Beers in the Fridge

I've been wanting to talk about this for a long time now because I am constantly reminded of how fond I am of this subject.  Overall I would consider beer a very important thing in my life.  I consider an important part of my lifestyle, an important part of my community within my friends and other close acquaintances.  I also see it as my future.  I could devote an entire post to the multiple facets of beer and how I see them as vital or how I disagree with a lot of it, but then I wouldn't have anything else to say about it.  So let's slow play this idea and start small.

There is not much better than coming home at night and finding that one lone beer in the back of the fridge.  It's late but you don't want to go to sleep, you want to sit for a second and reflect on your day, or your week, or your life.  Maybe put on a movie, something you can ignore.  The best thing to accompany this is that forgotten beer from the six pack your friend brought over last week.  A purposefully left beer can be just as good but it is that special little surprise you forgot about that sets this beer apart.  You think, "life is good.  I am hear living in New York [or insert other city] I had a great day and to cap it off I have a little treat waiting for me."  There is something special about that beer, for me it may even bring me back to another memory, either way it is the perfect end to a day, albeit good or bad.  The day might have been shit but you can consider that beer a win and sleep happy.

What blows my mind is when there is not a single beer in someones fridge.  Not even an old Michelob Ultra left over from last 4th of July when your dad (your dad not mine, because then it would be a Coors Light) visited and you just couldn't bring yourself to drink it.  Obviously not everyone has to have a beer in the fridge at all times but that doesn't mean I have to understand it.

My main belief above all else concerning beer is that it is community.   It brings people together, it makes memories, it spurs conversation.  And that one beer in the fridge no matter what it is, brings all these things back to you, at the end of the day it reminds me of the life you've led and where to go from there.