Thursday, July 3, 2014

Ugh, Shiner Bock too.

I've been gone for almost a month from writing this, and even still I'm somewhat at a blank for what I'm supposed to write. How Gary Dzen from the Globe or Karen Cinpinski from the Dig churn out stuff every week is amazing to me. It's not like I haven't had some delicious beers, new stuff keeps churning out and new beers come rolling into Massachusetts, with Yuengling II, Shiner Bock, announcing they'd be coming to the state in late July.  Much like Yuengling I am sure it'll come in with a bang, being placed on taps throughout the city and the state only to slow up and hopefully get replaced by something tastier and local. Massachusetts is booming with new local breweries and while the allure of a much too sweet lager is tempting, there are so many better options for us to be drinking out there. Yes, Shiner Bock is better than Budweiser, much like Yuengling is, but being better than garbage shouldn't be an acceptable achievement. The sweet remembrance of getting wasted in College drinking this crap doesn't have to drive your wallet now. Life's not over, go drink new beers and make new nostalgia, and find a brewery nearby and get a growler filled there every few weeks and enjoy it. Oh, and request your favorite beers on draft at your favorite bar.