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Originally Posted by DirtyMartini
Hey, our local brewpub has the Duchesse on tap as well. That is a fantastic beer - delicious!
Thank you! I'm proud of all the progress I've made (and that John's made - he is looking fantastic!). It's something I truly feel proud of; I've worked hard for this and have achieved this while really pushing myself. I haven't done this half-assed, which seems to make the results even more rewarding.
Follow-up to the beer last night - I cracked open a 2nd beer and couldn't come CLOSE to finishing it. I got about 1/4 of the way through and started feeling nauseous. Prior to this year, I would have probably ripped through 3 or 4 bottles of it and felt buzzed but not ill. John was in worse shape than I was last night.
We shared our amazement this morning at how tolerant we'd actually become. Beer is a shared passion of ours and we drank a LOT (a couple every night, several on the weekend), trying new varieties and seeking out novelty beer. It wasn't uncommon for each of us to go through a 6-pack or 2-3 bombers on a friday evening... amazing! I don't even want to think of what I was doing to my body - drinking 4-5 pints at the bar on a friday night and downing a bacon cheeseburger & fries. Every weekend.
When I lived down under, wine was one of the cheapest things to drink (a 6-pack was $20+, a 750ml bottle of mid-shelf gin was $45, and a bottle of fantastic local wine was $9 - guess which one I was going to pick). I would go through a bottle on friday & another on saturday... and sometimes 2-3 bottles during the week (drinking half per night).
I'm actually kind of surprised at how easy it was just to give up alcohol (in many ways, it's been easier than giving up some of my favorite carbs, like scones). But more amazed at my actual volume of consumption and how much money I spent on it. Yikes.
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I know what you mean - I'm starting to get on the cutting down/out alcohol bandwagon. While the beer I had last night was certainly tasty, I'm sure that on the whole it isn't good for my body.
What's your local brewpub? We've got a newish one here that is offering its first cask-conditioned ale today. It's One Guy Brewing, and that is exactly what it is - Guy (yes, that's his name) owns, brews, and cleans up the place and does everything else in between. The beers though are always fresh and tasty.