The Romance in Drinking Beer

Now, I have to admit to being a newb when it comes to real beer. But when I discovered micro brews a few years ago, I felt an awakening of sorts and it didn't take long to realize that everything that I knew about beer was wrong. And so begins my journey...

I used to laugh behind the backs of those that requested a glass with their bottle. So naive, young one. But now I know that the romance in drinking the brew from the glass is untouchable. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I never drink from the bottle, I do, but I very much enjoy the frosted glass I pull from the freezer and fill with whatever I have at the time.

My journey started with Bass and then moved into Leinenkugels and then Sierra Nevada and now I'm enjoying Mad Hatter IPA from New Holland and Newcastle. How can I be monogamous when there are so many?! And I haven't even started!

And here I am now planning how to design the basement bar in my new house and how to rig the tap to come through the wall. The guts (kegerator, CO2) will sit under the stairs but the tap will come through to the bar area. Oh, the plans! I'll post pics when I get everything done. :) Guess then I have to host a party where everyone can drink from the glass. Or the bottle. I'm not judgmental.

First post

I admit to being a little late in getting to the blogging game but I really need to vent sometimes and this seems like a good place. :)

If I'm able to commit to this blog, then I anticipate adding some meaningful content related to the things that interest me: books (reading them and writing them), music, firearms, techie stuff for work, beer and all things hop-related (a growing interest), and- yea, that's enough.

So I'll add more and get more here and see what comes of it.