Near beer

How do you have lunch in a restaurant that serves your favourite beer, while dining with the very people that make your favourite beer? Somehow, I managed to avoid temptation again. But this just served as another reminder that giving up beer until Christmas is really hard.Meet the gang from Block 3! That’s Brian, Graham, and Carrie at TWH Social in downtown Kitchener, where we met yesterday for lunch. We were talking about the beer Block 3 will be making us to celebrate the end of #BeerFreeFor115 and it’s going to be in my favourite style — an IPA. The gang also suggested “Face for Radio” as a name…which is another strong contender. Now that we’ve settled on an IPA, we’re working on a schedule to actually make the beer and, yes, I’ll be at Block 3 myself to take part in the brewing process. Can’t wait!

By the way, I got together with a buddy last night that I don’t see too often. We always have a couple of beers and catch up. Except last night. Last night I had coffee instead. It seemed social enough, and it kept my commitment to staying #BeerFreeFor115. We’re getting there…