think that as I delve deeper into a world of trying different beers, I generally like pale ales and IPA's the best. But I've met few beers that I didn't like. And Bud Light when I'm going for quantity over quality. Don't get me wrong, I love Bud Light.

4. What restaurant has the best burger you have ever eaten?
This is a tough question, but I'm going to say McGuire's Irish Pub in Destin, Florida. I can't remember what I had but remember the experience. I think this place has more burgers on the menu than any restaurant in world and something like $500,000 hanging on the wall and ceiling. Every customer signs a $1 and tacks it to the wall before they leave. Best local burger I can remember eating would be from my neighborhood joint growing up, Breakaway Cafe, on Natural Bridge Rd in Normandy, MO. They also had the best 7-layer Mexican dip as an appetizer. If the question had been, "What restaraunt has the best chicken wings and provided the setting for the best overall restaurant experience of your life?", I would've said Philthy Phils in St. Petersburg, FL.

5. You pick 5 friends to play a 20 minute half against the UConn womens basketball team. How much money do you put down that you will win?
I will bet my life that we will win and here's why: when a female dunks in a basketball game, it automatically becomes a Sportscenter Top 10 play. I rest my case.