Sometimes having the best of two worlds is really a great place to be especially when it comes to beer. Now don’t get me wrong here I like beer, and every time I drink a new one or my friend Casey turns me on to another great beer in the style that I like, it gets better and better.

What I am really talking about here is, since I have been involved in the beer scene, about 7-8 months now I can’t seem to recall if I have ever paid for any of the beers that I have had the opportunity to enjoy and believe me when I say I have enjoyed quite a few so far.

The reason for this is because before I met Casey I really wasn’t much of a drinker of any sort. If you were a betting man you could make a lot of money on me in this way. Most people have drank more beer in one night than I have most of my adult life! Sounds funny, but it’s the truth and since I have started enjoying beer and all that is involved with it I have come to appreciate the people who spend their lives in the pursuit of beer perfection.

These are the true artist’s of taste, the way they put together the different flavors with the right mix of hops, malts, spices, all the time invested in the way beer is brewed to me is the true art of the brew master. Whether it’s a dark, a porter, pilsner, or a malt, all of these beers have found a way into my vast experience of taste and sensation to make me some what of a beer aficionado. No, I’m no expert but then anybody who has ever tasted a really great beer is surly an expert, right?

Since I am really a newbie to all of this for me it’s about the way the different styles taste, the mix of the hops, spices, and the difference between the beers that really makes it fun for me. Oh, and the buzz is an extra bonus too. What I really like about beer is, how much fun it is comparing the different kinds together and coming up with the one that really tastes great. Like the other day we went to one of the local beer brewery’s that has a restaurant inside just so that we could sample the different beers they had on tap. This was a great experience for me having never tried some of these beers, it turned out to be an adventure of epic proportion.

The sample pack came with 5 different beers followed by a pint of your favorite, which for me turned out to be a dark milk malt cream ale. Now this was a great tasting beer! Out of the four other’s that I had the pleasure to enjoy only one of them was not up to snuff, but not because it tasted bad. Mostly because I don’t care for Pilsner style beers they seem to be a little to light for my taste and this one came a little on the carbonated side so it didn’t have what I call beeriness all in all though I like them all and had a great time walking my bike home.

Compared to other beer excursions this one ranked up inside the top three or four without a doubt. I have found some beers that I liked at the local Total wine store and have discovered some in the strangest places like the Asian market, at the liquor store on the corner of 19th Ave. & Camelback. Sometimes we find them on the menu at the different places we go to eat or the fancy Dan restaurants that Casey finds on the Foursquare app he has on his Blackberry. Either way when you have a friend like Casey it’s really easy to learn to appreciate good beer and even better friends, if you know what I mean…