For the Masses: Monday Rants

One day last year I was cruising through Reddit's Beer page and a post I came across asked what readers looked for in a beer blog. Quite a few users on this thread were adamant that they get sick of reading beer review after beer review. Every day I write a post for this blog those comments are engraved into the back of my mind.

As I do plenty of times, I'm once again developing a new posting style. I've always strove to set myself apart when it came to keeping up with my posts on this blog. Yes, I do love trying new beers almost everywhere I go as well as sharing my views on said concoctions with others.

With that being said, I don't intend on trying to keep readers coming back to this blog to nothing but countless beer reviews. Over the past few months it's become obvious that I've tried to diversify the content I produce. Now, you get two or three beer reviews per week with some other posts concerning craft beer news and a few other creative things I've been able to come up with. I've written about interesting places I've been able to drink and stuff my face at as well as a few posts detailing some interesting beers I constantly push others to seek out and try.

Last week I went off about how I resent the sweetness of malt beverages. I classified it as a rant. This week an idea sparked in my head. I hate Mondays as most people do. I hate relaxing all weekend only to reboot everything up to start a new week. So, on most Mondays you can expect a rant in the form of a blog post. (I know that deep down you've never been this excited at any point in your entire lives. Don't worry, I'm kidding.)

Now, not every rant post I write will have intentions of degrading something. Some of the posts might just be things from the top of my head  That's why I intend on writing a rant post at the beginning of each week and calling it the "Monday Rant."

I already have a good idea as to what direction I want to go with this. The first official Monday Rant, which is scheduled to post next Monday morning will concern my love/hate relationship with darker beers.

To Put it Simply, I Hate Malt Beverages

I've officially had enough.

If you follow my Twitter feed at all, you noticed this weekend that I pretty much drank and watched basketball. This was evident by the Untappd check-ins elaborating on the Harpoon Summer Sampler I purchased Friday evening.

As everything slowed down on Sunday evening, I decided to down a Mike's Hard Cranberry Lemonade that had been sitting around since Christmas. It was after dinner and I wanted something sweet. I hadn't had a can of pop, or soda if you aren't from Pittsburgh, since 2012 began. I figured I was allowed to have one of these.

I hadn't consumed half of the bottle when I realized that I never wanted one of these again. To put it in simple terms, I hate malt beverages. They were fun when you wanted to sneak your drinks at parties in high school and made you feel upper-echelon in college, but I've grown tired of my stomach being upset from all of the sugar. I'm also sick of that sticky and dirty feeling that make it seem like you haven't brushed your teeth in approximately three and a half weeks.

The cranberry lemonade I had wasn't too far from that Raspberry 7Up your grandparents served the kids table on holidays so all of you would feel included while everyone else drank wine.Let's not forget the fact that these beverages are loaded with calories. Sometimes twice the amount of some decent beers.

I prefer the natural sugars in the brewing process, thank you very much.