New Tastes
I was finally given the opportunity to experience Guinness yesterday, and I found — much to my surprise — that I really liked it. To this point, I really hadn’t cared for any of the beers I had tried; Samuel Adams was about it, I think. The surprising thing about Guinness is that it looks so different from anything I’ve ever been exposed to (beer-wise, that is). It’s so dark and thick — the old joke that it’s a meal by itself has a lot of truth in it.
Now that the initial fear and trepidation has been conquered, and I’ve actually taken the first drink and discovered I like it, I am looking forward to trying more dark beers. My friend who introduced me to Guinness says that he’s going to get me to try his personal favorite, a Scottish beer, next. I’m really looking forward to it (those of you who know me realize that trying out tastes is a major accomplishment for me; I tend to get stuck in a rut sometimes. Well, OK. All the time. But I’m branching out!).