“The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer,” is an inscription from 2200 B.C. by the Egyptians. This beautiful statement really calls out to me. I’m not an alcoholic by any means, but I relish a great beer. It’s one of nature’s most amazing byproducts of fermentation, next to Kimchi of course. It compliments delicious meals, it’s a great companion after a hard day of work, and it can be healthy for the heart. I can’t think of any other beverage that fills my stomach and heart with the joy beer does. But when it comes time to choose a beer, I always prefer craft beers over the mass produced common domestic beers, because the flavor, alcohol content, and variety of craft beers, blows regular beer clear out of the water; kind of like what happened to the original Jaws. The first reason I love craft beer is because it has a stupendous amount of flavor. A truly delicious craft beer will fire up the taste buds like a packet of pop rocks on the tongue. The hops, barley, malts, and spices are all infused together to create a magnificent creation I like to believe as what ambrosia was to the Roman Gods. When I find a truly delightfully crafted beer, I can only be lost in the trance the excellent selection of ingredients puts me in. Common domestic beers, on the other hand, tastes like what I imagine cat piss would taste like if it was bottled and distributed. The tastes of these domestic beers are a slap in the face, nobody wants to drink a bottle of cat piss, or at least I don’t think anyone does. Second, craft beer has high alcohol content. If anyone can tell me they drink beer just for the taste and not at all for a “buzz,” I would have to call them a big, fat liar. Because craft beers have high alcohol content, I can enjoy one or two and feel the loving and tender embrace of inebriation. Like I mentioned earlier, it’s great after a