If you know me on a personal basis and are planning a trip anywhere outside of Florida, prepare to be handed a shopping list and an envelope of cash. There are a few things I will need you to bring back for me. As further compensation, upon your return, we will gather with the expressed purpose of getting bombastic in celebration of beer that can't be found at local retailers.
This is a story about beer nerds — myself and several friends — getting together with recently obtained out-of-town travel brew and some of my mail-order finds. We sat in my living room with this load of beer joy and giant plates of edam, cheddar, and wheat crackers, and surrendered to a marathon of serious beer business.
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2009.
