Hello readers (those of you who are out there)!
I got some nice feedback a week or so ago encouraging me to keep up my reviewing on this blog, and I fully intend to do that! In the meantime, I wanted to apologize for my absence and explain what's been going on.
In the first place, I had been spending a lot -- too much -- on beer. This can get to be a quite expensive hobby, unfortunately, and it had started to put a strain on other things I enjoyed doing. The second point, which is tangentially related to the first, is that though I still have a LOT of beer I can drink and review for the blog, I had started to see more of the value in sharing it rather than drinking it by myself and taking detailed notes. I could, I suppose, still take notes in these social situations, but when I'm around other people, even when we're discussing the beer, I still prefer to be in the conversation rather than observing it and writing furiously in my notebook.
I have a few smaller excuses, but that's the big one. I did help pour beer with my friends at Eagle Rock Brewery at the LA Beer Fest on April 6th -- maybe you saw me there!
I do have two reviews upcoming on some notes I took last month but never typed into a proper review. So you can look forward to reviews of two delicious Vermont IPAs (I just love receiving these) that will hopefully be posted in the next week or so. Thanks to the encouragement I received, I'm happy to keep posting notes for those out there who are interested, so hopefully afterward I can get back on a schedule to review a new beer once a week again!
Cheers :)
Amanda
I got some nice feedback a week or so ago encouraging me to keep up my reviewing on this blog, and I fully intend to do that! In the meantime, I wanted to apologize for my absence and explain what's been going on.
In the first place, I had been spending a lot -- too much -- on beer. This can get to be a quite expensive hobby, unfortunately, and it had started to put a strain on other things I enjoyed doing. The second point, which is tangentially related to the first, is that though I still have a LOT of beer I can drink and review for the blog, I had started to see more of the value in sharing it rather than drinking it by myself and taking detailed notes. I could, I suppose, still take notes in these social situations, but when I'm around other people, even when we're discussing the beer, I still prefer to be in the conversation rather than observing it and writing furiously in my notebook.
I have a few smaller excuses, but that's the big one. I did help pour beer with my friends at Eagle Rock Brewery at the LA Beer Fest on April 6th -- maybe you saw me there!
I do have two reviews upcoming on some notes I took last month but never typed into a proper review. So you can look forward to reviews of two delicious Vermont IPAs (I just love receiving these) that will hopefully be posted in the next week or so. Thanks to the encouragement I received, I'm happy to keep posting notes for those out there who are interested, so hopefully afterward I can get back on a schedule to review a new beer once a week again!
Cheers :)
Amanda
