dear troy, shannon, john and michael:

i carried on a fifteen to twenty minute conversation with the owner of my company today about beer, and i think i made a good impression. i mentioned some he had not tried, he gave me some suggestions as well. he seemed very impressed with my goal of trying 200 beers at the saucer. among other things, i used terms such as “hoppy”, “framboise”, “duvel”, “barley wine”, and “malty” and i think i sounded like i knew what i was talking about. i sat in awe of the words that came out of my mouth as i listed my favorite breweries. (i have favorite breweries?! what?!) so from the first hefeweizen (which took me 3 hours to drink) to the ESP beer requests that almost always result in a knock on the door with a 6 pack in hand, to the delicious pink beer that made happy hour even happier, to the informative and engaging lectures about how beer is made, a big thanks to my quaternary of beer mentors.