Things To Have A Beer With
Is 5am Too Early To Have A Beer?
Welcome back (or to) Drinking & Thinking! By command of your Beer King, sit with some beers and read these things:
Things To Have A Beer With This Week
For a white-hot 30-second period this week, I thought I might nudge this newsletter into solely listing things to have a beer with and let that be the format for the rest of existence. Then I thought that might get old. So now it is just a segment that will hopefully return.
It is just some suggestions on what to have a beer with this week. You know, to totally help you out and stuff. I think I have always done this but have never called it that. Yeah? Well, anyway, here are some things:
House of The Dragon. The new show from one of the things that George R.R. Martin guy wrote, has begun. I love it. A great start, even though nothing can ever be as big as Game Of Thrones (and you definitely feel that watching the first episode), but I am stoked so far. I always have a beer by my side watching. And by the way, I just watched the 1st episode a third time and picked up things I missed the first two times, so I am advising multiple watches - which means more beeeeeers, so that’s good.
A Fantasy Football Draft. Please please don’t take your team of makebelieve so seriously that you have to stay sober the whole draft. The last couple of picks are trash picks anyway.
The Artemus Liftoff. Happening on Monday morning, NASA is launching a thingy that will go to the Moon for a day or so and do some cool shit. Sadly this launch is 5:00 AM my time and then I have to go to work. So I won’t be able to have any beer - working for The Man sucks, people.
Spooook - What I’m Listening To This Week. My new favorite Substack is from a man named James McMahon, on the other side of the pond, listening to quality music and telling you about it, in a most entertaining way. From personal experience, it’s great to have a beer with as you listen & read. He’s been playing a lot of stuff from The Beth’s lately and I have been into it. Including this kinda all-in, creative, and completely adorable video idea:
Some Stray Beer Things
It is Oktoberfest Beer season and this is my favorite pun so far
Oktoberfest beers rank low on my enjoyment board, BUT I am glad they exist and I am happy to try a couple during the season.
Brewers & Gamers Make A Colab
I don’t know if you saw this on Untappd or not but there is a home-brewing video game coming out (on pretty much all platforms) and no it’s not a joke (because I thought it was a joke at first):
I make fun but also I would (will) play this.
Next Time In Phoenix/Mesa
Imma checking this taproom out:
Alright, I Am Going To Head Out
Hope you got a little enjoyment out of this issue. Thank you for the read, stay safe out there and have a great week with your beers!
-Mikey
Peace ✌️ Beer 🍻 & Metal 🤘