As seen at Coors Field in Denver.
A question and a request from UK bloggers Boak & Bailey arrived Monday in their monthly newsletter.
The question: Has the thrill gone?
The request: You tell us.
The newsletter includes a white board intended to examine what might make beer more exciting. You really should take a look.
I shared their questions on Facebook. Forget AI. I had intended to answer the questions with this post, but outsourcing them provided most of the answers I was thinking of.
I’m still considering the last question—What beer experience last gave you a full-on thrill?—and trying to decide if I want beer to thrill me, or if I expect something more.
I’m thinking it was a few months ago at Dovetail Brewery. One of their brewers, Jenny Pfafflin, has as her pinned tweet her Baltic porter getting an outstanding review — I love Baltic porters and they’re difficult to find out by me. Turns out i saw the tweet after the beer had had its run. It took her and Dovetail two years to re-brew her recipe, so anticipation was high. It was wonderful, both on tap and canned.
I think I’ve mentioned that my beer tastes appeared to have ossified maybe ten years back, so the newer popular variants don’t work for me (like B & B, I miss bitterness), but I guess that makes both the happy surprises and the rediscovering old favorites moments of joy. Urban Chestnut has re-entered my market. When I visit family in Vermont, I get to drink brews by Switchback and Von Trapp; when I go to Wisconsin, I get to drink brews by New Glarus. I have drivable access to bars that specialize in Belgian and German brews — bummer about the restraint that driving places upon me, but it helps make the beers that much more enjoyable.
Thanks, Bill.
What I struggle with where anticipation, thrills and appreciation belong on the “excitement scale.”
Monday we’ll be seeing Lucinda Williams at Red Rocks. I anticipate having a great time. Will I be “excited” while she is singing? Perhaps I am overthinking this.