Why a beer blog?
It's pretty simple: I like beer.

I didn’t always like beer. In fact, I never even started drinking beer until I tasted one that I actually enjoyed at a local microbrewery (BIG shout-out to Bristol Brewery in Colorado Springs, CO)... And the rest was history.

I have always enjoyed being in brew pubs, whether in the US, England, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, or Canada. I am also very interested in the brewing process, being somewhat of a home-brewer myself.

In this blog I want to capture the essence of the American microbrewery, an industry that is growing exponentially due to its focus on quality and creativity.

I believe that good food and drink bring people together in a way like no other... Good beer breeds good culture.

I want to experience the culture of local pubs across the country and document the fantastic beers being produced by people who love what they do. In this blog, I intend to not only focus on the beer itself, but also on the places I drink it, and people I drink it with.

Let’s see how this goes.

The Beginning

It’s been about 8 months since we started our travels, and they have now taken us to 15 different states, 4 countries, and have added over 10,000 miles to our car. We have made many new friends and memories, and tasted a lot of beer.

As I write this, I am sitting on a patio in Costa Rica enjoying a nice overcast day. I just returned from a long run, very sweaty, only to realize that the water is shut off for the afternoon. I was planning on cleaning up and exploring the town, but am now way too disgusting to do this... So since I have nowhere to go and will be spending the next 5 weeks in a country with, as far as I can tell, no craft brewing to speak of - I figured this would be a great time to finally (publicly) document my beer explorations from the past months.  So I will now post the notes of my first travel/brew experience, but there are many more soon to come.
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