Monday Rant: To Partake or Not to Partake?

Bell's Oarsman Ale is a good choice as a session beer.

Last year around the time of National Session Day, I was stubborn to partake. Big surprise, right? I'm usually disgruntled when it comes to things such as this. Last year my philosophy wasn't at all about caring how low a beer's ABV is. To me, it was just beer. Drink it.

That was obviously prior to coming across a very old post via Lew Bryson's Seen Through a Glass blog concerning the Session Beer Project. In it,. Bryson describes part of his view that the stronger beers get all of the celebratory remarks. That leaves some of the beers that have easier ABV's and are a lot easier to consume without temporarily destroying your sense of taste after a while in the dust.

I've always been one that was stubborn. Thus, you never see me rushing to beat people to procure beers like Bell's Hopslam, Pliny the Elder or the recently-released Kentucky Breakfast Stout.

Because of my intense stubbornness, It's only fitting that I embrace Session Day and not push it away. It only took a little research to sway me in such a direction. I participated yesterday and will be happy to do so in future years.