Beer is good! There is something called the Paleo-Diet that bans people from drinking beer. It's the Caveman diet. The premise is that you don't eat anything that a caveman wouldn't eat. Well, my claim is that cavemen invented beer. Neanderthal Ned left a bunch of primative wheat in an enclosed container, and it began to ferment. When Ned returned from a day at the office, the grain had fermented and Ned had a great night. Maybe singing and beer were invented on the same day? Perhaps the original beer wasn't much different from modern day Kombucha?

Nonetheless, beer is older than most things, so why would I abstain from something that has sustained us for thousands of years? Doesn't make sense to me. There is nothing better that an ice cold IPA after a 30 mile training run.

Recently, my wife and I visited Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery. They had great organic beer. The best treat there, however, was Horchata beer. Horchata is a Mexican rice drink with strong vanilla and cinnamon overtones. Don't know how they did it, but they managed to create a delicious beer that tastes just like Horchata.