I was saving one more beer in the fridge for tailgating the finale of Kenobi. A beer from There Does Not Exist. They make excellent beers, many being IPAs and Pales and such.
I am thinking I have a WCIPA waiting for me but it turns out:
Yep. Black IPA.
I forgot I did this. In an effort to change up my routine I mixed a BIPA in there.
It’s fine. I am working through it. It is well made for the style. Just not what I was wanting.
Note to self: Don’t get cute. Just get more WCIPAs next time.
I had a Pliny the other night and I started getting a little buzz, and like… it was nice.
Better than nice, actually. I really felt like it was different. The buzz was different. Slightly elevated.
It hit differently than a standard DIPA. The quality of buzz was just a little bit better.
Maybe that is my brain thinking it is better because it is a Russian River beer.
When you think about it though, does that make it any less real? If my brain feels the buzz is better because it is a higher quality beer, doesn’t that make it real?
????
Dear lord that Pliny went down super easy. Is it because it’s well fucking made? Well, okay, yeah.
But it is also because it is Tuesday night. The best night for a beer geek to drink.
It is quiet. Not a lot going on.
The Monday “back to the grind” has passed. It is too early to start gearing up for the weekend. Nobody has made plans for you to do a thing.
It is the perfect space to knock a few beers back, reflect on some things. Maybe watch some live shows on YouTube:
Simply, it is a nice evening with your beers. For fellow beer drinkers everywhere: thank you, Tuesday night.
Wow I love that front of The Northman in Chicago. Those order windows are perfection. I can’t totally express why they are, they just are.
I want to go to there. You are lucky, Chicago.
Looks like a damn fine time with a beer.
