Barley and Hops

A few years ago at a local Folk Music Festival a singer named Scott Katz sang a song that just made my brother and I laugh.  The title is "Beer is Good."  The first verse goes like this:  I don't wanna know the sad event that led you to forsake beverages of barley for the pleasure of the grape.  But I hear you sing the praises of your sulfite laden mead, and I'm thinking that a Heineken is all you really need.  Beer is good.  Beer is good.  Beer is good.  Beer is good.  Beer is good."  It continues on in a similar vein--a kindof rap and very fun song.  (If you care, the CD is titled "WRONG" by Scott Katz, Brown Bag Studios.  It's a great CD.  :)

At any rate, this evening I've been enjoying a "High Five Hefe" brewed by the Iron Horse Brewery in Ellensburg, Washington.  It's pretty good--described as a ginger honey wheat beverage.   Gee--ginger is one of my favorites and in a flavorful beer it is down right delicious!

I bought this bottle at a nifty shop in Ellensburg on a road trip a few weeks ago and this evening was the perfect evening to enjoy it.  Family drama has about done me in, so this large bottle of beer tasted wonderful with some sweet potato french fries.  Burp.  The dog enjoyed the fries as well.  :)

So thank you  God for providing the hops, wheat, ginger, and honey that went into this delectable beverage that has given me a soft/warmish feeling that offers me a bit of peace in the midst of a trying day.  I love my relatives dearly--but their trials and tribulations are both mind-boggling and wearisome. I'm reminded of the phrase that goes something like this:  Life would be a lot easier if there weren't so many people in it.

In the midst of all this I can still say that Life Is Good--and I am blessed in so many ways that I'm ashamed of being so snarky this evening.

Blessings to you this evening as well!