'Bama Beers
I've been writing this blog thing for a few years now. As I said in one of my first posts, I do this almost exclusively for my own entertainment and enjoyment. Having said that, I'm quite pleased with all of the feedback and comments I've gotten regarding my writing. (It does make me wonder what kind of sheltered literary life you lead, if you find my scrawlings interesting.) For the first time ever now, I've been commissioned by someone to write a particular piece. My commission? Beer, of course. Since I have a fondness for IPAs and a love of writing, Steve wants me to rate a selection of those beers from Alabama. Sure, I think, why not? I should begin with a description of my beer preferences I suppose. My taste in beer leans strongly toward IPAs, a type of beer first brewed way back when England was a world power with territories around the globe, long before air travel was invented. England would trade with its territories by sailing ship, and one of the provisi