In the beginning

About 5 years ago, I went to my doctor for a physical. He asked if I was a beer drinker. I replied that I drank a beer now and then but that was it.  He said that he wanted me to start drinking a beer a day, preferably a dark one and most preferably, Guinness, if I could acquire a taste for it. Naturally, I asked why. He said to Google the benefits of a beer a day. He emphasized that it had to be a beer a day, not seven on Saturday night! So, I did as he instructed and was quite impressed when I read the benefits. I had heard some of the benefits attributed to red wine but beer was even a harder worker. I told my wife that if I was going to do this, I would make an effort to try many different beers to see if I could find something that I really enjoyed. I set up a relational database and began to log in every beer I tried, entering the brewer, name, style, alcohol content, where brewed, notes on the beer and my ranking of A thru F. And so it began. It has been a great experience. When I began, I enjoyed Coors regular, then my go to beer became Yuengling Lager. Now, I don't drink either. My taste has changed to complex beers which are largely made by the craft brewers in America.  There are some very flavorable imports that I enjoy also. In fact, my "go to" beer in the summer is Weihenstephaner Original from Munich, Germany.  I really like the beer but it is also fun to sit and think that, as the world's oldest brewery  and headquartered in Bavaria, I am drinking the same recipe as my ancestors in Bavaria did. How cool is that?