On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:07:02 -0700 (PDT), Silent Stone wrote:

> They say that tastes change as you get older...
>
> For some reason, over the last few months beer has been tasting too
> 'malty' or too 'sweet'. I would take a sip and have to do the 'cough
> and shake' as if I'd just drank a cup of liquid caramel or swallowed a
> whole cadbury egg. So naturally I started moving from maltier beers
> (Sam Adams, various local micros) to lighter, paler ales. I still
> like the hops, but even Sierra Nevada IPA got to be too malty. Now
> I'm at the end of the rope, and I can't drink more than a single
> Leinenkugel HoneyWeiss. You can't get much lighter than this.
>
> It hasn't even been that hot lately... we've had highs in the upper
> 60s and 70s, and I haven't turned on my AC yet this year.
>
> Is it possible that you reach a certain age to where you just can't
> drink beer anymore?
>

dear god, i hope not.

your pal,
blaek