beernesday

happy labour day! a nice little primer on hops 17 issues sober people have to deal with (click on it, there are cats!!) beer advocate's history of american beer heineken can't compete with craft beer (which probably comes as no surprise to beer geeks) the top 10 craft beers in mexico warning - this one's in spanish, so depending on your ability to hablar, you may just want to look at the photos in the slideshow!

it hasn't even been a month since i started drinking again but i have me some thoughts on the happiness i get from drinking i like drinking especially beer i like to do it fairly often i like to do it with my friends i like to do it with my enemies, okay, well, it helps me think more of my enemies i like to do it in the morning i like to do it in the afternoon i like to do it in the evening i like to do it just to the point of social lubrication i do not like to do it to the point of illness having my first drink off-cleanse and on vacation was wonderful having several more later that evening was even better! good company, fun new places to visit and warm weather all combined to make it a fabulous night of intoxication, not all of it from the beers and margaritas (and don't get me started on the hot brazilians we ended our night with...) but seriously, there's something about the conviviality of drinking about the social lubrication of mild intoxication...

yikes! musings on sobriety on a beer blog? did you ever think you'd see the cruel, cruel day? i dunno for sure how much of it is the lack of booze but i find january to be a month where i fail to feel motivated to socialize i do a cleanse every january this involves eating no wheat, sugar, dairy, yeast, fermented foods.... basically i don't get to eat anything fun and that includes all forms of alcohol as they're basically just sugar january also happens to be the first month of the new year and along with that comes introspection, reflection and self-indulgent resolutions to live better january is a long, dark month and in vancouver, its usually very long, very dark and very wet all of these things team up in varying proportions to make me want to flee my life or contradictorially, to hibernate fortunately january is also a month of few social engagements for me so it is very easy to hibernate to lay low and contemplate my navel however, when i do f...