40 years ago…

..if you would have told me that I would have hundreds of beer choices, I would have laughed at you. It was Oly, Weinhards or Buckhorn. Sure, good wine in Oregon and California was underway and ready to pop but brew wise, not good.

Today, I turn 40 years old and my choices are unparalleled. I will thank the people who have helped me along the way but, since this blog is about beer, I want to thank the bold people from Maytag to Widmer to Carey to Raub who have made beer better for me.
Without them I never would have found my niche of getting the slightly interested in craft beer to become crazy about craft beer.

That being said…I am soliciting ideas for what to drink on my birthday! If you had yours already, what did you have? If yours is later in 2010, what are you planning on having? Tomorrows post will show what I drank for my 40th along with selected comments from you!