Its the end of the month and I haven't done the Accretionary Wedge
for the the month of January. Ryan over at Glacial Till is the host (Accretionary Wedge #54- On The Rocks: Geo-brews and Geo-cocktails .
I know he wants people to be creative but right now I'm not up to being
that way and from the looks of things I missed the deadline. But I do
like doing the AW so here's mine anyway
I'm not much
of a drinker. When I do drink its usually wine or beer. Being a
geologist I naturally gravitated towards beer when I was in college. To
me there was nothing better after a day out in the field than to come
back to an ice cold brew.
One of the reason's I
didn't drink much was because I was so broke all the time. I simply
couldn't afford to go out and spend a lot of money on drinks. One of
the cheaper beers I discovered was Rolling Rock and that quickly become
one of my favorites. At the time it was being produced in Western
Pennsylvania ( here's what Wikipedia has to say about Rolling_Rock
). Living in Southeast Ohio it didn't have to be shipped far and I
think that kept the costs down for it. It also said it was made from
natural springs which reminded me of some of the natural springs we had
were I was growing up. I also liked that it was a lighter tasting
beer.
Now it is still made from natural springs in
Missouri. The funny thing was when I first moved to Louisiana I
couldn't get it here. But when they started to make it in Missouri
about 2006 I could finally start getting it again, yet when I looked for
it in NE Ohio recently I couldn't find it. I must admit I didn't look
very hard since there were so many other choices around and I don't
drink more than one or two at a time.
So here's my favorite geologic drink.
Now I don't drink much due to health reasons. But with it being Mardi Gras season its nice to have some brew in the house.
I muse: Is it time to go and pop the top?