Miasmatic Review

Beer Tasting

The beer tasting is just over two weeks away. I�ve already started gathering beers for it. So far I have 7 out of the ten. I just haven�t decided on the final three. This presents one of the two dilemmas that I�m having right now.

The first is that I have four bar cases of beer sitting in my house� and I can�t drink a drop of it. Not one single drop. Now if this was say, Bud Light Chelada or Corona, not a problem. I wouldn�t want to drink it. But these are beers that I want to try or have tasted in the past and know they are good. This kills me. Yet, I have people that are waiting to sample the enticing elixirs I have procured for them. Thus it would be wrong for me to imbibe of them in solitude without their companionship.

The next issue that I�m having is that I�m holding this on the Saturday of Memorial day. The weather is unpredictable at best. I�ve gotten lucky the last two years and it hasn�t rained on me. I just don�t know that I want to gamble that it�s going to hold out and not rain a third year. Since I am an Eagle Scout, I attempted to take precautions and look for someplace that will let me host the beer tasting indoors. So far what I�m being told is that due to liquor laws, I can book/rent a room at various places, but they have to supply the beer, at their standard markup.

That in and of itself causes a problem. Most of the places I could get a room, don�t have the beer selection for me to choose from if I wanted them to supply the beer. Second, even if they did, the price per bottle, especially on a couple that I have, in a bar is going to be in excess of $6 a bottle.

If all else fails, I�ll set up my re-enacting fly and the easy up that I have and we�ll all be nice and cozy under there. It�ll give me the excuse to buy the walls for the easy up I�ve been looking for. The worst case scenario is that it�ll end up looking like some redneck pavilion.

If you want to attend and haven�t contacted me, please do so ASAP. I�m starting to run out of spots.