The other night, I poured myself a Tommyknocker “Maple Nut Brown Ale”. It was terrible. It actually tasted like it had a bad infection. The other one I had was wonderful, with strong maple overtones. I was saddened as I was really in the mood for a beer.

Luckily, the Mrs. found the last bottle of my dopplebock that I had forgotten about sitting in the fridge.

I cried. It was sooooooo good. It had aged a good 10 months and was just phenomenal. It’s easy to want to drink all your beer right away, but there are just some brews that need time to ‘come into their own’. This one was even better than I remember. I’ll have to make that again some time.