OUT OF ORDER!!

     I'm broken and I'm pissed.  It's been almost a week and only a snails pace in getting fully recovered.  Yes, no reviews because my nose has been clogged like a Persian's bathtub.  Sprays and home remedies and lots of rest is not really doing much--and my beer has just been sitting there, looking at me with a wanting eye.  I wanted to write tonight because I can't sleep and I haven't been able to shake off you guys, the readers!  I didn't want you to think I was dead or anything.  I have something interesting to share with you anyway.  But, truthfully, at the end of the day, I just want to talk.
   First order of the day, if you are in the Los Angeles area, then April 10 is a special  day for you.  There is a beer festival going on.   It sounds fun and no I'm not going.  Well, because it's a forty dollar ticket that I can't spend right now.   Plus being around that many people doesn't tickle my fancy.  I will go one day, but right now I just don't want to be there.  You go.  Have fun and tell me all about it.  My bible site, Beeradvocate.com , has suggested, which is another reason why I'm just not going to go this year, is reviewing beer isn't recommended at a festival because of all the distractions present: food smells, noise, people smells, people noise.  Plus, I figure, how nerdy would you look with a pen and pad taking notes and drinking your little four ounce beer.  Yes, it's unlimited beer but all four ounces.  You can't fully enjoy a beer that's four ounces!  That one was personal opinion, but I don't know, maybe it's just me.
     Another thing to teach you:  BMC.  I've been reading through the forums at beer advocate and I see this acronym all the time.  'What the hell does it mean' I kept wondering.  This acronym stands for "Budweiser, Miller, and Coors."  So many of the phrases will say things like "I moved on to craft beers because I got so tired of BMC."  BMC probably makes every lager that is popular or at most liquor stores.  And if you haven't guessed, a craft beer is a beer made by a brewery that isn't so corporate.  So go use that willy nilly.
     Well, that's it.  I was thinking about telling you the story of how I really got into reviewing craft beers and why I'm into it so much, but its not that exciting and it would get to long.  Wish me luck in recovering and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.