Monday was the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. In honor of this, and out of an overwhelming desire to find something to write about other than work, I have hereby added a new category to Dwink.net, aptly named “Beer.”.

Yes, beer. Oat Soda. An ingenious way to turn extra wheat, barley, or oats into a beverage to be enjoyed by the masses, and if we give some yeast alcohol poisoning along the way, so much the better! Let the yeast be warned, when they get a big vat of grain-mash goodness to suck the sugar out of, maybe they ought to jump out before they overdo it! If they can’t take care of themselves, little yeasty buggers, then maybe they deserve to die.  Yeah!

I have come up with my scientific method for determining whether I should sample a given beer, and boiled it down to  a simple set of criteria:

1. Does it come in a beer glass or labeled bottle, or am I at a brewery and it comes in any container from the brewmaster himself?
2. Does it look, smell, or taste significantly of beer-related characteristics?

If so, then yes, it should be sampled. Note, however, that this criteria, when applied to whiskey, will undoubtedly make you pass out before you can get through WhiskyFest.

Hmm. Now I’m thirsty…