Quote (Anton24 @ Dec 29 2016 12:30pm)
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but was born in Germany. Naturally, beer is in my blood. My uncle Klaus works for the Andechs Monastery over there, brewing delicious, syrupy, doppelbock. It's pretty close to authentic English Ale if I had to say so.
When I was 19 and went to school, I ended up moving down to Chico, California to live with a high school buddy. I ended up finding a job as a barback at a place called The Bear (yeah, under 21, still got a job through friends). I remember everyone always drank this stuff called Old Chico. Eventually I asked what it was, and found it was Sierra Nevada brewery's crystal wheat.
I had never really tried much beer until that point, and I was hooked. I eventually got my references and such in order, and got to work at the Sierra Nevada brewery for a year. Every paycheck I got a case of beer.
To this day, my favorite and penultimate beer is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I've been all around the world and tried a ton of beer, but nothing tastes as good as mom's home cooking.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is highly overrated, it is an above average beer at best