I quit drinking before I was 10 (Boat launch parties of family friends with beer kegs, styrofoam cups, and no supervision). I just spent half the evening peeing behind the boat shop after two cups of awful tasting bush beer, just to impress my fellow boat kids. Then I started again when I was about 48 - 49 (Just to keep my wife company while she had a glass of wine). I never liked hard alcohol, and when I discovered dark microbrew beers, I also discovered I have a pretty hard and fast limit of 8 oz. per day or I can't function. Oddly enough, I find the best tasting beers are the ones with the higher ABV. We make wine and I've made a couple of batches of pretty good dark ales, but I don't really drink much. I'm more of a chocolate milk kind of guy. I go crazy over malts, but NE isn't really malt country. It has always been one of my great frustrations in my dreams of becoming a pirate that I don't like rum. However, a good porter is awesome.
I certainly don't mind if you enjoy a bourbon. My liquor cabinet is actually very well stocked. Please feel free to visit. I'll pour you a double.
-Will (dragonfly)
