Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Think Outside the Bottle


In a conversation I had with a couple of friends over some beers, we talked about how sometimes we find a beer and for a while we make it a "go to beer." We all agreed with this. Which made me think about how sometimes we find something we like and we tend to go back to it. 

I found myself sometimes walking into a bottle shop and being overwhelmed with the endless amount of craft beer they have so I choose to play it safe. There is a huge variety of beer out there on the market now. As I walk through aisle after aisle full of craft beer in different shapes, colors, and sizes trying to find what to buy, I end up picking up a six of something I had already tried multiple times. It's great beer but it's the same old taste on your palate. I forget about what this whole thing was about. Exploring. It's a great to buy a beer you have no knowledge of and you end up really enjoying it. That first experience is kind of magical. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The King of Craft Beer






I was working at a mom and pop pizza place in the southwest side of the city in the summer of ‘09. Like most pizza joints this one closed really late and I was usually stuck there all weekend long working more than living. On a Saturday night in June, the boss came over to me and said, “Go home man, you work too hard.” Didn’t have to tell me twice. I was out there so fast I almost forgot to take off my apron. Got my bag and jumped on my bike and rode off.