non alcoholic

last night, just after midnight, i was writing Mike an email and sending him a photo of a Clausthaler Non-Alcoholic beer truck i had seen earlier in the day. a few nights ago he decided to write O'Doul's {Non-Alcoholic beer}, a letter asking that they sponsor our bike trip this summer. at this point, we are up over seventy letters, and this thing has really caught fire. anyway, as i was writing, i thought "hell, i live right across the street from a store that is open 24 hours...i should go get myself some Clausthaler and drink them while i write, as he did the O'Doul's." so i did. i felt funny buying them at 12:30 in the morning, and figured they would taste awful. i was sleepy, had already brushed my teeth, and it all just seemed so absurd, which i imagine must have been part of the allure.

so i came home and drank. took photos and wrote. to my utter dismay, they were actually quite good. they didn't really taste like beer, but then i don't much care for beer. as a matter of fact, i liked the amber one quite a bit. it was rich and nutty and refreshing. i sat in my bed typing away, laughing as i drank the two beers in their entirety.

Posted by jeff pitcher at January 10, 2004 08:08 PM

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