[Beer, Food, and Living] Do you remember your first.......beer?

[Bryan]

Do you remember what your first beer was? I do. I think I was around 4 years old, it was a coors original with the now banned pull tab. I remember I was living in Idaho and we had guests over playing pool in the upstairs of our split level house (the details are what really matter about your first beer). It was only a sip of beer, but it was disgusting. I looked at my dad and thought to myself how on earth can you drink that stuff? Fast forward about 12 years to my junior year in high school. Have you ever seen that movie Can't Hardly Wait? There is a scene where one of the characters, William, says: "I can't feel my legs...I have no legs." Well I distinctly remember that one as well. I was at a party and I think I might have had a beer and a half (lightweight) and I could not feel my legs, well I could feel them, but they were quite numb.

The point of this is that there are many firsts in our lives and many of them are accompanied by beer, wine, champagne, or other celebratory drink. When a softball team wins the championship (I mention softball because what else is softball for beside finishing off a twelve pack before the 7th inning) they go out for a beer, not lemonade, or tea, beer. When you get married or celebrate an anniversary you toast with champagne. There are milestones that we reach in our lives, big or small, that are special to us, even if only for that moment, they are special to us and we often time celebrate them with a cold drink in our hands.

More often then not when you have your first drink it is a beer, whether its in high school, or college, it is memorable. What are some of your first memories of having a drink? What are some of the funny memories, the sad memories, the first memories (or lack of memory), regardless of what those memories are, they have helped to shape you into the person you are today. So if you want to share those thoughts, now is the time to do it. We won't judge you, because we've all had our share of humiliating moments (at least I hope WE all have and not just me.)

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Posted By Bryan to Beer, Food, and Living at 7/08/2009 10:43:00 AM