Remember those police blotter things that small towns would have in their local news rag? It would be like -

2:30AM - Police respond to dogs barking at 343 Forest Rd. Jim and Doris Stevens say that their dogs Jake and Samson don't normally bark like that.

And then - 11:40PM - Police respond to a man who says some kids were cutting through his back yard. Police find beer bottle in the garden.

(If that were anywhere around Deering HS in Portland, police, along with a parent coalition, would have done extensive fingerprinting and DNA testing of said bottle. But we're talking small town police blotters here)

I think that's what I'm going with here for blog format - little tidbits from the beer world.

But first, a little reflection. I'm 6 months in here on the blog (7 actually, but 6 sounds more worthy of evaluation), and I find myself reflecting on performance vs. expectations. It's been hard to find the muse at times. But I rather think that the beer blog should result more from inspiration and worthy occurence or event than be forced to exist from nothing. I guess what I'm saying is I sometimes feel like my posts should come more frequently, but they come when they come. It's not like I have a game schedule to report on, or that the blog intertwines with my professional life, etc. I am constantly looking for something to write about. Some of my friends have told me their favorite posts are the ones that provide some listing of different beers under whatever category (winter brews, hot weather brews, etc.) - that they've actually gone out and bought the things that I mention in the blog in order to try something new. It sure is fun to hear that. There's so much great beer out there, and so many people just buy the same thing (although it might be a great same thing) over and over again. Just think how boring it would be if you ate the same dinner every night......

So - any suggestions for a "list" topic for the next blog entry?
Maybe Top 10 beers with BBQ, Top 5 beers to serve at your wedding, just thinking out loud.

OK - Beer Blotter: