Also powerful is the power of an ice cold beer, damn it. Beer is good. Beer is liquid bread. Beer is ancient. Beer is beer. Beer does not make Tam act like an idiot. I was a die hard Guinness drinker, micro brewery fan, and budding brewer. I LOVE beer. Here I am all gluten free and living life much happier than in the past...and all I can think is how nice a cold beer would feel in my hand while I watch the rains. I have zero desire to drink to get drunk. This is about taste and feeling 'normal". If this was 5 years ago, I'd really be up a creek. Welcome to 2010 and gluten free beer, specifically, Bard's Gold.
Last night we had a pre concert party, before going to see The Rhythm Devils (my birthday gift). We had a bunch of people in the yard, drinking beer, eating Ya' Mon Salad and listening to music. I went to my favorite natural food store before they arrived to get my Guy's beer and saw the Bard's. I bought it and hid it in the 'fridge. I took a beer out of the 6-pack holder, and held it like it was a baby bird... gentle, starring longingly, cautious. I opened it. I smelled it. It smelled like beer. I poured an inch in the glass. Looked like beer. The first sip. Tears. A second sip. Laughter...it IS beer!
I still have no tolerance and was quite tipsy after only the one beer for the night, but it was good. Having this one thing to make life seem less gluten free and in tune with the rest of the population...also good.
