Andy Chase

I was seized by a fit of nostalgia while browsing the beer aisle at the grocery store, and brought home a six pack of J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown Lager. Being a local beer, Honey Brown was relatively cheap and was a staple at most parties on and off campus... it was the perfect beer for those of us who couldn't stand the pisswasser made by the likes of Coors/Bud/Miller, but didn't have the money to spend on, say, Bass and Guinness by the 12 pack.

8-10 years later, my impression is pretty much the same; better than Coormillweiser, but not something you'd bring over to your fellow beersnob's house. Sometimes it's better to remember things in context... the novelty of scoring beer or being suddenly old enough to buy it legally, playing in a crappy but well-liked band at parties, the middle of the night trips to Jay's Diner, and the whole college experience in general.

It's a bit sad to find myself rushing headlong towards the end of my 20's... but at the same time I like the thought that as I head into the next thirty years, I won't have to waste my time with all the crap that you have to put up with or get worked out during the first thirty.