Kasper On Tap: Reading a beer list, pining for ones you have not tasted - Baltimore Sun columnist Rob Kasper blogs about beer

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March 27, 2008

Reading a beer list, pining for ones you have not tasted

When I should be thinking about big issues, such as the recession or peace in Iraq, I often find myself wallowing in the small stuff, such as reading beer lists.

The other day for instance I got notice of an upcoming beer and bourbon fest at the Timonium Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 5. I went to this Web site for more information, and scrolled the list of beers trying to remember the flavor of each.

But there was one line of beers, from Erie Brewing, that I had not sampled. I wanted some. It is the old relative deprivation game.

Does anyone else do this, read beer lists for pleasure and get thirsty?

Has anyone tasted Erie beers?

Posted by Rob Kasper at 12:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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The Railbender Ale is *excellent*.

Sanders Distributing in Taneytown is the distributor for Maryland and I'm sure they could tell you where you could get it.

Posted by: Dennis | March 27, 2008 1:05 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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