I feel like a totally new person.
I have become a beer drinker.
I’m not entirely sure when this happened. It probably started last year in September, when I went on the Weight Watchers program. While I was learning the ropes of managing my food intake, I decided to stop drinking because I’d rather eat my calories than drink them! Over the following months, I started doing some research on what alcohol beverages I could drink occasionally without totally blowing my point diet. The one thing I came up with? Budweiser Select. Not exactly the best or most fantastic tasting beer on the planet (I know, as a St. Louis resident, I should bite my tongue and not speak ill of the Brewery!). But it’s only 3 points and in the grand scheme of things, it’s not that awful.
But my husband kept thrusting beers upon me whenever he ordered one. “HERE! Try this one” he’d say as he put the bottle in front of me. He wouldn’t stop until I took a sip of whatever he had ordered. In the beginning, it was just gross. I didn’t like any of them. It tasted just like alcohol only and wasn’t very good.
Then… things changed. When he would order a beer, I wouldn’t wait until he offered it to me. I would grab it and taste it first.
Depending on which one he ordered, I would either love it or hate it. Love the lighter beers, hate the Octoberfest and stouts. Yuck. But slowly, I was coming to realize that beer wasn’t AWFUL. I actually… started to enjoy it.
A few weeks ago, we spent the weekend at a friend’s cabin and she introduced me to Leinenkugel Lemon Berry Shandy. OH MY GOODNESS.
I’m smiling in this picture because of my beer. See? Husband is not so sure.
So now when a server asks me what I’d like to drink and we’re at a drinking establishment, I ask to see their beer menu. I’m starting to learn about beer, which flavors I like and which types of beers don’t agree with me. I even want to attend a beer tasting to really taste the different versions and learn more about the process. Learning more means I find out more styles that I can drink – and enjoy while doing so!
I only have one question now, from a recovering girly drinker…
WHO AM I?!
I've sampled more of my husband's beer in the last few months than I have ever. I still can't get into it though. Now I will say according to my husband that Budweiser isn't nearly as bad as the Old Style he drank a couple of weekends ago at Wrigley. He's a Miller Lite guy.
ReplyDeleteOH MY! I've lost you to beer. This is not okay! (but i'm glad you're happy!)
ReplyDeleteI'm still a girly drinker, but I aspire to convert to a beer drinker. You'll be my role model.
ReplyDeleteI keep wanting to start drinking beer. My hubby loves beer and even belongs to a beer of the month club. I try his beers, but not luck. I'll stick to the red wine...
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