When I was a kid, I lived in Montana. All the dads drank Rainier Beer. I remember clearly because they referred to it enthusiastically as "Vitamin R"...

I then moved to Florida and completely forgot about all this. I actually didn't know that they still made it. Now, 40 years later, I am visiting Seattle for a wedding and saw someone drinking Vit. R on our whale watching cruise. (excellent; highly recommend) and I thought this was a good opportunity to try my first sip of the nectar of the gods.

It is total swill. 1 star. Do not recommend.

#beer #beersnob #rainier #nostalgia #swill #donotrecommend

We were testing out an old electric blanket to see if it still works. Kuiper has the answer.

Also, shameless plug for my fave brand of near beers: Athletic Brewing. They make great beers; not just great N/A beers! Stouts, brown ales, Belgian wheat, Mexican lager...Even different types of IPAs that don't taste like cat piss on a freshly cut lawn! #Prost! #Skål! #Salúd! #Kenpai! #Cheers!

#beer #BeerSnob #CatsOfMastodon #RemiAndKuiper #NewYear #CaliSober #stoner #FreeBeer 🔗https://fbuy.io/athleticbrew/travisjohnson

@web_goddess So many good local beers now and you got VB?! :drake_dislike: 🙃 #BeerSnob

@tojosan does Bud Light even qualify as beer? #beersnob

I did my #introduction post and pinned it before I realized how important hashtags are.

Updated version:

Work: I'm in #ITManagement playing the part of an #infosec and #ITOps leader at a mid-size professional services firm. #joat

Music: Working on the #vinyl collection; heavy focus on #funk #jazz #oldschool #punk

Top spins currently: Funkadelic, Cymande, Jimmy Smith
Current Spotify Rotation: Run the Jewels, Wu-Tang, Dave Brubeck Quartet, QOTSA, Deftones, Misfits

Hobbies: Learning #drums (Alesis Nitro eKit), occasionally messing with #bass (Ibanez GSR200), entirely too much #rocketleague and #DoomEternal. Aspiring #maker heavy #tinkerer & middling at #woodworking but dig it. #OldHouse owner, #catdaddy. Recovering #beersnob turned #whisky #bourbon drinker. #HomeChef and learning to enjoy tinkering with food more as well.

Social: #fucknazis #CovidIsNotOver #voteblue #roevember #accessability #LongCovid is real. #BurningMan participant/volunteer (88NV)

Current Reading List: #bourdain #sagan #bukowski

Late-diagnosed #adhd and more recently diagnosed #audhd and sorting both out.

Grew up in the #MidWest, lived in #STL for 8 years, #denver for 12, back in #CentralIllinois since 2019 with my awesome partner and #cats (x3). He/Him.