Monday Rant: Blessed With Beer?

I'm a Catholic and certainly a terrible one at that. I've probably gone to mass voluntarily twice in the past calendar year. What brought me to church grounds this past weekend was the annual church festival. There I found myself drinking a beer on the very hillside in which I played games and completed activities when I was in preschool. For me, it was also ironic that I was drinking alcohol on church grounds as someone that's a very stubborn Catholic.

A lot of us craft beer folk wouldn't approve of the small selection that was at this festival. It consisted of Coors Light, George Killian's Irish Red and Blue Moon. It was quite hot on Saturday. So, I decided to pitch in and get a beer. After all I certainly wanted to consume a beer on church property! I decided that a Blue Moon was the  best choice (what an oxymoron) of the three, but the keg was kicked. Thus, I settle for the Irish Red.

While I was sitting on the hillside I naturally thought what would happen if there was a small craft selection available at the church festival. It seemed as if money was being made. One beer was already gone for the night. Then I looked around at the people that were attending this festival. Mostly middle-aged people that lived here in Munhall.

If it came to be one of these years, most of these people are so familiar with the concept of Blue Moon, etc being the new age of beer that they might not have any idea what the more exotic selections would be like. That means less sales. It's a sad thing to think about if you're among us that really enjoy the different brews. Like it or not, that's just reality.

Personally, I've accepted the fact that I might not ever see some of my favorite beers at a church festival. At least the one at my parish. I won't lose sleep over it. Maybe it's one of those "society is broken" kind of things? I can't blame many middle-aged people that see well-done commercials like this Blue Moon one and assume that it's some of the best beer around. Especially if they don't do much outside of their local municipalities.