I actually stopped drinking beer (often) for most of 2023. I need to get my weight under control (by losing some) and beer wasn't helping. I probably drink beer most often during the summer. There's something awesome about coming home from a day of work and having a nice cold beer outside in the summer. Or sitting outside on a nice summer night and drinking a few beers. But last year I felt like if I had like 1 beer for a few days in a row that my stomach instantly got noticeably bigger. So I laid off of the beers, with the exception of a BBQ party or something. So the Guiness is the first time I've had beer in a while. That might have something to do with my enjoyment of it.
Founders Breakfast Stout sounds interesting. So I can have it for breakfast? That's great!
But in all seriousness, I'll have to remember that one and check for it the next time I'm in a beer distributor. I'll try and do that before the end of winter, because come spring and definitely summer I like a lighter beer.
Speaking of lighter beers, Yeungling made a beer called Flight which has 96 calories and 2.6 carbs. But it doesn't taste too different from regular old Yeungling. It's not watery and doesn't have that mild light beer taste. Like Michelob Ultra, I don't know how people drink those. Anyway, Flight is wonderful in that it's a good tasting light beer. But I can't find them anywhere! So I kinda gave up looking.
One mistake I had was finding Yeunling in a Costo-type store. IIRC, I got an 18 pack for $22, which is a really cheap price per beer! Knowing that the beer was so cheap, and having so many on hand, made it really easy to consume them at a faster rate. Even worse, in recent years I decided I like Budweiser. And since that beer seems appropriate to drink from a can (rather than a long neck) I was also able to find them cheap in the Costo-type store. I forget how much the case of 24 cans was, but it was around a dollar per beer. So I'd come home and have my mini fridge stocked with 18 Yeungling and 24 Budweisers, it just seemed like a never ending supply so it made it too easy to drink them faster than I normally would.
The thing with the "slightly chilled" beer is that it's still in the low to mid 40's, so it's not that far off from the high 30's that I would normally keep my beer at. And there's two things that help. One, I don't keep my place too warm. And two, I drink it fast enough that it doesn't have time to really warm up. I really don't like warm beer, but I just don't care to have the just above freezing temp beer in the winter. Summer is a different story, however. I want my beer to almost be forming ice crystals.
Anyone ever think about brewing their own beer? It seems like such an awesome hobby. I came close to home brewing. I was making sure to only drink dark bottled beer with crimp on caps, and I was saving all of the bottles. I was also researching and slowly buying this and that in preparation to make my first brew. But same old story with time and money. I decided I need another hobby like I need another hole in the head. So I got rid of most of the beer making stuff that I acquired. Although it still seems like it would be a really fun hobby. Maybe one day.
I have a friend that works for a local brewery. Last year he won a company competition for an original recipe. So apparently they make and sell his beer recipe now.
