Baby Steps........Try Craft Beer

I often read other Craft Beer websites and blogs and while I'm quite sure that they serve a purpose, it's just not what I want to deliver.  It would seem to me, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the average craft beer drinker, has no idea what a gravity reading is, have just become familiar with the term ABV and some may not have even found an IPA they can drink.

Enter, me.  Average Joe, beer passionate, life experience ready.  It seems as though overnight, craft beer has become an absolute craze.  Every restaurant I've been into in the past three months seems to have aspirations of opening their own brewery. That's great, but, please don't.  Craft beer is an adventure and it's something I believe you need to be passionate about.  I certainly don't want to drink a beer, brewed by an out of work lender who got a few past clients to throw together some money for at an attempt at a return on investment.

Great, I'm sure you're satisfied at my above opinion, now what?  The Brewer's Association has recently released the Top 50 Breweries in 2011.  Now, keep in mind, this is by sales volume, obviously, the bigger breweries are going to be closer to the top, nevertheless, a great place to start.

In light of recent requests, I'll be sharing some of my favorites that got me started in craft beer, some great price points, the IPA that opened my eyes and I may even get my wife to share her feelings on beer, from a woman's perspective.  Let's take the training wheels off and enjoy the ride.

Cheers