South Dakota is not exactly heaven for beer lovers (or for anyone else, for that matter). But for our annual ski trip to the Black Hills, my home brewing partner Mike and I wanted something special. I found the Arrogant Bastard web site and ordered some through Beer on the Wall. We enjoyed AB in the post-ski hot tub, out on the deck surrounded by the majesty of the Black Hills pine forest. While Mike and I were warmed and fortified by AB's depth and power, our wives and several other alleged men in our group drank some mass-produced fizzy stuff that only made them have to pee a lot. On the way home, we decided to commemorate our introduction to AB with a photo of a SD landmark. We stopped at the world's only Corn Palace (Mitchell, SD) an auditorium/arena decorated externally with murals made up only of ears of corn. It is on the National Register of Historic places. Really! I would guess this could be AB's first foray into the wilds of S.D., but hopefully not the last. -Tom Slattery (p.s. I'm the XXL guy on the right)