Well, holy crap.  I can't believe I first thought of this in 2009!  WTF? Talk about procrastination!  Hopefully that will all change.  I'll be able to keep up with this thing, stay motivated and keep the thing interesting and current.

What with all the excellent beer blogs there are out there, I think I'm going to use this as a means of beery self-expression: stuff I'm drinking now, local joints for food and beer, general thoughts about what's going on with craft beer, stuff like that.

Special thanks to Jason of Monolith Creative for the kick ass banner.  (I'll be sure to cite you properly in short order.)

Not much else right now as I'm gathering my thoughts. However, as a harbinger to the holiday season and the madness it typically brings me, I am drinking a Midnight Sun Meltdown Double IPA!  It's a little different from the IIPAs I've been drinking but it's pretty nice.

Pours a dark hay color with lots of sticky lacing once the head dissipates.  Earthy, grassy, resinous hop aroma rather than the bright citrus of West Coast IPAs.  It has a nice bitterness balanced by a sweet, malty flavors.  Finishes dry with residual schmackability.  A pretty good offering, if ya ask me!

More to come!

Brainzzzz... er.... BEEEEEEER!

Why am I doing this? I dunno. Maybe I need more focus than just random, pissy ramblings about life and things that piss me off. It's not so much that I know that much about beer but that I feel the need to talk about it.

It's great stuff. Only recently has it been getting the attention it deserves! people are starting to udnerstand that it can be appreciated like wine and craft beer seems to have actually been growing during this recessionary time.

And so.... this is about Craft beer. Not mass-produced, hypermarketed crap. That stuff already has plenty of drinkers and plenty of attention. This is for the appreciation and (hopefully) education of those of us who enjoy off-the-wall, well-made brews. Let's see how it goes.