So, I think I am a bit bored of beer. Really? Maybe. I think I am a bit more bored by the constant supply of excellent beer in the stash. That's it. I'm a bit spoiled. Perhaps. Whatever it is, I think I am going to take a break from drinking for a little while. See what happens. How long have you gone without a pint of this or that? Been a long time since I have taken even a week's break. Can I make it to Easter? It's not like I even mention many of the beers any more. That's what Twitter is for, right?
I also want to see how my ideas about the beer trade stand up when I am one further step removed. Do I have to be on the slow drip to care about regulations and trends? Do I get kicked out of the "community"? Let's see.
Comments
Alan - February 25, 2012 10:59 PM
Herself is now warning that I might actually be a boring person to live with if this experiment proves too much.
Dansmallbeer - February 26, 2012 10:59 AM
I give up for ten days a couple of times a year. Go to a "just at weekends" system when lots of work is on. Beer tastes much better after a break. I think Pete Brown does a whole month in January. Sure sign I need a rest is when beers I have previously raved about taste bland and pedestrian.
Alan - February 26, 2012 11:09 AM
After someone I knew had an issue with salt intake and blood pressure, we all got into checking sodium levels with food and it has caused a really odd shift in my palate. While not a craving, I would not mind drinking a glass of water with a teaspoon of table salt stirred in. It's helped me to come to the same realization that I need to lay off for an extended stretch for that same reason. Who thought gueuze could become ho-hum?
Dan Smallbeer - February 26, 2012 3:41 PM
Oh? Explain the salt thing a bit more. I'm not sure what you mean but it sounds like useful information.
Alan - February 26, 2012 4:52 PM
I seem to have cut out so much salt, not that I thought I had been overly salted before, that my taste seems to have quite shifted. don't know how to explain it more than that as I have yet to figure out the implications. It's like being thirsty but needing that sort of flavour giving me a new preference.
Dansmallbeer - February 26, 2012 5:18 PM
Se, if we can selectively deprive ourselves of certain nutrients provided by beer, we can strategically make it taste even better… *thinks*
Alan - February 28, 2012 4:49 PM
John Barleycorn. In case I need to read between now and Easter.