So, how about a quick look at this season’s winter offerings?

My palate is starting to turn with the weather, although most of this month was nearly worthy of breaking out the hefe-weizen again. I stepped outside the other day to see what my 10-year old son wanted to do for lunch. He’s standing there in the driveway with mesh shorts and sneakers on – no shirt! I think he may have actually been into the hefe-weizen - either that or he was headed for a Green Bay Packers game. I was absolutely speechless. I seriously think that in about 25 years there will be alligators in Sebago Lake and palm trees in Deering Oaks. The jaguar will have crept as far north as Nebraska, and all the mountains in Maine will be owned by the American Mountain Biking Company. Thank (your deity here) we still have winter for now, at least, kindasorta – so, I’m starting to reach for the porters and stouts, reds and browns – anything in a growler will do as well. Here’s what I’m seeing on the shelves and tap boxes.

First entry – here we go. I’ve committed to writing a blog that has a very palatable central theme - one that I love, and that shouldn’t be too challenging to expound upon on a fairly regular basis. I’m talking about beer, and all things related. Not a bad thing to write about here in Maine – one of the best craft brew states in the country, with a beer drinking population that, for the most part, keeps good beer in proper perspective. It should be fun.