[sung in Incubus voice] Iiiiii Wish You Were BeEEer

beer notebooking ahead

My Label Buy of the week was this “Fore and a half” from Alvarado Street Brewing, a delcious 4.5% Pilsner.

I have been encountering a lot of Incubus in my beer travels this week. Some of it from Out Of The Barrel (pictured above), but it’s also been on the radio a lot and elsewhere - just one of those weird things that happen when you’re paying attention. For some reason, the Universe algorithm wanted me to pay attention to Incubus.

Commonplace Beer Book

I keep a specific notebook (Moleskines are my favorite) of beer-related thoughts, which I call my Beer Journal. When I am sitting around by myself and having a beer, I keep it next to me (or I use the Notes app on my phone) and jot down some dopey line that comes into my head or a good quote I pick up from somewhere else. These kinds of notebooks are also referred to as a commonplace notebook.

Anyway, I planned on placing these here from time to time as a paid subscriber reward, but I haven’t turned on that feature here (yet), so here are some random thoughts:

• Time and a good beer are precious.

• How long do buzzes last? Can you keep a buzz all day? How many buzzes can you have in a day?

• Buzzes are becoming more elusive. I don’t like that.

• “Popping” is what I will now call it when you pour a little more beer into your glass. You are freshening your beer; you’re popping it.

• I got stung by a wasp yesterday, and it still hurts. I wonder if alcohol makes a wasp sting worse - I will not look into this further.

• Leave beer better than you found it.

Beer Poll Alert!

Yes, ‘all of the above’ works for me. But ‘relaxation’ is number one.

Thank you for opening and reading. I hope you have a nice relaxing week with your beers, and the Universe sends some good music your way.

-Mikey

Peace. Beer. Metal.