National Egg Day

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy National Egg Day.  I hope you all get to have some eggs today.  I decided to celebrate this special day by putting on a tie while enjoying a batch of my famous deviled eggs and a six pack of root beer.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

National Egg Day

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy National Egg Day.  I hope you all get to have some eggs today.  I decided to celebrate this special day by putting on a tie while enjoying a batch of my famous deviled eggs and a six pack of root beer.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

National Egg Day

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy National Egg Day.  I hope you all get to have some eggs today.  I decided to celebrate this special day by putting on a tie while enjoying a batch of my famous deviled eggs and a six pack of root beer.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

National Egg Day

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy National Egg Day.  I hope you all get to have some eggs today.  I decided to celebrate this special day by putting on a tie while enjoying a batch of my famous deviled eggs and a six pack of root beer.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Throwback Thursday (11-29-18)

Hi everybody,

This week's Throwback Thursday moment is from a couple years ago when I was eating a buffalo chicken cheese steak.  That was such a great sammich and the addition of a root beer to drink made it even better.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Throwback Thursday (11-8-18)

Hi everybody,

This week's Throwback Thursday moment is from a few years ago when I was having some chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings and root beer for dinner.  Those wings are making me hungry.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Throwback Thursday (9-13-18)

Hi everybody,

This week's Throwback Thursday moment is from the early days of my blog when I briefly did Root Beer Reviews.  Although the reviews didn't stick around too long, I still enjoy a bottle or two of root beer from time to time.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

Throwback Thursday (12-10-15)

Hi everybody,

This week's Throwback Thursday moment is from a few years back when I was doing root beer reviews on the blog.  Sadly...this feature did not last long but I did manage to get some pictures of myself with root beers that I never reviewed.

This pic was taken during my first trip to Gettysburg in the Spring of 2012 with a six-pack of Appalachian Brewing Company Gourmet Style Root Beer. The root beer turned out to be quite tasty and the trip to Gettysburg was really fun as well.  Hope to get back to Gettysburg again before too long and get a couple more sixers of this Appalachian root beer.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

My 1000th Post

Time to celebrate...

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to acknowledge and celebrate my 1000th post.  I started this blog on October 16th, 2011....soon after the Phils got knocked out of the playoffs.  I was still vacationing in Arizona and the idea just came to me to write a blog mainly about the Phils but also other fun stuff that I do.  The first post wasn't very spectacular...I actually named it My 1st Post (My 1st Post).

It has come along way since then with Chase Utley Photo's of the Week, Talkin' Phils with Little Chase, Game Recap Posts, Gettysburg Stuff, Root Beer Reviews (actually those didn't work out too well), my friend Ann Onymous with her Ladies Night at LC's Club (I still don't approve of that) and many of my fun adventures.  I hope you all had as much fun reading as I've had posting.  Please keep reading because the fun has just started.  Thanks for your support.

Back to work....

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

I'm in Gettysburg, PA

Hi everybody,

My friends and I decided to take a spur of the moment trip to Gettysburg yesterday!!  I even posted that last Phillies update from here!  It's really nice here and the weather has been great so far.  I found a brewery that makes really great root beer!  I will be reviewing it either here or when I get home. I've already stocked up.  I'm keeping my eyes peeled for other local brews.

I'll be taking lots of pictures and I plan on posting them on Twitter and this blog.  Here's a picture I took yesterday!

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

LC's Root Beer Review (2-7-12): IBC Root Beer

Hi everybody,

It's time once again for another LC's Root Beer Review.  LC stands for me....Little Chase!  As always, I am rating root beers with grades A through F under four categories:


1) Style of the bottle & cap
2) Smell
3) Smoothness
4) Taste


This time I am going to review IBC Root Beer.  IBC first appeared in St. Louis, Missouri when it was founded in 1919.  After many ownership changes, it is now part of the same company that owns Dr. Pepper & Seven Up.

1) Style of the bottle & cap:

I have mixed feelings about the bottle & cap style of this brew.  I am not very thrilled with the bottle.  It is dark and lacking any color.  Even though I do like the detail of the bottle I wish that there was some color incorporated into it.  However, I do like the cap.  It is a nice reddish color and is fairly informative. I would give the bottle & cap a:    B-

2) Smell:


IBC smells great. The rich aroma makes me want to grab a second bottle the minute I finish downing the first one.  I would give the smell an:   A+

3) Smoothness:


IBC goes down easy and feels good doing it.  I would give the Smoothness an:   A+


4) Taste:


IBC really tastes good and I enjoyed drinking it. It pairs well with a big greasy pizza steak and I imagine that it would also be good with pizza.  I would give the Taste an:   A-

Final Grade:   A-


If you can find IBC at the store, I would recommend it even though it doesn't have the most exciting bottle  Thanks for reading the latest LC's Root Beer Review!  Reviews will be more frequent in the coming weeks and months so please keep looking for them.


Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

LC's Root Beer Review (11-9-11): Abita Root Beer

Hi everybody,

Welcome to the first LC's Root Beer Review.  LC stands for me....Little Chase!  I am rating root beers with grades A through F under four categories:

1) Style of the bottle & cap
2) Smell
3) Smoothness
4) Taste


The first root beer that I am going to review is Abita.  Abita comes from Louisiana (a little north of New Orleans) and is made with pure Louisiana cane sugar and other neat ingredients.


1) Style of the bottle & cap:

I really like the bottle & cap style of this brew.  The bottle is very dark and the label has an interesting color palette.  As for the cap, it is also really nice and informative.  Besides the name of the root beer, it also lets me know that it is brewed with spring water.  That is very important information, especially if you like spring water.  I would give the bottle & cap an:    A-


2) Smell:


Abita smells really good.  You get this rich vanilla smell and it just makes you want to grab the bottle and drink it right up.  I would give the smell an:   A

3) Smoothness:


Abita goes down smooth with only a slight carbonated feel to it.  I would give the Smoothness an:   A-


4) Taste:


Abita tastes great.  I love how the Louisiana cane sugar complements the vanilla and helps to make a delicious root beer.  It really goes great with a Tony Luke's Roast Pork Sammich and I imagine that it would also be good with pizza.  I think it would also be a winner as part of a root beer float.  I would give the Taste an:   A+

Final Grade:   A


If you can find Abita at the store, I would highly recommend it.  I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.  Thanks for reading the first LC's Root Beer Review!  There will be more reviews in the coming weeks and months so keep looking for them.


Talk to you soon,
Little Chase

A Couple of Announcements

Hi everybody,

I just wanted to let everyone know of two new features that will soon be appearing on my blog.  The first is Talkin' Phils with Little Chase.  I will be discussing lots of Phillies stuff because I am a huge fan.  It's going to be so much fun talking about the Fightins' with all the fans.  Yay!!!

On my web surfing adventures, I have come across sites that do different beer reviews.  These reviews were interesting but I don't drink.  The one time that I did imbibe, it didn't end well.....

So I decided to do ratings and reviews of something that I really love......Root Beer!!!  So coming soon will be LC's Root Beer Review.  I will sample different brews and rate them according to the style of the bottle & cap, smell, smoothness and taste.  It's going to be great!!!

So keep checking in to see these great new features as well as everything else I have to say.

Talk to you soon,
Little Chase