Beer is an interesting beverage. Why do people order just one? If you're just going to order one beer, you might as well just have a water. Or a more delicious root beer.
I was at happy hour today, and got a burger, and then I got a beer, without thinking. Very automatic response. HOWEVER. If I had thought about the fact that I didn't actually want a beer, I would have ordered a water. but i didnt. And if I hadn't thought about this just now, I would probably continue on in life, just sitting down and ordering beers every time I sat down at a drinking establishment.
Objectively, beer does not taste good. Beer is wonderful, and amazing, and some beers are way better than other beers. But if you had to compare a beer to a delicious iced tea, or lemonade, or hawaiian punch, beer would lose every time. Its just that delicious iced tea, lemonade, and hawaiian punch don't come packed with that feel-good wonderfulness that every beer is guaranteed to come with. And after years of drinking beer while searching for the feel good wonderfulness, one begins to associate the taste of beer with this feeling, and one fools themselves into thinking that beer tastes good. When in reality, it is being drunk that tastes good, not the beer, but we have lost sight of that along the way.
The point is. I am not going to waste my time drinking just one beer anymore. I'm not saying I don't love beers but - if you're not going to drink at least 2, why have any at all? Instead, I am going to make sure that I donate my part to the corn lobby -- dr pepper, here i come (back) !
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...and then, there are those of us who are allergic to the hops in beer, so we can't even enjoy the feel-good part of it. Or, at least not for very long because after two, we become all flushed and congested, then immediately pass out.
Of course, not consuming beer runs counter to my New Year's resolution to support more American-made products. What's a girl to do? :)
oooo allergic. that is unfortunate.
but still...i have two beers and get all flushed and pass out, and I'm not allergic at all.
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